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		<title>Professor Turley on United States v. Alvarez</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Jonathan Turley has written an op-ed in The Washington Post about the Supreme Court case United States v. Alvarez, which addresses whether a federal law that criminalizes false statements about receiving military honors violates the right to free speech. The case is one of the first and most interesting opportunities to examine the repercussions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=20thandh.org&amp;blog=12049677&amp;post=1152&amp;subd=gwlawdean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Katia Garrett, JD ‘85, to be Honored as WBA &#8216;Woman Lawyer of the Year&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia (WBA) has selected Katia Garrett, JD &#8217;85, as its 2012 Woman Lawyer of the Year. Katia currently serves as Executive Director of the DC Bar Foundation. In announcing Katia&#8217;s selection, the WBA stated, &#8220;She has been deeply committed to justice and fairness throughout her entire legal career. The choices she has [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=20thandh.org&amp;blog=12049677&amp;post=1147&amp;subd=gwlawdean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Professor Steve Schooner and 3L Collin Swan Discuss the Role of Contractors in the Battlefield</title>
		<link>http://20thandh.org/2012/02/17/professor-steve-schooner-and-3l-collin-swan-discuss-the-role-of-contractors-in-the-battlefield/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P. Berman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Steve Schooner and 3L Collin Swan discussed the role of contractors in the battlefield on WTOP2, Washington, on February 14.  (Audio clip in four parts, below.)  As I reported in an earlier post, Steve and Collin&#8217;s related article was referenced by the New York Times on February 11. http://mediacenter.tveyes.com/downloadgateway.aspx?UserID=119374&#38;MDID=914587&#38;MDSeed=5101&#38;Type=Media http://mediacenter.tveyes.com/downloadgateway.aspx?UserID=119374&#38;MDID=914589&#38;MDSeed=9991&#38;Type=Media http://mediacenter.tveyes.com/downloadgateway.aspx?UserID=119374&#38;MDID=914591&#38;MDSeed=5912&#38;Type=Media http://mediacenter.tveyes.com/downloadgateway.aspx?UserID=119374&#38;MDID=914583&#38;MDSeed=2722&#38;Type=Media<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=20thandh.org&amp;blog=12049677&amp;post=1121&amp;subd=gwlawdean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prof. Jonathan Turley Testifies on &#8220;Executive Overreach&#8221; Before House Judiciary Committee</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 15, Jonathan Turley testified at the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary hearing on &#8220;Executive Overreach: The President&#8217;s Unprecedented &#8216;Recess&#8217; Appointments.&#8221;  A copy of Jonathan&#8217;s testimony is available here. Jonathan published an OpEd on this topic the day before the hearing on StatesmanJournal.com, and the National Law Journal later reported on his testimony.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=20thandh.org&amp;blog=12049677&amp;post=1116&amp;subd=gwlawdean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prof. Steve Schooner&#8217;s and 3L Collin Swan&#8217;s Work Featured in New York Times</title>
		<link>http://20thandh.org/2012/02/13/prof-steve-schooner-and-3l-collin-swan-in-ny-times-article-on-civilian-contractors-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P. Berman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the February 11 New York Times article &#8220;Risks of Afghan War Shift From Soldiers to Contractors,” Professor Steve Schooner is quoted along with a reference to his article with 3L student Collin D. Swan, &#8220;Dead Contractors: The Un-Examined Effect of Surrogates on the Public’s Casualty Sensitivity.&#8221; Schooner also provides the Times Quote of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=20thandh.org&amp;blog=12049677&amp;post=1108&amp;subd=gwlawdean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Summer Internship Demonstrates the Power of Law in Action</title>
		<link>http://20thandh.org/2012/02/09/a-summer-internship-demonstrates-the-power-of-law-in-action/</link>
		<comments>http://20thandh.org/2012/02/09/a-summer-internship-demonstrates-the-power-of-law-in-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P. Berman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Current student Steve Spitzer recently told me about his extraordinary experiences in an internship with the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, where he was a law clerk for the Mine Safety and Health Administration Litigation Backlog Project. Here&#8217;s his description: &#160; In April, 2010, the Upper Big Branch mine explosion killed 29 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=20thandh.org&amp;blog=12049677&amp;post=1098&amp;subd=gwlawdean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eleven GW Law Students Selected as Finalists for Presidential Management Fellows Program</title>
		<link>http://20thandh.org/2012/02/08/eleven-gw-law-students-selected-as-finalists-for-presidential-management-fellows-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P. Berman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am thrilled to announce that 11 GW Law students have been selected as finalists for the Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) program. Created more than 30 years ago by Executive Order, the PMF program is designed to develop potential leaders who will dedicate themselves to public service in government careers. Students are selected as finalists [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=20thandh.org&amp;blog=12049677&amp;post=1094&amp;subd=gwlawdean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Students in GW Law’s Immigration Clinic Protect Clients’ Lives</title>
		<link>http://20thandh.org/2012/02/04/students-in-gw-laws-immigration-clinic-protect-clients-lives/</link>
		<comments>http://20thandh.org/2012/02/04/students-in-gw-laws-immigration-clinic-protect-clients-lives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P. Berman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to report on three recent successes in our Immigration Clinic. In the first, clinic client R-M suffered religious persecution in Nepal that included threats, extortion, and a kidnapping attempt. Because R-M is a practicing minister he would have continued to be under threat if he had been forced to return to his native [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=20thandh.org&amp;blog=12049677&amp;post=1090&amp;subd=gwlawdean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prof. Dawn Nunziato&#8217;s book, &#8220;Virtual Freedom&#8221; now Available in Arabic Translation</title>
		<link>http://20thandh.org/2012/02/02/prof-dawn-nunziatos-book-virtual-freedom-now-available-in-arabic-translation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P. Berman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Arabic translation of Professor Dawn Nunziato&#8217;s book, Virtual Freedom: Net Neutrality and Free Speech in the Internet Age, has just been released. I understand that the Government of Qatar has ordered several thousand copies, with the Government&#8217;s Director of the Department of Studies and Cultural Research in the Ministry of Culture, Arts, and Heritage [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=20thandh.org&amp;blog=12049677&amp;post=1084&amp;subd=gwlawdean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prof. Catherine Ross Discusses Tinker v. Des Moines as Part of Federal Courts Podcast Program</title>
		<link>http://20thandh.org/2012/02/01/prof-catherine-ross-discusses-tinker-v-des-moines-as-part-of-federal-courts-podcast-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P. Berman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Catherine Ross appears on the website of the U.S. federal courts as part of a podcast series, &#8220;Supreme Court Landmarks.&#8221; In each podcast, a law professor provides a brief overview of a particular case. Catherine comments on Tinker v. Des Moines, a 1969 case concerning students&#8217; freedom of speech and symbolic speech rights in schools.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=20thandh.org&amp;blog=12049677&amp;post=1081&amp;subd=gwlawdean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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