Sentences with phrase «law schools fight»

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«The problem is, I don't know whether I'm going to get the mensch or the schmuck,» Joele Frank, of the eponymous public relations firm that has helped companies fight Elliott and other activists, commented at a panel at a Tulane law school event in March.

Law students say they are committed to fighting racism after the recent vandalism of two posters at Osgoode Hall Law School commemorating Black History Month.

My mate and I fought all the way through law school over the following lyrics.

Before meeting Pauline, I had survived a life of considerable loss, first at the hands of parents who viciously abused all three of their children and then in a fight with cancer while in law school.

Why else do they spend so much time and money on campaigns to overturn abortion laws, and fighting proper s.ex ed in high schools?

That's because, despite having supported the HHFKA's passage back in 2010, the SNA is now fighting vigorously to roll back in Congress many of the law's key nutritional requirements — and it is doing so on the grounds that kids are allegedly rejecting healthier school food en masse.

Among the few women in her Yale Law School class, Clinton fought hard for professional success.

At 9 a.m., Fordham Law School kicks off a conference called «Fighting Corruption in America and Abroad.»

On his website, Nicodemo lists five major issues that impact his district, including getting state funding for Yonkers schools, stricter gun laws, human and LGBT rights, education and fighting for unions and organized labor.

But if the principle of mayoral control was enough to ensure that Bloomberg got a total of 13 years as head of the school system, why has Mayor de Blasio had to fight to get even one - year extensions of the mayoral control law?

He attended Brooklyn Law School, and as an attorney, he said that he has dedicated himself to «fight on behalf of communities that are marginalized, disenfranchised and considered voiceless.»

Blasting the «secret process» by which the mayor selected Cathleen Black as the next schools chancellor, UFT President Michael Mulgrew proposed a resolution at the Nov. 17 Delegate Assembly to fight to change the law to require a public hiring process for chancellor in the future.

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).

Mr. Wu is a Columbia Law School professor and a leader in the important fight against the monopolization of American media.

New York City waits Meanwhile a number of issues important to New York City will be before the Legislature this year - rent laws and mayoral control of schools are each set to expire and while most legislators say they expect to renew both, major battles will be fought over the details of each.

She said she was most proud of fighting for the so - called Safe Act, a gun - control law that New York enacted after the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., and against hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, a process known as fracking.

De Blasio's accommodationist streak could also hurt him in upcoming fights over rent - control laws and mayoral control of the public schools, both up for renewal this year.

«Kristy Mazurek embodies everything that is wrong with politics, and the contrast could not be greater between her and Monica Wallace, a principled leader who brings a unique perspective to the seat and has spent her entire career fighting for justice and teaching ethics at UB Law School,» Zellner said.

Meanwhile, I've successfully passed major new laws like Jay - J's Law, Jackie's Law and CPS reforms, while fighting aggressively for new investment in our community to create jobs, fix roads and bridges and strengthen our schools.

«I want to assure you that, though I am discontinuing my campaign, I will continue my fight for affordable housing, tougher gun laws and more classroom seats to alleviate overcrowding in our schools.

Rhodes then went to Harvard Law School — «with the goal of developing the legal tools to keep fighting on behalf of those who are too often ignored by the political process,» his press release says — but has taken a leave of absence to run for Congress.

He needed Shelly to be strong on the rent laws fight, to stand with teachers» unions to push back on Cuomo's pro-charter school crusade, and to occupy the left - flank on other issues too,» a Democratic operative argued.

Shelley Mayer is the Change We Need From Yonkers to Bedford, from White Plains to the Sound Shore, Shelley knows our communities and has always been willing to stand up against the status quo to protect Westchester, Her children all attended public schools here, so she's always been an advocate for better school funding and tuition relief, She fought the NRA to pass effective, common - sense gun laws, and defeated big pharma to give us better tools to fight opioid abuse.

The new laws, which have now come into effect, give teachers the right to break up fights in school, as well as issue after - school or weekend detentions without parents» consent.

Two big fights loom this year in Albany that concern de Blasio considerably: Mayoral control of the NYC school system and the NYC rent laws, both of which are set to expire in June.

Through the years, Silver became a leading voice for liberal causes, fighting for more school aid, prekindergarten expansion, a «millionaires» tax» on high earners and rollback of Rockefeller - era drug laws.

