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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island native with nearly 30 years experience practicing law, Matt Santamauro is throwing his hat in the ring as a Democratic candidate for the New York City Civil Court in the 2022 election. After graduating from Hofstra University School of Law in 1995, Santamauro […]
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Law Students Help Clients to Enforce Civil Rights
School of Law From left: Alicia Canfield, Katie Sparrow and Matt Bender. Third-year law student Katie Sparrow delivered her first closing argument to a jury in U.S. District Court in the Western District of Arkansas at the end of a three-day trial in September 2021. Sparrow, along […]
Jacksonville civil rights attorney, Bill Sheppard, dead at 80
“He wasn’t a ‘lawyer.’ He was a man who was willing to give everything he had to the people and causes he loved.” JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville civil rights attorney William ‘Bill’ Sheppard died at 80-years-old on Saturday afternoon after an extended illness. Sheppard left a mark on both Jacksonville […]
Trump gets wish in Georgia, sparks ‘a political civil war’
ATLANTA (AP) — Less than a year after losing the presidency, Donald Trump has set out to reshape the GOP in his image across the nation’s top political battlegrounds, sparking bitter primary battles that will force candidates and voters to decide how much to embrace Trump and his grievances. But […]