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Vol. 55, No. 8, November 23, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School Nov 2004

Vol. 55, No. 8, November 23, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Scalia Visit Brings Attention, Constitutional Debate to M-Law •Editorial: Urine Trouble •Too 'Legit': Chomsky Rocks Hutchins •Scalia Faces Student Questions, Reactions •No Monopoly on Closed Mindedness •Actual Useful Information: Exam-Taking Tips from Profs, Students •Eating Crow: A Messy Situation •From the Bookshelf: Recommended Reading for Winter Break •Jenny Runkles Photos •Music Attorney Lays Down Laws of Rock •The Reason for the Season: Things to be Thankful for in the State of Hutchins •Why a Nation No Longer United? •Treat Your Last Like Your First: Recapture the First Semester Magic •Crossword •Question on the Quad

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Vol. 55, No. 7, November 9, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School Nov 2004

Vol. 55, No. 7, November 9, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Election Provokes Passionate Responses •Editorial: School Should Save Students Seats •Career Services Grows, Gives 1L Job Advice •Take it Back on America Recycles Day •Orange Alert •On Barack Obama: The Colors and Layers of Blackness •All Things Considered: An Interview with Professor Primus •Seeing Red, Feeling Blue •On the Mortality of Minority Morality •Grade Curves •Halloween Party Photos •Date Auction Photos •Win or Lose, Happy or Sad, Home is Where You Make It •Ford's Freestyle is Not a Wack Jam •Why a Nation Divided?

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Vol. 55, No. 6, October 24, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School Oct 2004

Vol. 55, No. 6, October 24, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Robinson Stresses U.S. Human Rights in Bishop Lecture •Editorial: Win or Lose, Be Good on Game Day •Michigan's Proposal 2: Liberties at Risk •Volunteer to Help America Vote •Fachsimpeln (Talking Shop) With Professor Simma •Are You Losing It?: Learn to Make Time Your Friend •Supreme Court May Order Juvenile Death Penalty Executed •Shutting Down: Eulogy to My Laptop •The Liberal Law School? •Trick or Treatise: Halloween as a 3L Parent •Taking a Step Back •Briefs, Suits and Trash Talk: Inside the Life of a Moot Attorney •Antics Isn't Interpol's Finest Shenanigan •Question on the Quad

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Vol. 55, No. 5, October, 12, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School Oct 2004

Vol. 55, No. 5, October, 12, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•New Director, New Direction: Sarosi Brings Both to M-Law •Editorial: Two Lists Should Solve Student Spam •Hard Day's Nights: MBA Alum Describes Show Business •Supreme Court Panel Forecasts More Reading for Con, Crim Law Students •40 Years in the Making: Professor Kahn Talks Tax, Teaching •The Good, the Bad and the LLC: Alums Show How to Distinguish Law Firms •In Their Own Words: Students Comment on the 2004 Presidential Candidates •'The World Needs President Bush' •Bush 'Faced With (an) Impossible Task' •Bush 'Crapped Out' In Iraq •'Think About Bush's Decisions Since 9/11' •Bush 'Practices What He Preaches' •Health Insurance: Do …

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Vol. 55, No. 4, September 28, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School Sep 2004

Vol. 55, No. 4, September 28, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Demolition Shapes School Office Space •Question on the Quad •How to Pass the Ann Arbor Bar Exam •Alumnus Offers Refreshing Insight on How to Succeed with "Economy Grades" •Hanging with Professor Cooper •NYU vs. U-Mich? •Grade Curves •Jobless and Worry-Free: A 3L's Story of Hope and Redemption •Okay, So Maybe I Was Wrong... •It's Okay to Play Games in the Quad, and With Your Life, but Not if You Suck •Student Wonders What Was Accomplished •Burned to a Crip: The Arcade Fire Releases a Classic •Response to "What Would Jesus Do?" •Environmental Law Students Hit the Sticks at Annual Canoe …

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Vol. 55, No. 3, September 14, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School Sep 2004

Vol. 55, No. 3, September 14, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Large and Taking Charge: A Class of 2007 Profile •Student Org Fair Should Last All Year Long •Ann Arbor's Edible Delights Revealed •An M-Law Welcome to New Students from LSSS •Thirty Minutes with Professor Friedman •Law Students Hit the Streets for Kerry •First Year Students: Don't Panic! Use These Lifestyle Tips •Got a Fly-Back? Voucher it, and Fund a Fellowship •OCI: It's Not Just for Breakfast Anymore •A Survey of Summer Music Releases •Saved by the Bell: Reflections on (Finally) Growing Up •Pro-Life Students Should Organize •Shoot to Kill: The First Week from a Trigger Happy 1L's Perspective •What Would …

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Vol 55, No. 2, August 27, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School Aug 2004

Vol 55, No. 2, August 27, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Dean Precht Leaving M-Law: Reflections on Public Service •Course Schedules Could Use Greater Student Input •Caminker Provides Preview of New Year •A Look into the Past, Present and Future with Professor Whitman •On Campus Interviewing Tips from Those in the Know •Blue Football: Optimism with Cause •Ain't No Cure for the Summertime Blues When You're Crippled and Cite-Checking •The OCI Drinking Game! •Crossword

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Vol. 55, No. 1, Summer 2004, University Of Michigan Law School Jun 2004

Vol. 55, No. 1, Summer 2004, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•2004 Summer Starters Move In •The Importance of Proper Footwear •Welcome to the Gang! •The Real Deal: Survival Tips from a 3L Summer Starter •Summer Starters Photos •Grade Curves •Crossword •

