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As a candidate for city council two years ago, Carlos Monclus walked every street in Hazleton, knocked on doors and talked to voters. Like other Hispanic candidates before him, Monclus lost.

University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax sued the school for racial discrimination on Thursday, escalating a long-running clash with administrators over her controversial statements on race.

U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel filed a separate lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., against the Biden administration to overturn the order and force a new review that could potentially lead to the deal. The Pittsburgh suit against Cliffs and McCall doesn't have any bearing on that decision.

About a third of the New York Legislature supports a reintroduced bill asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to beef up the state loan forgiveness program for public-interest attorneys, public defenders, and district attorneys by $4 million in fiscal 2026.

Developer Don Peebles and partner Victor MacFarlane have sued the City of Los Angeles for allegedly unlawfully terminating their contract to build the $1.6 billion Angels Landing project Downtown, which would have been among the largest African-American-led developments in the city’s history.

Launched in May 2024 to coincide with the school’s commencement celebrations, Fowler School of Law’s Amicus magazine is an annual publication commemorating a year in the life of our school. It’s a celebration of our students, our alumni, faculty and ...

After a long winter break, contributing editor Livia LaMarca reflects on her time waiting for law school applications to arrive in her inbox.

Ohio-based steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs accused rival U.S. Steel of trying to silence Cliff’s irrepressible CEO Lourenco Goncalves on Friday during a hearing in a lawsuit that alleged a conspiracy between the United Steelworkers union and Cliffs aimed at disrupting U.S. Steel’s $14.9 billion sale to Nippon Steel.

In November, graduate student workers voted to unionize with the United Steelworkers following longstanding concerns about low stipends, expensive health insurance and a lack of protections against discrimination.

the School of Law, the David Geffen School of Medicine, the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the UCLA School of Nursing as well as an education school.

The University of Pittsburgh has appointed Professor and Vice Dean Jerry Dickinson as the new dean of the School of Law, effective January 15. Dickinson, a