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Mandatory Provision of Written Copies of Jury Instructions to Retiring Juries in Criminal Trials in Massachusetts
Get PDFDigital Fingerprints: Using Electronic Evidence to Advance Prosecutions at the International Criminal Court
Get PDFThis report summarizes efforts to improve the collection and use of electronic evidence in atrocity crime prosecutions at the International Criminal Court
Retire and Teach Six Years On
Get PDFThis is a follow up to a 2007 essay I wrote about what it might take for a well-seasoned practitioner to join a law school faculty as a tenure track professor. Having now wended my way up (or down) that track for six years plus, my intended audience this time includes the original one, those seasoned veterans of the law practice trenches who may think but should never utter out loud the words “I would like to retire and teach,” but now also my colleagues in academia who are facing what looks to be the greatest reshuffling of the system in our generation. Much of what I said in the earlier essay still holds. This essay, however, includes (a) a more nuanced look at the strange hybrid creature that is the scholarly output of academic lawyers; (b) a more respectful appreciation of what it takes to become a good teacher, with some notes about what worked for me, and (c) an attempt to reconcile the interests in scholarship and the interest in teaching after the “Great Retrenchment” of the legal profession and legal education, with some brief thoughts about the opportunities that may bring for the aging but not ossifying academic aspirant
Taxpayer Beware: A Jurisdictional Examination of Deference Owed to Revenue Rulings and the Case for Congressional Action
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Immigration Law - Convicted as a Kid, Deported as an Adult: Conviction under State Youth Offender Act Predicates Aspiring American\u27s Deportation - Cole v. U.S. Att\u27y Gen.
Get PDFThe Twenty-First Century Lawyer\u27s Evolving Ethical Duty of Competence
No full textJust twenty years ago, lawyers were not expected to know how to protect confidential information from cybersecurity threats, use the Internet for marketing and investigations, employ cloud-based services to manage a practice and interact with clients, implement automated document assembly and expert systems to reduce costs, or engage in electronic discovery. Today, these skills are increasingly essential, and many lawyers want to know whether they are adapting quickly enough to satisfy their ethical duty of competence. This short article describes several relevant recent changes to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct and identifies new skills and knowledge that lawyers should have or develop