| ‘Jurisgenesis’ — a confluence of young Turks in legal arena | Gitanjali Hazarika |
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A two-day national conference entitled “Jurisgenesis 2007:
New Voices on the Law” is being organized at the Washington University
in St. Louis School of Law.
The conference scheduled for 18 and 19 June will be open
to a select group of new legal faculty participati... |
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| The Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act can change the system | Surajit Sen Sharma |
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The number and quality of prosecutors and public defenders in the country have a direct bearing upon the administration of justice and the rule of law. But the existent compensation structure does less than justice to the prosecutors and defenders who toil to uphold that rule. The gross ... |
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| Blake Morant to head Wake Forest Law School as Dean | Gitanjali Hazarika |
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Wake Forest
University School of Law will soon see Blake D.
Morant as new dean. Morant will take
over the reins on July 1 from the present incumbent, Robert K. Walsh, who
intends to embark teaching full time thereafter. Morant is currently serving Washington and
Lee University Scho... |
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| Law students find solace in client’s victory |By Gitanajli Hazarika |
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“This was the perfect end to law school, to know that you can really make a difference in someone’s life:” summed up two students from the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law’s Civil Justice Clinic. They had more reasons to rejoice apart from the fact that they ... |
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| Deborah Mayer and the fight for free speech | By Surajit Sen Sharma |
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The appeal on Deborah Mayer v. Monroe County Community School Corporation was decided on January 24 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The judgment once again brought into focus the free speech rights of teachers. An issue, which has deep implications on the society. In short, D... |
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| U.S. lawmakers voice reservations on capital punishment | By Gitanjali Hazarika |
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The Damocles’ sword now hangs over the head of death sentence! It seems so. In NJ it almost fell, and in NY it swings perilously. As of now, the hangmen in New Jersey are preparing to call it a day. The state has stepped ahead of few other states and joins 13 others by abolishing the death ... |
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| Baylor law students create record, add another feather to School | By Gitanjali Hazarika |
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Baylor Law School students have done their law school proud once more. All 37 students who appeared in the February three-day Texas State Bar Exams sailed through in their first attempt. This constitutes the highest success rate among the nine Texas Law schools. Two more Baylor students who took ... |
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| Making legal writing plain and concise | By Roshan Tolani |
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Legal writing is obscure. Very few will differ from this statement.Let us try to understand a Federal rule written in a typical legal style:"When two or more statements are made in the alternative and one of them if made independently would be sufficient, the pleading is not made insuffic... |
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| Jay Mitchell joins Stanford Law as Director of new business clinic | By Gitanjali Hazarika |
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Former senior legal executive at Levi Strauss & Co., Jay A. Mitchell will launch a new Business Clinic at Stanford Law School. Following his appointment to the Law School, this summer, as lecturer in law, Mitchell will also head its new Nonprofit and General Counsel Clinic as director. Students... |
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| On the face of Facebook | By Gitanjali Hazarika |
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Michael Geist, a Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa stating gripe against Facebook is misguided. True.Let's face it. Facebook, or any other popular social media site, on the face of it is 'unputdownable'! But the site stirred the hornet's nest recently. And the response it... |
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