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Interdisciplinary Triage And Informed Consent: The Future Of Family Law, Forrest "Woody" Mosten Esq., Andrew Schepard, Paul Meller, Jane Pearl, Lawrence Jay Braunstein Esq.

Center for Children, Families and the Law Conferences & Symposia

No abstract provided.

Geopolitics Of Rare Earth Elements, Bert Chapman

Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

Rare earth elements (REE) contain unique chemical physical properties such as lanthamum, are found in small concentrations, need extensive precise properties to separate, and are critical components of modern technologies such as laser guidance systems, personal electronics such as IPhones, satellites, and military weapons systems as varied as Virginia-class fast attack submarines, DDG-51 Aegis destroyers, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and precision guided munitions. The U.S. has some rare earth resources, but is heavily dependent on access to them from countries as varied as Afghanistan, Bolivia, and China. Losing access to these resources would have significant adverse economic, military, and …

How Laws Are Made: The Courts, Sharon Bradley

Presentations

Law, as defined in Black’s Law Dictionary, is “a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority and having binding legal force.” Our laws come from our three branches of Government: legislative, executive, and judicial. These webinars will focus on the law-making activities of each branch, the documents that are created during the process, and how they are used by lawyers and legal researchers.

Courts interpret statutes, determine constitutionality, and create law as part of our common law system.

How Laws Are Made: The Administrative Agencies, Sharon Bradley

Presentations

Law, as defined in Black’s Law Dictionary, is “a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority and having binding legal force.” Our laws come from our three branches of Government: legislative, executive, and judicial. These webinars will focus on the law-making activities of each branch, the documents that are created during the process, and how they are used by lawyers and legal researchers.

Administrative agencies are part of the executive branch of Government headed by the President. They make laws through the rule-making process, but they also enforce the rules and have quasi-judicial power.

How Laws Are Made: The Legislature, Sharon Bradley

Presentations

Law, as defined in Black’s Law Dictionary, is “a body of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority and having binding legal force.” Our laws come from our three branches of Government: legislative, executive, and judicial. These webinars will focus on the law-making activities of each branch, the documents that are created during the process, and how they are used by lawyers and legal researchers

Panel 6a Local Enforcement Efforts In Maryland: Tobacco Free Baltimore: Tobacco Enforcement, Shovaughn Chism

Maryland Tobacco Control Conference

Retail tobacco compliance checks are among the most effective strategies to reduce prevent youth tobacco use. This session will highlight the retail tobacco compliance check programs in three diverse Maryland communities: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and St. Mary’s County. Panelists will discuss the challenges facing these programs and recent successes in reducing retail violations and youth access to tobacco products. Topics will include: inspection procedures and evidence gathering, working with law enforcement, administrative bodies reducing or eliminating fines, legal challenges, and much more!

The Uneven Scales Of Lady Justice, Jessica H. Shepard

Georgia College Student Research Events

For centuries, women have been assigned a specific gender role, and men hold them accountable to stay within this role. When these roles are broken, severe punishment or dismissal can be the result. From the Demonic age to today, as well as the different schools of criminology, the way women have been treated has been documented. The evil woman theory introduces the idea that when women commit a crime, they are no longer acting in the stereotypical way of a woman; therefore, punishment should be more severe. On the other side, some men treat women with chivalry, seeing them as …

Virginia Law Enforcement Retention, Brianna M. Egan Miss.

Student Scholar Showcase

When talking about retention, law enforcement agencies have been facing challenges with retaining their officers. Although problems associated with turnover effect all careers, there has been a significant rise in turnover rates within local law enforcement. Agencies invest a great deal of time, money, and other resources into training officers with the intentions of having them on their team for a while. This research aims to investigate different variables that may be related to officer retention within Sheriffs’ Offices. A cross-sectional survey was sent to all 123 Sheriffs’ Offices in the Commonwealth of Virginia for data collection. Although literature suggests …

United States Federal Courts And Inter-Branch War Powers, Erica Lindsey Fields

Posters-at-the-Capitol

US Federal Courts and Inter-Branch War Powers

Author: Erica Fields, with Dr. Jasmine Farrier and Dr. Laura Moyer

Department of Political Science- University of Louisville

Introduction

When a separation of powers issue arises between the branches of the United States government, they can seek remedy in the federal courts. This has become especially relevant in the area of war powers. Over the past 40 years, members of Congress have challenged Presidential encroachment of war powers 10 times in the courts.

Purpose

To determine if the rulings in the 10 war powers cases could best be explained by the ideologies of …

Panel Presentation, Peter J. Smith, Heidi Freese, Grace Meng, Lori Ulrich

Center For Immigrants’ Rights Clinic Events

No abstract provided.

The Open Access Advantage For American Law Reviews, Carol Watson, James M. Donovan, Caroline Osborne

Presentations

Open access within legal academia provides a case study for the effective use of digital formats to promote scholarship. The presenters review the background historical developments in this field, and consider the benefits and rationales for providing open access to legal scholarship, including the special faculty concerns arising from SSRN and its relationship to the institutional repository. Results from the presenters’ recent empirical study of the citation advantage for open access scholarship in American law reviews will be discussed and placed in broader context of the benefits of open access scholarship.

