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2005 John Marshall International Moot Court Competition In Information Technology And Privacy Law: Brief For Petitioner, 24 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 97 (2005), Allyson Bennett, Christina Dallen, David Kestenbaum

UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law

No abstract provided.

2005 John Marshall International Moot Court Competition In Information Technology And Privacy Law: Brief For The Respondent, 24 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 133 (2005), Cherish M. Keller, Elaine Wyder-Harshman

UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law

No abstract provided.

Front Matter

St. Thomas Law Review

Front Matter includes Masthead and Table of Contents for St. Thomas Law Review Volume 18, Issue 1, Fall 2005.

English As A Second Language - Or Why Lawyers Can't Write, H P. Southerland

St. Thomas Law Review

For more than thirty years I've spent a lot of time reading bad writing. By bad writing, I mean writing that fails of its essential purpose-so flawed in concept or execution that it can hardly inform, much less persuade. The writing is the sort that lawyers are routinely expected to produce: briefs, judicial opinions, essays dealing with law-related subjects, and the like. What I see, for the most part, is the writing of second- and third-year law students, the vast majority of whom graduate and enter upon a lifetime career as lawyers.' They take with them for tomorrow the writing …

Front Matter

St. Thomas Law Review

Front Matter includes Masthead and Table of Contents for St. Thomas Law Review Volume 18, Issue 2, Winter 2005.

You've Got Rhythm: Curriculum Planning And Teaching Rhythm At Work In The Legal Writing Classroom, Debra Curtis

Faculty Scholarship

With increased frequency, attention is being given to the methods and style of teaching the law, and to the educational knowledge of law teachers necessary for their development. While teachers in many other areas of higher education are required to take credit hours in education courses, that requirement or focus on pedagogy itself has not yet fully spilled over to legal education professionals. In addition, although law professions, have been encouraged to think and learn about the law, they generally have long since accepted the Socratic method as a primary method of teaching. Recently information about students' learning styles, and …

Banking Law, Penny A. Hazelton

Chapters in Books

• Introduction
• Federal Law
• State Law
• Federal Regulatory Framework
• Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
• Office of Thrift Supervision
• Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Resolution Trust Corporation
• Federal Housing Finance Board
• Federal Home Loan Bank System
• State Regulatory Framework
• Additional Research Sources
• Appendices

Books Received, Michigan Journal Of International Law

Michigan Journal of International Law

A list of books received by the Journal.

Front Matter

St. Thomas Law Review

Front Matter includes Masthead and Table of Contents for St. Thomas Law Review Volume 17, Issue 3, Spring 2005.

Events

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

No abstract provided.

The Death Of The Living Will, Carl E. Schneider, Angela Fagerlin

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Enough. The living will has failed, and it is time to say so.

We should have known it would fail: A notable but neglected psychological literature always provided arresting reasons to expect the policy of living wills to misfire. Given their alluring potential, perhaps they were worth trying. But a crescendoing empirical literature and persistent clinical disappointments reveal that the rewards of the campaign to promote living wills do not justify its costs.

More Than The Camel’S Nose: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act As Bad News For Lawyers, Clients, And The Public, Timothy P. Chinaris

Law Faculty Scholarship

Business executives, accountants, lawyers, and the general public have shown great interest in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act ("the Act") that was passed by Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2002. Designed as securities legislation, the Act reaches into areas of lawyer conduct, and the regulation of that lawyer conduct, that previously were the domain primarily of state supreme courts. Lawyers, law firms, and bar organizations have recognized that the concept of what it means to be an ethical lawyer has been altered by the Act. Related developments spawned by the Act's passage will continue to change …

Even Judges Don’T Know Everything: A Call For A Presumption Of Admissibility For Expert Witness Testimony In Lawyer Disciplinary Proceedings, Timothy P. Chinaris

Law Faculty Scholarship

A lawyer charged with a disciplinary violation is in a precarious position. Not only has the lawyer been accused of being "unethical," but he or she faces prosecution by an adversary typically staffed with professional prosecutors who are familiar with the system's often-arcane procedures and backed up by substantial financial resources. In order to mount an effective defense against the disciplinary charges, an accused lawyer may want to introduce expert testimony on his or her behalf. Will such testimony be admitted? Unfortunately for the accused lawyer, the answer is not at all clear. The relatively few jurisdictions that have directly …

Truth Or Consequences In Legal Scholarship?, David R. Barnhizer

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

There has been an erosion of the ideal of truth as a guiding force for what we do. This includes a dishonoring of the tradition of the truth-seeking function of scholars. For the university-based intellectual, including legal scholars, the problem with commitments to ends other than truth-seeking is that once we accept a mission distinct from the pursuit of truth and honest discourse, most of the remaining options are suspect - including falseness, hypocrisy, self-deception, subordination of self to a collective, profit, dogmatism, devotion to tradition, and propaganda.

