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Grist

Nature now has legal rights in Panama

James May, professor of law at Delaware Law School, comments on a new environmental protection law passed in Panama and how the legislation will impact future legal decisions regarding the natural land. 

Lawyer Monthly

How to Mediate Amid a Power Imbalance

Delaware Law School graduate Ann D. Carey writes about how lawyers can successfully mediate in the face of a power imbalance.

Ideas and Insights

Ideas and Insights - Ep. 03

Professor Erin Daly of Delaware Law School is a guest on this podcast discussing her research on dignity rights and shares findings published in her book Dignity Rights: Courts, Constitutions, and the Worth of the Human Person.

Delaware County Daily Times

Community Briefs

This article announces the creation of the Wollman Award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, which will be given annually to an employee who advocates and effects university change in support of diversity, equity and inclusion. The award has been made possible as part of a $100,000 endowed gift to the university by President Julie E. Wollman and her husband Dan L. King.

One and One Podcast

James Gillespie

Alumnus James Gillespie is a guest on the podcast discussing his athletic career with the Pride playing football throughout his undergrad years and basketball in his senior year. 

WHYY

New road map to improve diversity among Delaware lawyers, judges

This article highlights a recently published report detailing the Delaware Supreme Court's strategic plan to improve the diversity of the state's bench and bar. The report recommends that colleges and universities in Delaware partner with Delaware Law School to create pipeline programs for Black and Latino students and improve diversity among their own faculty.

See also: Delaware Business Now

The New York Times

Effort to Weaken Press Protections Isn’t Likely to End With Palin Case

This article reports on the recent dismissal of Sarah Palin's defamation lawsuit against The New York Times and further examines how this case may impact long-standing legal precedent that protects journalists. Rod Smolla, dean of Delaware Law School and an expert on the First Amendment, weighs in on how speech has changed since a Supreme Court case in 1964 set the current legal standard.

The Chester Spirit

Putting ‘shots in arms’ is rewarding for nursing students

Senior nursing students Daniel Paparelli and Thomas Froio write about their experience administering COVID-19 vaccines at locations throughout Delaware County as part of a partnership made between Assistant Professor Karen May, the City of Chester’s COVID Coalition and the Chester Upland School District to host local vaccination sites. 

Capital

Should you sell your home as an NFT?

Juliet Moringiello, associate dean for Academic Affairs and professor at Widener Law Commonwealth, comments on a recent home sale that sold as a non-fungible (NFT) token, which is believed to be among the first of such sales in the country.

Delaware County Daily Times

Night Words: Orion rules the February skies

Harry Augensen, emeritus professor of physics and astronomy, provides an overview of the stars and constellations during February.