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Incidents Involving Nooses a Sign of Segregation's Residue Says Expert

Civil rights leaders this week have called for a march on the U.S. Justice Department and for an economic boycott to influence the government to deal with the issue of hate crimes. This comes after several recent incidents around the nation in which nooses have been discovered hanging in workplaces, school campuses and other locations. UAB prof Horace Huntley says the incidents are evidence of the lingering residue of slavery and segregation.

Scholar of Women Lawyers Sees New Career-Path Shift, Cites Generation Gap

California Western School of Law Professor Jacquelyn Slotkin, a scholar of career issues among women lawyers, says today's female attorneys approach career advancement challenges differently than those of decades past. In many cases, she says, that means using their legal and professional experience when they hit the proverbial glass ceiling to "jump ship" from law firms to pursue other career opportunities.

Punishing Innocent Downloaders Violates Free Speech, Professor Argues

As record labels are dramatically increasing lawsuits over music piracy, a University of Arkansas law professor argues that the law's automatic punishment of illegal downloading violates the First Amendment.

New Book Explores Internet Use and Society

Low levels of Internet use among minorities and the poor will limit their earning ability and participation in society if public policy does not promote technological access and skills, according to a new book co-authored by a researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

University Experts Discuss 2008 Quest for White House

Media experts from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) sound off on the 2008 presidential candidates. Topics include: women as serious presidential candidates; voters and affluent politicians; the role of exit polls; religion and the election; Mormonism and the presidency.

Indy Law School Offers 1st U.S. Grad Degree in Mid-East

IU School of Law-Indianapolis will become the first and only U.S. law school to offer an American Bar Association approved, fully-accredited law degree program in the Middle East. The law school will offer a master's degree in international commercial law at Egyptian universities.

Nations Embracing Jury System as Part of 'Wave of Judicial Reform'

Countries around the world are embracing the jury system in a wave of judicial reform that is democratizing jurisprudence in nations as diverse as South Korea, Mexico, and Japan, according to UC Santa Cruz jury expert Hiroshi Fukurai.

Experts for Your Holiday Stories

Looking for an expert on holiday travel, shopping, diet and health issues? Tulane University faculty are available to comment.