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Clarence Thomas: The First Ten Years Looking For Consistency, Mark Niles
Clarence Thomas: The First Ten Years Looking For Consistency, Mark Niles
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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Carter's Groundbreaking Appointment Of Women To The Federal Branch: His Other Human Rights Record, Mary Clark
Carter's Groundbreaking Appointment Of Women To The Federal Branch: His Other Human Rights Record, Mary Clark
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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Giants In A World Of Pygmies? Testing The Superstar Hypothesis With Judicial Opinions In Casebooks, Mitu Gulati, Veronica Sanchez
Giants In A World Of Pygmies? Testing The Superstar Hypothesis With Judicial Opinions In Casebooks, Mitu Gulati, Veronica Sanchez
Faculty Scholarship
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Changing The Face Of The Law: How Women's Advocacy Groups Put Women On The Federal Judicial Appointments Agenda, Mary Clark
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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Clarence Thomas After Ten Years: Some Reflections, Stephen Wermiel
Clarence Thomas After Ten Years: Some Reflections, Stephen Wermiel
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Dissecting Axes Of Subordination: The Need For A Structural Analysis, Darren Lenard Hutchinson
Dissecting Axes Of Subordination: The Need For A Structural Analysis, Darren Lenard Hutchinson
UF Law Faculty Publications
Proceedings of a criminal trial in Dallas, Texas, demonstrate the vulnerability of LGBT individuals to judicial bias. Although the jury convicted the defendant of murdering two gay males, the judge explained his light sentence: "I put prostitutes and gays at about the same level, and I'd be hard put to give somebody life for killing a prostitute . . . had [the victims] not been out there trying to spread AIDS, they'd still be alive today . . . These two guys that got killed wouldn't have been killed if they hadn't been cruising the streets picking up teen-age boys …
The Inside Scoop: What Federal Judges Really Think About The Way Lawyers Write, Kristen Konrad Robbins-Tiscione
The Inside Scoop: What Federal Judges Really Think About The Way Lawyers Write, Kristen Konrad Robbins-Tiscione
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
A recent survey indicates that what troubles federal judges most is not what lawyers say but what they fail to say when writing briefs. Although lawyers do a good job articulating legal issues and citing controlling, relevant legal authority, they are not doing enough with the law itself. Only fifty-six percent of the judges surveyed said that lawyers “always” or “usually” make their client’s best arguments. Fifty-eight percent of the judges rated the quality of the legal analysis as just “good,” as opposed to “excellent” or “very good.” The problem seems to be that briefs lack rigorous analysis, and the …
Beyond Interpretation, Pierre Schlag