Faculty in the News - Archive
Friday, March 24, 2006
Professor Michael MillemannThe Daily Record - A quarter-century after its founding, the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS) still holds to its core mission: providing free civil legal service to people who can't afford it. "She’s [Executive Director Winifred Borden] a creative and excellent administrator who has built it into one of the best programs in the country. While the need for volunteer lawyers continues to far outstrip the supply, she's kept the program vibrant and energized," said Michael Millemann, JD, professor at the School of Law, who helped to establish MVLS in 1981.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Professor Kathleen Hoke DachilleWUSA-TV (March 22), WUSA-TV (March 23) - A carelessly discarded cigarette started a fire yesterday in Montgomery County that destroyed four homes and left more than a dozen people homeless. Kathleen Hoke Dachille, JD, assistant professor and managing director of the Legal Resource Center for Tobacco Regulation, Litigation and Advocacy at the School of Law talked about how the Center is working in support of a bill mandating fire-safe cigarettes in Maryland. "There’s no difference in the filter, no difference in the tobacco. There will be bands of paper slightly thicker that will retard the burn of the cigarette," she said.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Stephen KnableThe Baltimore Sun, Owings Mills Times – Stephen Knable, 25, a student at the School of Law, is running for the District 11 seat in the House of Delegates.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Professor Rena SteinzorThe Washington Post – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has upheld the rights of federal agencies to have the final word on the quality of the facts, figures, and research they use in rulemaking and other decisions. "It is the best possible result," said Rena Steinzor, JD, professor at the School of Law.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Professor Don GiffordLawyers Weekly USA, and three more newspapers - A recent landmark verdict in Rhode Island ordering three paint manufacturers to clean up lead-contaminated property throughout the state may prompt similar suits in other states. Don Gifford, JD, professor at the School of Law, described the Rhode Island public-nuisance law as unusually open-ended, noting, "If you go to most other states, they have a fairly defined idea of what public nuisance law is."
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