In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law

Las Vegas Review Journal

Camille Touton of Nevada was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday to be commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, which oversees water management of the Colorado River in Western states.

The White House

The President is announcing ten judicial nominees, including nine new candidates for the federal bench.

El Tiempo

President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated State Judge Christina Silva and UNLV Law Professor Anne Traum to serve as federal district judges in Nevada, filling two vacancies deemed emergency by the Administrative Office of the United States. Courts of the United States.

Associated Press

President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated a state court judge and a law school professor to fill two U.S. District Court vacancies in Nevada.

U.S. News & World Report

President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated a state court judge and a law school professor to fill two U.S. District Court vacancies in Nevada.

Las Vegas Review Journal

President Joe Biden nominated state Judge Christina Silva and UNLV law professor Anne Traum on Wednesday to serve as federal district judges in Nevada, filling two vacancies considered emergencies by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

Latino Rebels

In 2012, when Elizabeth MacDonough became the first woman to be named Senate Parliamentarian, a POLITICO profile noted that MacDonough “was a Justice Department trial attorney, handling immigration cases from a gritty jail office in Elizabeth, N.J,” before joining the Office of the Parliamentarian in 1999.

Bloomberg

The number of employment disputes resolved in arbitration climbed by roughly 66% between 2018 and 2020, according to new data, despite pressure from the #MeToo movement and efforts by Fortune 500 companies and lawmakers to curb agreements that keep claims out of court.

Conversation

Despite the increased diversity, however, the court’s voting rules often exclude minority viewpoints.

Nevada Independent

As state lawmakers embark on the decennial process of redrawing Nevada's major political boundaries, they face the task of creating districts that ensure equal representation for residents.

ABA Journal: Asked and Answered

In the late 1980s, law school groups for gay and lesbian students met off campus in case members didn’t want the school community to know their sexual orientation, says Joan Howarth, who started her teaching career in 1989 as a visiting professor at the University of California at Davis School of Law.

Nevada Independent

The Clark County School District violated federal education disability law by not providing services that would have adequately met the needs of a student with dyslexia, a federal judge in Nevada ruled last week.