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Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
By Gerry W. Beyer.
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/trusts_estates_prof/
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Jun 17
Court Reinstates Doctor-Assisted Suicide in California
Court Reinstates Doctor-Assisted Suicide in CaliforniaLast month Judge Daniel Ottolia of Riverside County Superior Court declared a state law allowing terminally ill patients will months or less to live to receive prescriptions to end their lives unconstitutional, but not on its merits. The… -
Jun 17
Article on Note: Solving America’s Long-Term Care Financing Crisis: Financing Universal Long-Term Care Insurance with a Mandatory Federal Income Tax Surcharge that Increases with Age
Article on Note: Solving America’s Long-Term Care Financing Crisis: Financing Universal Long-Term Care Insurance with a Mandatory Federal Income Tax Surcharge that Increases with AgeZachary Anderson recently published an Article entitled, Note: Solving America’s Long-Term Care Financing Crisis: Financing Universal Long-Term Care Insurance with a Mandatory Federal Income Tax Surcharge that Increases with Age, 25 Elder… -
Jun 16
Being an Executor is an Important and Often Risky Task
Being an Executor is an Important and Often Risky TaskWriting out a will is often pushed back on a person's agenda, as well as updating it when important life changed occur. There are are potential risks that happen if you fail to do either of these, such as their...
Rank this Week: 44
Law School Academic Support Blog
Law School Academic Support Blog
Edited by Rebecca Flanagan, Amy Jarmon, Daniel Weddle, Myra Orlen, Alex Ruskell, Bonnie Stepleton and Lisa Young.
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/academic_support/
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Jun 17
I'm a new fall 1L! What should I do this summer?
I'm a new fall 1L! What should I do this summer?Congratulations to all of our readers who are entering law school this fall! We look forward to welcoming you into our law school families. Studying the law is fascinating, but it can also be a challenge. However, don't spend your... -
Jun 16
Associate Director Position at IU McKinney School of Law
Associate Director Position at IU McKinney School of LawThe attached PDF gives the full job description: Download Job Description Associate Director of Academic and Bar Success Full Time and the following link is to the job posting and online application link: Job Posting and Online Application… -
Jun 16
Instructor in Academic Success and Professionalism Position at Nova Southeastern
Instructor in Academic Success and Professionalism Position at Nova SoutheasternThe listing for this full-time, full benefits position in Academic Success and Professionalism can be found here.
Rank this Week: 275
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Covers federal and state laws and cases affecting non-profits. Edited by David A. Brennen, Darryll K. Jones, Johnny Rex Buckles, John D. Colombo, Susan N. Gary, Vaughn E. James, Thomas A. Kelley III, Lloyd H. Mayer, Nancy A. McLaughlin, Nicholas A. Mirkay, Karla W. Simon, Sophie E. Smyth, Alice M. Thomas, Elaine Waterhouse Wilson, and Miranda Perry Fleischer.
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/nonprofit/
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May 10
Historical abuses of incorporation and solicitation regulation
Historical abuses of incorporation and solicitation regulationContinuing the prior post about Congressional warfare against a gay rights organization, today I highlight some of the other examples in which governments in the United States have abused laws providing for incorporation of nonprofits or… -
May 10
New Slate Series on the Largest Nonprofit
New Slate Series on the Largest NonprofitSlate has started a new series -- Slate 90 -- that "examines the multibillion-dollar nonprofit sector" by scrutinizing the behavior of the largest nonprofits. As the introductory article explains: The Slate 90 represents the top 10… -
May 9
Nonprofit Law Flashback: US House Votes to Outlaw Gay Rights Organization
Nonprofit Law Flashback: US House Votes to Outlaw Gay Rights OrganizationYesterday I wrote about the discretion New Zealand gives to administrators to assess the benefit of policy views, and I mentioned that this is not usually the approach we follow in the United States. But this has not always been...
Rank this Week: 405
Health Law Prof Blog
Health Law Prof Blog
Edited by Katharine Van Tassel, Jennifer S. Bard, Leslie Francis, Nicole Huberfeld, Mary Munson, David Orentlicher, Frank Pasquale, Nicolas P. Terry and Vickie Williams.
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/healthlawprof_blog/
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Nov 13
KY Governor-Elect Bevin and Health Care Federalism Post-ACA
KY Governor-Elect Bevin and Health Care Federalism Post-ACAMatt Bevin will soon become Kentucky's Republican Governor, which has created consternation regarding his plans for discontinuing Kentucky's successful implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While on the campaign trail,… -
Oct 30
News from the AALS Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care
News from the AALS Section on Law, Medicine and Health CareThe AALS Section on Law, Medicine & Health Care has issued a call for nominations for section officers. The Section would like to encourage anyone who is a faculty member at an AALS member school to apply. The Section is... -
Aug 15
A Very Special 'The Week in Health Law' Podcast
A Very Special 'The Week in Health Law' PodcastBy Nicolas Terry TWIHL presents its first Back to School Special. We asked some wonderful health lawyers what were the compelling additions to this Fall’s health law curriculum. The answers are diverse and fascinating. To hear their…
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Legal Writing Prof Blog
Legal Writing Prof Blog
Edited by Nancy Soonpaa, Mark E. Wojcik, Judith D. Fischer, Dustin Benham, Lori D. Johnson and Kristen E. Murray.
