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Untangling Attorney Retainers From Creditor Claims, Cassandra Burke Robertson, Jesse Wynn Jan 2021

Untangling Attorney Retainers From Creditor Claims, Cassandra Burke Robertson, Jesse Wynn

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Clients will often use a retainer to secure an attorney’s representation. But clients in economic distress may have creditors that are eager to access the client’s funds in the attorney’s hands. Attorneys, clients, courts, and regulators have struggled to understand who has the best claim to such retainer funds. In this Article, we attempt to untangle the most common areas of confusion. We conclude that Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) offers strong protection for an attorney’s interest in client retainers through security interests, even though some courts have misapplied the UCC in this context. Further, we recommend …


Case Western University Law School Library: 125 Years, Joseph A. Custer Jan 2019

Case Western University Law School Library: 125 Years, Joseph A. Custer

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Professor Custer describes the first 125 years of the Case Western Law School Library’s history, including its collections, facilities, renovations, staff, budget, evolving research and automation technologies, contributions to legal instruction, and involvement with technological advances in the legal information community.


Tough On Scholarship, Erik M. Jensen Jan 2006

Tough On Scholarship, Erik M. Jensen

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This series of three articles (that's why it's a trilogy, duh-h-h) chronicles the legal-academic career of one S. Breckinridge Tushingham ("Breck" for short). As the trilogy unfolds, Breck works his way up (or maybe it's down) from his first academic position to an established professorship to dean of the South Soybean (Soso) State University law school. In the process of recording his professional history, and thus memorializing it for the ages, Breck provides (probably defamatory) insights into the American legal academy.


A Monologue On The Taxation Of Business Gifts, Erik M. Jensen Jan 2006

A Monologue On The Taxation Of Business Gifts, Erik M. Jensen

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This series of three articles (that's why it's a trilogy, duh-h-h) chronicles the legal-academic career of one S. Breckinridge Tushingham ("Breck" for short). As the trilogy unfolds, Breck works his way up (or maybe it's down) from his first academic position to an established professorship to dean of the South Soybean (Soso) State University law school. In the process of recording his professional history, and thus memorializing it for the ages, Breck provides (probably defamatory) insights into the American legal academy.


A Day In The Life Of S. Breckinridge Tushingham, Erik M. Jensen Jan 2006

A Day In The Life Of S. Breckinridge Tushingham, Erik M. Jensen

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This series of three articles (that's why it's a trilogy, duh-h-h) chronicles the legal-academic career of one S. Breckinridge Tushingham ("Breck" for short). As the trilogy unfolds, Breck works his way up (or maybe it's down) from his first academic position to an established professorship to dean of the South Soybean (Soso) State University law school. In the process of recording his professional history, and thus memorializing it for the ages, Breck provides (probably defamatory) insights into the American legal academy.


A Statutory Approach To Criminal Law, Kevin C. Mcmunigal Jan 2004

A Statutory Approach To Criminal Law, Kevin C. Mcmunigal

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Article suggests that learning about criminal statutes should be incorporated into teaching criminal law.


Scholarship About Teaching, Jonathan L. Entin Jan 1998

Scholarship About Teaching, Jonathan L. Entin

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This essay draws on that experience, focusing on approximately half a dozen particularly good articles that have appeared in the Journal during my editorial tenure. Most of these describe new ideas, offering detailed information for the curious reader who might want to emulate the author's approach or simply to learn what others in the legal academy are doing. Typically, however, these papers contain little or no meaningful assessment or evaluation. "Descriptive" is too often a pejorative term of dismissal. But good description is often an essential first step toward understanding. Because I believe that more rigorous evaluation could add to …