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Faculty Newsletter - Fall 2009, Wiener-Rogers Law Library, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School Of Law Oct 2009

Faculty Newsletter - Fall 2009, Wiener-Rogers Law Library, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School Of Law

Faculty Newsletters

This newsletter features discussions about: (i) library renewals, (ii) Faculty Services Librarian David McClure; (iii) liaison reshuffles; (iv) research assistance; (v) interdisciplinary resources -- databases other than Westlaw or Lexis; (vi) US Government Depository status; (vii) coffee in the library; and (viii) the library conference room.


Salt Equalizer, Vol. 2009, Issue 2, Society Of American Law Teachers Jul 2009

Salt Equalizer, Vol. 2009, Issue 2, Society Of American Law Teachers

SALT Equalizer

Contents of This Issue:

Deborah Waire Post & Margaret Martin Barry, Co-Presidents' Column, at 1.

Hazel Weiser, Executive Director's Column, at 1.

Tayyab Mahmud, SALT Board of Governors Elections: Meet the Candidates, at 4.

Roberg Chang, Second Biennial Law School Leadership Workshop, at 6.

Ruben Garcia, SALT-LatCrit Junior Faculty Development Workshop, at 6.

Nancy Cook, Service Day in New Orleans, at 7.

Ruben Garcia, 2010 SALT Annual Dinner to Honor Professor Frank Valdes, at 7.

Hazel Weiser, Poverty Law Teaching Conference, at 7.

Ngai Pindell, SALT Teaching Conference, at 8.

Marjorie …


Salt Equalizer, Vol. 2009, Issue 3, Society Of American Law Teachers Jan 2009

Salt Equalizer, Vol. 2009, Issue 3, Society Of American Law Teachers

SALT Equalizer

Contents of This Issue:

Deborah Waire Post & Margaret Martin Barry, Co-Presidents’ Column, at 1.

Hazel Weiser, Executive Director’s Column, at 1.

Camille Nelson, January 2010 Cover Workshop at the AALS Annual Meeting: “In the Public Interest: Exploring Legacy of Robert Cover as Professor, Activist, and Scholar,” at 4.

SALT at the AALS in January, at 4.

Hazel Weiser, “Sowing the Seeds of Justice:” Sneak Preview Saturday, January 9, in NOLA, at 5.

Ruben Garcia, 2010 SALT Annual Dinner Promises to Be a Jazzy Affair, at 5.

Hazel Weiser, SALT Board of Governors Welcomes New and …


When Reading Between The Lines Is Not Enough: Lessons From Media Coverage Of A Domestic Violence Homicide-Suicide, Elizabeth L. Macdowell Jan 2009

When Reading Between The Lines Is Not Enough: Lessons From Media Coverage Of A Domestic Violence Homicide-Suicide, Elizabeth L. Macdowell

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In October 2008, Karthik Rajaram murdered his wife, mother-in-law, sons and, ultimately, himself, in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb. This Article analyzes media reports about the deaths to illustrate the resilience of patriarchy and significant gaps in research and scholarship about domestic violence, and suggests a strategic approach to building counter-narratives about violence against women.

The Article is composed of five parts. Part I is the Introduction. Part II draws on narrative theory and critical media scholarship to lay the groundwork for analysis, and to show why media coverage of homicide-suicide is implicated in the production of dominant ideology.

Part …


Queer Lockdown: Coming To Terms With The Ongoing Criminalization Of Lgbtq Communities, Ann Cammett Jan 2009

Queer Lockdown: Coming To Terms With The Ongoing Criminalization Of Lgbtq Communities, Ann Cammett

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The criminal justice system exacts a toll on some Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) communities. The experience of living in poverty and the concomitant exposure to a variety of governmental systems puts all poor, but especially LGBTQ low-income people of color, at risk of incarceration. What typically goes unexamined are the myriad ways that LGBTQ people are drawn into and experience the carceral system because of sexual identities and expression. This negative effect surfaces at every conceivable level: the marginalization and subsequent criminalization of queer youth; anti-gay bias in the judicial system; the rerouting of domestic violence cases …


How Embedded Knowledge Structures Affect Judicial Decision Making: An Analysis Of Metaphor, Narrative, And Imagination In Child Custody Disputes, Linda L. Berger Jan 2009

How Embedded Knowledge Structures Affect Judicial Decision Making: An Analysis Of Metaphor, Narrative, And Imagination In Child Custody Disputes, Linda L. Berger

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We live in a time of radically changing conceptions of family and of the relationships possible between children and parents. Though undergoing "a sea-change," family law remains tethered to culturally embedded stories and symbols. While so bound, family law will fail to serve individual families and a society whose family structures diverge sharply by education, race, class, and income.

This article advances a critical rhetorical analysis of the interaction of metaphor and narrative within the specific context of child custody disputes. Its goal is to begin to examine how these embedded knowledge structures affect judicial decision making generally; more specifically, …