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Briefs, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Integrated Design Solutions: the home team; doan, Sheehan win their Campbell case; Fellowships, lectures, banquets, and galas

Vol. 53, No. 9, March 18, 2003, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Dean Lehman Reflects on Time at Michigan, Looks Forward to New Role •March Musings •A 3L's Advice: Hello Hawaii! •Family First: An Interview with a First-Generation Lawyer •SFF Faces Budget Crunch •Carnivale Internacionale: Annual Law School Prom •Bon Jovi: The Tie that Binds •Out of Gavels: The Year's Worst Music Moments •Crossword

Resolving The Title Vii Partner-Employee Debate, Kristin Nicole Johnson

Michigan Law Review

In January of 2001, a New York court issued an order affirming a plaintiff's ability to bring suit against a law firm partnership for discriminatory acts that occurred during her tenure as an associate at the firm. The plaintiff, Stacy Ballen-Stier, joined Hahn & Hessen, L.L.P. as an associate and, on January 1, 1997, the firm invited her to join the partnership. According to Ms. Ballen-Stier's complaint, the words and actions of a fellow partner, Mr. Blejwas, created a hostile and abusive work environment and continued to plague her "even when [she] was away from the office." Ms. Ballen-Stier alleged …

An Assignment By Any Other Name: Contingent-Fee Agreements As Partial Assignments Of The Claim, Andrew P. Lycans

Michigan Law Review

In 1959, Mrs. Ethel West Cotnam of Alabama won a groundbreaking lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service when the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals allowed her to subtract her legal fees, paid to her lawyer on a contingency basis, from her gross income. Mrs. Cotnam sued the estate of her former employer when the administrator refused to honor the decedent's promise to pay her one-fifth of his estate if she would care for him for the rest of his life. Upon the successful disposition of this suit, the Supreme Court of Alabama awarded Mrs. Cotnam $120,000. Of that amount, $50,365.83 …

Vol. 53, No. 7, January 28, 2003, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•A View from the Crowd: Detroit Auto Show 2003 •Students March to Celebrate MLK Day •Holocaust Asset Seizure: Lawyer Discusses Case •NYC ESP •Inquiring Eyes Take Note •Billy Corgan Returns •Office of Public Service Promotes Pro Bono Work •Lace, Grace All Up in Your Face •"Bush League" Cry for Equal Opportunity •Grade Summary •Michigan Law Hosts Doctor King Symposium •Crossword

Trafficking As A Human Rights Violation: The Complex Intersection Of Legal Frameworks For Conceptualizing And Combating Trafficking, Joan Fitzpatrick

Michigan Journal of International Law

The author will focus on three legal instruments: (1) the 2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime (the Trafficking Protocol); (2) the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (VTVPA), enacted by the U.S. Congress in 2000; and (3) the regulations issued in 2002 by the U.S. Department of Justice to implement the T visa for trafficking victims. The U.S. response to trafficking illustrates the difficulties faced by human rights advocates in source, transit, and destination countries to insure that anti-trafficking and other migration …

The University Of Michigan Law School Faculty, 2003-2004, University Of Michigan Law School

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

Biographies of University of Michigan Law School faculty.

Lawyers And Domestic Violence: Raising The Standard Of Practice, John M. Burman

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

Lawyers and judges should be the vanguard of those working to end domestic violence and mitigate its effects, yet they are not. This article is an attempt to change that. It strives to shed some light on the profound effect domestic violence has on law and law practice, as well as the profound effect lawyers and the legal system can have on domestic violence. Part II of this article demonstrates the extent and pervasiveness of domestic violence. Part III describes how domestic violence will affect a lawyer's practice. Part IV provides guidance on what a lawyer should do to determine …

In The Supreme Court Of The United States Barbara Grutter, Petitioner, V. Lee Bollinger, Et Al., Respondents. On Writ Of Certiorari To The United States Court Of Appeals For The Sixth Circuit, Jerome S. Hirsch, Joseph N. Sacca, Scott D. Musoff, Mark Lebovitch, Linda M. Wayner

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

Brief of the University of Michigan Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, the University of Michigan Black Law Students' Alliance, the University of Michigan Latino Law Students Association, and the University of Michigan Native American Law Students Association as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents

Briefs, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

• Completing William W. Cook's vision
• How will international law cope with terrorism?
• the law and the clock: .A good partnership?

Marriage Law: Obsolete Or Cutting Edge?, Michigan Journal Of Gender & Law

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

Over the past hundred years, social and cultural expectations surrounding various forms of committed relationships have changed dramatically, and contemporary legal systems have struggled to adapt. The result has been an extraordinary opportunity to test fundamental assumptions about law, about the cultural understandings that are enforced through state power, and about the mechanisms that drive law's evolution. The Michigan Journal of Gender & Law has drawn together an exceptional group of panelists who will discuss these questions throughout the day.

