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Clinical Education-A Golden Dancer?, W. Wade Berryhill

Law Faculty Publications

Clinical education is acclaimed by its advocates to be the salvation of the wayward and sick soul of the legal profession. Others, the staunch defenders of the more traditional academic methods, believing it to be nothing more than spit and sealing wax, shake their heads and murmur "is nothing sacred?" The purpose of this paper is to take a good "look behind the paint" of clinical education.

The Uniform Disposition Of Community Property Rights At Death Act: Virginia In 1979?, J. Rodney Johnson

Law Faculty Publications

The presence of community property in the estate of a Virginia domiciliary poses a series of problems that are being faced with increasing regularity by a growing number of Virginia attorneys. While Virginia has always followed the common-law system of property ownership, Virginia also adheres to the general rule that " (a) change of domicile from a state where the community property prevails to a commonlaw state does not affect the community character of property previously acquired".1 Thus, although Virginia's common-law system of property ownership will govern the property rights of married persons who have moved from a community property …

Proof Of Paternity - The New Test, J. Rodney Johnson

Law Faculty Publications

The true identity of a child's father has been the subject of speculation in many a case, literally speaking, as far back as the memory of man runneth. And, the rather obvious social problem giving occasion to this speculation refuses to remain a facet of our moral history. Indeed, if statistics relating to the number of illegitimate births in the United States can be viewed as a valid indicator of the magnitude of this problem of speculative paternity in contemporary times, the problem has never been greater.

Due Process Protections For Tenants In Section 8 Assisted Housing: Prospects For A Good Cause Eviction Standard, Mary L. Heen

Law Faculty Publications

...the Section 8 program was designed to attract private participation in a program of economically mixed housing, it poses special problems and obstacles to Section 8 tenants who, in the absence of HUD action, may turn to the courts for protection from arbitrary evictions. This article seeks to examine those difficulties and explore arguments for establishment of a Section 8 due process good cause eviction standard similar to that already judicially established for conventional public housing and for the FHA subsidized housing program.

Some Observations And Proposals On The Nature Of The Fourth Amendment, Ronald J. Bacigal

Law Faculty Publications

This article will analyze the fourth amendment from both the individual and limitation perspectives, and evaluate the desirability of each as a determinant of the reach of fourth amendment protection in specific situations. The individual perspective alone is an inadequate model to evaluate all interests relevant to fourth amendment problems.Conjunctive use of both perspectives, however, allows a complete and balanced analysis of the fourth amendment, and can eliminate the need to ponder such difficult questions as which expectations of privacy are socially justifiable and when an individual has waived his privacy rights. Although an accommodation between the two perspectives is …

The Right To Treatment, Adrienne E. Volenik

Law Faculty Publications

This article seeks to. trace the development of the right to treatment in the juvenile justice system from its origins to the present. This exposition does not represent an in-depth analysis of the concept. Instead it seeks to acquaint the reader with how the right has been interpreted as being applicable to various phases of the juvenile system. This is accomplished through a summary of individual cases.

The author does not intend to posit her views on the future role the right to treatment will play in the juvenile justice system or the influence that it will have on decision …

Review On The First Hundred Years: A Short History Of The School Of Law Of The University Of Virginia For The Period 1826-1926, William Hamilton Bryson

Law Faculty Publications

A book review on The First Hundred Years: A Short History of the School of Law of the University of Virginia for the Period 1826-1926 by John Ritchie.

Intellectual Life In The Colonial South, 1585-1763, William Hamilton Bryson

Law Faculty Publications

A book review on, Intellectual Life in the Colonial South, 1585-1763, by Richard Beale Davis.

Review On A Virginia Cause, William Hamilton Bryson

Law Faculty Publications

A book review on A Virginia Cause by B. Lamb.

Review Of Beverley Tucker: Heart Over Head In The Old South, William Hamilton Bryson

Law Faculty Publications

A book review on, Beverley Tucker: Heart over Head in the Old South, by Robert J. Brugger.