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Road Scholars - December 2010 / January 2011, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School Of Law

Boyd Briefs / Road Scholars

The December 2010 / January 2011 issue of Road Scholars highlights law faculty members' scholarly activities beyond the walls of the William S. Boyd School of Law.

Road Scholars - November 2010, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School Of Law

Boyd Briefs / Road Scholars

The November 2010 issue of Road Scholars highlights law faculty members' scholarly activities beyond the walls of the William S. Boyd School of Law.

Road Scholars - October 2010, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School Of Law

Boyd Briefs / Road Scholars

The October 2010 issue of Road Scholars highlights law faculty members' scholarly activities beyond the walls of the William S. Boyd School of Law.

Faculty Newsletter - Fall 2010, Wiener-Rogers Law Library, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School Of Law

Faculty Newsletters

This newsletter highlights library services and resources available to faculty members, together with new changes for the 2010-2011 school year. Faculty members are encouraged to contact their Law Library liaisons to discuss these items further.

Road Scholars - September 2010, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School Of Law

Boyd Briefs / Road Scholars

The September issue of Road Scholars describes faculty members' scholarly activities beyond the walls of the William S. Boyd School of Law.

Building Communities, Changing Lives: Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic & Clinical Studies Program, Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School Of Law

Clinic Brochures

The brochure describes the offerings in clinical legal education available through the Thomas & Mack Legal Clinic and the Clinical Studies Program at the William S. Boyd School of Law.

Faculty Newsletter - Spring 2010, Wiener-Rogers Law Library, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School Of Law

Faculty Newsletters

This newsletter features discussions about: (i) the reorganized website, (ii) Scholarly Commons @ UNLV Law, (iii) TWEN, LexisNexis Web Course, and Web Campus, (iv) past exams, and (v) new acquisitions.

Once Upon A Time In Law: Myth, Metaphor, And Authority, Linda H. Edwards

Scholarly Works

We have long accepted the role of narrative in fact statements and jury arguments, but in the inner sanctum of analyzing legal authority? Surely not. Yet cases, statutes, rules, and doctrines all have stories of their own. When we talk about legal authority, using our best formal logic, we are actually swimming in a sea of narrative, oblivious to the water around us. As the old Buddhist saying goes, "We don’t know who discovered the ocean, but it probably wasn’t a fish."

This article teases out several familiar archetypes hidden in discussions of cases and statutes. In the midst of …

Salt Equalizer, Vol. 2010, Issue 1, Society Of American Law Teachers

SALT Equalizer

Contents of This Issue:

Raquel Aldana & Steven W. Bender, Co-Presidents’ Column, at 1.

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

Ngai Pindell, December SALT Teaching Conference Promises Exciting Visions of the Law School of the Future, at 4.

Ruben Garcia, New Law Teachers Pipeline Committee Launches with San Francisco Event, at 4.

Angela Onwuachi-Willig, The New SALT Blog: SALT Members Speak Out, at 5.

Doug Colbert, SALT Forms New Access to Justice Committee, at 6.

Karla McKanders, Human Rights Committee Report, at 7.

Jackie Gardina, LGBT Committee Report, at 8.

Bryan Adamson, Affirmative Action Committee Report, at 9.

Robert …

Book Review: "For The Common Good: Principles Of American Academic Freedom", David S. Tanenhaus

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.

The Weiner-Rogers Law Library: An Invaluable Legal Resource, Jeanne Price

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.

Refugee Credibility Assessment And The “Religious Imposter” Problem, Michael Kagan

Scholarly Works

Credibility assessment in refugee status determination (RSD) poses unique challenges when the outcome of asylum applications turns on the question of whether an asylum seeker is actually a member of a persecuted religious minority. These cases require secular adjudicators to delve into matters of religious identity and faith that are, by their nature, subjective and beyond the realm of objective analysis. This Article explores practical means of addressing this challenge through a case study of the RSD interviews of Eritrean asylum seekers in Egypt who based their refugee claims on Pentecostal religious associations. Analysis of the interview methods used in …

Studying And Teaching “Law As Rhetoric”: A Place To Stand, Linda L. Berger

Scholarly Works

This article proposes that law students may find a better fit within the legal culture of argument if they are introduced to rhetorical alternatives to counter narrowly formalist and realist perspectives on how the law works and how judges decide cases. To support this proposal, the article describes and evaluates an upper-level elective course in Law & Rhetoric, which I have offered at two law schools since 2003.

The article makes a two-part argument: first, introducing law students to rhetorical alternatives allows them to envision their role as lawyers as constructive, effective, and imaginative while grounded in law, language, and …