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“Sister Wives” secure legal victory when district court judge rules that some of Utah’s polygamy laws are unconstitutional. (Salt Lake Tribune) “Affluenza” defense helps drunk driver avoid prison. (Slate) Which is maybe not as outrageous as it…

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Passing the Bar: A Parent’s Perspective

by Nancy Mullane

December 13, 2013

Three weeks ago, at 6pm on a Friday night, we all waited by the phone. The call was supposed to come around then, but by 6:15 it hadn’t. By 6:20 I was certain. By 6:35,…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

December 9, 2013

Courts get involved when an Amish family refuses chemotherapy for their daughter. (Akron Beacon Journal) British court, that previously ordered a mother to undergo a C-section, rules that the child should be placed for adoption. (Al…

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Life as a Supreme Bystander

by Cara Gallagher

December 6, 2013

I was not supposed to be in the seat I stole inside the press gallery of the United States Supreme Court. I was a 36-year old intern with unfettered judicial curiosity who spent four weeks…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

November 25, 2013

Are fees and fines imposed upon those with outstanding criminal-justice debt creating new debtors’ prisons in America? (The Economist) Supreme Court denies petition for writ of mandamus filed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, in which…

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Emotion Often Beats Reasoning, Even on the Highest Court

by Bree Bernwanger

November 22, 2013

Last week, about 40 members of Open Carry Texas, a gun-rights group, assembled in the parking lot of the Arlington restaurant where a gun-control group was meeting and pulled out their semi-automatic weapons. Openly carrying…

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How is NYC like a Target Store? They’re Both Easing Re-entry for Convicts…Sort of

by Alisa Roth

November 20, 2013

I spent last Tuesday at a public housing development—a.k.a. housing project—in the South Bronx. I was checking out a mobile-home-turned-computer-lab, a city program to bring broadband Internet access to public housing residents, roughly 40 percent…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

November 18, 2013

Mary Jo White: chair of the SEC and also a member of the “Killer Elite.” (The New Yorker) The discovery of stolen Nazi artwork raises questions of legal ownership. (Deutsche Welle) New York City asks…

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ENDA’s Game

by Katherine Thompson

November 13, 2013

Before I realized that I would be spending my life married to another woman, I considered a variety of possible futures for myself. I wanted to travel, and so I attended career info sessions during…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

November 11, 2013

Civil forfeiture proceedings: guilty until proven innocent? (The Economist) Supreme Court hears arguments on whether Congress may criminalize conduct that may be more appropriate for state courts; in this case, whether a scorned wife should…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

Passing the Bar: A Parent’s Perspective

by Nancy Mullane

Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

Life as a Supreme Bystander

by Cara Gallagher

Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

Emotion Often Beats Reasoning, Even on the Highest Court

by Bree Bernwanger

How is NYC like a Target Store? They’re Both Easing Re-entry for Convicts…Sort of

by Alisa Roth

Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

ENDA’s Game

by Katherine Thompson

Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

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