University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law professor Sherrilyn A. Ifill has been named president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc.

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TEMPLE HILLS — Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and the United Way of the National Capital Area on Tuesday announced $100,000 in funding for a one-year pilot program designed to combat gang violence at two Prince George’s County schools. The state ...

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I never imagined that I would find myself blogging but you never know what lies just around the bend. With this space I hope to provide a different angle on the legal profession and its relationship to the rest of ...

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LINTHICUM — Transportation Security Administration officers have found 13 knives in the carry-on luggage of a passenger attempting to board a flight in the Washington area. TSA spokesman Kawika Riley says an officer operating an X-ray machine at Thurgood Marshall ...

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LINTHICUM — Maryland officials say Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport hit an all-time record for passenger traffic in 2010. More than 21.9 million commercial passengers flew through the airport last year. That’s an increase of 4.7 percent over 2009 and ...

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LINTHICUM — Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is open, but there have been extensive flight cancellations. Airport spokesman Jonathan Dean said Thursday the airport is in clean-up mode. He says the airport’s runways have been open throughout the storm, but ...

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When the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service signed Juan Williams as the keynote speaker for its Pro Bono Week reception, it wasn’t looking for controversy. Williams, whose remarks during a Fox News debate cost him his job at National Public Radio ...

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Juan Williams made the headlines last week speaking at Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service’s pro bono reception. But almost all of what Williams said about the NPR controversy was to reporters after he gave a keynote address that looked at the ...

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