Although what we intend by the idea of truth - legal, scientific, …

Books Received, Michigan Journal Of International Law

Michigan Journal of International Law

A list of books received by the Journal.

Legal Writing And Academic Support: Timing Is Everything, Dionne L. Koller

Cleveland State Law Review

Part I of this essay briefly explores the relationship between academic support and legal writing as it exists in many law schools today. Part II will outline the academic support program at Maryland to give context to the observations presented in this article. Part III will present some of the negative aspects of legal writing courses as they relate to the academic support mission of a law school. Finally, Part IV will describe how a legal writing course can avoid the negatives and be an effective vehicle to deliver more advanced academic support after the first year.

Georgia Legal Research - Secondary Source Materials, Ronald E. Wheeler, Terrance Manion, Nancy P. Johnson

Faculty Publications By Year

No abstract provided.

A Brave New World Of Criminal Justice: Neil Gerlach's Genetic Imaginary, Stephen Coughlan

Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press

In this well written and intriguing book, Neil Gerlach asks why the criminal justice system has accepted DNA evidence in much the same way that our Anglo-Saxon predecessors accepted trial by ordeal. Why have we not instead shown the same caution we show polygraph evidence? To be sure, he does not present the issue in those terms, and might shudder at the analogy. Still, the central issue he pursues in the book is the question of how DNA evidence has managed to assume its current aura of infallibility, as evidence which is somehow uniquely objective and "true": how it has …

Judicial Triage: Reflections On The Debate Over Unpublished Opinions, Mitu Gulati, David C. Vladeck

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews, Thomas Mills, Elisa Mason, Gail A. Partin, Maryiln J. Raisch, Mary Rumsey, Teresa Stanton, Daniel C. Turack

Faculty Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.

Judges And Ideology: Public And Academic Debates About Statistical Measures, Gregory C. Sisk, Michael Heise

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Scholars who use empirical methods to study the behavior of judges long have labored in relative obscurity, unknown outside of academic circles (and indeed they only recently have emerged into the mainstream of the legal academy). However, the seclusion of the ivory tower has been breached as public attention has become increasingly focused upon studies that suggest the influence of ideological or partisan variables upon the outcomes of court cases. Over the last few years, the statistical work of scholars on judicial decisionmaking has provoked controversy in the wider legal community and has been enlisted by one side of the …

Why Print And Electronic Resources Are Essential To The Academic Law Library, Michelle M. Wu

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Libraries have supported multiple formats for decades, from paper and microforms to audiovisual tapes and CDs. However, the newest medium, digital transmission, has presented a wider scope of challenges and caused library patrons to question the established and recognized multiformat library. Within the many questions posed, two distinct ones echo repeatedly. The first doubts the need to sustain print in an increasingly digital world, and the second warns of the dangers of relying on a still-developing technology. This article examines both of these positions and concludes that abandoning either format would translate into a failure of service to patrons, both …

Assessing The Influence Of Computer-Assisted Legal Research: A Study Of California Supreme Court Opinions, Paul Hellyer

Library Staff Publications

Mr. Hellyer reviews the literature regarding CALR and identifies several hypotheses regarding quantitative differences in the results of print-based research and CALR. He then analyzes California Supreme Court opinions to determine CALR's effect on the quantity, recency, and types of legal authority cited by the court. The data fail to support the commentator's hypotheses.

Researching The Laws Of The Colony Of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations: From Lively Experiment To Statehood, Gail I. Winson

Law Library Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Books Received, Michigan Journal Of International Law

Michigan Journal of International Law

A list of books received by the Journal.

Learning A Little About The World: Foreign And International Research And The Nonspecialist, Mary Whisner

Librarians' Articles

In reflecting on the various ways she has developed some expertise in the area of foreign and international research (without being an expert), Ms. Whisner offers suggestions to others who would like to build their own knowledge in this field.

Cool Web Sites, Mary Whisner

Librarians' Articles

In the process of exploring cool Web sites-those that make her sit up and take notice-Ms. Whisner also comments on the hazards of writing about Web sites generally, some ways to find cool sites, and keeping track of them once you do.

On Not Doing Research, Mary Whisner

Librarians' Articles

Even though her usual business is "looking up," Ms. Whisner explores a variety of situations in which it is professionally appropriate not to engage in research.

Process Reengineering And Legal Education: An Essay On Daring To Think Differently, Karen Gross

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Rise And Fall Of American Legal Education, Richard A. Matasar

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.