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Focus Emu, October 18, 2005, Office Of Public Information

Focus EMU

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Targeting Legal Advice, Peter J. Henning

Law Faculty Research Publications

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Dismissing The Class: A Practical Approach To The Class Action Restriction On The Legal Services Corporation, Joshua D. Blank, Eric A. Zacks

Law Faculty Research Publications

The class action lawsuit has emerged as an effective legal device for addressing common harms. Claimants who might not litigate their claims individually are empowered by the opportunity to speak with one voice. The class action device, however, has been made largely unavailable to legal services lawyers representing the poor. Congressional restrictions enacted in 1996 prohibit legal services organizations that receive federal funding from the Legal Services Corporation from using that funding to initiate or participate in any class action lawsuit. This article examines the social, legal and professional impact of the class action restriction on the Legal Services Corporation …

Justice, Access To The Courts, And The Right To Free Counsel For Indigent Parents: The Continuing Scourge Of Lassiter V. Department Of Social Services Of Durham, Bruce A. Boyer

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

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Justice And Jesuit Legal Education: A Critique, John M. Breen

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

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Gideon In White/Gideon In Black: Race And Identity In Lawyering, Anthony V. Alfieri

Articles

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To Sue Is Human; To Settle Divine: Intercultural Collaborations To Expand The Use Of Mediation In Costa Rica, Donald C. Peters

UF Law Faculty Publications

Virtually all societies have developed non-adjudicative methods to resolve disputes. Third party intervention to help resolve disputes consensually, typically called mediation or conciliation, occurs in all cultures throughout the world. It now occurs in Costa Rica only voluntarily and primarily in family, community, labor, agricultural, and trade contexts.

Connecting mediation or conciliation to court systems provides a comparatively new use of third party interventions not involving adjudication through arbitration or litigation. This typically occurs by referring matters for mediation services provided by state-funded programs, private centers, and private mediators. Florida, the first American state to authorize courts to order mediation …

Corporate Responsibility: Ensuring Independent Judgment Of The General Counsel - A Look At Stock Options, Z. Jill Barclift

North Dakota Law Review

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Bankruptcy And Creditors' Rights, Roger S. Cox

SMU Law Review

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Attorneys' Fees, Ralph I. Miller, Angela C. Zambrano, David E. Pitcher

SMU Law Review

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Corporations, Glenn D. West, Sarah E. Stasny

SMU Law Review

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Female Judging, Theresa M. Beiner

Law Faculty Scholarship

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Professor Kingsfield: The Most Misunderstood Character In Literature, Michael Vitiello

Hofstra Law Review

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Selling Your Torts: Creating A Market For Tort Claims And Liability, Isaac Marcushamer

Hofstra Law Review

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Legal Education After Law School: Lessons From Scotland And England, Clark D. Cunningham

Faculty Publications By Year

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Winners And Losers In The Globalization Of Legal Services: Offshoring The Market For Foreign Lawyers, Carole Silver

Articles by Maurer Faculty

This article takes an empirical approach to the issue of how the U.S. legal services market is responding to globalization. It begins by considering the ways in which the domestic legal services market has internationalized by focusing on changes in legal education and examines the disconnection between U.S. legal education and practice opportunities in the U.S. The article proceeds to consider the ways in which U.S. law firms have become global organizations by offshoring their international identities, through the staffing of their non-U.S. offices with non-U.S. lawyers. Based on a database of more than 5,000 lawyers working in the offshore …

Transnational Legal Practice Developments, Carole Silver, Robert E. Lutz, Philip T. Von Mehren, Laurel S. Terry, Peter Ehrenhaft, Clifford J. Hendel, Jonathan Goldsmith, Masahiro Shimojo

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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The Current Landscape Of Race: Old Targets, New Opportunities 2006 Survey Of Books Relating To The Law - Part Ii: Critical Race Theory & Constitutional Law, Richard Delgado

Articles

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2006 Sacs Compliance Certification, University Of South Florida System, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

SACS Historical Forms and Applications

A set of documents relating to the University of South Florida System for compliance with accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).

Organizational Charts, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg, 2005, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

SACS Historical Forms and Applications

A series of organizational charts for the hierarchy of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg (USFSP). Also included is the operating procedures of USF's Board of Trustees and USFSP's Campus Board.

Equal Benefits, Unequal Burdens: How The Movement For Gay Rights In The Workplace Is Affecting Religious Employers, Laura Christine Henderson

Catholic University Law Review

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Wyoming Attorneys Pro Bono Obligation, John M. Burman

Wyoming Law Review

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Beyond The Reach Of Juvenile Justice: The Crisis Of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Detained By The United States, Areti Georgopoulos

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

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Identifying Some Trouble Spots In The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: A Framework For Improvement, Elwin Griffith

Nebraska Law Review

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) defines a debt collector as “any person who uses any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principal purpose of which is the collection of any debts, or who regularly collects or attempts to collect, directly or indirectly, debts owed or due or asserted to be owed or due another.” One issue that has bothered courts over the years is the definition of “debt.” Most courts have taken the position that a debt need not result from an extension of credit, but they see the necessity of having a …

Securities Regulation, George Lee Flint Jr.

SMU Law Review

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The Caribbean, Lillian Crawford-Abbensetts, Andrea Ewart, Douglas Earl Mclaren

The International Lawyer

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Chained To The Past: An Overview Of Criminal Expungement Law In Minnesota —State V. Schultz , Jon Geffen, Stefanie Letze

William Mitchell Law Review

This article explains Minnesota’s expungement law and analyzes a recent Minnesota Court of Appeals decision that limits the expungement remedy. Specifically, this article begins by examining the effects of a criminal record and the purposes of expungement.8 An expungement’s main purpose is to seal an individual’s criminal record from public view, thereby allowing the individual to fully reintegrate into society. This article then provides an overview of current expungement law and its history. This article also explains different types of criminal records and the different mechanisms used to seal each type of record. The focus of this article is on …

Economic Currents: The State Of The State Economy, Alan Clayton-Matthews

Public Policy and Public Affairs Faculty Publication Series

The Massachusetts economy is recovering, but at a relatively slow pace that is consistent with the state’s experience coming out of the last recession. Job creation continues to lag, and the Commonwealth faces continuing economic challenges, including strengthening the technology sector and addressing worker migration.

Religious Lawyering's Second Wave, Russell G. Pearce, Amelia J. Uelmen

Faculty Scholarship

Since the mid-1990s, the "religious lawyering movement" has expanded dramatically, receiving greater attention within the academy and the bar. As the movement enters what we term its "second wave" of development, this essay begins with a look back to its "first wave" of path-breaking scholarship and its gradual shift toward more institutionalized structures and programs. It argues that the predominant characteristic of first-wave religious lawyering scholarship was to claim a space within the professional conversation for lawyers to bring religious values to bear on their work. The essay then predicts that in the second wave religious lawyering conversations and scholarship …

Judicial Deference Or Bad Law? Why Massachusetts Courts Will Not Impose Municipal Liability For Failure To Enforce Restraining Orders, Carolyn Grose

Faculty Scholarship

The authors take up the challenge that was thrown down by the Ford v. Town of Grafton court. The first part of this Article examines the somewhat tortured and fascinating history of the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act. It then describes the arguments Catherine Ford made, how the court responded, and why it responded as it did. In Part II, Massachusetts' strong commitment to protecting and assisting victims of domestic violence is examined. A variety of legislative, executive and judicial initiatives that demonstrate commitment are described, but the Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 209A, the restraining order statute, is emphasized. The article …