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Creating A Journal: Two Perspectives, Coleen M. Barger, Lindsey P. Gustafson Apr 2009

Creating A Journal: Two Perspectives, Coleen M. Barger, Lindsey P. Gustafson

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

No abstract provided.


Feature: The Roots Of The Executive Branch Jan 2009

Feature: The Roots Of The Executive Branch

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

When President Barack Obama needed a top adviser and steadfast sounding board, he turned to a Michigan Law alumna who has been called the "First Friend" and "the other half of Obama's brain." When he considered appointees for the role of Secretary of the Interior, he chose and alumnus he called a "champion for farmers, ranchers, and rural communities." Here, we profile some of Obama's aides, advisers, and appointees who have ties to Michigan Law, and who began their jobs by our press time. We highlight how their experiences in Law School helped to shape their journey from the gothic …


Feature: The Father Of Miranda, James Tobin Jan 2009

Feature: The Father Of Miranda, James Tobin

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

This is the first in a series of articles about the intellectual history of the Law School, and the impact our scholars have had, from the classroom to the Supreme Court.

Yale Kamisar's transformative impact on the law began with a humble hunch in the early 1960s, when he was a young professor at the University of Minnesota.


Feature: Anatomy Of An Alumnus, Katie Vloet Jan 2009

Feature: Anatomy Of An Alumnus, Katie Vloet

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

50 years later, remembring Anatomy of a Murder and the fly-fishing, U.P.-loving, mushroom-hunting state Supreme Court justice who wrote it.


Feature: Teaching The Teachers, Nicole Fawcett Jan 2009

Feature: Teaching The Teachers, Nicole Fawcett

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

A new ranking system explores 'intellectual super-spreaders'. A new model for determining the influence of law schools looks at the links between where law professors received their J.D. and where they go on to teach law. The model, which uses a mixture of social network analysis and computer simulation, shows how a handful of elite institutions are likely influencing legal principles and attitudes across the country. Michigan Law ranks third in the study.


Foreword - Alinsky Conference, 42 J. Marshall L. Rev. Xxv (2009), Walter J. Kendall Iii Jan 2009

Foreword - Alinsky Conference, 42 J. Marshall L. Rev. Xxv (2009), Walter J. Kendall Iii

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Cognition And Star Trek™: Learning And Legal Education, 42 J. Marshall L. Rev. 959 (2009), Kate E. Bloch Jan 2009

Cognition And Star Trek™: Learning And Legal Education, 42 J. Marshall L. Rev. 959 (2009), Kate E. Bloch

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Techno-Jury: Techniques In Verbal And Visual Persuasion, Gregory J. Morse Jan 2009

Techno-Jury: Techniques In Verbal And Visual Persuasion, Gregory J. Morse

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Significant Symposium, Roger J. Miner Jan 2009

A Significant Symposium, Roger J. Miner

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.


Preserving Attorney-Client Privilege In The Age Of Electronic Discovery, Anthony Francis Bruno Jan 2009

Preserving Attorney-Client Privilege In The Age Of Electronic Discovery, Anthony Francis Bruno

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.