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The Iqbal Effect: The Impact Of New Pleading Standards In Employment And Housing Discrimination Litigation, Raymond H. Brescia

Kentucky Law Journal

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An Essay On The Stages Of The Clinical Year In Law School: Group Process With Existentialist Roots, Richard J. Wilson

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

This short article focuses on "units," or stages of group process, part of my shared experience in law teaching and in adult education at St. Mark’s Church, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. The article explores the context of the functional education program of church teaching and its common elements with clinical law teaching. The unit structure from church teaching translates well, I conclude, into the structure of clinical legal education.

Remarks On The Arab Spring Symposium, Richard J. Wilson

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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In Defense Of Deterrence, Andrew Popper

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

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Government Interference With Law School Clinics And Access To Justice: When Is There A Legal Remedy ?, Peter A. Joy

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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Can Preemption Protect Public Participation ?, Adam Babich

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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Law School Clinics And The First Amendment, Jonathan L. Entin

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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Introduction—Creative Capital: Intellectual Property Creation And Venture Capital, Michael S. Mireles Jr.

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

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Clement Clay Torbert And Alabama Law Reform Alabama Legal Issues Series, Tony A. Freyer, Paul M. Pruitt Jr., Volney Riser

Articles

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Employee Benefit Plans With Conforming Changes As Of January 1, 2011; Audit And Accounting Guide, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Employee Benefit Plans Audit Guide Revision Task Force

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

Code Of Professional Conduct And Bylaws, As Of June 1, 2011, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

AICPA Professional Standards

No abstract provided.

The Market For Public Interest Law Services, Scott Cummings

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Trust And The Global Law Firm, Robert K. Vischer

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

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Comment Letters On Working Draft Of Aicpa Audit And Accounting Guide Employee Benefit Plans, Updated 12/15/2010, Released 4/12/2011, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Exposure Drafts, Comment Letters, and Statements of Position

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Gulf Coast Blowout: How The Bp Oil Spill Is Corroding Communities And What Attorneys & Policymakers Must Do To Stop It, Fay Pappas

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

Checklists And Illustrative Financial Statements : Health And Welfare Benefit Plans, March 2011 Edition, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

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The Price Of Pay To Play In Securities Class Actions, Adam C. Pritchard, Stephen J. Choi, Drew T. Johnson-Skinner

Articles

We study the effect of campaign contributions to lead plaintiffs—“pay to play”—on the level of attorney fees in securities class actions. We find that state pension funds generally pay lower attorney fees when they serve as lead plaintiffs in securities class actions than do individual investors serving in that capacity, and larger funds negotiate for lower fees. This differential disappears, however, when we control for campaign contributions made to offcials with infuence over state pension funds. This effect is most pronounced when we focus on state pension funds that receive the largest campaign contributions and that associate repeatedly as lead …

No Harm, No Foul? Why Harmless Error Analysis Should Not Be Used To Review Wrongful Denials Of Counsel To Parents In Child Welfare Cases, Vivek Sankaran

Articles

The application of a harmless error standard by appellate courts reviewing erroneous denials of counsel in child protective cases undermines a critical procedural right that safeguards the interests of parents and children. Case law reveals that trial courts, on numerous occasions, improperly reject valid requests for counsel, forcing parents to navigate the child welfare system without an advocate. Appellate courts excuse these violations by speculating that the denials caused no significant harm to the parents, which is a conclusion that a court can never reach with any certainty. The only appropriate remedy for this significant problem is a bright-line rule …

Exclusion From Income Of Compensation For Services And Pooling Of Labor Occurring In A Noncommercial Setting, Douglas A. Kahn

Articles

When cash is received for services, it typically will constitute gross income to the recipient.' But what if the payments are made in a noncommercial setting such as the payment by a parent to a child for mowing the lawn or performing household chores? As discussed later in this Essay, there are reasons to conclude that such payments do not constitute income. The problem of how to treat receipts from a noncommercial activity frequently arises in the context of an exchange of services. A similar problem arises when services are provided by several persons pursuant to a pooling of labor …

Un Women: Jumping The Hurdles To Overcoming Gender Inequality, Or Falling Short Of Expectations?, Kerry Boyne

Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice

The note examines the challenges faced by UN Women in addressing the interconnected issues of the feminization of poverty and HIV/AIDS, particularly in developing countries. It argues that while UN Women represents a significant step forward with its consolidated structure and increased resources, its success in eradicating these issues depends on overcoming deeply entrenched gender inequalities, inadequate funding, and the effectiveness of its implementation strategies. The analysis highlights the need for UN Women to not only formulate norms but also ensure their proper incorporation and implementation at national and local levels.

