Under the aegis of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing has a mandate to examine and report on the status of housing rights, engage in dialogues with governments, and …
In case you missed the article in Sunday’s Plain Dealer, law school clinics are under fire as they take on powerful interests. For example, University of Maryland’s Environmental Law Clinic filed suit against Perdue, Inc.. The state legislature responded …
You’re probably already familiar with Restatements, those helpful commentaries on American law published by the American Law Institute. Currently ALI boasts over a dozen Restatements, covering general topics such as torts, contracts, and property, and more specialized ones like unfair …
The Judicial Conference of the United States voted to increase free PACER access from $10.00 annually to $10.00 quarterly. (Thanks to the Blog of Legal Times). PACER is the docket for nearly all the federal courts, except for the U.S. …
Back when our country’s stately federal buildings were under construction, architects built the restrooms to accommodate the buildings’ primary inhabitants—men. Times have changed, but old buildings have not. While women are as likely as men to be working in today’s …
