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Legal Ethics Forum
Legal Ethics Forum
By Professors John Dzienkowski, Brad Wendel, John Steele, David Hricik, Andrew Perlman, David McGowan, Laura Appleman, Steve Lubet, Anita Bernstein, Don Burnett, and Steve Berenson..
http://www.legalethicsforum.com/blog/
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Oct 16
Section on Professional Responsibility AALS Annual Meeting Events in San Diego Jan. 6, 2018
Section on Professional Responsibility AALS Annual Meeting Events in San Diego Jan. 6, 2018On behalf of the Executive Committee for the Section on Professional Responsibility, I am writing to remind you about the fabulous day of events planned for the AALS Annual Meeting in sunny San Diego on Saturday, January 6, 2018. Please... -
Oct 8
Lisa Bloom’s Short-Lived Representation of Harvey Weinstein: The Difficulty of Seeing One’s Own Conflict
Lisa Bloom’s Short-Lived Representation of Harvey Weinstein: The Difficulty of Seeing One’s Own ConflictOn October 5, Lisa Bloom released a statement via twitter regarding her representation of Harvey Weinstein and the Weinstein Company. She explained that she and Weinstein had been working “together on a project bringing [her] book to… -
Oct 3
Conceding a Defendant’s Guilt
Conceding a Defendant’s GuiltOn September 28, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in McCoy v. Louisiana to consider whether the Sixth Amendment permits defense counsel to concede guilt over the express and emphatic objection of the defendant. In affirming McCoy’s…
Rank this Week: 38
Dorf on Law
Dorf on Law
By Cornell Law School Professor Michael Dorf and his friends.
http://www.dorfonlaw.org/
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Oct 20
The Double-Taxation Bogeyman Rides Again
The Double-Taxation Bogeyman Rides Againby Neil H. BuchananThe sales job for the White House's non-plan to change the tax system is not going well, by all accounts. As usual, Donald Trump's lack of focus has distracted everyone, as he flits from one personal feud to another… -
Oct 19
What to Do about SCOTUS Mistakes: A Not-So Modest Proposal
What to Do about SCOTUS Mistakes: A Not-So Modest ProposalBy Eric SegallThis week ProPublica issued a report with the headline "It's a Fact, Supreme Court Errors aren't Hard to Find." The group reviewed "dozens of cases" and said that it found a "number of false or wholly unsupported claims."… -
Oct 19
Guns, Constitutional Tests, and Game
Guns, Constitutional Tests, and Gameby Michael DorfMy latest Verdict column asks whether a federal ban on bump stocks would violate the Second Amendment. The short answer is no, but as I explain, the full answer is a bit more complicated. During the litigation that culminated…
Rank this Week: 227
Verdict
Verdict
Provides legal analysis and commentary on topical legal news and cases.
http://verdict.justia.com/
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Oct 19
The Supreme Court Needs to Clarify When District Court Injunctions Blocking Federal Policies Can Extend Beyond the Actual Plaintiffs in a Case
The Supreme Court Needs to Clarify When District Court Injunctions Blocking Federal Policies Can Extend Beyond the Actual Plaintiffs in a CaseIllinois Law dean and professor Vikram David Amar comments on the increasingly frequent practice of federal district courts issuing injunctions that extend relief beyond the plaintiffs in the case. Amar describes the problems with this… -
Oct 18
What Happens When Very Few People Own Quite a Few Guns?
What Happens When Very Few People Own Quite a Few Guns?George Washington law professor and economist Neil H. Buchanan considers the implications of the fact that a very small number of Americans own a very large percentage of the privately owned guns in the United States. Specifically, he… -
Oct 17
Can Congress Ban Bump Stocks?
Can Congress Ban Bump Stocks?Cornell University law professor Michael C. Dorf explains why, if Congress wants to ban or further regulated the sale of “bump stocks,” it should act quickly or risk missing the window in which regulation is possible. Dorf points…
Rank this Week: 1080
LII Announce
LII Announce
Features announcements, featured content and legal information factoids. From the Legal Information Institute.
http://blog.law.cornell.edu
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Aug 17
Civil Forfeiture
Civil ForfeitureLast month, Attorney General Sessions described civil forfeiture as “a key tool that helps law enforcement defund organized crime, take back ill-gotten gains, and prevent new crimes from being committed.” Politicians and… -
Aug 17
Alumni Profile: Kathy Gameros 97’, Lawyer at Atwood Gameros, L.L.P.
