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Actions Founded On Statutory Liability: Adopting A Limitations Period For Attorneys' Fees Actions Brought Under The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, Darren A. Craig
Indiana Law Journal
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Unsung Hero: The Life Of A Foot Soldier For Justice, Valerie M. Jensen
Unsung Hero: The Life Of A Foot Soldier For Justice, Valerie M. Jensen
William Mitchell Law Review
Review of Frederick L. McGhee: A Life on the Color Line, 1861-1912. By Paul D. Nelson. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2002. 234 pages. $29.95
Brown’S Legacy: Looking Back, Moving Forward, Wilhelmina M. Wright
Brown’S Legacy: Looking Back, Moving Forward, Wilhelmina M. Wright
William Mitchell Law Review
This keynote speech was delivered at the Lena O. Smith Luncheon on May 7, 2004. Lena O. Smith was the first African-American woman to practice law in Minnesota. In 1921, she graduated from Northwestern College of Law, a predecessor of William Mitchell College of Law. See generally Ann Juergens, Lena Olive Smith: A Minnesota Civil Rights Pioneer, 28 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 397 (2001).
Courts As Forums For Protest, Jules Lobel
Courts As Forums For Protest, Jules Lobel
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For almost half a century, scholars, judges and politicians have debated two competing models of the judiciary's role in a democratic society. The mainstream model views courts as arbiters of disputes between private individuals asserting particular rights. The reform upsurge of the 1960s and 1970s led many to argue that courts are not merely forums to settle private disputes, but can also be used as instruments of societal change. Academics termed the emerging model the hein"public law" or "institutional reform" model.
The ongoing debate between these two views of the judicial role has obscured a third model of the role …