The Urban Legend

Course sign-up recommendations from the class of 2022

Delancey Gaito, Multimedia Editor • March 25, 2022

As the deadline for submitting course sign-ups for the 2022-2023 academic year approaches, the class of 2022 has shared some of their favorite classes that they have taken over the past four years. Please...

Newest anti-abortion laws spark tough discussions

Ezra Bergson-Michelson, Staff Writer • October 16, 2021

Riding on a wave of new anti-abortion legislation passed throughout the South, Governor Greg Abbott of Texas signed Texas Senate Bill 8, one of the most restrictive pieces of abortion legislation since...

Civil rights legend gives students insight into King, court cases

Hannah Sears, Staff writer • April 5, 2011

Students from Dan Murphy’s Constitutional Law Class got a rare chance to meet a living legend when they visited Thelton Henderson, a federal judge who worked with Martin Luther King, Jr., and has fought...

Norfolk four case expert Richard Leo speaks to Urban School constitutional law class about problems in justice system

February 6, 2011

It was a horrible scene: a woman lay raped and killed in her Norfolk, Va., apartment. Within weeks, suspicion settled on four Navy men. They all confessed to the crime. The reaction from the community...