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CommentaryVol. 102 · Iss. 2
Another Consequential Damages Redux: A Response to “Consequential Damages Clauses: Alien Vomit or Intelligent Design?”
In “Consequential Damages Clauses: Alien Vomit or Intelligent Design,” Professors Choi and Gulati (and their cast of co-authors) have produced an interesting piece examining,…
Glenn D. West -
ArticleVol. 101 · Iss. 1
The Prosecution Bar
The American legal profession needs a prosecution bar. Before lawyers are permitted to appear for the government in a criminal case, they should be…
William Ortman -
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Lessons Learned in Prison
One way that I have tried to stay fresh as a teacher through the decades is to periodically force myself outside of my teaching…
Daniel Keating -
ArticleVol. 99 · Iss. 6
Legitimizing Illegitimacy in Constitutional Law
The traditional constitutional law course is a staple of the first-year law school curriculum and a gateway to more advanced public law courses. In…
Melissa Murray -
Online2021
Plagiarism Pedagogy: Why Teaching Plagiarism Should be a Fundamental Part of Legal Education
As a practicing lawyer, if you aren’t plagiarizing, you’re committing malpractice. Litigators copy forms and arguments from winning briefs rather than bill their clients…
Megan E. Boyd & Brian L. Frye -
ArticleVol. 87 · Iss. 5
Teaching Teachers About Teaching Students
Teachers are accustomed to teaching students, but experienced teachers must also teach teachers. In some instances, law professors are asked to visit and evaluate…
David M. Becker -
CommentaryVol. 87 · Iss. 3
Closing the Legislative Experience Gap: How a Legislative Law Clerk Program Will Benefit the Legal Profession and Congress
In this gloomy hiring season there is at least one increasingly bright spark, one that may light the way to a new kind of…
Dakota S. Rudesill -
ArticleVol. 88 · Iss. 6
Do School Cliques Dominate Japanese Bureaucracies?: Evidence from Supreme Court Appointments
The Article presents a study which explores the impact of educational backgrounds on the appointment of judges in the Japanese Supreme Court. According to…
J. Mark Ramseyer -
ArticleVol. 94 · Iss. 6
Law, Religion, and the Purpose of the University
Americans are fond of unity talk: we see ourselves as “one nation, indivisible,” and in pursuit of “a more perfect union.” But much of…
John Inazu -
ArticleVol. 94 · Iss. 6
Some Thoughts About a Former Colleague
Wiley Rutledge, for whom I served as a law clerk during the October 1947 Term of the Supreme Court, would sometimes reminisce about his…
Justice John Paul Stevens (Ret.) -
ArticleVol. 93 · Iss. 1
Dedication
Robert J. Iversen served as a valued and dedicated member of the publication staff for Volumes 92 and 93 before his death. Rob was…
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ArticleVol. 92 · Iss. 2
Toward a Critical Corporate Law Pedagogy and Scholarship
In recent years, the publicly held corporation has assumed a central position in both the economic and political spheres of American life. Economically, the…
andré d. p. cummings, Steven A. Ramirez & Cheryl L. Wade