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Training A New Breed Of Lawyer: California Western's Advanced Mediation Program In Juvenile Hall, Floralynn Einesman, Linda H. Morton Jan 2002

Training A New Breed Of Lawyer: California Western's Advanced Mediation Program In Juvenile Hall, Floralynn Einesman, Linda H. Morton

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This article describes the authors’ experiences in designing, initiating, and evaluating a Mediation Clinic in which students mediate disputes between incarcerated juveniles. With the purpose of enhancing students’ “essential human competencies” of self-awareness, self-control, empathy, listening, teamwork, and conflict resolution, the authors describe techniques used to teach these relational skills appropriate to “a new breed of lawyer.” They also analyze the success of their program through both statistical and anecdotal evidence.


Gendered Shades Of Property: A Status Check On Gender, Race & Property, Laura M. Padilla Jan 2002

Gendered Shades Of Property: A Status Check On Gender, Race & Property, Laura M. Padilla

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This article explores the relationship between gender, race and property.Women in the United States continue to be economically disadvantaged, and women of color are even more disadvantaged. This article will open with a review of laws, past and present, which have shaped women's rights to own, manage and transfer property. It will then provide a status check of where women, including women of color, stand in the United States relative to the rest of the population vis-a-vis income and other indicators of economic well-being. The article will then discuss why economic inequality persists, trotting out the usual reasons of discrimination …


Should I Have Learned To Cook? Interviews With Women Lawyers Juggling Multiple Roles, Jackie Slotkin Jan 2002

Should I Have Learned To Cook? Interviews With Women Lawyers Juggling Multiple Roles, Jackie Slotkin

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No abstract provided.


Copyright Infringement And Peer-To-Peer Technology, Niels Schaumann Jan 2002

Copyright Infringement And Peer-To-Peer Technology, Niels Schaumann

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In this article, I will analyze the activities of peer-to-peer ("P2P") users to determine more precisely which, if any, of their actions infringe copyright. In Part II, I will describe the process of copyright lawmaking and the recent evolution of copyright law in response to technology. This discussion will include a brief description of conventional and P2P network technology. A copyright analysis of user activities on P2P networks follows in Part III, where I argue that the nature of copyright legislation requires courts to be especially careful and precise in determining the contours of infringing noncommercial conduct by members of …


Browse-Wraps, Click-Wraps And Cyber Law, Our Shrinking (Wrap) World, Michael Dessent Jan 2002

Browse-Wraps, Click-Wraps And Cyber Law, Our Shrinking (Wrap) World, Michael Dessent

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Digital Handshakes In Cyberspace Under E-Sign: "There's A New Sheriff In Town!", Michael H. Dessent Jan 2002

Digital Handshakes In Cyberspace Under E-Sign: "There's A New Sheriff In Town!", Michael H. Dessent

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No abstract provided.