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Sentencing Law and Policy
Sentencing Law and Policy
By Douglas A. Berman.
http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/
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Sep 25
Reviewing the racial bias and other concerns surrounding Georgia's planned execution of Keith Tharpe
Reviewing the racial bias and other concerns surrounding Georgia's planned execution of Keith TharpeCNN has this new article reviewing issues being raised in the run-up a scheduled execution in Georgia. The article is headlined "Questions of racial bias surround black man's imminent execution," and here are excerpts: The state of… -
Sep 25
Lots more notable new reporting and commentary from The Marshall Project
Lots more notable new reporting and commentary from The Marshall ProjectRegular readers surely recall prior times I have flagged the always terrific Marshall Project for producing many great pieces that should be must-reads for sentencing fans. As I have said before, I rarely have the time or ability to give... -
Sep 25
Anthony Weiner given 21 months in federal prison after his plea to "transferring obscene material to a minor"
Anthony Weiner given 21 months in federal prison after his plea to "transferring obscene material to a minor"Anthony Weiner was scheduled to be sentenced at 10am this morning in the Southern District of New York federal courtroom, and apparently US District Judge Denise Cote did not need very long to figure out what sentence she thought fitting....
Rank this Week: 13
Legal Scholarship Blog
Legal Scholarship Blog
Features law-related calls for papers, conferences and workshops. From the Ohio State Moritz College of Law, University of Georgia School of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law and University of Washington School of Law.
http://legalscholarshipblog.com
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Sep 25
Call for Papers: Tax Administration — Washington, DC
Call for Papers: Tax Administration — Washington, DCThe Internal Revenue Service and the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center invite submissions for papers to be presented at their 8th annual research conference on tax administration, to be held on... -
Sep 25
Colloquia/Workshop
Colloquia/WorkshopUniversity of Wisconsin Law School Sara Hossain, Supreme Court of Bangladesh Honorary Executive Director, Bangladesh Legal Services and Trust (BLAST), presents today: Settling for Justice? Rana Plaza and After. Abstract... -
Sep 25
Lecture
LectureBoston University School of Law Chantal Thomas, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, and the William & Patricia Kleh Visiting Professor of International Law, Boston University School of Law, will deliver...
Rank this Week: 24
ADR Prof Blog
ADR Prof Blog
By Andrea Schneider, Michael Moffitt, Sarah Cole, Art Hinshaw, Jill Gross, Cynthia Alkon, Paul Kirgis and Jennifer Reynolds.
http://www.indisputably.org
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Sep 23
NY Peace Institute’s Brad Heckman to Deliver Ohio State’s Lawrence Lecture
NY Peace Institute’s Brad Heckman to Deliver Ohio State’s Lawrence LectureBrad Heckman, CEO of the New York Peace Institute, will deliver the Moritz College of Law at the Ohio State University’s Annual Lawrence Lecture on Dispute Resolution during the lunch hour on September 28 in Moritz’s Saxbe… -
Sep 22
AI and Predicting Settlement
AI and Predicting SettlementThe National Law Journal reported yesterday on SettlementAnalytics and their predictive algorithms. “The world’s first quantitative legal measurement to indicate the likelihood of a lawsuit proceeding all the way to trial and… -
Sep 18
Call for Papers: Running With Scissor
Call for Papers: Running With ScissorFrom Jackie Font-Guzmán: We have a call for chapters of a book I am co-editing, Running with Scissors: Leading in Uncertainty. Anyone who has a powerful leadership story to share in the times we are living is welcome to…
Rank this Week: 367
Election Law @ Moritz
Election Law @ Moritz
Information and insight on the laws governing federal, state and local elections. By the Moritz College of Law.
http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/
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Sep 13
U.S. Supreme Court Grants Texas\' Request for Stay in Redistricting Case
U.S. Supreme Court Grants Texas\' Request for Stay in Redistricting Case -
Sep 12
The Missing Link in Gerrymandering Jurisprudence
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Jul 13
The Vare Precedent in the Senate—and Its Relevance to the Trump-Russia Inquiry
The Vare Precedent in the Senate—and Its Relevance to the Trump-Russia Inquiry
Rank this Week: 499
Law School Innovation
Law School Innovation
Covers teaching, curriculum, and classroom technology. Edited by Professors Douglas A. Berman, Anupam Chander, Gene Koo and Mark W. Osler.
http://lsi.typepad.com/lsi/
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Sep 3
"Tech skills are the key to law students’ future employment ..."
