In The News: William S. Boyd School of Law

Willamette Week

How could this happen in Oregon?

Radio National: ABC Australia

Rear Vision with Annabelle Quince, Keri Phillips: Hillary Clinton has spent more than 20 years on the national stage – as first lady, senator and then secretary of state. She’s now nearing the end of the first phase of her second tilt at the ultimate role in US politics. If she wins the Democratic Party nomination, she’ll be the first woman to run for president as the candidate for a major political party in US history.

Huffington Post

When Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showed up at his house in Springfield, Illinois, in 2012, Colombian-born Jhon Erick Ocampo struggled to explain to them that he was an American citizen.

Huffington Post

After the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s dismantled explicitly racist laws, racism became colorblind to survive. Today, although no law explicitly allows for racial profiling by law enforcement, it still happens at an institutional level. What's often left out of the discussion about why racial profiling happens is that the highest court in the country has approved it ‒ in more than one case.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The behind-the-scenes dealing that allowed Las Vegas Sands Corp. to enter the lucrative Macau casino market will be the subject of a Nevada Supreme Court hearing Tuesday — the second time in almost six years that justices have considered the matter.

Above the Law

This law student was shot twice in the neck and torso after repeatedly banging on the wrong door.

Las Vegas Weekly

In its 14th year, the Vegas Valley Book Festival is loaded with so many interesting writers and educators that whittling down your options will be excruciating. Here’s a look at five of the free talks taking place October 17 at Downtown’s Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. Fourth Street.

Reno Gazette-Journal

The beef between Quiznos and Burning Man continues.

KNPR News

How else do you beat the heat of a Las Vegas summer than by finding the nearest swimming pool to lounge by?

Forbes

In early 2014, a small team of international programmers created Popcorn Time, an app that enables free online streaming of movies and television shows using BitTorrent file-sharing protocols. Just over a year later, the app's popularity has already reached Netflix-like levels, largely due to its slick interface and higher-quality streams than those on many piracy sites.

Conversation

In 2008 she ran a "manly" campaign. This year's has started off more feminine. Is this what is needed to win Clinton the White House?

Las Vegas Sun
The law values human life by punishing people who take it. Against this landscape, self-defense — or the law of justifiable homicide — carves out a narrow exception.