Alternative Dispute Resolution And The Rule Of Law In International Development Cooperation, James Michel

Journal of Dispute Resolution

This paper briefly reviews the concept of development and related international cooperation. It then examines how the rule of law has been addressed in development programs and offers some thoughts about the contribution of ADR for advancing the rule of law and, in turn, contributing to human security, wellbeing, and dignity.

Stakeholders In Security Policy Development, S B. Maynard, A B. Ruighaver, A Ahmad

Australian Information Security Management Conference

The Information Security Policy (ISP) of an organisation is expected to specify for employees their behaviour towards security, and the security ethos of the organisation. However, there are a wide range of opinions and expertise that should be considered by organisations when developing an ISP. This paper aims to identify the stakeholders that should be utilised in an ISP development process and how this may differ based on organisational size. The research identifies from literature nine stakeholder roles that are suggested to be required in an ISP development process. Contextual interviews are then used to validate these nine stakeholder roles …

Bulletin 2011-2012, Seattle University School Of Law

Viewbooks

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Taking The Business Out Of Work Product, Michele M. Destefano Beardslee

Articles

Over the past fifteen years, a common set of questions has surfaced in different areas of scholarship about the breadth of the corporate attorney's role: Should the corporate attorney provide business advice when providing legal advice? Should the corporate attorney provide counsel related to other disciplines such as public relations, social responsibility, morals, accounting, and/or investment banking? Should the corporate attorney prevent corporate wrongdoing? Questions like these resound in the scholarship addressing the risks and benefits of multi-disciplinary partnerships, gatekeeping, moral counseling, ancillary services, and the application of the attorney-client privilege. When looked at in combination, these segregated discussions equate …

On Saving The Death Penalty: A Comment On Adam Gershowitz's Statewide Capital Punishment, Eric Berger

Vanderbilt Law Review

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African-American Grandmothers: Does The Gender-Entrapment Theory Apply? Essay Response To Professor Beth Richie, Jessica Dixon Weaver

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Many African-American grandmothers are entrapped by the cycle of incarceration in poor black communities. This Essay explores whether the social and economic conditions that compel battered women to commit crimes also impact their mothers - who end up raising the children they leave behind. Professor Beth Richie's theory of gender entrapment as described in her book, “Compelled to Crime,” is not limited to incarcerated women who have been victims of domestic violence. African-American grandmothers who take on the role of kinship caregivers for their grandchildren are also entrapped by a complex interplay of race, gender, and class, making them vulnerable …

Debts, Defaults And Details: Exploring The Impact Of Debt Collection Litigation On Consumers And Courts, Mary B. Spector

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

This Article explores consumer collection litigation through original research from more than five hundred cases filed in the Dallas County courts. It analyzes the data within the context of the modern debt collection industry, paying special attention to the role of debt buyers and to the peculiar legal issues their involvement raises. After explaining the methodology and mechanics used to gather and analyze the data, the Article discusses the data collected, identifying and analyzing the most significant findings and placing them within a larger legal landscape. While the research confirms anecdotal reports of litigation abuse in consumer collection cases, it …

The Paradoxical Effect Of Intercity Transportation And Communications Infrastructure On Urban Concentration: The Dispersion-Concentration Model, Alvaro Ballarin Cabrera

Economics Honors Projects

This study examines the effect of intercity transportation and communications infrastructure on urban concentration on a sample of 84 countries between the years 1960 and 2010. By comparing the effects of interregional transportation and communications infrastructure on primacy and urbanization, I find that (1) such investments promote population dispersion amongst connected areas and (2) population concentration from unconnected locations into connected ones. Therefore, intercity transportation and communications infrastructure is only effective at reducing excessive concentration when the dispersion effect exceeds the concentration effect.

The Rise And Fall Of The Implied Warranty Of Habitability, David A. Super

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Growing concern about poverty in the late 1960s produced two sweeping legal revolutions. One gave welfare recipients rights against arbitrary eligibility rules and benefit terminations. The other gave low-income tenants recourse when landlords failed to repair their homes. The 1996 welfare law exposed the welfare rights revolution's frailty. Little noticed by legal scholars, the tenants' rights revolution also has failed, and for broadly similar reasons.

Withholding rent deliberately to challenge landlords' failure to repair is unduly risky for most tenants in ill-maintained dwellings: either moving to better housing is a better option or the risk of retaliation is too great. …

2011-2012, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Student Handbooks

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