Law students and JURIST special guests comment on their legal experiences around the world. http://jurist.org/dateline JURISTremove_this@pitt.edu JURIST Associate Editor Fangxing Li, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2014, explores the upcoming US Supreme Court decision on affirmative action policies in institutions of higher education and argues that these policies harm rather than help diversity in schools that employ those http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/05/fangxing-li-affirmative-action.php 2013-05-17T01:00:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/05/fangxing-li-affirmative-action.php Elizabeth Hand JURIST Guest Columnist Shubin Nikita, Russian State University for the Humanities, Law Faculty, explores a new amendment to Russian law affecting non-commercial organizations...On November 21, 2012, Federal Law 121-FL came into force in Russia. This law works to amend various legislative acts, such as those http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/05/shubin-nikita-russian-law.php 2013-05-10T13:00:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/05/shubin-nikita-russian-law.php Elizabeth Imbarlina JURIST Guest Columnist Ibrahim Fares, an LL.M. Candidate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2013, explains the impact of religion on legal rights in Palestine...Religion affects many aspects of life in Palestine, including legal rights. One sensitive issue in Palestine is http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/05/ibrahim-fare-religious-freedom.php 2013-05-01T11:00:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/05/ibrahim-fare-religious-freedom.php Elizabeth Imbarlina JURIST Guest Columnist Olga Synoverska is an LL.M. candidate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2013, and has interned at OMP Law Offices in Kyiv Ukraine while studying for her law degree. Synoverska discusses a recent change to the laws of http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/04/olga-synoverska-ukraine-voting.php 2013-04-25T16:05:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/04/olga-synoverska-ukraine-voting.php Michael Micsky JURIST Guest Columnist Qiwei Chen, an LL.M. candidate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2013, discusses China's new leaders election and the current disputes on hukou, the household registration system...On March 17, 2013, the National People's Congress (NPC), the highest state http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/04/qiwei-chen-china-reform.php 2013-04-18T11:45:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/04/qiwei-chen-china-reform.php Fangxing Li JURIST Guest Columnist Felipe Alberto Herrera, Northwestern Law School Class of 2013, discusses the effects of the recent educational reforms in Mexico...Over the past several weeks, national education reform has become a sizzling topic of debate in Mexico. The debate climaxed with the February arrest http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/04/felipe-herrera-education-reform.php 2013-04-16T14:15:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/04/felipe-herrera-education-reform.php Emily Osgood JURIST Guest Columnist Kim Brancato, DePaul University College of Law Class of 2014, discusses the successes and failures of recent women's rights legislation in India...As an observer at the fifty-fourth session of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/04/kim-brancato-human-rights.php 2013-04-12T09:30:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/04/kim-brancato-human-rights.php Emily Osgood JURIST Guest Columnist, Daniel Perrone, St. John's University School of Law Class of 2013, discusses the implications of the US Supreme Court decision insulating generic drug manufacturers from liability against failure to warn claims...In 2011, generic drugs accounted [PDF] for nearly 80 percent of the http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/04/daniel-perrone-generic-drugs.php 2013-04-11T09:55:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/04/daniel-perrone-generic-drugs.php Endia Vereen JURIST Guest Columnist Kathryn Young, University of Virginia School of Law Class of 2013, analyzes the uses, reliability and legality of independent reports in light of their increased uses in collegiate sports...When sports scandals break, a common tool used by universities is the "independent report." http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/04/kathryn-young-independent-reports.php 2013-04-08T11:00:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/04/kathryn-young-independent-reports.php Elizabeth Imbarlina JURIST Guest Columnist John McAvoy, Widener University School of Law Class of 2013, explains how public policy affected the outcome of Lebron v. Wilkins... The Power of Public Policy The notion of drug testing welfare recipients has recently become a highly publicized and debated issue. http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/04/john-mcavoy-drug-testing.php 2013-04-01T12:35:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2013/04/john-mcavoy-drug-testing.php Elizabeth Imbarlina