Claim Clarity At The Uspto, Jonas Anderson

Presentations

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Globalization And The Transformation Of Legal Practice: Implications For Jd Legal Education, Theresa Kaiser

Global Presentations

This presentation to the WCL faculty is focused on changes that have taken and are taking place in the business world and the practice of law. It addresses the profile of the US population and of WCL students.

Digital Commons And Ssrn: Turning Perceived Conflict Into Real Synergy, James M. Donovan, Carol A. Watson

Presentations

Covers the history of SSRN and the development of institutional repositories, how to positively address faculty concerns about losing SSRN download statistics, statistical analysis of downloads on each platform and research behavior, and an overview of the strengths and advantages of each platform.

Using The Bluebook, Clare Gaynor Willis

Presentations

Presentation for Chicago Association of Law Libraries, 2013

Keynote Address, Wendell Potter

Health Law & Policy Conferences

Greetings and Introduction
Judith Eisen, JD (Hofstra Law, ’86)
Partner/Director, Garfunkel Wild, P.C.

Moderator
Andrew Yacht, MD
Chief Academic Officer, North Shore-LIJ Health System

Wendell Potter
President, Wendell Potter Consulting

Case Law Research Using Westlaw Campus, Robert Berry

Librarian Publications

Presentation by Robert Berry on the basics of Case law research.

Patent Searching Using The Uspto Public Website, Amy Jansen, Robert Berry

Librarian Publications

Presentations which guides the layman through the basics of using the USPTO website, including the 7 steps of a preliminary patent search.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office website: http://www.uspto.gov/

What To Do When You Find A Case, Clare Gaynor Willis

Presentations

Class presentation for 1L students.

Fully Developed Suburbs Presentation, Myron Orfield

Presentations

PowerPoint Presentation

Searching Uspto Trademark Records, Amy Jansen, Robert Berry

Librarian Publications

Presentation by Amy Jansen and Robert Berry of the Sacred Heart University Library outlining the advantages of federal registration of trademarks and service marks and the steps involved. Includes legal background and examples.

Supreme Court Update: 2012-2013 Term (Civil Cases In Constitutional Law), Wilson Huhn

Akron Law Faculty Publications

During 2012-2013 the Supreme Court handed down several significant constitutional law, including United States v. Windsor (striking down Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act) and Shelby County v. Holder (striking down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act). These and other decisions are summarized in this presentation.

What Is The Fuss About Joint Direct Infringement?: The Saga Of Akamai/Mckesson, Brian J. Love

Faculty Publications

• Summary of procedural history and en Banc holding
• Effect on Litigation in medical devices and computer software fields
• Effect on patent prosecution
• Discussion of dissents: Will this case be taken up by the Supreme Court?

Could A Patent Term Reduction Solve The Software Patent Problem?, Brian J. Love

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Comments On Petherbridge, Et Al., Unenforceability, Brian J. Love

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The 2011-2012 Supreme Court Term: Decisions In Constitutional Law, Wilson Huhn

Akron Law Faculty Publications

This presentation reviews the principal decisions of the Supreme Court in the field of Constitutional Law during the 2011-2012 Term of Court. The presentation primarily focuses on the Court's decisions involving the Arizona immigration law (SB 1070), the federal Stolen Valor Act, the "ministerial exception" to the anti-discrimination laws, and above all the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Same-Sex Marriage Litigation Update - September 17, 2012, Wilson Huhn

Akron Law Faculty Publications

Same-sex marriage cases are reaching the federal circuit courts and may be heard by the Supreme Court in the near future. This presentation summarizes the status of same-sex marriage litigation.

The Use Of Delphi For The Listing Of Species And Ecological Communities, Angela Dwyer

Global Environmental Law at a Crossroads

This paper considers the limitations of the current methodologies and the potential for the use of the Delphi method as part of the regulatory response to biodiversity loss through the listing of species and ecological communities.

Decision-making in relation to threatened species and ecological communities, especially when the ubiquitous ‘listing’ may be the required outcome to attract a conservation response, is particularly susceptible to challenges over methodology.

Many decisions are made under circumstances where the available scientific evidence is uncertain, inadequate, or inexact; the decisions are generally science-based and the link between science and policy is clouded; and there is …

The Value(S) Of Biodiversity, Mathilde Boutonnet

Global Environmental Law at a Crossroads

Biodiversity today is mainly assessed by the economy. Yet, now both natural sciences and law play a growing part in that field. Our contribution proposes to outline the main biodiversity assessment methods to understand how they are received by law as well as to question their interest and efficiency against the environment protection imperative and to understand the answers offered by the law in regards to biodiversity in terms of “value” or “monetization”.

The legal issue at stake is important as law plays its own part in granting value to biodiversity. This supposes that legal practitioners pay attention to the …

The Emerging Institutional Risks From Widespread Adoption Of An Ecosystem Services Market Approach To Environmental Governance, Paul Martin, Jacqueline Williams, Amanda Kennedy

Global Environmental Law at a Crossroads

Best practice commercial management involves two distinct mindsets, harnessed for separate purposes. The innovative mindset is concerned with the creative side of enterprise – entrepreneurship, innovation, strategising and commercialisation). However this is also married to a more pessimistic mindset focused on the identification and avoidance of what might go wrong- (risk management).

The modernist paradigm for environmental governance stresses scientific model-based estimation to determine resource use-limits, legally specified property rights to fractions of the environment, market or market like mechanisms for allocation of interests, and scientific methods of performance of the strategies. These elements exist in varying forms regardless of …