Professor Carlos Ball Recounts How LGBT Parents Have Changed the Legal Definition of Parenthood
The Right to Be Parents is the first book to detail the role of LGBT parents in achieving broader legal recognition for diverse family structures. | Read Story
Rutgers Law Remembers Hon. Marilyn Loftus ’61
NJ’s first woman assistant attorney general and acting attorney general led national efforts to end gender bias in the courts. | Read Story
U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman to Give Convocation Address
Commencement will take place at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on May 25. | Read Story
New Book by Prof. George Thomas Traces History of Interrogation and Confessions
Miranda expert finds law of interrogation and its enforcement process very dependent on threats felt by a society. | Read Story
Patton Boggs Foundation Fellow to Study Rights of Indigenous Groups in Andean Countries
Working in Peru, Emily Button ’14 will research how governments interact with indigenous communities on public policy issues. | Read Story
Class of 2012 Standouts in Fostering a Stronger Public Interest Community
In presenting the Minority Student Program’s 2012 Community Service Award, Jessica Kitson, Associate Director for Career Services, described the recipient as “someone who recognizes that there are people with needs and announces I want to meet those needs.” Kitson, who also is co-director of the Eric R. Neisser Public Interest Program, was describing Laura Marchini but could have been talking about dozens of others in the Rutgers School of Law–Newark Class of 2012. They are students like Ione Curva (shown here) who are passionate about using the law to advance social justice, committed to serving the public interest, and proud of the school’s support for those focused on a public service career. “With clarity about why they came to law school and a can-do attitude,” says Kitson, “these students have invigorated existing programs, started new programs, and planned other initiatives for the next group of public interest leaders at Rutgers Law to realize.” | Read Story
