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Vol. 51, No. 6, December 5, 2000, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•How to Get As in Law School •ATL Farewell •Final Words •Photo Tribute •For What It's Worth… •The Insider •We Three Films •Album of the Year •Gift Guide

Vol. 51, No. 5, November 7, 2000, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•The Insider •Shout Out to My Holmes •Letter: RG Lacks Sensitivity, Embarrassment to Law Community •Letter: Smackin' the Ho, Yingtao Knows Nothing About Football •Your Guide to the 2000 National Election •Election Year Photo Phunnies •For What It's Worth... •Thanksgiving Under the Federal Rules •Compacted Disc Reviews

Vol. 51, No. 4, October 24, 2000, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•See If Your Vote Matters •Pity for Nineveh •The Insider •The Gulag •Iceland's Greatest Import •Election 2000 Candidate Quote Quiz! •Telling a Ding from a Dong •Equal Access for Students & Professors •A No-Fear Vote for Nader •For What It's Worth… •To Be of Use

Vol. 51, No. 3, October 10, 2000, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Dumb or Dumber: Who Will Lead the Free World in 2001? •Stand Together •Helpful Hints for 1Ls •The Insider •Election 2000 •For What It's Worth •Confessions of a 2L Transfer

Vol. 51, No. 2, September 26, 2000, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Ralph Nader Speaks at Michigan Theater •Senate Sightings •Test Your Interview Prowess •Pants-Wearing Women of All Countries, Unite! •The Insider •An Unolympian Olympics •The Young and the Reckless •For What It's Worth

Vol. 51, No. 1, September 13, 2000, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Wolverine Denied Access •Law Review Selects No New Members •Wolverine Access Swallows Students Whole •Geographically Confused? •Hello Kitty, Law School Joins Forces •I Loved My Summer Job •Three Second Memory •The Insider •1L Demographics •For What It's Worth

The Postmodern Infiltration Of Legal Scholarship, Arthur Austin

Michigan Law Review

For legal scholars it is the best of times. We are inundated by an eclectic range of writing that pushes the envelope from analysis and synthesis to the upper reaches of theory. Mainstream topics face fierce competition from fresh ideological visions, a variety of genres, and spirited criticism of the status quo. Young professors have access to a burgeoning variety of journals to circulate their ideas and advice while the mass media covets them as public intellectuals. There is a less sanguine mood; an increasingly vocal group of scholars complain that it is the worst of times and refer to …

Vol. 50, No. 12, April 18, 2000, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Campbell Competition Screws Internet Pornographers •Faculty Approves Changes to Calendar and Curriculum •South Africa III •The Social Problem of Coase •Above the Law •Redemption Song •3 Second Memory •Reflections •The Best is Yet to Come •Wrecked Weekend •The Big 1L Picture

Silence And Silencing: Their Centripetal And Centrifugal Forces In Legal Communication, Pedagogy And Discourse, Margaret E. Montoya

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Language and voice have been subjects of great interest to scholars working in the areas of Critical Race Theory and Latina/o Critical Legal Theory. Silence, a counterpart of voice, has not, however, been well theorized. This Article is an invitation to attend to silence and silencing. The first part of the Article argues that one's use of silence is an aspect of communication that, like accents, is related to one's culture and may correlate with one's racial identity. The second part of the Article posits that silence can be a force that disrupts the dominant discourse within the law school …

Vol. 50, No. 11.5, April 1, 2000, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•UMLaw to Install Classroom Internet Access •Admissions Data Released •SFF Auction to be Held via eBay •RG to Adopt New Profanity Policy •1L's Lost Book Found in Well •Letters to the Editor •I Was a 1L Teletubby •The Complete SFF Auction Item List

Vol. 50, No. 11, March 28, 2000, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Blood Will Flow Thursday •LSSS Ballot Box Opens Next Week •South Africa II •Interview •Grade Curve •Movie Reviews •The Final Darrow

Vol. 50, No. 10, March 14, 2000, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Enough Stolen Laptops •It Really is that Bad •Olfactory Education •South Africa Memoirs •Oscar Predictions •March Madness

Vol. 50, No. 9, February 22, 2000, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Sweatshops & the Mob •Classic Flattery •Clarence Darrow •Play by the Rules •Joan on the Ball •Resume Writing Tips

Vol. 50, No. 8, February 8, 2000, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Donna Lopiano Delivers Keynote Address at Title IX Symposium •Protest Marks Title IX Symposium •Title IX, "Sexists," and Equality of Opportunity •1999/2000 Law School Faculty and Staff Salaries •Super Bowl World •Grade This •Dance Marathon •Horoscopes •Cheeto Rebel •Movie Reviews

Vol. 50, No. 7, January 25, 2000, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Curriculum Committee to Recommend Calendar Changes •LSSS Decides to Leave Vacant 2L Representative Position Unfilled •Federalist View •A Dream Job •Grading the Exam •Y2K Resolutions •Sports Predictions •This Too Shall Pass

Dna As Evidence: Viewing Science Through The Prism Of The Law, Peter Donnelly, Richard D. Friedman

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

DNA evidence has transformed the proof of identity in criminal litigation, but it has also introduced daunting problems of statistical analysis into the process. In this article, we analyze a problem related to DNA evidence that is likely to be of great and increasing significance in the near future. This is the problem of whether, and how, to present evidence that the suspect has been identified through a DNA database search. The following article is adapted from "DNA Database Searches and the Legal Consumption of Scientific Evidence," 97.4 Michigan Law Review 931-984 (1999), and appears here with permission of the …

Uncoupling The Law Of Takings, Michael A. Heller, James E. Krier

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

The following article is based on "Deterrence and Distribution in the Law of Takings," 112 Harvard Law Review 997-1025 (March 1999), © 1999 by the Harvard Law Review Association, and appears here by permission. A complete version, with citations, is available from the authors or the editor of Law Quadrangle Notes.