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legalwriting/
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Jun 15
Linda Edwards Wins Phelps Award
Linda Edwards Wins Phelps AwardLinda H. Edwards is the 2017 recipient of the Legal Writing Institute's Teresa Godwin Phelps Award for Scholarship in Legal Communication. Professor Edwards is the E.L. Cord Foundation Professor of Law at the William S. Boyd School of Law… -
Jun 12
Illinois Adopts UBE
Illinois Adopts UBEIllinois has become the 30th state to adopt the Uniform Bar Exam ("UBE"). The UBE is a national test that allows the transfer of scores between states. (mew) -
May 24
Stetson Named Inaugural ABA Competitions Champion; Texas Tech and Drake finish Second and Third
Stetson Named Inaugural ABA Competitions Champion; Texas Tech and Drake finish Second and ThirdThe American Bar Association has named Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida, the inaugural ABA Competitions Champion. Competitions Champion is awarded to the law school that garnered the most points through team achievements…
Rank this Week: 857
JOTWELL - The Journal of Things We…
JOTWELL - The Journal of Things We Like (Lots)
Edited by University of Miami School of Law Professor Michael Froomkin, The Journal of Things We Like (Lots)–JOTWELL–invites law professors to join us in filling a telling gap in legal scholarship by creating a space where legal academics will go to identify, celebrate, and discuss the best new legal scholarship.
http://jotwell.com/
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Jun 15
Hail to the Chief Justice
Hail to the Chief JusticeJeffrey Rosen, William Howard Taft (2018). Jordan Singer A bellicose politician is on the warpath. His target: the judiciary. On the stump, he mocks individual judges by name and castigates their rulings. The courts, he declares, should… -
Jun 14
How Much Do You Really Know About Fraud?
How Much Do You Really Know About Fraud?Ed Balleisen, Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff (2017). Cristie Ford How did mail fraud come to be a powerful, all-purpose statutory tool for pursuing financial fraud in the United States? How does financial fraud resemble and… -
Jun 14
How Much Do You Really Know About Fraud?
How Much Do You Really Know About Fraud?Ed Balleisen, Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff (2017). Cristie Ford How did mail fraud come to be a powerful, all-purpose statutory tool for pursuing financial fraud in the United States? How does financial fraud resemble and…
Rank this Week: 2947
The Reporter
The Reporter
Covers legal research. By the Texas Tech Law Library.
https://texastechlawlibrary.wordpress.com
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Jun 5
May 2018 Law Faculty Publications & New
May 2018 Law Faculty Publications & NewThroughout the month of May, the Law Library received alerts for full-time TTU Law Faculty publications and news. Below isContinue Reading -
Jun 5
O’Connor’s Online: Frequently Asked Question
O’Connor’s Online: Frequently Asked QuestionThis is the third in a four part series blog post spotlighting Jones McClure Publishing’s O’Connor’s Online. If you are strugglingContinue Reading -
May 29
Science, Technology, and the Law
Science, Technology, and the LawThe NCSTL.org project is a program of the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. United States Department ofContinue Reading
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The Ginger Law Librarian
The Ginger Law Librarian
The Ginger Law Librarian discusses all things law libraries, legal research and writing, and law schools.
http://gingerlibrarian.blogspot.com
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May 23
Creatively Harvesting Bluebook Data
Creatively Harvesting Bluebook DataAs late as 2016, I was ready to join Justice Posner and give up on The Bluebook. After research into the use of algorithms in the era of big data, however, my thinking has changed.The Chronicle of Higher Education recently ran an article… -
Apr 17
Aligning the Law Library Strategic Plan Directly with "Program of Legal Education"
Aligning the Law Library Strategic Plan Directly with "Program of Legal Education"In addition to ABA Standard Chapter 6 concerns, as the ABA continues to focus on a law school's "program of legal education," it is wise for law libraries to take note and align their strategic plans directly with the "program of legal… -
Mar 22
Proposed Change to ABA Standard 601: Written Assessment of Law Library Effectivene
Proposed Change to ABA Standard 601: Written Assessment of Law Library EffectiveneThe recent proposed change to ABA Standard 601(a)(3), calls for the removal of a written assessment of the effectiveness of the library in achieving its mission and realizing its established goals. Standard 601. Library and Information…
Rank this Week: 1418