Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Opinions are Like....Well, You Know

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Law students learn early about the differences between majority, concurring, and dissenting opinions. But those aren't the only types o...
Friday, June 26, 2015

Is That a Sausage in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

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Justice Scalia's dissent in King v. Burwell is all the rage this week, but this opinion in United States v. Dixon  from Judge Easterbro...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Prose, Pictures, and the Power of Storytelling in Brumfield v. Cain

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Perhaps no issue stirs more passion in Americans than the death penalty. Death penalty cases strike the heart of our most fundamental values...
Friday, June 19, 2015

Social Media Disclaimers--Maybe They Work After All?

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Lawyers are, as a group, risk averse people. We are taught to minimize risk. But the explosion of social media use by lawyers have given ri...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Developing Witness Outlines

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Client and witness interviews have two general purposes—to help you learn information and to help you figure out what you don't know...
Friday, June 12, 2015

Lovely Littera

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On my recent trip to the Baltics, I stopped by the beautiful Littera Bookstore on the campus of Vilnius University (Lithuania). The Miche...
Tuesday, June 9, 2015

I've Got a Blank Space, Baby

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Publishers offer form pleading books in many jurisdictions and a good number of courts and legal aid societies across the country have made...