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Soundings 2013-08-23, N/A N/A

Soundings

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Lining Up: Ensuring Equal Access To Vote, Gilda R. Daniels

All Faculty Scholarship

This booklet ( a joint project of the Advancement Project and the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law) provides an extensive overview of restrictive voting laws, especially concerning minority voters. Daniels begins with a summary of voter obstructions and intimidation in the 2012 election, and then places that within the context of the history of voting and race in America.

Most recently, the Section 5 protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were effectively removed by the Shelby County v. Holder Supreme Court decision. Daniels then explains what this means practically and legally for minority voters and how …

Justadvice: Studying Law In Snapshots, Brenda Bratton Blom, Leigh Maddox

Faculty Scholarship

Access to legal services continues to be a critical need in the United States. Clinical programs in law schools are part of responding to the demand for these services, but often face the challenge of filling gaps left by larger programs serving the poor or responding to unique legal needs. JustAdvice was designed to provide limited advice to a broad range of people with legal needs, unbundling those services where possible. The story of the development, implementation and transformation of the program into a teaching, triage and referral system that importantly links multiple organizations and services is the core of …

The Daily Gamecock, Thursday, August 22, 2013, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

August

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2013-2014 Boise State University Student Handbook, Office Of The Vice-President For Student Affairs

Student Handbooks

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Letter Regarding Pbgc Request For Information On Missing Participants In Individual Account Plans, Federal Register, Vol. 78, No. 120, June 21, 2013, Ellen A. Bruce, Brian Reilly

Pension Action Center Publications

On August 19, 2013, the Pension Action Center wrote to the Office of the General Counsel of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in response to their request for comments on the implementation of a new program to deal with benefits of missing participants in terminating individual account plans.

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, August 18, 2013, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2013

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Friends In The Desert Foundation, Inc. Program Evaluation, Gina Brooksbank, Jessica Wilde, Holly Williams

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This report presents an evaluation of the Friends in the Desert, Foundation Incorporated (FID), a sit-down feeding program in downtown Henderson, Nevada. The evaluation identified both strengths of the program and opportunities for growth. Major components of this report are presented in the following order: scope of work, research design, findings, recommendations, conclusions and limitations. The report recommendations provide the agency’s members and principal stakeholder groups with proposals designed to improve the program’s financial position and long-term viability. These recommendations focus on opportunities for restructure, growth, and uninterrupted success.

FID is a sit-down feeding program located at St. Timothy’s Episcopal …

Hill V. State Appellant's Brief Dckt. 40570

Not Reported

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Cummings V. Stephens Clerk's Record V. 9 Dckt. 40793

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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Cummings V. Stephens Clerk's Record V. 10 Dckt. 40793

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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Cummings V. Stephens Clerk's Record V. 8 Dckt. 40793

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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Improving Law School “Transparency”, Jeffrey Evans Stake

Nebraska Law Bulletin (Selected Issues)

It is unclear how much weight applicants place on various factors when they make their choices between law schools. Underlying that uncertainty is a deeper uncertainty about the value of a law school education. We do not know how much harm a student suffers by going to one law school instead of attending another, or by pursuing law instead of some other profession. But those uncertainties provide no excuse for the failure of law schools to present accurate information to applicants and the public, that is, to paint a fair picture of themselves. Justice and incentives for accurate reporting would …

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, August 11, 2013, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2013

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Newsroom: Nat'l Jurist On Rwu's Clinical Guarantee, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Newsroom: Rwu Law Guarantees Practical Experience, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Statutory Prohibition Against The Corporate Right To Appear In Person, Seymour C. Simon

St. John's Law Review

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Teaching Teamwork To Law Students, Janet Weinstein, Linda Morton, Howard Taras, Vivian Reznik

Journal of Legal Education

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The 2012 Economic Burden Of Intimate Partner Violence (Ipv) In Ecuador: Setting The Agenda For Future Research And Violence Prevention Policies, Maria-Isabel Roldos, Phaedra Corso

Publications and Research

Introduction: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a widespread social structural problem that affects a great proportion of Ecuadorian women. IPV is a sexually, psychologically, or physically coercive act against an adult or adolescent woman by a current or former intimate partner. Not-for-profit groups in Ecuador report that 70% of women experience 1 of the forms of IPV sometime during their lifetime, but population-based surveys suggest that 41% of Ecuadorian women are exposed to emotional violence, 31% physical violence, and 12% sexual violence by their spouse or partner over their lifetime. Despite the high prevalence, the response of the Ecuadorian government …

The Orphan Drug Act: How The Fda Unlawfully Usurped Market Exclusivity, Sumin Kim

