Sentences with phrase «law school challenges»

Kings College London was announced winner of the Law School Challenge 2015, after their success in raising funds for pro bono charities LawWorks and the Bar Pro Bono Unit.

University of Law won the Law School Challenge for raising the most funds for LawWorks and the Bar Pro Bono Unit.

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The Holy Father set in motion these past two years of contention and, one hopes, constructive dialogue in the Church because he knows that marriage and the family are in deep trouble throughout the world, just as he knows that marriage, rightly understood, and the family, rightly understood, are the basic building blocks of a humane society: the family is the first school of freedom, because it is there that we first learn that freedom is not mere willfulness; marriage, for its part, is the lifelong school in which we learn the full, challenging meaning of the law of self - giving built into the human heart.

A spokeswoman for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which is representing three religious schools that are challenging the health care law, said that she was also unaware of another college that had taken such action.

He said the school is retaining its health care plan for employees because it is hopeful that legal challenges to the health care law will prevent much of it from taking effect.

«When it comes to challenges to religious liberty, the Johnson Amendment is just about the least important issue I can think of,» said John Inazu, a professor at Washington University School of Law.

«the school is retaining its health care plan for employees because it is hopeful that legal challenges to the health care law will prevent much of it from taking effect.»

In recent cases in Colorado and New Hampshire (I provided expert testimony in both instances), those challenging the prohibition on state funding of religious schools drew attention to the discriminatory effect of such laws.

Anne L. Bryant, executive director of the school boards association, said it was «disappointing» that the law «does not provide adequate funding,» which she said would «challenge schools» ability to provide school nutrition by adding a new funding burden for schools at a time when there are critical budget shortfalls.»

Hawkins is hoping to tap into liberal dissatisfaction with Cuomo, and gain some of the supporters of Fordham Law School professor Zephyr Teachout, who ran a surprisingly strong primary challenge to the governor in September.

Cuomo received the WFP's ballot line after intense negotiations and a challenge from Fordham Law School professor Zephyr Teachout, who would go on to challenge Cuomo in a Democratic primary.

When Zephyr Teachout, then a little - known Fordham Law School professor, challenged Cuomo in a primary four years ago, one of the state's largest public workers unions, PEF, endorsed her, while NYSUT decided to sit out the governor's race entirely, declining to pick a favorite.

Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham Law school professor who challenged Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a gubernatorial primary in 2014, has been elected to a post on the state Democratic Committee.

Despite these challenges, Teachout maintains that she has more than the requisite number of signatures and that her residency in New York has been uninterrupted since she accepted a tenure - track position at Fordham University Law School in 2009.

Cuomo, known as a clever strategist who carefully maps out his political future, did not anticipate a primary challenge from obscure Fordham Law School professor Zephyr Teachout.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his running mate Kathy Hochul beat off a challenge from two law school professors in Tuesday's Democratic primary.

Cuomo had use to dip into his campaign account to fend off a spirited primary challenge from Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor.

Cuomo faced a primary challenge from Fordham Law School Professor Zephyr Teachout in 2014, who garnered 34 percent of the vote that year.

Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham Law School professor who challenged Cuomo in a Democratic primary last month, knocked Cuomo's efforts on the state Senate in a Capitol Pressroom radio interview on Wednesday.

