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ADR Prof Blog

By Professors Andrea Schneider, Nancy Welsh, Michael Moffitt and Sarah Rudolph Cole.

http://www.indisputably.org

May 17
Schwab removes class action waiver from customer agreement

Schwab removes class action waiver from customer agreement

Responding to substantial pressure from regulators and the investing public, the brokerage firm Charles Schwab reversed itself and eliminated the class action waiver clause from its pre-dispute arbitration clause in its customer account…
May 12
Was OJ Simpson’s Lawyer Ineffective?

Was OJ Simpson’s Lawyer Ineffective?

OJ Simpson will be back in court this week in Las Vegas bringing an appeal from his 2008 armed robbery and kidnapping conviction in 2008. He has apparently filed, through his new lawyer, a 94-page petition for a new trial—which…
May 10
If You’re Standing in Front of a Car, You Are In a Poor Negotiating Position

If You’re Standing in Front of a Car, You Are In a Poor Negotiating Position

Back in the day Kevin Underhill and I were young associates at large law firms in Kansas City and living the life that only single people with lots of disposable income can. Now he’s a big time lawyer in San Francisco and has the…

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Covers emerging empirical legal scholarship, conference updates and empirical claims. Edited by Professors Michael Heise, Theodore Eisenberg, William Ford, Sara Benesh, William Henderson, Frank Cross, Carolyn Shapiro, anbd Christopher Zorn

http://www.elsblog.org/the_empirical_legal_studi/

May 19
Call For Papers: Midwest Law & Economics Association

Call For Papers: Midwest Law & Economics Association

Bob Lawless (Ill.) asked me to post the following Call for Papers for the 2013 MLEA, and I am delighted to do so. University of Illinois College of Law will host the conference and the deadline for proposals is August...
May 10
Empirical Legal Scholars and "Special" Responsibilitie

Empirical Legal Scholars and "Special" Responsibilitie

A recent post by David Schwartz (Chicago-Kent)--wondering whether empirical legal scholars should shoulder "special ethical responsibilities"--ignited a fascinating (and timely) discussion over at Concurring Opinions. Two reasons…
May 3
Helpful Reminders on How To Minimize Errors in Empirical Research

Helpful Reminders on How To Minimize Errors in Empirical Research

Responding to the recent debacle involving a grad student uncovering a blundering error in a paper by noted Harvard economists (here), Betsey Stevenson (Mich.) and Justin Wolfers (Mich.) initiated a (now growing) list of suggestions on how to…

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Faculty Blog

The Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog

http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/

May 20
Marquette Law Repository Reaches Over 1 Million Downloads Worldwide

Marquette Law Repository Reaches Over 1 Million Downloads Worldwide

The law school’s repository, Marquette Law Scholarly Commons, was formally announced on the Faculty Blog on August 8, 2012. Less than a year later, Marquette Law Scholarly Commons celebrates its 1,000,000th download! Researchers from…
May 17
A Call to All Law Students: Enhancing the National Conversation

A Call to All Law Students: Enhancing the National Conversation

“I consider you and [Jefferson] as the North and South Poles of the American Revolution. Some talked, some rewrote, and some fought to promote and establish it, but you and Mr. Jefferson thought for us all.” —Benjamin Rush…
May 14
Clinton, Ryan Do Well in Opening Round of 2016 Presidential Polling for Wisconsin

Clinton, Ryan Do Well in Opening Round of 2016 Presidential Polling for Wisconsin

Is it 2016 yet? No, but daily news reports and, even more so, any glimpse into political maneuvering nationwide clearly show that a lot of work is already going into laying groundwork for the next race for president. Marquette Law School Poll…

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Life Sentences Blog

A blawg by Marquette University Law School Professor Michael O'Hear to track new legal developments and research relating to long prison sentences.

http://www.lifesentencesblog.com/

Nov 15
Incarceration and Collateral Damage: Prof. Traci Burch to Speak at Marquette on Nov. 29

Incarceration and Collateral Damage: Prof. Traci Burch to Speak at Marquette on Nov. 29

We live in an era of unprecedented mass incarceration. Since the mid-1970?s, America’s imprisonment rate has quintupled, reaching heights otherwise unknown in the western world. We embarked on this incarceration binge with little…
Oct 22
Seventh Circuit Affirms Life Sentence Notwithstanding Supreme Court’s Recent Eighth Amendment Decision

Seventh Circuit Affirms Life Sentence Notwithstanding Supreme Court’s Recent Eighth Amendment Decision

From the time of its decision in Harmelin v. Michigan (1991), affirming a mandatory sentence of life without parole for a drug trafficking offense, through its decision in Ewing v. California (2003), affirming a de facto life sentence for…
Oct 8
What’s Next for the Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel?

What’s Next for the Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel?

I have a new article on SSRN that considers recent developments in the Supreme Court relating to effective assistance of counsel. Here’s the abstract:

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