Upcoming Virtual Events
We’re moving quickly to transition previously on-the-ground events this spring to virtual opportunities to connect. Check our calendar regularly as we build our virtual programming.
We’re moving quickly to transition previously on-the-ground events this spring to virtual opportunities to connect. Check our calendar regularly as we build our virtual programming.
The show must go on! Portland lawyer Alison “Tex” Clark ’98 has been pre-recording her weekly community radio show with XRAY.FM from home since the emergence of COVID-19.
In developing responses to COVID-19, it’s important to consider lessons learned by past epidemics, as Dr. Anthony Fauci told us at our 2017 conference, “Between Complacency and Panic: Legal, Ethical and Policy Responses to Emerging Infectious Diseases.”
“People believed the rhetoric that containment would work,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells The Atlantic. “We keep them out, and we’ll be okay. When you have a body politic that buys into these ideas of isolationism and ethnonationalism, you’re especially vulnerable when a pandemic hits.”
To get people to comply with self-quarantine requests before legal orders come into play, officials should streamline their messaging about the virus and the purpose of staying away from other people, says Professor Wendy Parmet.
“The federal public health power is pretty awesome … awe-inspiring in its breadth,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells Politico. “But there’s also obviously a lot of danger.”
Listen back: On WGBH's Morning Edition, Professor Daniel Medwed outlines some of the federal and state laws in place that are meant to protect residents in assisted living facilities and nursing homes, and the complicated process of bringing claims of carelessness and neglect.
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders have selected Marielena Hincapié ’96, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, to serve as co-chair of their joint task force. Hincapié will advise the Biden campaign on immigration policy.
“If allowing people to have access to sunshine and recreation is what’s going to keep them from protesting and violating laws, that may be a trade-off worth making,” Professor Wendy Parmet tells The Guardian. “A beach gathering is safer than an indoor party, for example.”
Rhonda Rittenberg, co-chair of NALP's JD Advantage Work Group, has contributed to a comprehensive guide for law school career services offices to help students navigate an evolving employment landscape. The JD Advantage Career Guide contains profiles of 10 career areas, appendices and other data about JD Advantage jobs.