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In Brief: Spring 2020
Flowers outside building

In Brief: Spring 2020

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Learn what 麻豆社区 Law students, faculty and alumni have been up to this spring.

Coronavirus contact tracing apps were tech's chance to step up. They Haven't.

Coronavirus contact tracing apps were tech's chance to step up. They Haven't.

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Most states are giving the cold shoulder to smartphone apps, though some developers think there's still a chance for them to catch on. Professor Ryan Calo is quoted. (Source: NBC News)

Honoring retiring faculty and staff

Honoring retiring faculty and staff

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Helen Anderson, Robert Anderson, Jacqueline McMurtrie, Cheryl Nyberg and Lea Vaughn have left lasting legacies of leadership at the law school and in their fields.

Clinic students secure asylum-seeker鈥檚 release amid global pandemic

Clinic students secure asylum-seeker鈥檚 release amid global pandemic

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An autoimmune deficiency put the detained client, who was fleeing death threats in his home country, at higher risk for COVID-19 amid crowded, dangerous conditions. The Immigration Law Clinic worked around the clock to get him out.

UNHRC discusses COVID-19's implications on human rights

UNHRC discusses COVID-19's implications on human rights

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麻豆社区 Law Professor Anita Ramasastry was one of two experts to address the more than 200 global delegates as part of the Human Rights Council's dialogue on the complex human rights issues raised by the pandemic.