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Volume 14, Number 1: February/March 2008, Suzanne Zack

UConn Libraries Newsletter

Page 2 - The vice provost for University Libraries examines what the Libraries are doing to support the University’s new academic plan.

Page 2 - Poems and papers belonging to Louise Gaffney Flannigan, sister and wife to brakemen for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, who served as poetess of the Brotherhood of Railroad Brakemen Lodge No. 201.

Page 3 - Werner Pfeiffer, an artist whose book sculpture “Endangered Species” will be permanently installed in Bookworms Café is profiled.

Page 5 - The director of the Women’s Center traces the beginnings of the Center 35 years ago and …

Is Stem Cell Research A One-Way Ticket To The Island Of Dr. Moreau? Singapore And The United States' Differing Paths, Johanne Medina

Global Business & Development Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Legal Outsourcing To India: The Demise Of New Lawyers And Junior Associates, Michael G. Owen

Global Business & Development Law Journal

No abstract provided.

A Secondary Analysis Of The Rural Elderly Population In Twentynine Palms, Nicholas Rene Perez

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to identify needs of the elderly population 65 years and older, who reside in the Twentynine Palms area by conducting secondary analyses of data collected from a needs assessment survey administered by the San Bernardino County Department of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS) from 2005. This study highlited the barriers that the residence of Twentynine Palms found to be most important. The barriers focused on in this paper will assist social workers in focusing on the urgent needs of these residents.

Loyola Lawyer, Loyola Law School - Los Angeles

Loyola Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Suffolk Law, Fall 2008, Suffolk University Law School

Suffolk Law School Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

The Consequences Of Restricted Health Care Access For Immigrants: Lessons From Medicaid And Schip, Janet Calvo

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Law Clinics And Collective Mobilization, Sameer Ashar

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Traditional Advocacy For Nontraditional Youth: Rethinking Best Interest For The Queer Child, Sarah Valentine

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, 2007, City Of Lake. St Louis

UMSLCAB - UMSL’s Political Science Millennial Era Saint Louis Local Curated Area Budgets

This resource is one among many in the UMSLCAB open dataset at IRL.UMSL.edu/CAB

Fear Of Discovery: Immigrant Workers And The Fifth Amendment, Keith Cunningham-Parmeter

Cornell International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

No. 48: The Quality Of Immigration And Citizenship Services In Namibia, Ndeyapo Nickanor

Southern African Migration Programme

The Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration (MHAI) in Namibia has sole responsibility for implementing and managing migration policy and legislation; the registration of births, deaths and marriages; and the issuing of identity documents, passports and emergency travel documents. The Ministry also manages visa and permanent and temporary residence applications and approves work permits.

In 2005, the Southern African Migration Project (SAMP) was asked by the Ministry to conduct a systematic survey of the quality of services offered to citizens and non-citizens (the Services Quality Survey or SQS). The main objectives of the SQS were as follows:

• To compare …

Are You In Or Are You Out? The Effect Of A Prior Criminal Conviction On Bar Admission & A Proposed National Uniform Standard, Anthony J. Graniere, Hilary Mchugh

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor: A Selected Annotated Bibliography, Julie Graves Krishnaswami

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Queer Kids: A Comprehensive Annotated Legal Bibliography On Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender, And Questioning Youth, Sarah Valentine

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Volume 75

Tennessee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Organizational Culture In A Terminally Ill Hospital, Alberto Coustasse, Douglas A. Mains, Kristine Lykens, Sue G. Lurie, Fernando Trevino

Management Faculty Research

This study analyzed an organizational culture in a community hospital in Texas to measure organizational culture change and its impact on Patient Satisfaction (PS). The study employed primary and secondary data, combining quantitative and qualitative methods for a case study. Participant observation was used and archival data were collected to provide a better understanding of the organizational culture and the context in which change was taking place. This study also applied a “Shared Vision” of the organization as the central process in bringing forth the knowledge shared by members of the community hospital who were both subjects and research participants. …

Indigent Criminal Defense: Qualitative Review On Economic Value, Ralph Mckinney, Lawrence P. Shao

Management Faculty Research

This article reviews indigent criminal defense programs on an international level and generally concludes that societies want to protect legitimate society members', within the respective society's jurisdiction, fundamental property rights concerning criminal prosecution. While this conclusion was as the researchers expected, several unexpected and contrary observations were noted. Society wealth and a greater return on investments of public funds can dramatically shift a society's value of basic shared rights.

