In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law

Nevada Independent

Nearly 100 colorful handprints on canvas — each representing a client from the last eight years — decorate the walls of the new off-campus UNLV Immigration Clinic office made possible by $1 million in additional funding.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The walls of Boyd Law School’s Immigration Clinic’s new off-campus community advocacy office are decorated with dozens of painted hand prints from children the clinic’s lawyers and students have helped.

Las Vegas Review Journal

UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law announced Wednesday it has hired a new dean.

Las Vegas Sun

Leah Chan Grinvald will become the first Asian American dean of UNLV’s law school, the university announced today.

Las Vegas Review Journal

A man accused of threatening Gov. Steve Sisolak and his wife while using racial and anti-government epithets is refusing to apologize for the Sunday encounter at a Las Vegas restaurant.

Las Vegas Review Journal

A man accused of threatening Gov. Steve Sisolak and his wife while using racial and anti-government epithets is refusing to apologize for the Sunday encounter at a Las Vegas restaurant.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

The UNLV Immigration Clinic, part of the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law’s Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic, will officially open it’s new off-campus Community Advocacy Office in Downtown Las Vegas on Thursday.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Rachel Anderson won a Medal of Justice in 2012 for her part in creating a legal magazine documenting the history of Black attorneys in Nevada.

Investment News

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. included a section about Reg BI compliance in its annual report on its examination program. The broker-dealer self-regulator& outlined on pages 26-27 its findings from Reg BI exams, most of which involved shortcomings like brokerages not acting in their customers’ best interests and failing to mitigate conflicts of interest.

Wealth Management

The Securities and Exchange Commission settled charges with six investment advisory firms and six broker/dealers, alleging they did not deliver their Form Customer Relationship Summaries to clients on time; some also didn’t include information required by the SEC, the regulator said.

Las Vegas Review Journal

In this Wild West, growing Nevada town, a controversial sheriff’s office captain is the public face of authority — often garnering a higher profile than the sheriff, district attorney or county commissioners.

Nevada Independent

Cesar Silva — who came to the U.S. illegally three decades ago and is the father of nationally-known Nevada-based immigration activist Astrid Silva — is now the subject of a new bill from Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) that would make him eligible for legal permanent resident status, or at least temporarily halt the threat of deportation.