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Chaidez V. United States - You Can't Go Home Again, Aram A. Gavoor, Justin M. Orlosky 2015 Notre Dame Law School

Chaidez V. United States - You Can't Go Home Again, Aram A. Gavoor, Justin M. Orlosky

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy

This article examines a 2013 Supreme Court decision, Chaidez v. United States, in which the Court declined to apply retroactively another recent decision, Padilla v. Kentucky. To many observers, Chaidez appears to be a discrete departure from previous Sixth Amendment right to counsel jurisprudence. On a personal level, noncitizens who pled guilty to a crime without being apprised of the plea’s removal risks are now unable to seek redress under Padilla and return to their homes in the United States. This article examines relevant Sixth Amendment and retroactivity jurisprudence and proposes an explanation for the Court’s apparent aboutface.


Debates Recientes Sobre La Reglamentación De La Conducta Profesional, 84 Rev. Jur. U.P.R. 955 (2015), Alberto Bernabe 2015 John Marshall Law School

Debates Recientes Sobre La Reglamentación De La Conducta Profesional, 84 Rev. Jur. U.P.R. 955 (2015), Alberto Bernabe

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

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Introducción A Una Discusión Sobre El Futuro De La Reglamentación De La Profesión Legal En Puerto Rico, 84 Rev. Jur. U.P.R. 947 (2015), Alberto Bernabe 2015 John Marshall Law School

Introducción A Una Discusión Sobre El Futuro De La Reglamentación De La Profesión Legal En Puerto Rico, 84 Rev. Jur. U.P.R. 947 (2015), Alberto Bernabe

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


But What Can We Do? How Juvenile Defenders Can Disrupt The Schoolto-Prison Pipeline, Jonathon Arellano-Jackson 2015 Gonzaga University School of Law

But What Can We Do? How Juvenile Defenders Can Disrupt The Schoolto-Prison Pipeline, Jonathon Arellano-Jackson

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Call To The Texas Legislature: The Franchise Tax Needs Substansive Changes, Not Just Rate Reductions., Alyson Outenreath 2015 St. Mary's University

Call To The Texas Legislature: The Franchise Tax Needs Substansive Changes, Not Just Rate Reductions., Alyson Outenreath

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.


Undercover Investigations And Government Lawyers, Eric B. Estes 2015 University of Arkansas Little Rock

Undercover Investigations And Government Lawyers, Eric B. Estes

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


Addressing Barriers To Cultural Sensibility Learning: Lessons From Social Cognition Theory, Andrea A. Curcio 2015 Georgia State University College of Law

Addressing Barriers To Cultural Sensibility Learning: Lessons From Social Cognition Theory, Andrea A. Curcio

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Understanding subconscious biases, their pervasiveness, and their impact on perceptions, interactions, and analyses, helps prepare lawyers to represent people from cultural and racial backgrounds different from their own, and to address both individual and institutional injustice. Two law student surveys suggest many students believe lawyers are less susceptible than clients to having, or acting upon, stereotypes or biases. The survey results also indicate that many students suffer from bias blind spot – i.e. they believe that while others cannot recognize when they are acting based upon stereotypical beliefs and biases, the students know when they are doing so. The survey …


Examining The Websites Of Canada’S ‘Top Sex Crime Lawyers’: The Ethical Parameters Of Online Commercial Expression By The Criminal Defence Bar, Elaine Craig 2015 Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law

Examining The Websites Of Canada’S ‘Top Sex Crime Lawyers’: The Ethical Parameters Of Online Commercial Expression By The Criminal Defence Bar, Elaine Craig

Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press

Online advertising has become a primary source of information about legal services. This trend towards web-based marketing of legal services poses new challenges to the regulation of the legal profession. Challenges which, to date, have not been fully met. It also creates a new source of data for researchers studying aspects of the legal profession such as legal ethics, lawyers’ perspectives and strategies, and legal discourse. The objective of this study is to examine the most prominent websites in Canada that advertise legal representation for individuals accused of sexual offences. The study of these websites yielded two types of observations …


Promoting Public Protection Through An “Attorney Integrity” System: Lessons From The Australian Experience With Proactive Regulation Of Lawyers, Susan Saab Fortney 2015 Texas A&M University School of Law

Promoting Public Protection Through An “Attorney Integrity” System: Lessons From The Australian Experience With Proactive Regulation Of Lawyers, Susan Saab Fortney

Faculty Scholarship

This essay uses the Australian proactive approach to regulating attorneys as a springboard to discussing the role of proactive regulation of lawyers in advancing public protection. The essay provides information on the genesis and implementation of “proactive management-based regulation, the system in Australia. The essay reviews key research findings from empirical studies on the impact of the new system on complaints registered against lawyers and the conduct of lawyers in firms. The essay suggests possibilities for using management-based principles to improve lawyer regulation and conduct in the United States and other jurisdictions. The author concludes with a challenge for regulators …


Ethics For Media Lawyers: The Lessons Of Ferguson, Leonard M. Niehoff 2015 University of Michigan Law School

Ethics For Media Lawyers: The Lessons Of Ferguson, Leonard M. Niehoff

Articles

Ferguson, Missouri, has a population of roughly 21,000 people. Thirty cities in Missouri have larger populations. The Edward Jones Dome, where the St. Louis Rams play football, seats three times as many people. Most of us had never heard of Ferguson prior to August 9, 2014, when a police oficer named Darren Wilson shot and killed an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown. But, to paraphrase the grim observation of Ambrose Bierce, war is how Americans learn geography. So, as violence and vandalism erupted on its streets, the nation turned its attention toward Ferguson and labored to understand the place, …


A History Of The Law Clinics At St. Mary's University School Of Law., Sue Bentch 2015 St. Mary's University

A History Of The Law Clinics At St. Mary's University School Of Law., Sue Bentch

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.


