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The Byu Advocate, J. Reuben Clark Law School

The BYU Advocate (& Annual Reports)

"As BYU Law celebrates 50 years of excellence, we reflect on the foundational commitments that set the Law School apart.

"Among law schools, BYU’s aims are unique. Our mission statement reads, 'In striving to emulate [the] example [of Jesus Christ], we seek to be and develop people of integrity who combine faith and intellect in lifelong service to God and neighbor.'"

– Dean David H. Moore

Cardozo Law News Brief: August 9, 2024, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2024

Featured Faculty:

• Samuel Weinstein
• Alexander Reinert
• Rebekah Diller
• Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum
• Michael Pollack
• Michel Rosenfeld
• Stewart Sterk

Nalp Names Sherry-Ann Smith-Gomez As Recipient Of Service Excellence Award, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2024

The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) announced on Tuesday that Sherry-Ann Smith-Gomez, senior director of Career Services and coordinator of Diversity Initiatives at Cardozo, has received a NALP Service Excellence Award.

Bovell, Furton, Haydel, Stroud To Receive Distinguished Service Awards In September, James Owsley Boyd

Keep Up With the Latest News from the Law School (blog)

Four alumni of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law will be presented with Distinguished Service Awards this September in Bloomington.

Dino Bovell, Matt Furton, Augie Haydel, and Terrance Stroud will be honored September 13 during a meeting of the school’s Alumni Board and before reunions for the classes of 1964, 1974, 1999, and 2014.

The Distinguished Service Award was established in 1997 to recognize graduates of Law School who have distinguished themselves in service to their communities and the school in ways far exceeding traditional business, professional, and civic duties.

Through their hard work, passion, and accomplishments, these alumni …

The Important Role Of Attorneys In Promoting Parties' Self-Determination In Mediation, John Lande

Faculty Publications

This short article analyzes the meaning of self-determination, and it demonstrates that attorneys generally have much greater ability than mediators to promote parties’ self-determination. I argue that “self-determination” is an admirable but unattainable ideal.

Instead, attorneys and mediators should focus on promoting parties’ best possible decision-making under the circumstances. To optimally promote the quality of parties’ decision-making during mediation sessions, they must be well-prepared before mediation sessions. At that stage, attorneys are in the best position to counsel clients, when they have more time to carefully consider their situation and they are not under pressure to respond to the …

Legal Research Instruction In The Nextgen Era, Alyson Drake, Amanda Watson

Buffalo Law Review

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Law School News: If There's Life, There's Hope (August 2024), Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Law Library Blog (August 2024): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Law Library Newsletters/Blog

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Findings Of Research Studies On Reading Comprehension Between Digital And Print Formats: Implications For The Nextgen Bar Exam, Lindsay E. Koso

Law Faculty Scholarship

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Justice Theater In The Criminal Law Curriculum, Gregory Brazeal

Cardozo Law Review

For the last half-century, law students have been required to take a criminal law course that ostensibly trains them to think critically about the justifications for criminal punishment. The same students have then gone on to serve as central actors in a system of mass incarceration that millions of Americans today view as profoundly unjust.

How did this happen?

A number of legal scholars, notably including Alice Ristroph in her 2020 Article “The Curriculum of the Carceral State,” have argued that the traditional criminal law curriculum has played a role in creating and reproducing the practices of mass incarceration. This …

Taylor Is First Indiana Law Student To Receive Sports Lawyers Association Student Writing Award, James Owsley Boyd

Keep Up With the Latest News from the Law School (blog)

A rising 3L at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law is one of 10 law students nationwide—and the first IU student ever— to receive the Sports Lawyers Association’s Student Writing Competition Award.

Amelia Taylor won the honors for her work “A Critical Analysis of Name, Image, and Likeness Policies and Their Implications for International Student-Athletes.”

While American student-athletes have been allowed to earn compensation through NIL deals since July 2021, international student-athletes have faced major hurdles due to immigration laws and policies.

“I chose to focus on international students’ NIL rights because this issue is often overlooked, with media …

Virginia Bar Exam, July 2024, Section 2

Virginia Bar Exam Archive

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Virginia Bar Exam, July 2024, Section 1

Virginia Bar Exam Archive

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Cardozo Law News Brief: July 26, 2024, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2024

Featured Faculty:

• Nargis Baran
• Val Myteberi
• Gary Galperin
• Michael Pollack
• Ellen Drucker-Albert
• Michel Rosenfeld

Law School News: Mandell-Boisclair Justice Camp Prepares Young Scholars To Become Future Lawyers, Social Justice Advocates 7-26-2024, Jordan J. Phelan, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Rwu School Of Law Social Justice Camp, Roger Williams University School Of Law

School of Law Conferences, Lectures & Events

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First Amendment And Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition, Roger Williams University School Of Law, Michelle Choate

School of Law Conferences, Lectures & Events

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Dean Christiana Ochoa And 12 Maurer Alumni Named Indiana 250 Honorees, James Owsley Boyd

Keep Up With the Latest News from the Law School (blog)

What do Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark, record-setting racecar driver and team owner Michael Andretti, Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, broadcasting icon Pat McAfee, and Indiana Law Dean Christiana Ochoa have in common?

All are among this year’s list of Indiana 250 honorees, recognizing some of the most influential and impactful leaders across the state, a list that also includes a number of Maurer School of Law alumni.

