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Valerie Hans: Minneapolis judge says no to moving trial of ex-policeman in Floyd death

“The big problem with change of venue is it would involve moving the trial to a less racially diverse county,” said Hans.

Steve Yale-Loehr: Are parents criminally liable for sending their children to the southern border of the United States alone?

James Grimmelmann: Google Copyright Win Fuels Debate Over When Copying Is Changing

Daniel Alpert: As cities test guaranteed income, Dems push Biden on recurring payments

Nelson Tebbe: Are vaccine requirements the new normal?

Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer: ‘Dreamer,’ farmworker bills to test Senate waters on immigration

Featured Research

Briana Beltran

"The Hidden 'Benefits' of the Trafficking Victim Protection Act's Expanded Provisions for Temporary Foreign Workers," Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law. "Temporary foreign workers enter the U.S. each year by the hundreds of thousands."

Kevin Clermont

"The Logic of Uncertainty in Law and Life," peer-reviewed research paper. "My central interest is decision-making in the presence of epistemic uncertainty."

Sherry F. Colb

"The Meaning of Meat," Animal Law Review. "Plant-based and cell-based meat companies are vying to take over the trillion-dollar meat industry — and, in recent years, they have gained momentum."

Maggie Gardner

"Dangerous Citations," NYU Law Review. "This Article considers when optional case citations may do more harm than good. There are valid reasons for citing to non-binding precedent — to promote consistency in the law."

Additional Resources

Faculty Directory Media Guide to Faculty Visiting Assistant Professorships Visiting Instructors

Oh, deer...Mother Nature saw last week and really said, “April Fools! Winter’s not over yet, Cornellians!” 🦌❄️

📸 credit: Professor Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer

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#CornellLawSchool is among one of the most diverse top law schools in the nation, read the story and view Prof. Randall's report via @lawdotcom, link in bio.

#wearecornelllaw #cornell #diversity

Tally dreams of someday taking The Bark Exam and becoming a pawttorney 🐾📚⚖️🐶 #dogsofcornelllaw

📸 credit: @tally_the_doodle

#cornelllawschool #wearecornelllaw #lawschool #doodlesofinstagram

The sun has been shining down on Ithaca this week which can only mean one thing...class outdoors! This is a group from Professor Jaclyn Kelley-Widmer’s class, even their remote team member joined them outside! They were excited to soak up the sun and learn about #cornelllawclinics ☀️📚🎒

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Wishing everyone a very happy Friday on this beautiful day! We are LOVING this sunshine☀️, are you?!

📸 credit: Lindsay France, @cornelluniversity photography

#cornelllawschool #wearecornelllaw #cornell #ithaca #ithacany #sun #happyfriday

@CornellLaw

“The decision solidifies a long-standing trend in transformativeness that really focuses on what it’s supposed to: the downstream creativity opened up by the reuse of copyrighted materials,” says #CornellLawSchool professor @grimmelm via @BLaw. http://ow.ly/hoRn50Ek3ye

Cornell immunology experts Cynthia Leifer and Avery August answer questions on vaccines, variants and herd immunity.

Have more questions? Register for “The Science Behind COVID-19 Vaccines: A conversation with Cornell’s immunology experts” on April 12. https://bit.ly/3rVtUX7

So excited to have Justice Chandrachud of the #Indian Supreme Court to guest lecture in our @CornellLaw Comparative Constitutional Law class, focusing on India and the U.S. The talk was about the NLSA judgment recognizing transgender rights under the constitution.

Cornell will plan to host in-person Commencement celebrations for #Cornell2021 the weekend of May 29-30 with a series of smaller ceremonies in Schoellkopf stadium. Attendance will be limited to the Class of 2021. https://statements.cornell.edu/2021/20210406-commencement-update.cfm

Tomorrow (4/7) at noon EST join #CornellLawSchool alumni Jacqueline Davidson, JD ’05 (@Buccaneers) and Jeffrey Mishkin, JD ’72 (@SkaddenArps) in a panel discussion on how the pandemic has disrupted the professional sports industry. Pre-register here: https://ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/overview/K040721a/

Enjoyed catching up with recently released CornellJuvenile Justice Clinic client Tony Enriquez on the “right” side of the wall. He is doing great. BTW, we are both fully vaccinated + 14 so this was a CDC compliant meeting.😎 Another juvenile lifer comes home.#CornellLawClinics

Cornell immunology experts Avery August and Cynthia Leifer discuss COVID-19 vaccine safety and how different vaccines work.

Join Dr. Leifer, Dr. August and other Cornell immunology experts on April 12 to learn more about the science behind vaccines. https://events.cornell.edu/event/science_behind_covid19_vaccines

Message from President Martha E. Pollack regarding Cornell's plans for the fall semester.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/04/cornell-releases-plans-fall-return-campus

“The one thing the pandemic era really taught us is you get a pretty serious bang for the buck when you put money in people’s pockets,” says @DanielAlpert, visiting fellow at #CornellLawSchool, via @wwmtnews. http://ow.ly/nGeG50EfgoH

Next week (4/7) at noon EST join #CornellLawSchool alumni Jacqueline Davidson, JD ’05 (@Buccaneers) and Jeffrey Mishkin, JD ’72 (@SkaddenArps) in a panel discussion on how the pandemic has disrupted the professional sports industry. http://ow.ly/VqNk50EePad

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