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The Holy Grail? Designing And Teaching An Integrated Doctrine And Drafting Course, Claire C. Robinson May
The Holy Grail? Designing And Teaching An Integrated Doctrine And Drafting Course, Claire C. Robinson May
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
I’ve long considered teaching doctrine and skills together in a single course to be the holy grail of legal education. If we could do so successfully, we might make significant strides in providing a legal education that better prepares our students to be practicing lawyers. In spring 2016, my colleague Professor April Cherry and I took the plunge and collaboratively offered a course titled Estates and Trusts: Doctrine and Drafting at our institution, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. This essay describes our experience and lessons learned pursuing the holy grail.
Review: Compassionate Care For The Living And The Dying, Browne C. Lewis
Review: Compassionate Care For The Living And The Dying, Browne C. Lewis
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
This is a review of "The End of End-of Life Law" (92 N.C.L. Rev. 1693 (2014), by Lois L. Shepard. In light of medical advances and increasing health care costs, conversations about end-of-life care will continue to occur. A significant portion of the discussion will focus on ways to handle surrogate decision-making. The practical suggestions Professor Shepherd includes in her article could be a valuable part of that dialogue.
Review: Linking The Certainty Of Death And Taxes, Browne C. Lewis
Review: Linking The Certainty Of Death And Taxes, Browne C. Lewis
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
This is a review of "Wills for Everyone: Helping Individuals Opt Out of Intestacy" (53 B.C.L. Rev. 877 (2012)), by Reid Kress Weisbord. Lewis praises Weisbord’s attempt to simplify the testamentary process. She agrees with his assertion that in failing to execute a will, most people are not fearing their own mortality and instead are just not willing or able to navigate a complicated testamentary process. She supports his suggestion to make executing a will more like filing a simple tax return, when possible. In sum, she praises his efforts to reduce the rate of intestacy by simplifying the testamentary …
Graveside Birthday Parties: The Legal Consequences Of Forming Families Posthumously, Browne C. Lewis
Graveside Birthday Parties: The Legal Consequences Of Forming Families Posthumously, Browne C. Lewis
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
This essay highlights some of the legal consequences resulting from the widespread availability and use of reproductive technology. The Essay is divided into three parts. Part I examines the steps that must be taken to identify the legal parents of the posthumously conceived children. Part II discussed the reproductive rights of the deceased gamete providers. Since most posthumous reproduction is done using the sperm of dead men, the discussion centers on male reproductive rights. Finally, Part III focuses on the inheritance rights of posthumously conceived children.
An Overview Of Fair Housing, Kenneth J. Kowalski
An Overview Of Fair Housing, Kenneth J. Kowalski
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
The purpose of this article is to give an overview of federal fair housing laws and their impact on the real estate industry. This article limits its review to three principle federal statutes affecting equal-housing opportunities: Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, 42 U.S.C. §3601 et seq. (hereinafter cited as the "Act" or "Title VIII") and the 1866 and 1870 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §§1981, 1982 (respectively "section 1981" and "section 1982"). A review of the substantive provisions of the statutes, methods of enforcement, and judicial interpretations are included. The article also discusses specific evidentiary issues, …
Erisa: Punitive Damages For Breach Of Fiduciary Duty, Deborah A. Geier
Erisa: Punitive Damages For Breach Of Fiduciary Duty, Deborah A. Geier
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
Fiduciary duty principles are central to the protection provided by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA or Act). The law is unsettled, however, about whether Congress intended to extend punitive damages, a typical remedy for breach offiduciary duty under the common law, to the applicable ERISA provision. This Note argues that the plain meaning of the ERISA fiduciary duty provision, the legislative history underlying the purposes and policies of the Act, and the availability of punitive damages under analogous law, taken together, support the recovery of punitive damages for a breach of ERISA's fiduciary duty provision.