It’s been 30 years since Marc Reisner’s landmark history of Western water, Cadillac Desert, was first published. The book’s dire tone set the pattern for much subsequent water writing. Longtime Albuquerque Journal reporter John Fleck calls it the “narrative of crisis” — an apocalyptic storyline about the West perpetually teetering on the brink of running dry.

A University of Nevada, Las Vegas law professor was hospitalized after she was attacked in Henderson on Friday, police said. Leslie Griffin, who has taught constitutional law at the William S. Boyd School of Law since 2012, was near the intersection of Paseo Verde Parkway and Desert Shadow Trail when she was assaulted by a man, Henderson Police Department spokeswoman Michelle French said.

UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law will continue its Voter Education Program 2016 with a series of weekly forums on statewide ballot initiatives beginning Wednesday.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid says he has a plan to show Americans’ “absolute disgust” with the Senate’s failure to act on the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland.

Deportation of undocumented immigrants is at a nine-year low nationally, and the numbers are not expected to return to the historic highs seen in President Barack Obama’s first term unless November elections lead to a new direction on U.S. immigration policy.

Around a decade ago, Jonesburg, Mo., resident Lee Hobbs and the city's United Methodist Church found they needed new shingles for their roofs. They bought Heritage Shingles from Tamko Building Products, a Joplin firm that guaranteed the shingles would last for 30 years. They didn't.

Ballard Spahr attorney Booker Evans Jr. received the Legacy of Advocacy Award from the Student Bar Association of the William S. Boyd School of Law. The award celebrates an established member of the Nevada legal community who has made significant contributions to Nevada and the William S. Boyd School of Law.

UNLV’s Boyd School of Law is hosting a free “clean slate” event Aug. 27 to help people with criminal histories in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson seal their records.

A sweeping, voucher-style program that would allow parents to claim thousands of dollars per year in state funds designated for their child's public schooling, and use it for private tuition or other qualified education expenses, faced its biggest test yet on Friday with arguments from supporters and opponents before the Nevada Supreme Court.

The politics of water in the West was the theme of the second annual Western Water Symposium, held at the end of July at Morgan Library on the Colorado State University campus. More than 130 attendees heard from a series of water experts that the politics of water in the West transcends party affiliation — and there’s probably not a more divisive issue, even in this election year.

Who made the United States into a refuge for secretive shell companies?

Look toward Congress to find politicians who helped turn Nevada into a major home for shell companies, which can be used to evade taxes and hide illegal assets from around the world.

Attorneys Katelyn Leese and Alissa Cooley operate on a shoestring budget, and until recently, the future of their legal battles — affecting the lives of nearly 100 children — seemed uncertain.