In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law
While Friday’s ruling seems like a significant setback for Trump, it more likely will end up as a defeat for the legal system. So far, the prosecutions of Trump have been followed by an increase in his support and a decline in public trust in the legal process, at least among Republicans.
The last couple of years have been big ones for student loan forgiveness. Since President Joe Biden took office, more than 3.6 million people have had their federal loans forgiven in full — to the tune of nearly $132 billion.
Consultations continue to pour in at the UNLV Immigration Clinic where staff is helping undocumented students not just with legal services but with trauma following UNLV’s deadly shooting.
Bryce Hinton has spent most of his life playing sports, has planned on working in sports and has chosen a master’s program at UNLV to help achieve his goal. What he never imagined was that choosing to study in UNLV’s Intercollegiate Professional Sports Management (IPSM) graduate program would land him an internship with one of the world’s largest and most well-known sporting events, the Super Bowl.
Legal and medical experts from the University of Nevada Las Vegas are discussing the implications of medical aid in dying.
Nevada’s Democrats backed a border bill far more conservative than prior immigration deals. Why Republicans killed it anyway, and what it bodes for November.
The IRS announced eligibility requirements for the free, direct filing system that Nevada and 12 other states are piloting during the 2024 tax season, helping an estimated 20 million people. But it won’t be fully functioning until mid-March, after many who qualify have already filed.
Biden chasing Trump’s goals, says immigration advocate
A University of Nevada Las Vegas conference aims to discuss "lessons learned" from U.S. states and other countries that allow medical aid in dying.
Gov. Joe Lombardo, a long-time law enforcement official and former Southern Nevada sheriff, is one of several Republican governors who have sided with Texas’s defiance of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows federal law enforcement to tear down razor wire barriers that have “increased safety risk” to border agents and migrants alike.
A traffic safety advocate calls for Las Vegas Metropolitan Police to crack down on illegal crossings and “jaywalking” as pedestrian deaths continue to rise, while the Sheriff argues jaywalking citations are ineffective and enforcement is problematic.
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk’s push to reincorporate the electric-vehicle maker in Texas after a legal defeat in Delaware may have broader implications for the company.
