Faculty in the News
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Professor Rena SteinzorCrimProf Blog - Rena Steinzor, JD, professor at the School of Law, has posted "High Crimes, Not Misdemeanors: Deterring the Production of Unsafe Food" (Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine, Vol. 19, No. 2, 2010) on SSRN. More »
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Jacob A. France Research Professor Doug ColbertWBAL-TV 11 - Doug Colbert, JD, professor at the School of Law, suggests the decision to drop two of the charges against Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon and to avoid calling her former boyfriend is part of a strategy to "undermine the defense theory" and to eliminate him from the minds of the jury. More »
Friday, November 13, 2009
Assistant Professor David GrayThe Baltimore Sun - "It would have been much more problematic if the jury was also considering perjury counts of failure to report gifts," said David Gray, JD, PhD, a School of Law assistant professor. "She couldn't stand up and say, 'These were gifts,' without putting herself on the hook for the perjury counts." More »
Friday, November 13, 2009
Professor Jana SingerWashington Blade - Jana Singer, JD, a School of Law professor who in 2007 filed papers supporting 19 gay and lesbian plaintiffs who challenged the state law defining marriage as between a man and woman, said there's "a very good chance" that Attorney General Douglas Gansler's opinion on recognizing same-sex marriages from other states will be favorable to gay couples. More »
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Jacob A. France Research Professor Doug ColbertWMAR-TV, The Daily Record, & WEAA-FM (The Mark Steiner Show) - Doug Colbert, JD, calls opening statements a draw in the trial of Mayor Sheila Dixon during an interview on WMAR-TV. The professor at the School of Law brought members of his Access to Justice clinic to study arguments during the trial, and The Daily Record quotes student Kimberly Stewart as viewing the attorneys as "the best of the best." More »