Gradually Exploded: Confrontation Vs. The Former Testimony Rule., Tim Donaldson 2015 St. Mary's University

Gradually Exploded: Confrontation Vs. The Former Testimony Rule., Tim Donaldson

St. Mary's Law Journal

Observing live court testimony allows a jury to determine witness credibility. This is called demeanor evidence. Allowing the introduction of transcripts of prior testimony by a witness offends a defendant's right to confrontation guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Loss of demeanor evidence can heighten sensitivity surrounding the constitutional demands of unavailability and an opportunity for cross-examination. But the loss of this evidence is discounted when dealing with the admissibility of prior testimony as long as a defendant was formerly afforded an opportunity to cross-examine. Demeanor evidence, however, is still treated as a non-essential component of …


Sovereign Immunity: The Texas Department Of Transportation's Duty To Maintain Roadways Ravaged By The Eagle Ford Shale Boom., Lasca A. Arnold 2015 St. Mary's University

Sovereign Immunity: The Texas Department Of Transportation's Duty To Maintain Roadways Ravaged By The Eagle Ford Shale Boom., Lasca A. Arnold

St. Mary's Law Journal

While the shale boom has brought about many positive results such as economic growth and new jobs to the Eagle Ford Shale region, the ravaged roadways left in the aftermath must be addressed. The demands for equipment and manpower created by oil and gas exploration are extensive. Sadly, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)—the entity charged with maintaining and repairing roads in these affected counties—refuses to supply sufficient funding to repair the over used roadways. This pressure is exerted in rural areas where most of the roads and bridges are designed for lower volumes of traffic. In addition to the …


An Employer's Relationship With Its Recruiting Firm - Something More Than An Arm's-Length Transaction., Hannah L. Hembree 2015 St. Mary's University

An Employer's Relationship With Its Recruiting Firm - Something More Than An Arm's-Length Transaction., Hannah L. Hembree

St. Mary's Law Journal

Taking advantage of the perfect storm created by an increased demand for professional services and a shortage of qualified candidates, recruiting firms search for permanent employees on behalf of employers across the nation. These searches are often characterized by non-exclusive contingency agreements wherein a recruiting firm’s entitlement to remuneration is directly tied to successful placement—ranging from 15% to 30% of a candidate’s first year salary. Though communication from interested applicants constitutes the easiest path to placement, passive candidates are quickly becoming the primary target of zealous recruiters. Passive candidates are those currently employed but open to the possibility of changing …


The Economic Loss Doctrine As An Obstacle To Claims Of Contractual Strangers., Richard L. Reed, Richard L. Reed Jr. 2015 St. Mary's University

The Economic Loss Doctrine As An Obstacle To Claims Of Contractual Strangers., Richard L. Reed, Richard L. Reed Jr.

St. Mary's Law Journal

Home owners, contractors, and subcontractors entering a contract to build in accordance with another’s design must be aware of their respective risks under the economic loss doctrine. The economic loss doctrine bars recovery due purely to economic loss by a party that is a contractual stranger. In a typical construction contract, a homeowner may separately contract with a contractor and a design professional. In this situation, the contractor does not have privity with the design professional and the economic loss doctrine bars the contractor from suing the design professional for economic loss. Likewise, if the homeowner hires a contractor and …


Anti-Retaliation Protection For Internal Whistleblowers Under Dodd-Frank Following The Fifth Circuit Decision In Asadi., Tapas Agarwal 2015 St. Mary's University

Anti-Retaliation Protection For Internal Whistleblowers Under Dodd-Frank Following The Fifth Circuit Decision In Asadi., Tapas Agarwal

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.


Defining A Health Care Liability Claim In The Post-Texas West Oaks Era., William Woolsey 2015 St. Mary's University

Defining A Health Care Liability Claim In The Post-Texas West Oaks Era., William Woolsey

St. Mary's Law Journal

Following the Texas Supreme Court’s rulings in West Oaks Hospital v. Williams and Ross v. St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, it remains unclear whether a non-patient’s injury in a hospital constitutes a health care liability claim (HCLC). If the trial court rules the claim is an HCLC, the plaintiff must present expert testimony. Failure to present an expert report within 120 days after filing the suit results in automatic dismissal. The Texas Supreme Court addressed this issue in West Oaks. The Court held that a claimant, suing a hospital under a theory of premise liability, need not be a patient for …


Brookshire Bros.: Cleanup On Aisle 9 - The Current Messy State Of Spoliation Law., Xavier Rodriguez 2015 St. Mary's University

Brookshire Bros.: Cleanup On Aisle 9 - The Current Messy State Of Spoliation Law., Xavier Rodriguez

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.


Enforcement Of Noncompetition Agreements: Protecting Public Interests Through An Entrepreneurial Approach., Griffin Toronjo Pivateau 2015 St. Mary's University

Enforcement Of Noncompetition Agreements: Protecting Public Interests Through An Entrepreneurial Approach., Griffin Toronjo Pivateau

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.


Revenge Pornography: Exploring Tortious Remedies In Texas., Kevin B. Bennett 2015 St. Mary's University

Revenge Pornography: Exploring Tortious Remedies In Texas., Kevin B. Bennett

St. Mary's Law Journal

Abstract Forthcoming.


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