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Must We All Be Bold As Lions? Unfair Prejudice From Evidence Of Flight And Alternative Standards, Parker Streets

Montana Law Review

A dramatic escape from a rehabilitation hospital, a high-speed car chase resulting in a crash, and an admission of fleeing to avoid jail. Despite fitting the description of an action movie, State v. Strizich presented a conundrum for the Montana Supreme Court, one that created substantial disagreement among the justices on whether evidence of the defendant’s flight should be admitted at trial. One major disagreement was whether to apply the four inferences test used by the federal courts, whereby courts determine the probative value of flight evidence—and therefore, its admissibility at trial—by assessing: the degree of confidence with which four …

Significant Montana Cases, Paul Dougherty, Amy Rathke, Gordon Wallace

Montana Law Review

In the fall of 2022, the Montana Supreme Court was thrust into the national spotlight in the wake of the United States Supreme Court’s June decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Political commentators around the country closely watched the election for one of two seats on the highest court in the Treasure State, speculating as to whether the balance would tip in favor of justices likely to follow the direction of the United States Supreme Court and overturn Montana’s constitutional protection of abortion. The judicial election raised questions of partisan influence among the members of Montana’s highest …

To See Or Not To See: Color-Blind Casting And Its Role In The American Theatre Today, Michael Ecker

AELJ Blog

At best, the theatre has had questionable reputations with inclusivity and representation throughout its storied history. For one, despite its sophisticated form being well-established as early as the ancient Greeks, professional stages in England didn’t see their first actress until the early winter of 1660—with her eighth of December debut being the only “early” thing about it, coming over 2,000 years after public performance’s Mediterranean beginnings. Structural change then—despite often being invoked by the earliest thespians—was slow to materialize internally. Certainly in 2023, the theatre can look back proudly on the breadth of its progress—even still, though, perhaps not proudly …

Treasure State: Gambling Law, Lobbying, And The Case For The Expansion Of Legal Gambling In Montana, Trevor Funseth

Montana Law Review

Drive down a main road in one of Montana’s cities and you will count more casinos than gas stations. What’s more, even the gas station has a casino inside. Pass through a small town and you will likely find at least one Lucky Lil’s or Magic Diamond Casino. Montana is currently home to just under 1,400 state-licensed gambling operators and ranks fifth in the nation in casinos per capita with 1.7 casinos per thousand residents. One study used 21 different metrics including casinos per capita, lottery sales per capita, casino revenues, and gambling-related arrests per capita. Based on these metrics, …

The Severe Or Pervasive Standard In The Modern Age, Levi Kimmel

Montana Law Review

Rising racial tensions in the South following desegregation catalyzed the introduction of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (CRA). However, protections based on gender were not included until the House floor debate on the bill. Congressman Howard Smith, a staunch segregationist, introduced “sex” as a protected class in Title VII of the act as a “poison pill” meant to kill the bill.4 Title VII of the CRA—prior to Smith’s amendment—prohibited employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin. Supporters of the bill feared the inclusion of sex would cause Northern Democrats allied with labor unions to abandon their support …

Pclj At Cardozo Law Pens Letter To Gov. Hochul Urging Passage Of Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act, Perlmutter Center For Legal Justice At Cardozo Law

Cardozo News 2023

Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice (PCLJ) at Cardozo Law Executive Director Joshua Dubin and the PCLJ team wrote New York Governor Kathy Hochul on October 25, urging her to pass Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act (S.7548).

Apparent From The Context: The Contemporaneous Objection Rule And Montana Rule Of Evidence 103(A)(1), Lauren R. Fox

Montana Law Review

It’s a rare millennial who is not familiar with “Legally Blonde,” a movie about an unlikely law school candidate attending Harvard Law School. In her application video, Elle Woods, click-clacking along in her high heels and pink sundress, tells the camera that she “feel[s] comfortable using legal jargon in everyday life.” The audience hears a wolf whistle, and a shirtless man runs up, pats her on the backside, then runs on. She says, “I object!”, gives the camera a big smile, and continues on her way. Although this scene is clearly a comedic Hollywood creation, the legal jargon Ms. Woods …

The Montana Supreme Court – The Statistics, Monte Cole, Adam Taub

Montana Law Review

The Montana Supreme Court is Montana’s highest court. Unlike most state court systems, Montana does not have an intermediate appellate court. The Montana Supreme Court hears direct appeals from all of the district courts across the state, as well as from the Workers’ Compensation Court and the Water Court. In keeping with the trends of recent years, the Montana Supreme Court has continued to issue more than twice the number of opinions as the United States Supreme Court. Many of these opinions become binding precedent that Montana’s legal community must keep abreast of and incorporate into their practices and scholarship. …

Trusts And Estates Attorney Panel And Networking Reception, Cardozo Trusts And Estates Law Society

Flyers 2023-2024

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Sotheby's Auction House Visit With Kara Lemberger, Cardozo Art Law Society, Cardozo Fame Center, Cardozo Fashion Law Society

Flyers 2023-2024

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Book Review: Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths: From Alexander To Hitler To The Corporation, Tim Bakken