Alumni Profile: Kathy Gameros 97’, Lawyer at Atwood Gameros, L.L.P.If you’re asking yourself why the last name Gameros sounds familiar it might be because you’re thinking of Bill Gameros. Bill was featured in last month’s Alumni Profile for his work with the LII Bulletin. The West Point… -
Jul 20
Thank you
Thank youFriends: If you done it, it ain’t bragging — Walt Whitman First of all, thank you to everyone who donated during our June campaign. It was extremely successful — we met our goal and then some — and all of us here are…
Rank this Week: 1350
VoxPopuLII
VoxPopuLII
Offers new and interesting views of law on the Internet.
http://blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop
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Oct 6
Deeply intertwingled law
Deeply intertwingled lawby John Sheridan There is no other form of written texts quite like legislation, nor a form so suited to the web. In retrospect, readers of legislation had been waiting a long time for a hypertext system, such as the web, to be invented. It… -
Sep 15
25 for 25: A Librarian’s Free Law Awakening
25 for 25: A Librarian’s Free Law Awakeningby Sarah Glassmeyer I don’t think I even knew what the Internet was 25 years ago. I definitely didn’t know about the different types of law and legal information. And I couldn’t have even imagined that up on the other end of… -
Sep 1
A birthday message
A birthday messageby Carl Malamud When Peter Martin and Tom Bruce decided 25 years ago to serve the law on the Internet, they were joining a grand tradition of promulgation dating back 25 centuries. The pronouncements and edicts of our governments comprise the…
Rank this Week: 1695
b-screeds
b-screeds
By Thomas R. Bruce of the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law School.
http://blog.law.cornell.edu/tbruce
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Dec 24
Windmill
WindmillA couple of days ago, in the way that one does on the Internet, I stumbled into the extraordinary story of William Kamkwamba, who built a windmill from scrap and spare parts to provide electricity to his home. He was 14, living in an isolated… -
Jun 10
This one’s got me feeling my age…
This one’s got me feeling my age…… in more ways than one. Back in May of 1994, a week or so before the annual CALI conference for legal technologists, three of us circulated the document you see below. Composed by me, Peter Martin, and Will Sadler, it set… -
Jun 10
This one’s got me feeling my age…
This one’s got me feeling my age…… in more ways than one. Back in May of 1994, a week or so before the annual CALI conference for legal technologists, three of us circulated the document you see below. Composed by me, Peter Martin, and Will Sadler, it set…
Rank this Week: 2427
The Competitive Edge
The Competitive Edge
Musings from the librarians of the Cornell Law Library on library resources, research tips and news.
http://blog.law.cornell.edu/library
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Sep 17
Moving On!
Moving On!Starting today the law library will no longer be posting to this page. For the latest updates and postings visit our website and our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. -
Jun 29
We’re Hiring – Student Assistant Position Available
We’re Hiring – Student Assistant Position AvailableSenior Public Services Student Assistant Level IV Contact: Kathy Hartman Keh7@cornell.edu Summary description: Works independently at the circulation service desk assisting patrons and performing a variety of library tasks including assisting… -
Jun 22
New Books List – June 2015
New Books List – June 2015Every month the Cornell Law Library adds new titles to its collection. The most recent additions for June 2015 are posted, here. A few highlights from this month’s additions are featured below. The Changing Face of American Banking…
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InfoBrief
InfoBrief
A Cornell Law Library current awareness service for the Cornell Law School faculty.
http://infobrief.blogspot.com/
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Jun 28
Dear Readers A
Dear Readers ADear Readers, As you may know, the Cornell Law Library has been maintaining two blogs, InfoBrief and Competitive Edge. We have decided to merge the two blogs under the banner of InfoBrief. To stay current with InfoBrief, you will want to… -
Apr 18
New Books at Cornell Law Library
New Books at Cornell Law LibraryThe latest list of New Books is available on the Law Library web site. Click here to view the entire list. It includes all new books at the Law Library as well as law-related books at other libraries on campus. Here are a few titles… -
Mar 28
New Law Books at Cornell
New Law Books at CornellThe latest list of New Books for February 16-29 is available on the Law Library web site. Click here to view the entire list. It includes all new books at the Law Library as well as law-related books at other libraries on campus. Here…
Rank this Week: 2608