Leading Chinese economist Shi Zhengfu to give the Clarke Lecture at Cornell Law School, April 24

Economist Shi Zhengfu will address how recent market and political reforms are deeply linked in his talk, sponsored by the Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture. (April 16, 2008)

Harrowing tale of exoneration from death row emphasizes need for criminal justice reform

Kirk Noble Bloodsworth sported a blue silk necktie with a DNA model during two talks at Cornell Law School, April 1. The tie is far more than window dressing: It symbolizes the key to his freedom. (April 10, 2008)

U.S. News & World Report ranks CU's engineering graduate program ninth in nation

Cornell's College of Engineering has the ninth-best graduate program in the country, up one spot from year-earlier rankings, according to U.S. News and World Report. (April 7, 2008)

Visiting Iraqi judge who indicted Saddam Hussein says trials sent message that 'no one is above the law'

Judge Ra'id Al-Sa'edi, Cornell Law School's Clarke Middle East Fellow and chief investigative judge of the Iraqi High Tribunal, delivers his first public talk 'Iraqi High Tribunal: The End of Immunity.' (March 26, 2008)

Justice served: Reflections on the founding of the Council of Legal Education Opportunity

In 1968, Robert Summers was asked to serve as a co-consultant in the founding of the Council of Legal Education Opportunity. Since then more than 8,000 students have participated in the program. (Feb. 29, 2008)

Cornell's Legal Information Institute -- a place where even the IRS can get help

The IRS requests -- and gets -- Cornell's Legal Information Institute's Title 26 for the agency's top-drawer Tax Products CD/DVD package, which includes tax publications and forms, research tools and answers to FAQs. (Feb. 29, 2008)

Law professor proposes term limits for Supreme Court justices

It's a constitutional given that the nine justices of the nation's highest court are appointed for life. But Cornell law professor Roger Cramton is asking: Should they be?

'A Tribute to Leo Frank,' Cornell alum kidnapped from jail and lynched by a Georgia mob in 1915, to be held Oct. 28

Cornell will honor the memory of alumnus Leo Frank, Class of 1906, with an art opening, a talk and a movie on Oct. 25, Oct. 28, and Nov. 1. All events are free and open to the public.

Betsy Fuller, Cornell law clinician and tenacious lawyer who helped change state prison practices, died April 21

Sarah Betsy Fuller passed away on April 21 at Cayuga Medical Center following a long battle with breast cancer. Fuller was the lead attorney in a federal case that established the right of Native Americans to practice their religion freely in New York state prisons.