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Workplace Prof Blog
Workplace Prof Blog
Covers arbitration, disability, employment discrimination, labor law, public employment law and workplace safety. By Professors Richard Bales, Jeffrey M. Hirsch and Marcia L. McCormick.
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/
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May 25
NYU Labor Center Event
NYU Labor Center EventIn addition to the Annual Conference on Labor (focused on Regulation of Compensation) that we posted on earlier, NYU's Center for Labor & Employment Law is holding a conference on "Implications of the Affordable Care Act for… -
May 24
Feldblum Nominated to EEOC for Another Term
Feldblum Nominated to EEOC for Another TermCongratulations to Chai Feldblum (EEOC, Georgetown) for her nomination to the EEOC for a second term. President Obama announced the nomination yesterday along with a group of other positions here. Given her extensive background on… -
May 23
Comparative Unjust Dismissal Law
Comparative Unjust Dismissal LawNormally here at Workplace Prof Blog, we at least like to pretend that we have some shame when it comes to self-promotion by getting fellow bloggers to post on each others' papers. I'm going to break this norm, however, because...
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Ratio Juris
Ratio Juris
Offers perspectives on judicial decisionmaking and the legal process. By Professors Jim Chen, Alfred Brophy, Stefanie Lindquist, R.J. Lipkin, Chad M. Oldfather, Lori A. Ringhand, and Elizabeth Weeks.
http://ratiojuris.blogspot.com/
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May 25
On the Need for Food Stamp
On the Need for Food StampThe case for Food Stamps is made by Christopher D. Cook in light of a current congressional debate. -
May 20
Obama’s capitulation to fabulist strategic narratives from the Right
Obama’s capitulation to fabulist strategic narratives from the RightAt his blog, Michael Dorf writes of President Obama’s penchant for or “pattern of preemptive counterproductive appeasement:” [....] “From the moment that the IRS/Tea Party story broke, the President has expressed… -
May 19
Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965)
Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965)Today is the birthday of Malcolm X. By way of celebration, I leave you with three provocative books discussing his life and ideas:Cone, James. Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare? (Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books,…
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ADR Prof Blog
ADR Prof Blog
By Professors Andrea Schneider, Nancy Welsh, Michael Moffitt and Sarah Rudolph Cole.
http://www.indisputably.org
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May 24
SEC Won’t Have Time to Tackle Issue of Mandatory Securities Arbitration
SEC Won’t Have Time to Tackle Issue of Mandatory Securities ArbitrationDespite increasing pressure on the SEC to exercise its Dodd-Frank-granted explicit authority to ban mandatory securities arbitration, SEC Commissioner Elisse Walter stated earlier this week, according to a report in Reuters, that the… -
May 21
Call for Papers – Psychology and Lawyering: Coalescing the Field
Call for Papers – Psychology and Lawyering: Coalescing the FieldFrom Jean Sternlight via the list serv. The conference is planned for Friday February 21 and Saturday Feb. 22, 2014. ————————- In recent years both academics and practitioners have… -
May 17
Schwab removes class action waiver from customer agreement
Schwab removes class action waiver from customer agreementResponding 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…
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Empirical Legal Studies
Empirical Legal Studies
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/
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May 23
Federal Judges' Citations to Legal Scholarship
Federal Judges' Citations to Legal ScholarshipDerogating legal scholarship has become something of a sport for many, including federal judges. Chief Justice Roberts, for example, recently opined that "because law review articles are not of interest to the bench," he has trouble… -
May 19
Call For Papers: Midwest Law & Economics Association
Call For Papers: Midwest Law & Economics AssociationBob 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" ResponsibilitieA 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…
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May 18
What Now, Milwaukee? A Forum on the Future of Wisconsin's Largest City
What Now, Milwaukee? A Forum on the Future of Wisconsin's Largest CityAn event cosponsored by the Milwaukee Press Club and Marquette University Law School. The forum will feature top political, business, and education leaders in a pragmatic panel discussion of how Milwaukee can move forward, given new budget… -
Apr 29
Posner Pro Bono Exchange and Induction
Posner Pro Bono Exchange and InductionAn exchange with Fred Kammer, S.J., and Mike Gousha, Distinguished Fellow in Law and Public Policy. Father Kammer is currently the director of the Jesuit Social Research Institute of Loyola University New Orleans. -
Apr 28
Marquette Law School Annual Awards Reception
Marquette Law School Annual Awards ReceptionAlumnus of the Year Award James P. Maloney, Arts '71, Law '74 Lifetime Achievement Award David J. Cannon, Bus Ad '55, Law '60 Howard B. Eisenberg Service Award Ellen McCarty Escalera, Law '02 Charles W. Mentkowski Sports Law Alumnus of the…
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Faculty Blog
Faculty Blog
The Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog
http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/
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May 25
If You Build It . . .
If You Build It . . .The paths followed by crime and incarceration in the United States have been mirror images of one another over the past two decades. This can be clearly seen in the graph below, which I prepared for an upcoming conference presentation.… -
May 23
The Eighth Amendment and Life Without Parole for Adult
The Eighth Amendment and Life Without Parole for AdultMy new article, “Not Just Kid Stuff? Extending Graham and Miller to Adults,” is now available on SSRN. Here’s the abstract: The United States Supreme Court has recently recognized new constitutional limitations on the use of… -
May 21
Life in the Digital Age: Is There Such a Thing as a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy?
Life in the Digital Age: Is There Such a Thing as a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy?A few weeks ago, I presented a webinar about the Fourth Amendment in the digital age. In preparation, I tried to find out as much as I can about the different ways law enforcement uses technology in investigations and if and when those uses…
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Life Sentences Blog
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/
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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. 29We 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 DecisionFrom 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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