The W.F.P. challenge is the most tangible manifestation of the frustration expressed by progressives toward Cuomo, and their displeasure that he has governed as a fiscal moderate, choosing to burnish his liberal credentials with social issues, like a push to legalize same - sex marriage and a new gun control law passed after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Full disclosure: Among the people backing Fordham law professor and former Howard Dean internet director Zephyr Teachout's effort to challenge sitting NY Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary, according to the filings by her and her running mate Tim Wu with the state board of elections: Union Square Ventures» Brad Burnham ($ 20,000), Tumblr founder David Karp ($ 20,000) WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg ($ 5,000), Netflix VP Chris Libertelli ($ 5,000), Kickstarter's Fred Benenson ($ 5,000), campaign finance reform activist Arnold Hiatt ($ 2,500), Lawrence Lessig ($ 2,500), Reddit's Alexis Ohanian ($ 2,500), our own Andrew Rasiej ($ 1,500), Digg's Andrew McLaughlin ($ 1,000), Open Technology Institute's Sascha Meinrath ($ 1,000), Harvard Law School's Jonathan Zittrain ($ 1,000), Duke law prof Jedediah Purdy ($ 1,000), Ben & Jerry's Ben Cohen ($ 1,000), EchoDitto founder and former Dean webmaster Nicco Mele ($ 600), net neutrality campaigner Marvin Ammori ($ 500), Blue State Digital's Joe Rospars ($ 500), Progressive Strategies» Mike Lux ($ 450), former Dean data - wiz Kenn Herman ($ 300), former Dean developer Josh Koenig ($ 250), Fight for the Future's Tiffiniy Cheng ($ 250), MIT's Ethan Zuckerman ($ 250), Brooklyn law prof Jonathan asking ($ 250), Public Campaign's David Donnelly $ 250), former Dean developer Zack Rosen ($ 250), the ACLU «s Christopher Soghoian ($ 100), Sunlight Foundation's Ellen Miller ($ 100), former Dean blogger Mathew Gross ($ 100), and yours truly ($ 10law professor and former Howard Dean internet director Zephyr Teachout's effort to challenge sitting NY Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary, according to the filings by her and her running mate Tim Wu with the state board of elections: Union Square Ventures» Brad Burnham ($ 20,000), Tumblr founder David Karp ($ 20,000) WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg ($ 5,000), Netflix VP Chris Libertelli ($ 5,000), Kickstarter's Fred Benenson ($ 5,000), campaign finance reform activist Arnold Hiatt ($ 2,500), Lawrence Lessig ($ 2,500), Reddit's Alexis Ohanian ($ 2,500), our own Andrew Rasiej ($ 1,500), Digg's Andrew McLaughlin ($ 1,000), Open Technology Institute's Sascha Meinrath ($ 1,000), Harvard Law School's Jonathan Zittrain ($ 1,000), Duke law prof Jedediah Purdy ($ 1,000), Ben & Jerry's Ben Cohen ($ 1,000), EchoDitto founder and former Dean webmaster Nicco Mele ($ 600), net neutrality campaigner Marvin Ammori ($ 500), Blue State Digital's Joe Rospars ($ 500), Progressive Strategies» Mike Lux ($ 450), former Dean data - wiz Kenn Herman ($ 300), former Dean developer Josh Koenig ($ 250), Fight for the Future's Tiffiniy Cheng ($ 250), MIT's Ethan Zuckerman ($ 250), Brooklyn law prof Jonathan asking ($ 250), Public Campaign's David Donnelly $ 250), former Dean developer Zack Rosen ($ 250), the ACLU «s Christopher Soghoian ($ 100), Sunlight Foundation's Ellen Miller ($ 100), former Dean blogger Mathew Gross ($ 100), and yours truly ($ 10Law School's Jonathan Zittrain ($ 1,000), Duke law prof Jedediah Purdy ($ 1,000), Ben & Jerry's Ben Cohen ($ 1,000), EchoDitto founder and former Dean webmaster Nicco Mele ($ 600), net neutrality campaigner Marvin Ammori ($ 500), Blue State Digital's Joe Rospars ($ 500), Progressive Strategies» Mike Lux ($ 450), former Dean data - wiz Kenn Herman ($ 300), former Dean developer Josh Koenig ($ 250), Fight for the Future's Tiffiniy Cheng ($ 250), MIT's Ethan Zuckerman ($ 250), Brooklyn law prof Jonathan asking ($ 250), Public Campaign's David Donnelly $ 250), former Dean developer Zack Rosen ($ 250), the ACLU «s Christopher Soghoian ($ 100), Sunlight Foundation's Ellen Miller ($ 100), former Dean blogger Mathew Gross ($ 100), and yours truly ($ 10law prof Jedediah Purdy ($ 1,000), Ben & Jerry's Ben Cohen ($ 1,000), EchoDitto founder and former Dean webmaster Nicco Mele ($ 600), net neutrality campaigner Marvin Ammori ($ 500), Blue State Digital's Joe Rospars ($ 500), Progressive Strategies» Mike Lux ($ 450), former Dean data - wiz Kenn Herman ($ 300), former Dean developer Josh Koenig ($ 250), Fight for the Future's Tiffiniy Cheng ($ 250), MIT's Ethan Zuckerman ($ 250), Brooklyn law prof Jonathan asking ($ 250), Public Campaign's David Donnelly $ 250), former Dean developer Zack Rosen ($ 250), the ACLU «s Christopher Soghoian ($ 100), Sunlight Foundation's Ellen Miller ($ 100), former Dean blogger Mathew Gross ($ 100), and yours truly ($ 10law prof Jonathan asking ($ 250), Public Campaign's David Donnelly $ 250), former Dean developer Zack Rosen ($ 250), the ACLU «s Christopher Soghoian ($ 100), Sunlight Foundation's Ellen Miller ($ 100), former Dean blogger Mathew Gross ($ 100), and yours truly ($ 100).

In 2014, Cuomo was challenged in a Democratic primary by Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor.

Wu, a professor at Columbia Law School, is the running mate of Zephyr Teachout, who is challenging Governor Andrew Cuomo in next month's Democratic primary.

