Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested yesterday after joining members of Congress and community leaders in protesting the opening of Delaney Hall, an immigration detention center in New Jersey operated by the GEO Group. Baraka, who is running for
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Calls for COSELL & Equality Law Scholars Forum upcoming conferences
Main Tuesday, April 29, 2025Calls for COSELL & Equality Law Scholars Forum upcoming conferencesDoron Dorfman and Tim Glynn to host the 20th Annual Colloquium on Scholarship in Labor and Employment Law (COSELL) at Seton Hall Law School on September 19-20,…
ICE Arrests More Than 500 In Raids, Including U.S. Veteran In New Jersey
It appears that the Trump administration has begun immigration raids. Nick Visser for HuffPost reports that “Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested more than 500 people” yesterday.
“Today, U.S.…
Court Approves EPA Settlement with 82 Passaic River Potentially Responsible Parties
The Diamond Alkali Superfund site in Newark, New Jersey, which includes the 17-mile Lower Passaic River Study Area, may be one of the country’s most expensive and hotly contested Superfund Sites. The remedy for the dioxin-contaminated river may cost as…
Academic Appellate/Clinical Job Opportunity
All–here is an interesting job opportunity out of Rutgers (you can find the official job posting here):The Newark location invites applications for a strong leader and clinical teacher in its newly created Ruth Bader Ginsburg Women’s Rights and Gender…
Rutgers Child Advocacy Clinic Staff Attorney Position
The Rutgers Child Advocacy Clinic (CAC) at Rutgers Law School in Newark, New Jersey and the Rutgers Immigrant Justice Clinic at Rutgers Law School in Camden, New Jersey are seeking to hire a full-time Staff Attorney to begin immediately. For…
Job Announcement: Rutgers Immigrant Rights Clinic seeks DDDI Fellows
The Immigrant Rights Clinic at Rutgers Law School in Newark, New Jersey (IRC), is seeking to hire recent law graduates for full-time positions in its Detention & Deportation Defense Initiative (DDDI) project, to start in the summer or early…
NJ Hospital and Investors to Pay $30.6 Million to Settle FCA Claims
The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced that Silver Lake Hospital, a long-term care hospital in Newark, New Jersey, and some of its investors agreed to pay $30.6 million to settle claims that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA)…
DOE Resolution Requires Newark School District to Implement Robust Measures to Comply with Title IX
The U.S. Department of Education (the “DOE”) recently concluded that the Newark, New Jersey public school district violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (“Title IX”) by failing to implement proper policies and respond to reports of student-to-student…