«As a State Senator,» he explained, «I will fight for the things that matter to New Yorkers: strengthening rent laws and preserving affordable housing, increasing access to quality schools, safeguarding the environment, promoting economic and social justice, preventing violence in our communities, and creating a fairer and more accessible political process.»

From 6 to 8 p.m. at Fordham Law School, The Safety Net Project at the Urban Justice Center and the Women's City Club of New York will host «This Bridge Called My Back: Women of Color and the Fight for Economic Security», on «how gender intersects with economic and racial inequality in New York City.»

Laws supported the idea of free schools before the Tories did but fought fierce battles with Gove over the programme's scale.

Enck said that in her final speech to her staff at EPA, before she resigned to become the visiting scholar at Pace University Law school, she urged them to be respectful — but to «fight back internally» if they are asked to not enforce environmental laws or «turn a blind eye» to evidence of drinking water pollution, and then decide what they should do if their efforts don't succeed.

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Enck says in her final speech to her staff at EPA, before she resigned to become the visiting scholar at Pace University Law School, she urged them to be respectful, but to «fight back internally,» if they are asked to not enforce environmental laws or «turn a blind eye» to evidence of drinking water pollution, and then decide what they should do if their efforts don't succeed.

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Sunday retail alcohol sales, workforce development, fighting opioids, reforming civil forfeiture laws and increasing funding for schools are all part of the the Indiana Senate Republican legislative agenda for 2018.

Privacy advocates at organizations such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Center for Democracy & Technology and Fight for the Future; tech industry groups, including the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), whose members include Facebook, Google and Yahoo; and more than a dozen cybersecurity experts, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Ronald Rivest (the «R» in the RSA cryptography protocol) and Bruce Schneier, a fellow at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society.

Bain had multiple surgeries in high school, but also fought for legislation, known as Ally's Law (aka the Restroom Access Act), after she was denied access to a Chicago retail store's employee restroom.

While they fight crime (and the law) in their spare time, our costumed heroes find it can be just as dangerous going to high school.

In fact, the officer of the law saw no reason to intervene until December 4th when he charged a half - dozen African - American students dubbed the Jena 6 with attempted murder after they allegedly got the better of some whites in a fight in the school cafeteria.

Local and religious authorities fought back, but in 1852, the public - school lobby, eager to destroy what they saw as popery and other forms of orthodox religious bigotry, crowned their considerable achievements by passing the first state law compelling children to go to school.

Second, scholarship tax - credit laws enable supporters of school choice to organize so that they can more effectively fight harmful regulations: Scholarship organizations can help both scholarship recipients and the donors mobilize against potentially harmful legislation.

Although insulated from laws governing public schools, private schools felt the pressure as well, and many single - gender institutions, often fighting for economic survival, opened their doors to both sexes after 1970.

In a new analysis of the charter school experience in South Carolina, Jonathan Butcher and Joel Medley observe, «despite the proliferation of charter laws and new schools around the country, charters and their authorizers still spend their first several years in a fight for survival.»

All Americans — including those law and business school classmates across the way — must take on the burden of this fight.

In California, school officials «fought so hard to block the claims of a student that Judge Oliver W. Wanger of United States District Court took 83 pages to berate the district's «hard - line position» and its law firm for «willfully and vexatiously» dragging out the case so long that the former student is now 24.»

In «Fighting Truancy: Voices from the trenches,» Ed Next talks with Jessica Pinson Pennington, executive director of the Truancy Intervention Project in Georgia, and Barbara Babb and Gloria Danziger of the Truancy Court Program organized by the Center for Families, Children and the Courts at the University of Baltimore School of Law.

The state, under Governor Davis, had fought the lawsuit, using an expensive private law firm to argue that the problems, if they existed at all, were the responsibility of local school districts.

Kevin Jennings, who founded the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (or GLSEN) in 1990, has fought against LGBT discrimination in schools and been active in passing school - based anti-discrimination laws for more than two decades.

We have alumni who work in public policy organizations, serve on local school boards, practice education law, and fight for equity in school finance or, as physicians in low - income communities, provide quality health care for children.

Three teachers also outlined their efforts to fight off campaigns to overhaul their elementary schools — Miramonte, 93rd Street and 68th Street — under the parent trigger law, which allows parents to petition for changes at low - performing campuses.