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The Second Amendment Has Become A Threat To The First, Diana Palmer, Timothy Zick Oct 2021

The Second Amendment Has Become A Threat To The First, Diana Palmer, Timothy Zick

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2021 Labor Day Facts - Travel, Money & More: Ask The Experts, John S. Kiernan, Erin J. Hendrickson Aug 2021

2021 Labor Day Facts - Travel, Money & More: Ask The Experts, John S. Kiernan, Erin J. Hendrickson

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Calls To Eliminate Bar Exams Are Premature, A. Benjamin Spencer Aug 2021

Calls To Eliminate Bar Exams Are Premature, A. Benjamin Spencer

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Calls for eliminating bar exams to improve fairness and diversity in the legal profession are increasing, but A. Benjamin Spencer, dean of William & Mary Law School, argues that eliminating them is not the answer. They should be transformed into a more effective gauge of professional readiness, which, he contends, can be achieved if more states adopt the Uniform Bar Exam.


Law Schools, Law Firms Must Share Responsibility For Diversity, A. Benjamin Spencer Jul 2021

Law Schools, Law Firms Must Share Responsibility For Diversity, A. Benjamin Spencer

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Law schools and law firms must partner to ensure that a pipeline of underrepresented students apply to law school and receive the professional development support they need to remain and advance at firms, William & Mary Law School Dean A. Benjamin Spencer says. Those who make, interpret, and apply the law must reflect the full range of human experiences, thought, and insight into the human condition, he says.


The Clerkship-Academia Continuum, Merritt E. Mcalister, Katherine Mims Crocker Jul 2021

The Clerkship-Academia Continuum, Merritt E. Mcalister, Katherine Mims Crocker

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In the spring 2021 edition of Judicature (Vol. 105 No. 1), Florida International University Law Professor Howard Wasserman published data analyzing the number of current law professors who have served in clerkships and for which judges those professors clerked. His study offered a compelling picture of “academic feeder judges,” or those on the bench whose clerks tended to matriculate professionally in large numbers within the halls of the academy.

We asked two law professors, Merritt McAlister at the University of Florida, and Katherine Mims Crocker of William & Mary Law School, to reflect on Wasserman’s findings and to offer a …


A Q&A With Homeschooling Reform Advocates Elizabeth Bartholet And James Dwyer, Elizabeth Bartholet, James Dwyer Jun 2021

A Q&A With Homeschooling Reform Advocates Elizabeth Bartholet And James Dwyer, Elizabeth Bartholet, James Dwyer

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Elizabeth Bartholet, Morris Wasserstein Public Interest Professor and Faculty Director of the Child Advocacy Program (CAP), and James Dwyer, the Arthur B. Hanson Professor of Law at William & Mary Law School, were interviewed by Harvard Law Today about their virtual conference titled, Homeschool Summit: Problems, Politics, and Prospects for Reform. The June event was attended by leaders in education and child welfare policy, legislators and legislative staff, academics and policy advocates, medical professionals, homeschooling alumni, and others, to discuss children’s rights in connection with homeschooling in the United States.


In Deciding Fulton V. Philadelphia, The Supreme Court Should Remember That Foster Care Is For The Children, James Dwyer May 2021

In Deciding Fulton V. Philadelphia, The Supreme Court Should Remember That Foster Care Is For The Children, James Dwyer

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Externships' Role In Training Practice-Ready Lawyers, Robert E. Kaplan Apr 2021

Externships' Role In Training Practice-Ready Lawyers, Robert E. Kaplan

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Divided Court Issues Bright-Line Ruling On Fourth Amendment Seizures, Jeffrey Bellin Mar 2021

Divided Court Issues Bright-Line Ruling On Fourth Amendment Seizures, Jeffrey Bellin

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Selling The Stock Market Short, Kevin Haeberle Feb 2021

Selling The Stock Market Short, Kevin Haeberle

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Protesting In America, Timothy Zick Jan 2021

Protesting In America, Timothy Zick

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