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Vol. 32, No. 06 (February 19, 2007)

Indiana Law Annotated

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Vol. 32, No. 05 (February 12, 2007)

Indiana Law Annotated

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Vol. 57, No. 8, February 6, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Grades: Some Perspectives and Advice •Music Review: The Shins •Secret Crushes •Bar Night Photos •The Senate-Qualifides •Valentines Day Ideas •SFF Poker Night

Vol. 32, No. 04 (February 5, 2007)

Indiana Law Annotated

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Vol. 32, No. 03 (January 29, 2007)

Indiana Law Annotated

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Vol. 57, No. 7, January 23, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Deans Dish: Prop 2 and Mr. Wolverine •Alternatives to Pricey Textbooks •Where are the Sinks? •Upcoming Events •The New 138 Hutchins Hall •Photos from Mr. Wolverine •Mini-Seminar Scoop

Vol. 32, No. 02 (January 22, 2007)

Indiana Law Annotated

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Vol. 32, No. 01 (January 16, 2007)

Indiana Law Annotated

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Bias, The Brain, And Student Evaluations Of Teaching, Deborah J Merritt

ExpressO

Student evaluations of teaching are a common fixture at American law schools, but they harbor surprising biases. Extensive psychology research demonstrates that these assessments respond overwhelmingly to a professor’s appearance and nonverbal behavior; ratings based on just thirty seconds of silent videotape correlate strongly with end-of-semester evaluations. The nonverbal behaviors that influence teaching evaluations are rooted in physiology, culture, and habit, allowing characteristics like race and gender to affect evaluations. The current process of gathering evaluations, moreover, allows social stereotypes to filter students’ perceptions, increasing risks of bias. These distortions are inevitable products of the intuitive, “system one” cognitive processes …

Salt 2007 Awards Dinner Program, Society Of American Law Teachers

Meetings & Events

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2007-08 Marked By Historic Gifts, Lauren K. Robel

Lauren Robel (2002 Acting; 2003-2011)

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Historic $35 Million Gift Supports Student Scholarships

Lauren Robel (2002 Acting; 2003-2011)

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The Power And Promise Of Transformative Philanthropy, Lauren K. Robel

Lauren Robel (2002 Acting; 2003-2011)

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Accepting The Court's Invitation, Martha M. Ertman

Faculty Scholarship

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Women Faculty And Students In Legal Education - Bibliography, Kristen Baginski

2007 - Roundtable on Women in Legal Academia

A bibliography compiled for the May 3, 2007 Roundtable on Women in Legal Academia.

Exciting Initiatives In Environment And Natural Resources Law At The University Of Idaho College Of Law, Donald L. Burnett Jr.

Articles

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Practicing Civility In The Legal Writing Course: Helping Law Students Learn Professionalism, Sophie M. Sparrow

Law Faculty Scholarship

This Article suggests some concrete ways to teach civility— one component of professionalism—to law students. Professionalism certainly includes much more than civility, incorporating the concepts of ethics, morals, public service, life-long learning, personal integrity, professional identity, and a commitment to selfdevelopment. This Article begins with a brief overview of civility in Part I. Part II provides a few of the many arguments for why we should teach law students to be civil. Part III explores some concrete ways in which we can teach civility within individual classes, using the dynamics of student engagement in the classroom as an opportunity to …

Ip And The Global Public Interest: Challenges And Opportunities, Jon R. Cavicchi, Stanley P. Kowalski

Law Faculty Scholarship

[Excerpt from article] Intellectual property (IP) capacity is essential for economic development, particularly as countries transition into the higher technology sectors, for example biotechnology. For developing countries, a commitment to minimal IP rights protection will determine inclusion in the World Trade Organization (WTO), facilitate access to foreign-direct investment, and accelerate economic development. However, on a more fundamental level, capacity in IP management will affect whether a country can provide basic health and nutritional needs for its citizens. For example, sustainable food security presents a serious challenge in many developing countries; as their economies rapidly emerge, urban centers expand, arable land …

