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Cornell Law School offers one of the country’s oldest and most distinguished programs in international and comparative legal education. It features an outstanding faculty; a strong and diverse curriculum; internationally focused law clinics; visiting professors, scholars, and graduate law students from around the world; a leading journal of international and comparative law; active internationally focused student organizations; international speakers and conferences; international internships and externships; international dual degree and study abroad opportunities, and an acclaimed international and comparative law library collection. It is an exceptional place to study and engage with international and comparative law.

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Atlantic

John Blume: America's Dangerous Question With Innocence

John Blume discusses his experiences in representing death-row clients and the difficulty guilty defendants have in finding pro-bono attorneys to take on their cases.

Associated Press

Stephen Yale-Loehr: Governor: Texas Building New Border Barrier; No Details Yet

CNN Business

Charles Whitehead: These AMC Insiders Sold $8 Million of Stock During Last Week's Boom

New York Times

Daniel Alpert Op-Ed: Americans Don't Want to Return to Low Wage Jobs

Washington Post

Robert Hockett: White House Reviews ‘Gaps’ in Cryptocurrency Rules as Bitcoin Swings Wildly

Yahoo! Finance

George Hay: Amazon’s Reported $9B Bid for MGM Would Make It 'King' of Streaming but Likely Wouldn't Be Blocked

Faculty & Research

The Delaware Death Penalty: An Empirical Study

This article is part of a symposium that honors David Baldus, a great scholar and great man, a quiet man with a strong passion for justice. We study the operation of Delaware’s death penalty in the modern era of capital punishment.

Why Is Torture 'Different' and How 'Different' Is It?

Almost every serious commentator to address the moral and legal question of torture has taken for granted the proposition that the infliction of torture is a sufficiently grave evil to require a distinctly demanding moral scrutiny.

Stings and Scams: ‘Fake News,’ the First Amendment, and the New Activist Journalism

Constitutional law, technological innovations, and the rise of a cultural “right to know” have recently combined to yield “fake news,” as illustrated by an anti-abortion citizen-journalist sting operation that scammed Planned Parenthood.

Promoting Clinical Legal Education in India: A Case Study of the Citizen Participation Clinic

This report is the product of a unique collaboration between the Good Governance and Citizen Participation Clinic at Jindal Global Law School and the Cornell International Human Rights Clinic at Cornell Law School.

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“While states can do certain things under state law regarding immigration, erecting barriers along the border or arresting migrants is beyond the pale in my view,” says #CornellLawSchool professor Stephen Yale-Loehr (@syaleloehr) via @AP. http://ow.ly/DMsq50F9Ino

An innovative partnership between #CornellLawSchool and the First Presbyterian and First Baptist Churches of Cooperstown, New York, will expand legal services for immigrant communities in the Mohawk Valley region and beyond. http://ow.ly/gFMG50F8wwS #CornellLawClinics

Joe Margulies ’82, prof in @CornellLaw and @CornellCAS, has won the 2021 George D. Levy Engaged Teaching and Research Award for his work with @ReentryUltimate, breaking down barriers for previously incarcerated people in Tompkins County. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/06/margulies-receives-levy-faculty-engagement-award

John Blume (@JBCornellLaw), professor at #CornellLawSchool, discusses his experiences in representing death-row clients and the difficulty guilty defendants have in finding pro-bono attorneys to take on their cases, via @TheAtlantic. http://ow.ly/Xru150F6Ng1

“The Court noted that Congress could fix the problem through legislation,” says #CornellLawSchool professor @syaleloehr. “Indeed, such a bill is pending in Congress..." See Steve's full comments via @VOANews http://ow.ly/fqqu50F6u5T

Honored to receive Public Interest Achievement Award from the South Asian Bar Association.

“I think it’s a really substantial deal,” says @grimmelm, #CornellLawSchool professor. “It really clarifies that employees using computers disloyally is not a CFAA issue, and that blows away an enormous piece of criminal and civil use of the CFAA.” @verge. http://ow.ly/c9rx50F4Fkp

Daniel Alpert (@DanielAlpert), #CornellLawSchool professor, writes this @nytopinion piece on the connection between federally supplemented unemployment insurance benefits and the slowing pace of re-employment at this stage of the pandemic recovery. http://ow.ly/vg6Z50F2eYL

“This is a clear injustice,” says John Blume, #CornellLawSchool professor. “Because of a series of mistakes, he got no review on anything but his intellectual disability claim, which was just adopted by the state judge without inspection.” Via @propublica http://ow.ly/yWrV50F0tvS

The @CornellLaw Asylum Clinic won the release of Cuban doctor detained by ICE in a facility where #COVID19 was spreading rapidly in 2020. @WeillCornell @NEJM https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/06/asylum-clinic-wins-release-cuban-doctor-detained-ice

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