The highest court in the nation's most populous state held an unusually lenghty argument session on March 4, hearing eight attorneys address the question of whether California's refusal to allow same-sex marriages violates the state's constitution. Click here to read the complete background in the April 2008 issue of the Lesbian/Gay Law Notes.

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The Justice Action Center faculty congratulate and welcome Eric C. Henry and Jillian L. Hunt, our Carbonell Fellowship recipients for the 2008–2009 academic year.

For more information on the Carbonell Fellowships, please click here.

The Justice Action Center's 2008 membership drive has now concluded. The application deadline was Friday, March 14, at 5:00 p.m. No further applications will be accepted.

We thank the many qualified students who have applied. We will inform applicants of admissions decisions no later than March 31.

The Racial Justice Project and the American Civil Liberties Union have filed a first-of-its-kind case against Florida's Palm Beach County School District for low high school graduation rates. To view the press release or the legal complaint, click here.

Professor David Schoenbrod is one of three organizers of Breaking the Logjam: An Environmental Law for the 21st Century. The aim of the symposium is to come up with concrete proposals for the new Congress and administration that will take office in 2009. The symposium will feature over forty environmental experts from academia, government, ENGOs, and business, proposing innovative solutions to a broad range of old and new environmental problems confronting the U.S. The symposium is cosponsored by New York Law School and NYU School of Law and will take place on Friday, March 28th and Saturday, March 29 at NYU School of Law. For program details, please click here.

For neutral and global coverage of human rights, check out the Global Human Rights Bulletin, a monthly publication created by the NYLS student division of Lawyers Without Borders.