http://blogs.law.uiowa.edu/news News and Events at the University of Iowa College of Law Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:48:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Gov. Chet Culver recently commended the UI Center for Human Rights for 10 years of "engag[ing] the university’s diverse community and the broader public in considering the profound dimensions of human rights in our lives." http://blogs.law.uiowa.edu/news/?p=245 Gov. Chet Culver recently commended Sandy Boyd, Richard Koontz and the Larned A. Waterman Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center (INRC) for 10 years of strengthening the state's nonprofit organizations. Boyd, a UI law professor and president emeritus, founded the INRC in 2000 as a consulting firm of sorts, helping Iowa nonprofit groups ... http://blogs.law.uiowa.edu/news/?p=244 Prof. Bezanson Explains Why Newspapers are calling Maj. Nidal Hasan the "Alleged" Fort Hood Shooter (Slate.com), http://www.slate.com/id/2235470/ http://blogs.law.uiowa.edu/news/?p=241 The giant chip maker Intel, facing antitrust challenges around the world, announced on Thursday that it would pay $1.25 billion to settle its long-running disputes with its smaller rival, Advanced Micro Devices. Legal experts say the agreement solves some of the antitrust issues surrounding Intel and could dissuade other government ... http://blogs.law.uiowa.edu/news/?p=239 When Kristen Formanek graduated from the UNIVERSITY OF IOWA'S COLLEGE OF LAW in May, she wondered if she would find a job in her field. Formanek started working as a prosecutor in the New Hanover County District Attorney's Office a month ago handling misdemeanor cases. While Formanek nabbed a job, ... http://blogs.law.uiowa.edu/news/?p=237 Some inmates at the Iowa Women’s Prison at Mitchelville didn't receive fair sentences because they were in abusive  relationships. That's according to domestic violence advocates. In a program called Project Skylark, they are trying to reduce the prison terms of women who commited crimes in cooperation with abusive partners. And ... http://blogs.law.uiowa.edu/news/?p=232 In July 1977, retired police captain John Schweer was shot and killed while working as a night watchman at an Oldsmobile dealership in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Two teenagers, Curtis McGhee and Terry Harrington, were convicted of the murder based on evidence they allege was knowingly fabricated by prosecutors. "Usually ... http://blogs.law.uiowa.edu/news/?p=225 A war crimes expert in the University of Iowa College of Law and author of a new book on mass atrocities says the trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic can continue, even though the defendant is boycotting the proceedings. http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2009/november/110309lawprofessorKaradzic.html http://blogs.law.uiowa.edu/news/?p=219 Please see http://www.asil.org/ab/academic-bulletin-fall09/iowa.html to view the fall 2009 ASIL profile of Iowa's ICLP program. http://blogs.law.uiowa.edu/news/?p=214 The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights is celebrating its 10th anniversary this November with a celebration featuring lectures, a film series, panel discussions and performances. What started out as a campus-wide commemoration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has evolved into a center that shapes curriculum, facilitates ... http://blogs.law.uiowa.edu/news/?p=209