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

The book Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths is a survey of a vast amount of human wrongdoing. It lays bare the motivations of aggressors who wish to subjugate nations or groups of people and corporate executives and government bureaucrats who make discretionary decisions that harm people. Along with cataloging mass killings by despots and soldiers, the book includes stories about Ponzi-schemers and the deaths of automobile drivers and passengers who were killed by vehicle defects known to the manufacturer. The book posits that “[p]owerful, elite forces are trying to force us backward toward a non-democratic state, one where power, wealth, and prerogative …

Breaking Into The Entertainment Industry, Cardozo Entertainment Law Society, Cardozo Fame Center

Flyers 2023-2024

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Exploring The Importance Of Criminal Legal Aid: A Canadian Perspective, Trevor C. W. Farrow, Marcus Pratt

Articles & Book Chapters

There is a growing global recognition that, in order to address the current access to justice crisis, more research, together with a better understanding of data, is needed. This article, through an examination of existing legal aid research primarily in the area of criminal law, explores some of what we know and do not know about the relative benefits and costs of providing different kinds of criminal legal aid services. Although not a comprehensive review of all available research, this article identifies data strengths and gaps and the need for further research and reforms.

Pengembalian Fungsi Pengawasan Pemilu Kepada Masyarakat Sebagai Wujud Penyelenggaraan Pemilu Yang Demokratis, Burhan Robith Dinaka, Fitra Arsil

Jurnal Konstitusi & Demokrasi

Elections as a means of implementing people's sovereignty which are held directly, publicly, freely, confidentially, honestly and fairly within the territory of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia which are based on Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia also mandate a model of election supervision through Bawaslu as the election organizing institution whose task is to observe, review, inspect and assess the election implementation process so that it runs in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws and regulations. The ongoing strengthening of positions, duties, functions and authority within Bawaslu has left a number …

Week Of November 6, 2023 - November 10, 2023, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Today at Cardozo 2023

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Dean Melanie Leslie’S Office Hours, Melanie B. Leslie, Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum, Rebecca Ingber

Event Invitations 2023

Join Dean Leslie and meet two Cardozo professors on the frontline of global human rights initiatives, Professor Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum

Privacy Implications Of Central Bank Digital Currencies, Jiaying Jiang

Seton Hall Law Review

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Transparency As A Prerequisite To Diversity In The Skilled Trades, Andrew Foltiny

Seton Hall Law Review

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Efficiency, Equity, And Data As Private Property, Zvikomborero Chadambuka

Seton Hall Law Review

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Seton Hall Law Review

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An Absence Of Accountability, Inga N. Laurent

Seton Hall Law Review

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Mmu: 11/06/23–11/12/23, Student Bar Association

Monday Morning Update

This Week @ NDLS

Mass Times

Commons Daily Menu

General Announcements

Careers In Survivor Advocacy And Gender-Based Violence Prevention, Cardozo Alliance For Sexual Aggression Prevention, Cardozo Outlaw

Flyers 2023-2024

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Aureliano Buendia And President Gustavo Petro: The Impact Of A Dual-Sided Stakeholder And Leader On The Colombian Peace Accords, Samantha Sanchez

CJCR Blog

Colombia has endured a nearly 60-year-long internal conflict between paramilitary groups, and allegedly its own military, costing the lives of countless civilians and setting the country’s post-colonial development back decades. Former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating a four-year-long deal with paramilitary groups that terrorized–mainly rural and indigent–neighborhoods for decades. However, many critics thought the award was premature, considering the nearly half a million deaths as a result and the impunity of human-rights offenders. Current struggles in the country prove that those critics may have been likely right.

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Vol. 65, No. 11 (November 6, 2023)

Indiana Law Annotated

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When Bill Rolls Off: Continuity And Change On Corporate Boards, Adriana Z. Robertson, Peter Cziraki

Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics

The number of women on public company boards has increased dramatically in recent years. We study where these women directors came from and how they were absorbed. In the past five years, women with board experience obtain significantly more board seats than their male colleagues. Women directors are also more likely to have no previous board experience than men, indicating movement on both the intensive and extensive margin. Adding a woman director is associated with a transitory increase in board size about a third of the time. This increase reverts the following year when an existing director rolls off.

2023 Women In Robes, Roger Williams University School Of Law

School of Law Conferences, Lectures & Events

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Ndls Communicator: Week Of 11.06.23, Notre Dame Law School

NDLS Communicator

The Latest News

• A delegation from Notre Dame Law School, led by Marcus Cole, embarked on a ten-day visit to South Africa on Monday, November 6.
• Justice Dumisa Ntsebeza recently visited Notre Dame Law School and shared his personal story from the apartheid era in South Africa.
• The Religious Liberty Clinic filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case Loffman v. California Department of Education representing the California Catholic Conference (CCC).
• In the latest episode, Max Gaston revisits his conversation with University of Michigan Professor of Psychology Kevin Cokley about imposter syndrome.
• The de Nicola Center …

Police Reform Panel, Cardozo Public Interest Law Student Association, Cardozo National Lawyers Guild

Flyers 2023-2024

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A Song Of Ice And Fire: The Climate Crisis Inside America’S Prisons, Sonia Badyal

Seton Hall Law Review

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