Guarding the Gates: Dedicated Alumni Find Their Calling

Professor David Martin taught his first class at the Law School in 1980. Since then, a host of Law School alumni have taken every type of international law course offered by professors Martin, John Norton Moore, and the late Richard Lillich. Many now serve in leadership positions in the federal government and are charged with maintaining the security of the nation. They share more than just traditional school ties. They show a passion to serve their country and a commitment to the rule of law. MORE

 
Keeping Uncle Sam from Spying on Citizens

During the first Gulf War, Greg Nojeim ’85 went to Washington National Airport to observe Arab Americans being pulled out of lines and put through security checks that weren't required of other passengers. The evidence he gathered was used by his employer, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, to sue Pan Am World Airways on allegations of racial profiling.

Now an attorney with the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), he's still fighting attempts to use national security as a justification to violate people's constitutional rights and invade their privacy. MORE
 

Lost in Translation: Liberty and Justice for All

On the heels of national health care reform, the Obama administration appears poised to take on a contentious and vexing issue: immigration policy reform. While some in the administration are laying the groundwork for what they see as an even larger legislative battle than health care reform, others are fighting injustices dealt to the immigrant population on a case-by-case basis. One of the most common of these is notario fraud. MORE