"Tech skills are the key to law students’ future employment ..."Though I have not blogged in this space for a very long time, my own long history here of discussing how I think technologies should be at the center of law school innovation prompted me to want to blog about... -
Oct 20
Unkind Cuts: Shrinking the law school budget
Unkind Cuts: Shrinking the law school budgetLegal education is under strain: Fewer people are applying to law school, and those who apply are less qualified. One result of this dynamic is that law schools are admitting fewer students, in order to keep qualifications up, but that... -
Sep 19
Mentoring-- innovative, practical, and achievable
Mentoring-- innovative, practical, and achievableOne of the things we do well here at St. Thomas is establish mentor relationships for our students with lawyers in the community-- every student has a mentor. Neil Hamilton and Verna Monson have done some significant and important work...
Rank this Week: 812
Equal Vote
Equal Vote
Information and insight on the laws governing federal, state and local elections. By Michael E. Moritz College of Law Professor Dan Tokaji.
http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/blogs/tokaji/
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Dec 18
The Wrong Approach to Election Reform
The Wrong Approach to Election ReformThe Ohio legislature yesterday approved a bill (SB 380) that would eliminate the window for early registration and absentee voting, among other things. -
Nov 7
Reforming Registration
Reforming RegistrationOn Monday, I identified four problem areas to watch out for on Election Day: 1) lines at the polls, 2) voting equipment, 3) voter registration lists, and 4) provisional and absentee ballots. While machine breakdowns and polling place lines… -
Nov 4
What We Don't Know
What We Don't KnowWe now know that Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States of America. In the enormity of this moment in American history, the gritty details of election administration, upon which my Moritz colleagues and I spend so much…
Rank this Week: 1988
Equal Vote: Election Law @ Mortiz
Equal Vote: Election Law @ Mortiz
Covers election reform, the Voting Rights Act, the Help America Vote Act, and related topics. Special attention to the voting rights of people of color, non-English proficient citizens, and people with disabilities. Publsihed by Dan Tokaji at Moritz Colle
http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/blogs/tokaji/
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Dec 18
The Wrong Approach to Election Reform
The Wrong Approach to Election ReformThe Ohio legislature yesterday approved a bill (SB 380) that would eliminate the window for early registration and absentee voting, among other things. -
Nov 7
Reforming Registration
Reforming RegistrationOn Monday, I identified four problem areas to watch out for on Election Day: 1) lines at the polls, 2) voting equipment, 3) voter registration lists, and 4) provisional and absentee ballots. While machine breakdowns and polling place lines… -
Nov 4
What We Don't Know
What We Don't KnowWe now know that Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States of America. In the enormity of this moment in American history, the gritty details of election administration, upon which my Moritz colleagues and I spend so much…
Rank this Week: 2087
Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform
Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform
Edited by Douglas A. Berman.
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/marijuana_law/
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Sep 25
Grinding out marijuana arrests withing rising drug arrests in latest FBI crime data
Grinding out marijuana arrests withing rising drug arrests in latest FBI crime dataAs reported in this post over at my sentencing blog, the 2016 edition of the FBI’s annual report Crime in the United States was released earlier today. This FBI report also includes arrest data, and Tom Angell has been quick to review and… -
Sep 25
"Cannabis use among patients at a comprehensive cancer center in a state with legalized medicinal and recreational use"
"Cannabis use among patients at a comprehensive cancer center in a state with legalized medicinal and recreational use"The title of this post is the title of this intriguing new research paper in the journal Cancer. Here is the paper's abstract (with key points emphasized): BACKGROUND Cannabis is purported to alleviate symptoms related to cancer treatment,… -
Sep 22
"Why Medical Marijuana Research Is Gaining Support From the GOP"
"Why Medical Marijuana Research Is Gaining Support From the GOP"The title of this post is the headline of this notable new Rolling Stone article. Here is a snippet: Senator Orrin Hatch ... is among a frustrated set of the nation's policy makers who are up in arms over a Washington Post report that…
Rank this Week: 3772