“The evolution of the Indiana 250 over time is one of our favorite things about it—and the reason we update the list annually,” said Nate Feltman, CEO and owner of IBJ Media. …

Law School News: Rwu Alumni Honored In Pbn's 2024 40 Under Forty Awards 7-16-2024, Triniti Brown, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Changemakers: Juris Doctorate: Peter Sabian L'17: Practice With A Purpose 7-15-24, Jane Lee, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

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Cardozo Law News Brief: July 12, 2024, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2024

Featured Faculty:

• Stewart Sterk
• Samuel Weinstein
• Jessica Roth
• Luis Calderon Gomez
• Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum
• Young Ran (Christine) Kim
• Michel Rosenfeld

Campus News:

• Cardozo Cheers on NYC Pride March at Ninth Annual Pride Brunch
• Professor Gary Galperin Speaks to Washington Post and Other Outlets About the Trump Trials

Cardozo Cheers On Nyc Pride March At Ninth Annual Pride Brunch, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo News 2024

The lobby of Cardozo’s Ruth & H. Bert Mack Pavilion was bursting with rainbow colors on June 30 as students and alumni gathered to celebrate the school’s LGBTQIA+ community while cheering on the NYC Pride March during the ninth annual Pride Brunch.

Sotomayor Cites Maurer Faculty Member In Scotus’ Decline To Hear Alabama Bite Mark Case, James Owsley Boyd

Keep Up With the Latest News from the Law School (blog)

The case of an Alabama man convicted of murdering his wife in 1985 will not be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court, despite evidence that, nearly 40 years later, has been “wholly discredited.”

The Supreme Court denied certiorari in the case of McCrory v. Alabama, but Justice Sonia Sotomayor cited research from Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor Valena Beety in her concurring agreement with the court’s decision.

Charles M. McCrory was convicted for the murder of his wife, Julie Bonds, based in large part on expert testimony from an odontologist who matched McCrory’s teeth to two bite marks …

Masthead, Table Of Contents & Introduction, Genevieve Renard Painter, Liam Mchugh-Russell

Dalhousie Law Journal

The short reflections in this Dalhousie Law Journal symposium, “Thinking With and Against Pierre Schlag,” run in many directions. Somewhere in these pages, readers will find knowledge, provocation, distraction, and humour. Above all, though, the collection brings together five legal scholars to celebrate Pierre’s oeuvre, reflect on the ways it has inspired their own work, and examine how Pierre’s scholarship embodies the limits that it was pushing against. Pierre has graciously provided a response to round out the issue and set us all straight.

2023-2024 Annual Report, Miguel J. Colon Jr.

LARC Annual Reports

The 2023–2024 Annual Report for the Scholarly Services team at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law highlights the team’s major accomplishments in advancing the visibility and impact of the law school’s scholarly work. The report details the ongoing management of the LARC repository, which experienced a notable increase in usage and engagement over the past year. It also showcases the launch of new digital series and the processing of the Benjamin N. Cardozo Papers. Through their work, the team continues to support the preservation of the school’s intellectual legacy, promote research visibility, and contribute to academic excellence—serving as a …

The Case For Mediation Representation Clinics And Externships, John Lande

Faculty Publications

This article recommends that law schools offer mediation representation clinics and externship courses to assist self-represented litigants in cases with legally-represented parties. These courses would prepare law students to practice in the modern world. Students would get experience working with real clients, conduct interviews, help clients assess their goals and interests, analyze claims, perform legal research, prepare documents, coordinate with mediators, and negotiate with counterpart attorneys.

The courses would address the needs of multiple stakeholders including self-represented litigants, law students, law schools, courts, attorneys, mediators, and society in general. Law schools would develop these courses in collaboration with many potential …

Room To Grow: Exorcising The Curse Of Coverage To Make Room For Professional Identity Formation, Barbara Glesner Fines

Faculty Works

In any conversation about integrating opportunities for professional identity formation into the curriculum, particularly when suggesting that these opportunities be integrated into required doctrinal courses, one will hear an objection that there is no room for these learning activities. Many doctrinal teachers worry that incorporating professional identity formation opportunities or focus into classes would require sacrificing the critical time, doctrinal content, and analytical skills that are the “signature pedagogy” of law schools. Lawyering skills faculty, already managing a broad, feedback-intensive range of learning objectives, may object that their courses are the last place one can find room for one more …

College Scorecard J.D. Debt And Earnings Data, Accesslex Institute

Tuition and Financial Aid

The U.S. Department of Education publishes a range of debt and earnings data by field of study on an annual basis via the College Scorecard. This data file features selected College Scorecard debt and earnings information for JD programs. The file also links College Scorecard JD programs to their school names and ID numbers as they appear in Analytix by AccessLex.

Modern Mediation Practice In American Legal Cases, John Lande

Faculty Publications

This article provides excerpts of It's Time to Make Important Upgrades to Our Mediation Curriculum. It notes significant changes in mediation practice in the past five decades and highlights the nature of modern mediation practice in American legal cases. It suggests that law school faculty upgrade of our mediation instruction to reflect the realities of modern practice.

Courage In The Legal Writing Classroom Redefined, Karin Mika

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

State statutes prohibiting the teaching of "liberal-leaning" material have the potential of quieting voices that should be amplified. Maintaining courage in the face of restrictive legislation like SB 83 requires creativity. Legal Writing professors can foster critical thinking and prepare future lawyers by strategically utilizing teaching techniques that are seemingly neutral, but also force thoughtful consideration resulting in students becoming aware of historical injustices.