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Higher Education and Law: The Transition from Trooper to Educator

For 26 years, Terri Wilkin held a post as trooper for the Maryland State Police, and seven years ago she completed her Juris Doctorate, which led her to a career as a department prosecutor. We recently sat down with Wilkin to discuss her extensive educational background and unique career transitions.

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Immigration laws

What Law Enforcement Officers Need to Know About Immigration Laws

By Leischen Stelter

As a law enforcement officer, you pull over a man for speeding. He speaks no English. He hands you a Mexican passport. What do you do? What legal steps and obligations do you have when it comes to this man’s immigration status? What agency do you call? What resources do you have at your disposal? Here are some tips from a former ICE attorney about what police should know about immigration laws.

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Next Step: Law School

Next Step: Law School

You want to go to law school, but you have an online degree…is this possible? The short answer is yes, but it depends on where you apply to and if your degree is from an accredited institution.

For example, students …

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Predators and the Constitution – Special Live Webcast

Predators and the Constitution – Special Live Webcast

Should sex offenders be held past their confinement date?

Thursday, May 5, 2011
11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. ET

Six days before Graydon Comstock’s completion of his 37-month sentence for possession of child pornography, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales certified …

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