Legal December 2020 Premium

Objection! US Needs More Hispanic Lawyers

Perhaps it is a byproduct of crushing costs associated with obtaining an undergraduate and graduate degree in higher education, but there has been a dramatic drop in students pursuing a law degree.

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Mary Ann Cooper

Legal December 2020 Premium

Inside Post-Election Washington

Almost nothing that occurred this year was predicted or polled correctly by D.C. pundits and pollsters, experts and VIPS both conservative and liberal.  Certainly not the coronavirus pandemic and certainly not the election.

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Peggy Sands Orchowski

Hispanic Community December 2020 Premium

Immersion Into Mexican Culture And Law

St. Mary’s University School of Law’s Study Abroad Program

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Sylvia Mendoza

Hispanic Community December 2020

En Los Primeros Treinta Años De La Eternidad De Reinaldo Arenas

Si aceptamos la literatura como campo de una de las más decididas batallas humanas contra el sin sentido de la vida tendremos que convenir que de momento Reinaldo Arenas va ganando la suya particular.

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Enrique Del Risco

Hispanic Community December 2020 Premium

Being The Help In My Community

Growing up on the south side of Chicago wasn’t easy. I grew up watching as many of my community members fell into the wrong steps early on in life.

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Lourdes Bustos

Legal December 2020 Premium

LBJ Foundation Awards Justice Ginsburg

Editor’s Note: The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was honored at an event at the Library of Congress in January 2020 where she received the LBJ Liberty & Justice for All Award.

Health Care December 2020 Premium

$8.3B Settlement With OxyContin’s Maker?

Is Purdue Pharma Becoming A ‘Public Trust’ A Real Solution?

Hispanic Community December 2020 Premium

“The Social Origins Of Human Rights:

Human rights activism is often associated with international organizations that try to affect the behavior of abusive states around the globe.

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Friendship As Sustenance And Power In Academia

Written by Eddy Francisco Alvarez Jr. Assistant Professor Department of Chicana and Chicana Studies California State University, Fullerton AAHHE Faculty Fellow, 2020

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Schools Often Fail To Identify Gifted Students

Especially If They Are Black, Latino Or Native American

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COVID Threatens Food Security For Students

Written by Matthew J. Landry, Stanford University and Heather Eicher-Miller, Purdue University

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Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty In Criminal Case

Editor’s Note: As part of a criminal and civil settlement, Purdue Pharma has pled guilty to three criminal charges that include lying to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

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Judge Oks Purdue Pharma Federal Settlement

Editor’s Note: What will the future hold for Purdue Pharma? A bankruptcy judge’s ruling may mean the Department of Justice and the drugmaker are one step closer to a federal settlement.

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Who Is Dalila Argaez Wendlandt?

1st Latina Justice To Serve On Massachusetts’ Highest Court

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Latino Trailblazer: Eduardo M. Peñalver

Editor’s Note: Yale alumnus Eduardo M. Peñalver is known for firsts. He’s the first Latino dean of an Ivy League law school and now is the first Latino president of Seattle University.