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...mail to the student body, Minow announced the suspension of the Public Service Initiative, a program launched in 2008 that waives third-year tuition for students if they commit to five years of public service after graduation. The school also plans to decrease the amount of per-student funding for summer public interest work but will further expand loan repayment assistance for graduates...
...couple was allowed into the heavily guarded White House affair last month. The Secret Service is conducting an investigation and interviewed the couple last week. If the two somehow believed they had been legitimately invited and did not misrepresent themselves to authorities, experts say they most likely did not commit a crime. But if they lied to security officers manning the entrances, that could put them afoul of federal laws barring trespassing onto government property and making false statements to government officials...
Turley says many judges would forgo a prison sentence, considering the blow of a felony conviction along with fines or probation time ample punishment for first-time offenders. He also offered some advice for potential future scofflaws: If you're going to commit a crime, at least keep the photos off Facebook. "These people took something that would have been a memorable keepsake and turned it into criminal evidence," he says. "This act of vanity could cost them dearly...
...9/11, and it is from here that new attacks are being plotted as I speak. This is no idle danger, no hypothetical threat. In the last few months alone, we have apprehended extremists within our borders who were sent here from the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan to commit new acts of terror. This danger will only grow if the region slides backwards and al-Qaeda can operate with impunity. We must keep the pressure on al-Qaeda, and to do that, we must increase the stability and capacity of our partners in the region...
...mail to Law School students, Law School Dean Martha Minow wrote that all current students can continue to participate in the Public Service Initiative and receive the full one-year tuition waiver if they commit to five years of public service after graduation. But it is unlikely that the program will be offered to future incoming classes, including students admitted this fall, Minow wrote...