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Articles in February, 2006 issue of AScribe Law News Service

• Former Army JAG Official, Dean of Law, Available to Comment on Legality of Wiretapping.
• Economist Edgar Olsen Is Scheduled to Testify Before Congress on Feb. 15; University of Virginia Expert to Call for Overhaul of Public Housing.
• Biometric Science Seeks to Avert Identity Crisis, Says Michigan State University Professor.
• Debate on Prisoner Detention at Guantanamo to Be Hosted at Pomona College.
• Middle East Controversy Over Danish Editorial Cartoons: University of Virginia Experts Available for Comment.(Editorial)
• Social Policies That Work (Or Don't Work): Effectiveness of Community Policing, Educational Programs, Evidence-Based Crime Sentencing to Be Discussed at Campbell Collaboration Colloquium, Feb. 22-24 in Los Angeles.
• Film Expert Talks About Possible 'Brokeback' Backlash.
• Environmental Law Institute Recommends Research Action Plan for Nanotech Governance.
• Alcohol Industry Giant Enters 'Alcopops' Fray; California Senate Hearing Slated for Valentine's Day on Sweet, Low-Cost Alcohol Drinks That Target Teen Girls.
• Cheney Shooting: University of Maryland Political Communication Experts.
• Look Behind You: Human Tracking Devices a Big Problem, Texas A&M Experts Say.
• Environmental Expert Warns That National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Task Force Draft Recommendations Could Increase Litigation.
• Bay Area Students Tackle Contemporary Conflict in Fourth Annual Academic Competition on March 18 Sponsored by Project Spera; San Francisco-Based Nonprofit Develops Students' Academic Skills and Social Responsibility.
• Five-Year Study of California's Proposition 227 Finds No Conclusive Evidence Favoring One Instructional Approach for English Learners.
• Care2 Launches Progressive News Network -- Powered by People.
• Expert: Electronic Valentine Cards Present Cyber Security Risk.
• NYU@NUS: A Ground-Breaking Law Program for the Globally-Minded; New York University, National University of Singapore to Offer Dual Graduate Degree Program in Singapore.
• Stanford Law School Conference Series -- 'Spies, Secrets and Security: The New Law of Intelligence'.
• Environmental Law Institute Publishes 'After the Storm: Restoring America's Gulf Coast Wetlands'.
• Global Fund for Women Appoints Shalini Nataraj as Vice President of Programs; Former Associate Director of Reebok Human Rights Award Program to Provide Grantmaking Leadership to Largest Funder Focusing on Women's Rights Internationally.
• Professor of Political Science Eric Davis Available to Comment on Supreme Court Case on Vermont Campaign Finance Reform.
• UC Davis Experts on Capital Punishment.
• Ms. Foundation for Women Announces Gloria Steinem Women of Vision Awardees.
• National Conference Call: 'Worker Centers and the Immigration Debate,' Feb. 14.
• Stanford Law School Establishes First Endowed Clinical Professorship; Professor William (Bill) Koski Appointed as Inaugural Eric and Nancy Wright Professor of Clinical Education.
• Cal State San Bernardino Extremism Analyst Says Anti-Gay Attack in Massachusetts Should Be Treated as Hate Crime.
• A New Twist on Immigration: Worker Centers Give Immigrants Services, Voice Amid Simmering Debate.
• Computer Association Study Group Issues Voter Registration Guidelines to Assure Privacy and Accuracy.
• Washington Post Wins Selden Ring Award for Abramoff Investigation: Finalist Honors to Copley News Service, Small Newspaper Group, South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
• Society of Professional Journalists: Danish Cartoon Coverage Should Be Guided by SPJ Code of Ethics.
• Experts Available for Comment, Background on Supreme Court Justice Alito's First Case.
• Supreme Court Justices Grapple With Scope of Clean Water Act, Role of Wetlands in Protecting Navigable Waters.
• UC Davis Experts on Water Supply and Flooding.
• 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Costs Almost Double GAO Estimate, Study Reports; Study Authors Include Former Defense Secretary, West Point Professors, Military Experts.
• Student Journalists Compromised By Supreme Court's Decision.