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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Law School Now More Than Ever
By SpearIt A recent op-ed in the New York Times entitled “Are Law Schools and Bar Exams Necessary” by economist Clifford Winston suggests a number of ideas which are both negligent and flawed. Despite that I’m usually appreciative of the … Continue reading
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Deregulation is Just Another Word for …
Despite a stalled economy, sunk in part by decades of deregulation within the banking and investment communities, the US Chamber of Commerce is spending fortunes on Capitol Hill in an anti-regulation campaign directed at sweeping away any government involvement in policing corporate wrongdoing, environmental standards, healthcare, financial and other regulatory protections. This is being reported in the October 31, 2011 The Nation in the article “The GOP’s Obsession with Deregulation” by Robert Weissman, who just so happens to be president of Public Citizen and co-chairs the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards. The Chamber’s tactic is using the stubborn unemployment figures to claim that regulation, in any form, is really just another word for “job killers.”
The same deregulation rhetoric is surfacing once again as the comprehensive review of the ABA standards moves into its final year. Continue reading
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Diversity Works and Diversity Matters
A multi-year empirical study presents evidence that a diverse law student body combined with intergroup contact makes a verifiable difference in law students’ exposure to a diversity of ideas and perspectives and decreases law students’ endorsement of racially prejudiced attitudes. An initial report of the study, The Educational Diversity Project: Analysis of Longitudinal and Concurrent Student and Faculty Data: LSAC Grants Report Series, can be found at: http://www.lsac.org/LSACResources/Research/GR/GR-10-01.pdf Continue reading
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Rabbit Hole Economics
by andré douglas pond cummings As if from a script of “what not to do in the face of economic crises,” and as identified by nobel laureate Paul Krugman in his “Rabbit Hole Economics” NY Times Op-Ed, the Tuesday, October … Continue reading
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Remembering Joe Bageant: Class Migrant, Class Warrior
By Lisa R. Pruitt Americans like to think they live in a society unstratified by class, a society of equal opportunity, where the American dream survives. Joe Bageant, a journalist turned cultural critic, challenged these myths with inimitable intensity, compassion, … Continue reading
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Tagged education, geography, Obama, poverty, rural and urban, socioeconomic class
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How to Help Law Students Overcome Procrastination and Faulty Thinking
By Dr. JoAnne Sweeny In English, the verb “procrastinate” comes from Latin, as many big English words do. It combines the adverb “pro,” which implies a forward motion with the word “crastinus,” which means belonging to tomorrow. As noted by … Continue reading
Derrick Bell – A Legal Giant Passes
by andré douglas pond cummings To most individuals affiliated with SALT as well as lawyers around the world, a hero, mentor, friend and exemplar has passed away. Professor Derrick Bell, the originator and founder of Critical Race Theory, passed on … Continue reading
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Confronting Fundamentally Un-American Conduct: Resisting Pathological and Deviant Behavior
Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law I went to my 30th reunion from Harvard Business School two weekends ago, at which I listened to a presentation by a former Bush Administration person about … Continue reading
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Legal Writing, the Remix
By Kim D. Chanbonpin A law professor’s job is to shepherd law students into the legal profession. We do this by teaching legal doctrine and by engaging in class discussions formulated to get students “to think like lawyers.” Law … Continue reading
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Being There When People Are Vulnerable: Reflections on Keith Aoki
Written by Hari Osofsky I just spent the weekend in Oregon at a beautiful memorial event for Keith Aoki. The University of Oregon School of Law and Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, where he was to have been … Continue reading
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