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Vol. 59, No. 8, March 26, 2009, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Campbell Semi-Finals Kick Off! •Website Launch •Valogram Pics •Ask the Beer Guy •Grade Curves •Save Yourself •This is Water •Bold As Tech •Between the Briefs •The Food Court •Grade Deviations •Juan Luis Tienda Pics

Vol. 59, No. 7, February 17, 2009, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•A Blue Jean Lecture with A.W. Brian Simpson •Pub. Int. Love Connection •Halloween Tickets •Save Yourself •Op-Ed: Postracialism •MLaw SCOTUS Clerks •Kicking it Old School •Mr. Wolverine Photos •Q&A with Dean Sarosi •The Tech Column •Sports •The Beer Guy •When You Were Cooler •Nunc Pro Tunc •A Call to Action

Gabriel Franklin Hargo: Michigan Law 1870, Margaret A. Leary, Barbara J. Snow

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

A brief biographical sketch of Gabriel Franklin Hargo, the first African American graduate of the University of Michigan Law School.

Practice Writing: Responding To The Needs Of The Bench And Bar In First-Year Writing Programs, Amy Vorenberg, Margaret Sova Mccabe

Law Faculty Scholarship

Do first year legal writing programs really prepare law students for the rigors of practice writing? This article begins to answer this question based on attorney and judge survey results, as well as interviews with judges who had also read student work in preparation for their interview. We found that while legal writing programs do provide a good foundation for legal writing skills, improvement can be made. Important changes that we have made at Pierce Law include shorter, more frequent assignments, variation/flexibility in choice of organizational paradigm, understanding the difference between settled and unsettled areas of law, and increased emphasis …

Teaching Whren To White Kids, M. K.B. Darmer

Michigan Journal of Race and Law

This Article addresses issues at the intersection of United States v. Whren and Grutter v. Bollinger at a time when the reality of racial profiling was recently illustrated by the high-profile arrest of a prominent Harvard professor. Given the highly racialized nature of criminal procedure, there is a surprising dearth of writing about the unique problems of teaching issues such as racial profiling in racially homogeneous classrooms. Because African American and other minority students often experience the criminal justice system in radically different ways than do Whites, the lack of minority voices poses a significant barrier to effectively teaching criminal …

Starting Out: Changing Patterns Of First Jobs For Michigan Law School Graduates, Terry K. Adams, David L. Chambers

Articles

In the early 1950s, the typical graduate of Michigan Law began his career working as an associate in a law firm with four other lawyers and earned about $5,000 in his first year. Surprising to us today, in his new job he would have earned slightly less than other classmates whose first jobs were in government. Fifty years later, in the early 2000s, the typical graduate still started out as an associate in a law firm, but the firm she worked for had more than 400 lawyers. She earned about $114,000 in her first year, about three times as much …

Who We Were And Who We Are: How Michigan Law Students Have Changed Since The 1950s: Findings From 40 Years Of Alumni Surveys, David L. Chambers, Terry K. Adams

Articles

For 40 consecutive years, from 1967 to 2006, the Law School surveyed its alumni regarding their lives and careers. The project began in 1967 with the mailing of a questionnaire to the class of 1952 shortly before their 15th reunion. The results proved interesting enough that surveys were sent each year thereafter to the class 15 years out. In 1973, the classes 5 years out were added to the survey.

Report On The 2007-2008 Csale Survey Of Applied Legal Educators, David A. Santacroce, Robert R. Kuehn

Other Publications

This report tabulates the results of the 2007-08 Center for the Study of Applied Legal Education (CSALE) Survey of Applied Legal Education. The results provide valuable insight into the state and nature of applied legal education in areas including program design and structure, pedagogical techniques and practices, common program challenges, and the treatment of applied legal educators in the legal academy. And because the Survey will be repeated every three years, the results reported herein provide the "baseline" for examining the growth and development of applied legal education going forward.

Vol. 59, No. 6, November 19, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Two Days with Desmond Tutu •Pulitzer Prof •Lawyer Video Game •Save Yourself •Between the Briefs •This is Water •The Tech Column •When You Were Cooler •The Food Court •Halloween Pics

Vol. 59, No. 5, October 29, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Jenny Runkles Banquet •Letter from the Editor •Tech Column •Save Yourself •Between the Briefs •Presidential Debate •This is Water •Best of LawOpen •The Food Court

Vol. 59, No. 4, October 14, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•The RG Tries Its Hand at Economic Analysis •Letter to the Editor •Nunc Pro Tunc •Kicking it Old School •Pop Linguistics •Softball Champs •Nannes •Save Yourself •Case Notes •The Food Court •Fall Recipe Bonanza

Vol. 59, No. 2, September 16, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•The Michigan Law Class of 2011 •Letter from the (New) Editor •A Few Words from Your LSSS President •The Summer Pop Music We Loved to Hate •Continuing What They Started •Don't Be a Slave to the Curve •The Inevitable Grade Curves •The Dean's Public Service PSA •Deviations from the Curve •The Food Court •Between the Briefs •Kicking it Old School •Crossword

Vol. 59, No. 1, August 25, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•All I Ever Needed to Know About OCI I Learned Doing My Laundry •How to Succeed at OCI Without Really Trying •Baby I'm an L-STAR •Dining for Dollars •Summertime Blues •Expert Advice •Kicking It Old School •Between the Briefs •No Other Warranties, Expressed or Implied •The On-Campus Interview ad Lib •Vintage RG: OCI R(G)ad Lib