The law of takings couples together matters that should be treated independently. Whatever the boundaries of the the Takings Clause, we think there is much to be gained by analyzing takings in terms of the clause's underlying purposes, and by understanding that efficiency and justice are best served by …

Dicta, University Of Michigan Law School

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

This publication is the 2000 edition of Dicta, the Law School Literary Journal.

Honors Convocation, University Of Michigan Law School

Commencement and Honors Materials

Program for the May 12, 2000 University of Michigan Law School Honors Convocation.

Judicial Education And Training In Asia And The Pacific, J. Clifford Wallace

Michigan Journal of International Law

This article first explains the chart in Appendix II, which summarizes important parts of the survey responses. Then, some general observations are made based on the results of the survey illustrating the significance of the compiled data. Finally, some recommendations are made, based upon the author's and others' experience, about the future direction of judicial education and training programs as it relates to establishing or reforming such programs in the Asia/Pacific region and beyond.

Avoiding Common Problems In Using Teaching Assistants: Hard Lessons Learned From Peer Teaching Theory And Experience, Edward R. Becker, Rachel Croskery-Roberts

Articles

A majority of American law schools rely on teaching assistants to help administer first-year legal writing, research, and analysis (LWRA) courses. Specifically, surveys jointly conducted by the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) and the Legal Writing Institute (LWI) consistently detail the extensive use many LWRA professors make of teaching assistants. Likewise, Julie Cheslik recognized in her article about her 1994 survey on the use of TAs in the typical LWRA course that "[o]ne of the most prevalent uses of peer teachers in the law school setting is the employment of upper-level law students as teaching assistants in the first-year …

Linking The Visions, James Boyd White

Articles

It is a major tendency of legal studies in our time to focus upon questions of general social policy, with argument centered on which theory or methodology ought to determine such matters. My own attention has been differently focused, on the nature and quality of legal thoughts itself, and of legal expression. It is to these matters that the work I do with the humanities – literature, classics, philosophy, and translation – many speaks.

Building Pediatric Law Careers: The University Of Michigan Law School Experience, Melissa Breger, Suellyn Scarnecchia, Frank E. Vandervort, Naomi Woloshin

Articles

There are several obstacles to training and supporting pediatric lawyers. Children are a relatively new group of clients and law schools have not traditionally provided pediatric training. The required training is particularly challenging to deliver because it is inherently interdisciplinary, requiring faculty and students to look outside of the law school to obtain necessary knowledge. The greatest obstacle to developing the careers of pediatric lawyers is the low pay and low prestige typically afforded children's lawyers. As a result, law students reasonably question the likelihood of developing a successful career in the field. The number of available jobs is limited …

Michigan's Minority Graduates In Practice: Answers To Methodological Queries, Richard O. Lempert, David L. Chambers, Terry K. Adams

Articles

Before making a few remarks in response to those who commented on our article (Lempert, Chambers, and Adams 2000), we would like to express our gratitude to the editors of Law and Social Inquiry for securing these commentaries and to the people who wrote them. The comments both highlight the potential uses to which our research and similar studies may be put and give us the opportunity to address methodological concerns and questions that other readers of our article may share with those who commented on it. The responses to our work are of two types. Professors Nelson, Payne, and …

Michigan's Minority Graduates In Practice: The River Runs Through Law School, Richard O. Lempert, David L. Chambers, Terry K. Adams

Articles

This paper reports the results of a 1997-98 survey designed to explore the careers of the University of Michigan Law School's minority graduates from the classes of 1970 through 1996, and of a random sample of Michigan Law School's white alumni who graduated during the same years. It is to date the most detailed quantitative exploration of how minority students fare after they graduate from law school and enter law practice or related careers. The results reveal that almost all of Michigan Law School's minority graduates pass a bar exam and go on to have careers that appear successful by …

Bye-Bye Bluebook?, Pamela Lysaght, Grace C. Tonner

Articles

In March 2000, Aspen Law & Business published a new citation manual, the ALWD Citation Manual-A Professional System of Citation.' Developed mostly as a "restatement of citation," the ALWD Citation Manual not only provides the legal academy with a text that simplifies teaching legal citation, but also provides judges and lawyers with a helpful desktop reference book. This article explains why a new citation manual was created and highlights some of its significant features?

Learning And Serving: Pro Bono Legal Services By Law Students, David L. Chambers, Cynthia F. Adcock

Articles

All lawyers' codes of professional ethics in the United States expect members of the bar to perform legal services for low-income persons. In practice, as we all know, many lawyers perform a great deal of such service while others do little or none. By much the same token, the accreditation rules of the American Bar Association urge all law schools to provide students with opportunities to do pro bono legal work; by much the same token, some schools in the United States have extensive programs for their students but many do not. In 1998, the Association of American Law Schools …