Faculty, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

• Schneider spotlights The Law of Bioethics
• Modern Criminal Procedure-- 10 editions and counting
• Bruno Simma elected to International Court of Justice

Alumni, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

• Speaking with Michigan State Bar President Reginald M. Turner, '87
• Deputy U.S. Attorney General Larry Thompson, '74: 'The battlefield is right here'
• Construction law builds a treatise

Who's Talking? Disentangling Government And Private Speech, Leslie Gielow Jacobs

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Several different constitutional rules apply to government actions that influence the content of speech. The government has far more discretion to determine speech content when the government itself is the speaker than when it regulates private speakers. Specifically, in the former circumstance, the government can discriminate according to viewpoint, whereas in the latter circumstance it cannot. While the application of the rules may be obvious when either the government or private entities speak alone, increasingly, through various different types of interactions, government and private groups or individuals are speaking together. This circumstance complicates the crucial constitutional determination, which is: who's …

Vol. 53, No. 1, Early Interview Week 2002, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Welcome Back •Finding a Job and Being Happy •Film Research 101 •Recruiting Expert Frank Kimball Shares Interviewing Insights •Drugs, Judge, Poodle: Internship •RG Talks Public Service with Dean Precht •RG Market Series •Last Wholesome Sport? •Vegas on a Summer Associate's Salary •The Magic 5% •Crossword

Briefs, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Marriage: eternally changing?; And the verdict is; From 'dynamo' to 'guardian in the European Community.

Features, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Robert B. Fiske Jr.., '55, and the Fiske Fellows benefits government service; From Russia with...Law: Third-year law student writes pioneering study of the Russian Federation.

Faculty, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Whitman, '74, named Francis A. Allen Collegiate Professor of Law; Stein, '42, reaps honors from homeland; Activities showcase faculty versatility

Briefs, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Michigan Law Review celebrates first 100 years; Separate but unequal: America's public schools; Students' work contributes to Refugee Convention discussion

Alumni, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Butzbaugh, '66, wins Michigan Bar's top award; Jean Leadwith King, '68, honored as champion of women's equity; ABA's Individual Rights Section recognizes John H. Pickering, '40

Vol. 52, No. 8, February 20, 2002, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Quad once Home to JAG School •The Ten Raise Jest Commandments •Mardi Gras •The Insider •Dear RG •Three Legal Stooges •The Ice Storm •The Rant •Grade Summary •Fresh, Hot DVDs

The Customer Is Always Right… Not! Employer Liability For Third Party Sexual Harassment, Lea B. Vaughn

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

This article will ask a series of questions. What is third party sexual harassment? Under what conditions does it occur? Does it differ in any significant respects from traditional notions of sexual harassment? Should those differences, if any, make a difference in the way that the legal system addresses third party harassment? And indeed, should the problem be addressed solely through the legal system? What might an employer do to alleviate sexual harassment of this type?

Faculty Scholarship 1999-2002, University Of Michigan Law School

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

A listing of all the published works of University of Michigan Law School faculty.

Fit And Functional In Legal Ethics: Developing A Code Of Conduct For International Arbitration, Catherine A. Rogers

Michigan Journal of International Law

In this Article, the author develops a methodology for prescribing the normative content of a code of ethics for international arbitration, and in a forthcoming companion article, integrated mechanisms for making those norms both binding and enforceable are proposed. In making these proposals, the author rejects the classical conception of legal ethics as a purely deontological product derived from first principles. This Article argues, instead, that ethics derive from the inter-relational functional role of advocates in an adjudicatory system, and that ethical regulation must correlate with the structural operations of the system. The fit between ethics and function, the author …

Poverty And Equality: A Distant Mirror, Gene R. Nichol

Michigan Law Review

In one sense, Joel Schwartz's new effort, Fighting Poverty with Virtue, is tremendously timely. Bill Clinton's Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 was designed to "end welfare as we know it," turning greater attention to poor people's habits than to their pocketbooks. George Bush's compassionate conservatism is meant to pick up the pace, overtly seeking "to save and change lives." The White House's ominously entitled "Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives" is apparently set to unleash new waves of moral reformers. Schwartz's book seeks to provide moral, philosophical and historical sustenance for these initiatives. He focuses on …

Faculty, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Welcome to the Law School; Lempert, Avi-Yonah, and Malamud receive named professorships; Eric Stein, '42, wins University of Michigan Press Award.

Dissing Congress, Ruth Colker, James J. Brudney

Michigan Law Review

The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Rehnquist's recent leadership has invalidated numerous federal laws, arguably departing from settled precedent to do so. The Rehnquist Court has held that Congress exceeded its constitutional authority in five instances during the 2000-01 Term, on four occasions during the 1999-2000 Term and in a total of twenty-nine cases since the 1994-95 Term. Commentators typically explain these decisions in federalism terms, focusing on the Court's use of its power to protect the States from an overreaching Congress. That explanation is incomplete and, in important respects, unpersuasive. The Rehnquist Court has not been as solicitous of …

Briefs, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

• Scholarship donors, recipients celebrate together
• Diller, Hessler win Campbell Competition
• What am I bid? SFF auction raises more than $62,000

Alumni, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

• The inner voice and the inspiring path
• Women and the law - a sharing of insights
• Michael Kagan, '00, wins grant to launch refugee aid project in Egypt

Vol. 51, No. 10, April 1, 2001, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Ave Maria Signs Lehman •Grades Shock Students •Basking in the Blue Glow •Rick's Under New Management •The Outsider •New Clinic Course Announced •Impress Your Friends