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Vol. 54, No. 13, April 20, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School Apr 2004

Vol. 54, No. 13, April 20, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School

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•Out of Retirement, One More Time: A Conversation with Professor Emeritus John W. Reed •Riding Off into the Sunrise •'Can I Get a Witness?' Clark Asks Students at Blue Jeans Lecture •Stars of Entertainment Law Shed Light on Breaking In to the Industry •Speaker Foretells the State of the Los Angeles/ Bay Area Legal Market •Two Sides of Truck-dom from the Nissan Family •Why I Still Like U of M Law •Law School Takes My $40,000, My Sanity, One Year of My Life; and I Get...? •Boender Catches the Ponys at the Magic Stick, Catches Up with Lead Singer •H@x0r3d!: …

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Vol. 54, No. 12, April 6, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School Apr 2004

Vol. 54, No. 12, April 6, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Judge Simma Gives Glimpse into the Inner Workings of the International Court of Justice •In Memoriam: A Tribute to Reuben Sobczyk •Katzen Discusses Women's Issues •Justice Markman Discusses Proper Role of Judges •WAMM! Law School Community Explores Self-Defense Training •O-ye, O-ye, O-ye! 80th Annual Campbell Competition Shines •Criminal, Environmental Law Moot Court Teams Represent •Law Revue: Talented Law Students Do Something Other than Read, Drink •Screw Law School: How to Write a Bestselling Lawyer Drama Novel •Wondering What If... •Understanding Sexual Harassment a Little Better •The Irony of Being Moral •Who Knew that Crime Wore a Shirt, Let Alone a …

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Vol. 54, No. 11, March 23, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School Mar 2004

Vol. 54, No. 11, March 23, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Judicial Nominations: Senator Carl Levin's Perspectives •Clerkship Applicants Seek Guidance During Process •Former Secretary of State Albright Forecasts 'Perfect Storm' for U.S. •ACLU General Counsel on Defending Unpopular Speech •Butch Carpenter Banquet Photos •SFF Auction Photos •Protesting Solomon is Part of a Larger Battle: A Response to Joe Brennan •Somebody Stop Me Before I Sell Out Again •Twenty Questions Two Times •Response to Joe Brennan's Letter on JAG Recruiting •Crossword

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Vol. 54, No. 10, March 9, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School Mar 2004

Vol. 54, No. 10, March 9, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School

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•From the Front Lines: Law Student Speaks of Life as Soldier in Iraq •Reproductive Rights Conference Huge Success •Calling Balls and Strikes, Moving Cases Along: State Judge Talks About His Job •Professor Gross Discusses Recent Developments in Death Penalty Debate •Professor Daria Roithmayr Brings Unconventional Style to Law School •Grade Curves •Open Letter to Faculty Hiring •Letter to the Editor: Response to OUTLAWS Letter on JAG Recruiting •'04 Dodge Durango: The Two-Ton Hot Rod •If You Think Law School Makes You Vomit, Try Working for a Living •Crossword

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The Botched Hanging Of William Williams: How Too Much Rope And Minnesota’S Newspapers Brought An End To The Death Penalty In Minnesota, John Bessler Mar 2004

The Botched Hanging Of William Williams: How Too Much Rope And Minnesota’S Newspapers Brought An End To The Death Penalty In Minnesota, John Bessler

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This article describes Minnesota's last state-sanctioned execution: that of William Williams, who was hanged in 1906 in the basement of the Ramsey County Jail. Convicted of killing a teenage boy, Williams was tried on murder charges in 1905 and was put to death in February of the following year. Because the county sheriff miscalculated the length of the rope, the hanging was botched, with Williams hitting the floor when the trap door was opened. Three deputies, standing on the scaffold, thereafter seized the rope and forcibly pulled it up until Williams - fourteen and half minutes later - died by …

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Vol. 54, No. 9, February 17, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School Feb 2004

Vol. 54, No. 9, February 17, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•A Mosaic of Faces, Stories: Profiles of Visiting and Adjunct Faculty •Legal Academia 101 •Legal Champion of Illinois Death Row Inmates Brings Her Story to Michigan •Professor Herzog Looks at Patriot Act Through First Amendment Lens •Affirmative Action Panel Discusses Implications of Grutter v. Bollinger •Are Law School and "Normal" Relationships Incompatible? •I am Fricking Freezing Here (or) Oh My God, I am Freezing to Death Here •Talking with Trail-Blazing Professor Sallyanne Payton •LLSA's Annual Juan Tienda Ball Photos •An Open Letter to the Law School Administration •Why the Ford F-150 Should Not Be on Your List •Getting by Bar …

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Vol. 54, No. 8, January 27, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School Jan 2004

Vol. 54, No. 8, January 27, 2004, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•A Winter Matinee to Remember: December 2003 Graduation Ceremony •MLK Panel Highlights Work Yet to be Done •Two Federal Judges Share Thoughts on Judicial Selection, Clerking •CrimLaw Society Hoses Career Talk Given by Front-Line Practitioners •Dr. Steinberg Dean's Choices Reflect Pressure on Many Women Professionals •New Ford F-150 Re-establishes Itself as Industry Standard •Give Me Your Money and I Will Not Get Hurt •Graduation Photos •Graduation Should Occur at Hill Auditorium •Federalists Do it Too: The False Debate Over "Activist" Judges •Music in 2003: The Year That Didn't Do Too Much at All •"Show Your Own" Hides Story-Within-Story •U-M Law …

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