Scholarship And Teaching After 175 Years, Gordon A. Christenson

Faculty Articles and Other Publications

A quarter century ago, I presided at the 150th anniversary celebration of the founding of the Cincinnati Law School. Newly appointed Justice Sandra Day O'Connor came to dedicate the radically refurbished Taft Hall in the spring of 1983 and to say good things about our long history. This year we begin to celebrate the College's 175th anniversary. For its dedicatory issue, the editor-in-chief of the Law Review, Matthew Singer, invited me to write an introduction as well as to reflect on those twenty-five years and the challenges and opportunities I see ahead for us. Especially as an emeritus dean and …

Exciting Initiatives In Environment And Natural Resources Law At The University Of Idaho College Of Law, Barbara Cosens

Articles

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University Of Idaho Weighs Future Options In Statewide Legal Education, Donald L. Burnett Jr.

Articles

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Teaching In Reverse: A Positive Approach To Analytical Errors In 1l Writing, Susan E. Provenzano, Lesley S. Kagan

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

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Lexis V. Westlaw For Research - Better, Different, Or Same And The Qwerty Effect?, Jon R. Cavicchi

Law Faculty Scholarship

There are synchronistic moments when in the process of writing. While contemplating this article, an email message made its way to my desk, past Pierce Law Center's spam firewall with the following subject line: "Pepsi v. Coke-Tell Us--Get $10." Do IP researchers choose Lexis or Westlaw justified by taste? Surely you jest, some voice said to me. Repressing this message, I proceeded to compare platform content, perform literature searches, and poll students and IP professors.

Yet another synchronistic moment came as the email from those taking the poll steamed into my email. Many IP professors indicated that they made the …

Dean's Dedication, Veryl Victoria Miles

Miscellaneous Historical Documents

It is with special pleasure that I add these dedicatory words to this inaugural issue of the Journal of Law, Philosophy and Culture, a new interdisciplinary publication of the Center for Law, Philosophy and Culture of The Catholic University of America and the Columbus School of Law. This new journal promises to fulfill aspirations at the heart of both The Catholic University of America and its law school. In 1895, William C. Robinson, formerly dean of the Yale Law School, accepted his commission to spearhead a new law faculty at The Catholic University with the express purpose that this new …

University Of Michigan Law School Self-Guided Walking Tour, University Of Michigan Law School

About the Buildings

A brochure providing direction for a self-guided walking tour of the University of Michigan Law School.

Legal Education In Africa: What Type Of Lawyer Does Africa Need, Samuel O. Manteaw

McGeorge Law Review

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Transactional Law In The Required Legal Writing Curriculum: An Empirical Study Of The Forgotten Future Business Lawyer, Louis N. Schulze Jr.

Faculty Publications

Legal Writing courses traditionally focus on litigation writing. The course usually includes assignments on writing interoffice memoranda, drafting trial or appellate briefs, and conducting oral arguments - all in the context of a lawsuit. But, how does this exclusive focus on litigation treat students with no interest in that subject? For future transactional lawyers, the dominance of litigation writing might seem to ignore their needs. Should they be learning how to draft contracts, create corporate documents, or write commercial leasing agreements? This Article examines whether legal writing courses, either in the first year of law school or later, sufficiently address …

Facilitated Plagiarism: The Saga Of Term-Paper Mills And The Failure Of Legislation And Litigation To Control Them, 52 Vill. L. Rev. 21 (2007), Darby Dickerson

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

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Poverty Law And Civil Procedure: Rethinking The First-Year Course, Helen Hershkoff

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Essay argues that poverty and inequality issues should be integrated into first-year civil procedure courses. It examines what framework could be achieved to examine these issues in a civil procedure context. And finally, it connects the author's proposed approach with the broader mission of legal education.

Confessions Of A Self-Study Coordinator: A Guide For The Perplexed, Daniel Gordon

St. Thomas Law Review

The author of this article remained addicted to Westerns on television and in theaters as a child during the 1950s. He remembers a recurring image in the Westerns of that era: a couple of unshaven townspeople sitting on a rustic wooden bench outside the sheriff's office with their faces partially covered by cowboy hats as they slept slumping in a sitting position on the bench. When the sheriff left or entered his office, one or more of these people might lift his or their hats and open one eye greeting the sheriff with a "howdy sheriff." In August, 2003, at …