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Case Rounds Redefined: Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Reflective Practice
No full textThis article describes the rounds process used in clinic and externship seminars and considers how adjustments to the structure can address different needs or goals. The authors draw on teaching methods found in similar professional education programs to identify options for faculty facilitating rounds. Ultimately, the authors use externship rounds to highlight lawyering skills, including developing curiosity, withholding judgment, and generating options. The authors posit that rounds facilitate deeper self-reflection and foster a sense of community by encouraging law students to work collaboratively to consider lessons learned in fieldwork. The rounds structure overview can be assigned to students before class and serve as a resource for new faculty. Additionally, the article includes supplementary materials tailored for classroom use
Litigating the Future of Youth’s Access to Gender-Affirming Care
Get PDFYouth should challenge limitations and prohibitions to their pursuit of gender-affirming care under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (EPC). Executive orders in several states have severely limited or prohibited youths’ ability to pursue gender-affirming care. These legal schemes and policies restrict access to gender-affirming care in violation of the ADA and the EPC. This paper discusses the need for gender-affirming care, the policy landscape in the United States restricting youths’ access to gender-affirming, evaluates arguments to expand the ADA to include coverage of gender dysphoria, and explores potential EPC challenges to state restrictions on such care. This litigation strategy analysis will provide advocates with potential avenues to challenge anti-trans laws and policies to protect and expand youths’ access to gender-affirming care in the United States
CCPA/CPRA: Consumers Bear the Burden as Companies Bear the Crown
Get PDFExamining the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) is important for understanding United States privacy law. They were pioneering legislation in that the CCPA was one of the first comprehensive state-level privacy laws in the United States when it was enacted in 2018, introducing new rights for California residents regarding their personal information and imposed obligations on businesses handling data. The CPRA, passed in 2020, builds upon CCPA and further enhances privacy protections. These laws have served as models for subsequent privacy legislation at both the state and federal levels. They embody key principles that shed insight into the fundamental concepts and values that underpin privacy regulation in the United States. However, there are some inadequacies that are lacking compared to other policies such as Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This paper suggests that these shortcomings can be addressed by enhancing transparency to consumers and empowering consumers
“Whale Wars” — Are the Japanese whaling just because they can? A testament of failed international whaling policy
Get PDFThis paper analyzes whaling law and practices in Japan. This paper briefly compares Japanese whaling to whaling in Norway and Iceland, as well as Indigenous whaling but mainly focuses on Japan’s domestic ethos around “whaling culture,” their policies, which perpetuate whaling even though the industry is no longer profitable, and their unique relationship with the International Whaling Commission. This paper further analyzes the International Whaling Commission’s main document, the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, and its inability to keep rogue nations in check, and recommends that anti-whaling nations combine both soft law and sanctions to pressure Japan to cease its yearly whaling expeditions. This paper suggests that since a reform of the Convention is highly unlikely and the document itself is ineffective, the most successful path to eradication with be through sanctions on Japan’s fishing market, which will have a domino effect on the other nations (Norway and Iceland) who are acting outside of the bounds of the push for an international whaling norm