Measuring Outcomes: Post-Graduation Measures Of Success In The U.S. News & World Report Law School Rankings, Andrew P. Morris, William D. Henderson

Indiana Law Journal

The U.S. News & World Report annual rankings play a key role in ordering the market for legal education, and, by extension, the market for entry level lawyers. This Article explores the impact and evolution of placement and post-graduation data, which are important input variables that comprise twenty percent of the total rankings methodology. In general, we observe clear evidence that law schools are seeking to maximize each placement and post-graduation input variable. During the 1997 to, 2006 time period, law schools in all four tiers posted large average gains in employment rates upon graduation and nine months, which appear …

Vol. 58, No. 12, April 8, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Michigan Grads Earning Top Salaries •Juan Luis Tienda •SFF Spread! •Davidson Hoops •Butch Carpenter •Origins Photos •Sex Questions

Vol. 58, No. 10b, April 3, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Questions & Answers About Your Future •Preview Weekend Schedule •Spotlight on Snack Bar Staff •Best of Ann Arbor •Student Org. Open House Map •Between the Briefs •Bathroom Survey

Vol. 59, No. 3, September 30, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•The Inaugural ELPP Conference •Letter to the Editor •MLawLive •Kennedy •Best of LawOpen •Generation Project •Kicking it Old School •Mamdouh •The Food Court •Between the Briefs •LSSS Statements

Vol. 58, No. 11, March 18, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Law School Building Expansion •PRS, Part Deux •SFF Photos •Lethal Injection Debate •Symposia! •Blast From the Past •New Tax Group

Vol. 58, No. 9, February 19, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•PRS Registration Explained •Secret Crushes •Sex Answers •Restaurant Review •SFF Auction Preview •Date Auction Pics •Grades

Vol. 58, No. 8, January 29, 2008, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Professor Forman, Jr.'s Dream •Transitioning to Working Life •Bar Month Pics •Between the Briefs •Mr. Wolverine Pics •No Other Warranties Expressed or Implied •Crossword

Humanizing Legal Education: An Introduction To A Symposium Whose Time Came, Michael Hunter Schwartz

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Using Ethics Codes To Reinforce Lessons Of Statutory Interpretation, Edward R. Becker

Articles

To increase my students' exposure to statutory interpretation, I assign them early in the second semester to argue a motion to disqualify counsel based on imputed disqualification under Michigan's ethics ruls. Interpreting ethics rules involves many of the same "pure" statutory interpretation techniques I introduced the previous semester, and the students appear to easily make any needed translations. This exercise also helps prepare students to interpret other quasi-legislative authorities like court or evidentiary rules, administrative codes, and municipal ordinances.

Law Students Who Learn Differently: A Narrative Case Study Of Three Law Students With Attention Deficit Disorder (Add) , Leah M. Christensen

Journal of Law and Health

More law students than ever before begin law school having been diagnosed with a learning disability. As legal educators, do we have an obligation to expand our teaching methodologies beyond the typical law student? What teaching methodologies work most effectively for law students with learning disabilities? The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of law students with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) about their law school experience. The case study yielded four themes relating to the social, learning and achievement domains of the students.First, law students with ADD experienced feelings of isolation in law school; second, the more …

Explaining The “Big Picture”: Why Students Should Know Why They Read Cases In Law School, Patricia G. Montana

Faculty Publications

(Excerpt)

We must remind our students that we ask them to read cases in law school to help them master the art of legal analysis. Though part of our goal also might be to teach them important substantive law, it is not our primary goal, nor should it be. In reality, when practicing attorneys are faced with real legal problems, they must research the applicable law in the relevant jurisdiction and as it relates to the specific circumstances of their case. If the problem involves a contracts claim, for example, an attorney will not open his or her law school …

Vol. 58, No. 7, December 4, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Christopher Jeffries Speaks at Law School •Internet Policy Perishes •Same-Sex Benefits On Trial •Brown Bag Lunches •Stress Busters •Exam Tips •Pre- Mr. Wolverine

Vol. 58, No. 6, November 13, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Right to Die Debated at MLR Symposium •Subprime Mortgages •Pornographic Spam Alert •SFF Poker Tournament Pictures •Crossword Puzzle

Vol. 58, No. 5, October 30, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Laptops Headed Back Out? •Bleu Copas •Legal Relationships •Motorcycle Mama •Sex Offenders •Prof. Litman Chat •Halloween Party Pix

Vol. 58, No. 4, October 9, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Reading Room to Close for Renovations •The Law of Sex Toys •Job Search 911 •Best of Ann Arbor •Halloween Preview •Crossword Puzzle •Nannes 3L Challenge

Vol. 58, No. 3, September 25, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Rear Admiral Houck '85 Speaks at Law School •Don't be a Slave to the Curve •Elections to be Held for LSSS 1L Reps and Junior Board of Governors Rep •An Open Letter from BLSA •Six Tips to Contributing to a Cleaner Environment •Environmental Law at UM •Save Yourself •The Grade Curves •Bar Night Pics •Between the Briefs •Primus Enters The Pantheon

Vol. 58, No. 2, September 11, 2007, University Of Michigan Law School

Res Gestae

•Student Groups Struggle to Find Space in the Law Quad •Too Law Open? •LSSS Presidential Welcome •Meet the Class of '10 •Prof. Primus' Bid for Immortality •Perspective •Crossword Puzzle