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ColumbiaLaw

  1. Transparency is crucial for #mining sector, Vale Columbia Center director Lisa Sachs '08 writes in a @ProSyn op-ed. ow.ly/bjbJi
  2. Prof. Ben Liebman’s chapter on populist legality and legal reform in #China discussed in NY Review of Books (@nybooks) ow.ly/biy8i
  3. #deathpenalty is broken, argues Prof. Jim Liebman in @latimes op-ed on carlos deluna case; only solution is to end it. ow.ly/bhLX1
  4. Prof. Jim Liebman details Carlos DeLuna investigation today on @thestorywithdg. ow.ly/bf9lH. #deathpenalty, #thewrongcarlos
  5. Natural gas drillers won't flock to NY for #fracking permits, official tells @columbiaclimate conference. ow.ly/bdoA0 @BW #climate
  6. RT @newshour: A @ColumbiaLaw professor and his students publish new evidence suggesting Texas executed an innocent man. to.pbs.org/JHFicQ
  7. Prof. Liebman set to discuss #DeLuna case with PBS @NewsHour. Live stream at 6pm EDT. ow.ly/b8pNx #deathpenalty #thewrongcarlos
  8. NY lawmakers’ bid to ban anonymous online comments is “slightly goofy,” Prof. Tim Wu (@superwuster) tells @guardian. ow.ly/b7Dww
  9. Op-ed in @nydailynews about #thewrongcarlos investigation written by Shawn Crowley ’11 and Andrew Markquart ’12. ow.ly/b6c7w
  10. Professor Barbara Schatz discusses #nonprofits, #lobbying, and tax-exempt status in an interview with @wnyc ow.ly/b4Gs7
  11. Citing #DeLuna investigation by Prof. James Liebman and students, @LATimes calls on California to abolish executions. ow.ly/b2W3T
  12. "Texas wrongfully executed" an innocent man, a judge wrote in secret exoneration huff.to/Lh7LXA #thewrongcarlos. #death penalty.
  13. #Carlos DeLuna prompts Judge Baird to reveal unissued order to posthumously exonerate #Cameron Todd Willingham. ow.ly/b1oOf
  14. RT @dallas_observer: Protestors cited Carlos DeLuna, called on Dallas DA to end the Death Penalty bit.ly/L5s0Ib #thewrongcarlos
  15. RT @gendersexlaw: More exciting news: Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic Students Secure Asylum for Gay Woman From Peru shar.es/qnNPq
  16. Jury to decide if #Edwards is being prosecuted for his character or for violating law, Prof. Briffault tells @USAToday. ow.ly/b02Gz
  17. Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. ’83: the core of the legal profession is an ethic of public responsibility. ow.ly/aZ53g
  18. Dean Schizer quotes #Gandhi, King Solomon, and the Talking Heads in #graduation speech to Class of '12: ow.ly/aYIM8 #ColumbiaLaw
  19. Dean Schizer: "You have joined a profession that is dedicated to one of humanity’s greatest achievements—the rule of law."