In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law
Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said Wednesday that ending birthright citizenship does not need a Constitutional amendment.
When its flowers are not in bloom, the Tiehm’s buckwheat is an inconspicuous desert resident. Its stem protrudes from a humble base with small green leaves fanning out in a circle. Even in the harsh landscape of remote Western Nevada, these plants stick with each other. Scattered on grayish outcrops, the plants clump next to one another no more than a finger’s length apart.
With the explosion of information technology and the growing concerns about an absence of effective federal privacy laws, the legal focus on protecting people's privacy has shifted to the states. Signaling a new direction, the California Consumer Privacy Act, which goes into effect on January 1, 2020, establishes important rights and protections for residents with regard to the collection, use, disclosure, and sale of their personal information.
Nevada Democrats are getting bolder in their challenges to President Donald Trump, who is now under an impeachment investigation for alleged misdeeds and abuses of power.
The most difficult thing about the Nevada Supreme Court’s ruling last month requiring jury trials in misdemeanor domestic violence cases is that everyone involved is trying to do the right thing.
Like a lighthouse glimmering on the horizon of a pitch-black ocean, you can see the casino lights of Las Vegas luring you to gamble as you fly into McCarran International Airport. Similarly, the newly rejuvenized Atlantic City, fueled with the lifeblood of sports betting, has all its gaming options in a centralized location.
UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law announced Wednesday a new prelaw fellowship program for high school and college students from underrepresented backgrounds.
The ҳ| 鶹ýӳ Boyd Law School announced on Wednesday a new pre-law fellowship program for students in the state.
Nevada could bear the financial brunt of a new federal rule that is causing some immigrants to stop getting public assistance for their families, said Attorney General Aaron Ford.
Former FBI Director James Comey knows a thing or two about leadership.
A former federal prosecutor who took on the mob, terrorists and street criminals, he’s served at the top levels of the Justice Department and stood up to two different presidents for very different reasons.
Muslim scholars, lawyers and students gathered at UNLV on Thursday for a public discussion on the common hardships and misconceptions faced by American Islamic communities, as well as their history in the United States.
For hundreds of years, Muslims in the U.S. were just another religious minority, comprising less than 1 percent of all Americans. But on Sept. 11, 18 years ago, the American Dream “came shattering down” for Rutgers law professor Sahar Aziz.