Join the University of Baltimore Center on Applied Feminism and the Law Review at the 7th Annual Feminist Legal Conference on March 6-7th. For more information on the conference schedule click here for the full slate of panels and speakers.
Author Archives: University of Baltimore Law Review Staff
Article: Determining the Preemptive Effect of Federal Law on State Statutes of Repose
By Adam Bain Statutes of repose can prevent causes of actions from arising or being enforced after a given period of time has elapsed from a defined event. In recent years, courts applying the doctrine of federal preemption have increasingly found that federal statutes removed the barriers of state statutes of repose to certain tortContinue reading “Article: Determining the Preemptive Effect of Federal Law on State Statutes of Repose”
Call for Papers: Applied Feminism and Health
The University of Baltimore School of Law’s Center on Applied Feminism seeks submissions for its Seventh Annual Feminist Legal Theory Conference. This year’s theme is “Applied Feminism and Health.” The conference will be held on March 6 and 7, 2014. For more information about the conference, please visit law.ubalt.edu/caf. With the implementation of the AffordableContinue reading “Call for Papers: Applied Feminism and Health”
King v. Maryland
On Friday, November 9, 2012, the Supreme Court announced that it would review Maryland v. King this year, and in the process rule on the constitutionality of the state’s controversial DNA collection law, which allowed police to obtain a DNA sample from arrestees suspected of violent crimes or burglary for comparison against the state’s databaseContinue reading “King v. Maryland”
Volume 42 Issue 3
Our March 28, 2013 symposium, Privacy Rights and Proactive Investigations: Emerging Constitutional Issues in Law Enforcement, brought together leading scholars and practitioners to explore three issues that have once more thrust Maryland to the frontier of law enforcement: the validity of DNA databases, new approaches and the latest thinking on witness identifications, and the use of trackingContinue reading “Volume 42 Issue 3”
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