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

The Board of KV Pharmaceutical bet the company on the success of Makena®, a pre-term birth drug. However, in the midst of a public outcry over the excessive pricing of Makena®, the FDA declared that it would not honor the market exclusivity that KV Pharmaceutical had obtained for Makena® under the Orphan Drug Act. As a result, KV Pharmaceutical filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This Note analyzes the situation under the lens of the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Specifically, I argue that market exclusivity for Makena® was private property and thus, the FDA unlawfully usurped KV Pharmaceutical’s private …

Moving Mission Into Action Through Strategy, Lauren Davenport

Marketing Undergraduate Honors Theses

Non-profit organizations across the globe are continuing to increase in numbers. There is a need for these non-profits to develop and utilize strategy in order to thrive in a growing and competitive environment. Although some research exists on non-profit strategy, the research presented here further develops and classifies non-profit strategic typologies through the examination of environmental and human trafficking non-profit organizations. This research focuses on the missions of non-profits organizations and how these respective organizations can see their mission come to fruition through successful strategic implementation. While business strategy centers on profit accumulation, non-profit mission is fixated on the re-installment …

Access To Justice: Ensuring Meaningful Access To Counsel In Civil Cases, Human Rights Clinic

Human Rights Institute

Legal representation is fundamental to safeguarding fair, equal, and meaningful ac- cess to the legal system. Yet, in the United States, millions of people who are poor or low-income are unable to obtain legal representation when facing a crisis such as eviction, foreclosure, domestic violence, workplace discrimination, termination of subsistence income or medical assistance, and loss of child custody. Indeed, only a small fraction of the legal problems experienced by low-income and poor people living in the United States – less than one in five – are addressed with the assistance of legal representation. A categorical right to counsel in …

Atwood V. State, Transp. Dept. Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 40441

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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Responding To Foreclosures In Cuyahoga County: 2012 Evaluation Report, Kathryn Hexter, Molly Schnoke

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

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The Uneasy Case For Deferring Banker Pay, Eric D. Chason

Louisiana Law Review

The article offers information related to banker-pay regulation in the context of overall financial regulation in the U.S. state Louisiana. In mentions that the primary goal of financial regulation is to reduce systemic risk associated with the economic conditions of the state. It mentions that the regulations should be framed for preventing risk associated with extraordinary and external costs of distress of banks and financial firms.

The Nature Of The Form: Legal And Regulatory Issues Surrounding The Bitcoin Digital Currency System, Joshua J. Doguet

Louisiana Law Review

The article offers information related to the legal and regulatory issues associated with the use of Bitcoins, a cryptocurrency. It informs creation and transfer of bitcoins is based on an open-source cryptographic protocol that is independent of any central authority. It informs that in 2008, an enigmatic programmer, known only as Satoshi Nakamoto, first proposed the idea for Bitcoin. It reports the need of new regulatory efforts for the use of bitcoins.

Institutional Arrangement And Policy For Improving Competitivenes And Innovation In Local Government Investment, Anwar Sanusi, Septiana Dwiputranti

BISNIS & BIROKRASI: Jurnal Ilmu Administrasi dan Organisasi

There are three specific objectives outlined in this paper, the first objective is to identify and describe existing condition of institutional arrangement of public services in several local governments, the second objective is to examine problems and challenges in providing public services in the areas of investment, the last is to provide recommendations on institutional models and strategies or innovations which can be applied in order to improve performance in investment services; undertanding how regional goverment institutions can contribute significantly to improve investment for economic growth. Qualitative method was employed to evaluate the effectiveness of increasing customer satisfactions, reducing red-tape, …

Legal Services Assessment For Trafficked Children- Cook County, Illinois Case Study, Katherine Kaufka Walts Jd, Linda Rio Reichmann Jd, Catherine Lee Ma

Center for the Human Rights of Children

Child trafficking is one of the most disturbing human rights abuses of our time, involving cases of boys and girls exploited for labor and/or commercial sexual services. These children may suffer physical, sexual, and emotional violence at the hands of traffickers, who can be pimps, employers, and even family members. Trafficking schemes may involve various forms of force, fraud, and coercion, which can be physical and/or psychological in nature. Current research indicates that legal services are a critical component of a comprehensive service delivery model for victims of human trafficking and a realization of human rights. However, little to no …

Using Experiential Education To Develop Human Resources For The Nonprofit Community: A Course Study Analysis, Ann C. Hodges

Law Faculty Publications

In this era of shrinking resources and increased pressure to produce "practice-ready" lawyers, law schools are seeking new and cost-effective ways to provide experiential education. This article reports and analyzes the results of a survey of graduates and students from a course in Nonprofit Organizations that incorporated a community-based project designed to develop skills, enhance learning and encourage post-graduation involvement with nonprofits. Although limited to one course, this course study, like a case study, offers valuable information. Consistent with other research on experiential education, the survey supports the conclusion that such projects, while less resource intensive and comprehensive than clinics, …

Researching Organizational Identity A Study Of Catholic Human Service Organizations, Ellen T. Wayne

Education Doctoral

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