Demographers estimate that Latinos account for more than
half of Texas’ growth over the past decade, but Democratic lawmakers and organizers worry that a census undercount could result in less representation and federal dollars for the community.
Last month s initial release of state population counts brought Texas two additional U.S. House seats one fewer than many experts had predicted and suggested that a significant number of people were never counted.
Legislative mapmakers are awaiting more detailed population data before they begin the tedious and contentious work of redrawing political boundaries and, in the case of the U.S. House map, squeezing in two new districts. That work is expected to begin in earnest during a special legislative session in the fall.
NYU Law to celebrate 2021 graduates in virtual Convocation ceremony on May 20
NYU Law will honor and celebrate its 2021 graduates with a virtual Convocation ceremony at 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 20. This event will celebrate the Law School’s graduating students through speeches and well wishes, and will conclude with a presentation of the names of all JD, LLM, JSD, MSL, MS, and Advanced Certificate recipients.
On the day of the event, a video link to the ceremony will be posted on this page.
Helen Jennings LLM ’21
Safeena Mecklai JD ’21
Helen Jennings LLM ’21 and Safeena Mecklai JD ’21 will address their fellow graduates. NYU President Andrew Hamilton, Dean Trevor Morrison, and David Tanner ’84, chair of the New York University School of Law Foundation, will also speak, offering their congratulations to the Class of 2021.
Students for Trump co-founder gets 13 months in prison for posing as lawyer in fraud scheme
By Stephanie Weaver
Oversight board upholds Trump’s Facebook suspension
Though the board upheld the ruling, it scolded Facebook and said the company must decide for itself if the former president s ban will remain indefinite.
NEW YORK - John Lambert, a co-founder behind Students for Trump a youth group whose mission was to re-elect Donald Trump for president has been sentenced to more than a year in prison for posing as a lawyer and scamming consumers and businesses out of $46,000.
According to the Justice Department, Lambert, 25, went by Eric Pope and pretended to be a New York-based attorney at a law firm called Pope and Dunn.
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