Attorney General’S Annual Report To Congress And Assessment Of The U.S. Government Activities To Combat Trafficking In Persons Fiscal Year 2007, U.S Department Of Justice

Human Trafficking: Data and Documents

Trafficking in persons (TIP), or human trafficking, is a regrettably widespread form of modern-day slavery. Traffickers often prey on individuals, predominantly women and children in certain countries, who are poor, frequently unemployed or underemployed, and who may lack access to social safety nets. Victims are often lured with false promises of good jobs and better lives, and then forced to work under brutal and inhuman conditions. It is difficult to accurately estimate the extent of victimization in this crime whose perpetrators go to great lengths to keep it hidden. Nonetheless, the United States has led the world in the fight …

Article About Harry Hom Dow In The Suffolk University Law School Alumni Magazine, Fall 2008, Suffolk University

Harry Hom Dow Papers (MS 110), 1911-1985

No abstract provided.

Forming Entities To Negotiate Community Benefits Agreements, Debra Bechtel

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Gaming Control Board Has Great Deference In Granting Slot Licenses: Riverwalk Casino, L.P. V. Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Brock E. Mccandless

Duquesne Law Review

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania affirmed the Order and Adjudication of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board which granted Category 2 slots licenses to HSP Gaming and the Philadelphia Entertainment and Development Partners, holding, inter alia, that the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board was a quasi-judicial body entitled to hold private deliberations.

Riverwalk Casino, L.P. v. Pa. Gaming Control Bd., 926 A.2d 926 (Pa. 2007).

The Consequences Of Restricted Health Care Access For Immigrants: Lessons From Medicaid And Schip, Janet M. Calvo

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

This article explores the serious public health and health system concerns that arise from the exclusion of immigrants from health care access reform. Specifically, the author explains how Medicaid and SCHIP restrictions limit healthcare access for eligible citizens, undermine the functioning of the healthcare system, and hinder public health goals. These public health goals include: controlling contagious diseases, reducing infant mortality, and coordinating chronic disease care. Ultimately, the author concludes that providing health care access for noncitizens would further public health goals and implement a more rational and cost effective healthcare system.

The Nexus Between Immigrant Eligibility And Access: An Analysis Of The Economic, Social, And Linguistic Barriers To Health Care, Cory S. Bagby

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

No abstract provided.

In Re Seagate: Did It Really Fix The Waiver Issue? A Short Review And Analysis Of Waiver Resulting From The Use Of A Counsel's Opinion Letter As A Defense To Willful Infringement, Dov Greenbaum

Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review

The Federal Circuit, through its decision in Seagate, sought to clarify and definitively establish various consequences of an assertion of willful infringement by a patentee. This comment discusses the history and potential outcomes of the Seagate decision; first, by outlining basic issues of privilege and immunity and examining the history of uncertainty regarding waiver leading up to the Seagate decision. The remainder of the comment examines the potential outcomes of the decision, and presents possible resolutions to further resolve the issue and more fully repair attorney-client privilege and immunity.

Freeriders And Diversity In The Legal Academy: A New Dirty Dozen List, Ediberto Román, Christopher B. Carbot

Faculty Publications

Latina and Latino student enrollment in U.S. law schools the last few decades has increased. This increase, however, has not resulted in a comparable increase in Latino and Latina law professors. To foster diversity in law school faculties and to increase Latina representation, the “Dirty Dozen List” was published. The List was comprised of the top twelve U.S. law schools located in high Latina populated areas but lacking a single Latina professor on the faculty. The List served to increase awareness of the lack of diversity at some of the nation’s top legal institutions, as well as “shame” these schools …

Staying In Orbit, Or Breaking Free: The Relationship Of Mediation To The Courts Over Four Decades, Robert A. Baruch Bush

North Dakota Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Need For Judicial Activism Acceptance Speech, Dr. Tariq Hassan

ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law

Honorable President, Dean of the Shepard Broad Law Center, members of the faculty, respected students, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.

The Future Regulation Of The Legal Profession: The Impact Of Treating The Legal Profession As Service Providers, Laurel Terry

Faculty Scholarly Works

In the past fifty years, one has heard debates about whether law is a business, a profession, or both, what these terms mean and whether it matters. Regardless of what one thinks about these debates, there is a new paradigm that must be added to the mix, which is the paradigm of lawyers as "service providers." In the "service providers" paradigm, the legal profession is not viewed as a separate, unique profession entitled to its own individual regulations, but is included in a broader group of "service providers," all of whom can be regulated together. This new paradigm represents a …

Constructs Of Justice: Beyond Civil Litigation, Alan Tomkins, Kimberly Applequist

Alan Tomkins Publications

It is the case that civil justice problems constitute the bulk of courts’ work in both the state and federal legal systems (see, e.g., Court Statistics Project, 2006; U.S. Courts, 2007). Nevertheless, a decision rendered by a jury (or a judge) takes place in only a relatively small percentage of civil disputes. There are exponentially more civil disputes resolved outside of court than are resolved via jury verdicts (see, e.g., Galanter, 1983, 1993, 1996; Miller & Sarat, 1980–1981; Trubek, Grossman, Felstiner, Kritzer, & Sarat, 1983), a state of affairs true for the UK as well as the US (Pleasence, 2006). …