They included Kathleen Rice, a U.S. representative from Long Island who unsuccessfully challenged Schneiderman in the 2010 Democratic primary; Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney from Manhattan; Alphonso David, Cuomo's chief counsel; Michael Gianaris, a state senator from Queens and chief political strategist for the Democratic conference; Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ran for governor in 2014; Letitia James, the New York City public advocate; Carrie H. Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who handled the trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver; Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D - N.Y.; and Benjamin Lawsky, formerly the state's top financial regulator.

In 2014, Cuomo backed a Democratic - led state Senate as he received the endorsement from the WFP, a labor - backed organization that had flirted with the possibility of giving its ballot line to Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ultimately challenged the governor in a Democratic primary.

Read more about the BHA's work challenging «faith» school employment laws: https://humanism.org.uk/2015/02/20/european-commission-re-opens-investigation-whether-uk-faith-school-laws-break-european-employment-laws-uk-government-shifts-position/

The endorsement comes as Cuomo sought to shore up his relations with the business community following his primary challenge from Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor.

Cuomo's comments on Wednesday seemed unlikely to have been uttered when he faced a spirited primary challenge from Fordham Law School professor Zephyr Teachout, who challenged him from the left.

State AG Eric Schneiderman has joined lawyers for immigrants challenging Trump's travel ban, arguing in court papers that the order unfairly targets Muslims and violates federal laws and harms New York's schools, businesses, hospitals and economy.

This week, education secretary Nicky Morgan announced plans to prevent parents from being able to use the law to challenge the decision to convert their local schools into academies.

Even as the Buffalo Teachers Federation and its statewide parent union challenge the governor's school receivership law in court, Cuomo said he believes the statute will survive the court challenge.

At 8:15 a.m., New York Law School's Center for Real Estates Studies hosts a panel discussion, «Housing Challenges and Solutions Across the Income Spectrum,» 185 W. Broadway, Manhattan.

At 6 p.m., NYC Collaborates hosts a panel discussion, Opportunities & Challenges in Integrating NYC's Public Schools, featuring New York City Councilmen Brad Lander and Ritchie Torres and remarks from Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn.

«Andrew Cuomo is sort of off his balance right now,» Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who challenged him in the last Democratic gubernatorial primary, recently told The Young Turks.

In 2014, Cuomo was challenged in a Democratic primary by Fordham Law School Professor Zephyr Teachout.

Education law, as summarized by the New York State School Boards Association and the New York State Bar Association, says the burden of proof rests on the entity or person who challenges vote results to establish facts that would justify invalidating results.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and his running mate Kathy Hochul held off a challenge from two law school professors in Tuesday's Democratic primary.

Mitchell Kane, a professor of tax policy at NYU Law School, said courts have basically shut down constitutional challenges to federal tax legislation on grounds of differential treatment across citizens, absent discrimination based on some protected class.

«Why we use this law to address the challenge and punish the criminals, we are also putting in place appropriate measures particularly in our schools and other vulnerable targets to prevent security breaches and it is important that we ensure that everything we do in respect of this anti-kidnapping law is in good faith and good spirit to eradicate the issue of kidnapping once and for all in the State.»

But Cuomo, too, has faced skepticism on his left, fending off a challenge from Fordham Law School Professor Zephyr Teachout this month in a Democratic primary, who had charged he was too aligned with big business at the expense of ordinary New Yorkers.

In 2014, he successfully defeated Zephyr Teachout, a little known Fordham Law school professor, in a Democratic primary after she initially challenged him for the Working Families Party nomination.

In 2014, Cuomo was challenged for the Democratic nomination by Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law school professor who now sits on the Democratic committee.

Ravitch wrote on her blog today that she voted for Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham Law School professor who challenged Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic Party ballot line.

The lead for Faso, a former Assembly minority leader and candidate for governor in 2006, comes after a poll last month showed him in a virtual tie with Teachout, a Fordham Law school professor who challenged Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination in 2014.

Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham Law School professor who challenged Gov. Andrew Cuomo, received several hundred votes when combined with various incorrect spellings of her name.

In 2014, Cuomo faced a challenge for the liberal Working Families Party endorsement, which he won over political novice, Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor.

But in recent days Astorino has indicated Hawkins should be included in a debate, potentially as Republicans see the chances of the Green Party nominee capturing liberal supporters of Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham Law School professor who challenged Cuomo for the Democratic nomination this month.

At 6 p.m. NYC Collaborates will host «Diverse Schools: Opportunities, Challenges in Integrating NYC Public Schools» at Brooklyn Law School.

New York's controversial receivership law that allows for the takeover of failing public schools withstood a court challenge by the teachers union, with a state Supreme Court judge this week rejecting a number of arguments aimed at deeming the statute unconstitutional.