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Civil Rights Appellate Clinic News

Penn State Law professors and students file briefs in three cases before the Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court will be considering briefs from Professors David Kaye, Eileen Kane, and Bob Rains as well as the Civil Rights Appellate Clinic in four different cases this term.

Civil Rights Appellate Clinic files amicus brief with Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Most cases handled by the Civil Rights Appellate Clinic are student-identified ones in which they think the clinic could play an important role. Not so in a case on appeal before the U.S. Third Circuit in which the clinic was appointed as amicus in a suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Civil Rights Appellate Clinic students await Supreme Court’s decision in harassment case

Students in the Civil Rights Appellate Clinic are awaiting a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Vance v. Ball State University, which could have a widespread impact on how employment discrimination cases are handled throughout the country. At issue in the case is whether the person who allegedly harassed Vance qualifies as a "supervisor" under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Affirmative action education expert to discuss SCOTUS case

Dr. Liliana M. Garces, counsel of record for the amicus brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by the American Social Science Researchers in the affirmative action case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, will speak at University Park on Monday, October 1.

Commonwealth Court to hold special appellate session at Penn State Law

Members of Penn State University and the local community will have the opportunity to attend a special appellate hearing held by the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court. A three-judge panel will hear the cases beginning at 9 a.m.

A supreme experience for Penn State Law students

No recess for Civil Rights Appellate Clinic students as they prepare for Supreme Court

Seat L to R: Michah Craft and Kimberly Hibbard Standing L to R: Sebastian Conforto, Marianne Sawicki, Bobby Marion, Katie Wagner, Wesley Corning and Shari Manasseh

Clinic efforts instrumental in passage of new law clarifying USERRA

ACLU lawyer to speak on Ashcroft v. al-Kidd

Lee Gelernt, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawyer who litigated the controversial Ashcroft v. al-Kidd case in the U.S. Supreme Court, will speak in the Apfelbaum Family Courtroom in Lewis Katz Building in University Park, Pa., on October 28 at 1 p.m. The event will be simulcast to Room 104, Lewis Katz Hall, Carlisle, Pa.

U.S. Supreme Court to hear case filed by Penn State Law Civil Rights Appellate Clinic