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The Patterns of Pollution: Providing Evidence of the Unequal Distribution of Pollution in Environmental Justice Communities
Get PDFThe Center for International Law & Justice and the Environment, Development & Justice Project Present the Third Annual Spring Environmental Justice Lecture featuring Professor David Deganian.https://commons.law.famu.edu/env-anim/1003/thumbnail.jp
A Fresher Law: Amending the Florida Right to Farm Act to Include Urban Micro Farming as a Key Initiative to Promote Sustainability, Food Access, and Environmental Justice for Low-Income Communities
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Cronyism, Corruption, and Political Intrigue: A New Approach for Old Problems in Public Sector Employment Law
Get PDFThis article argues that the best interest of the public is served when at least some public employees receive some degree of job protection. However, there is also value in the argument that we no longer can justify the retention of a uniform system of traditional civil service protections for all public employees. Therefore, this article takes the position that this debate should not be framed as an either/or proposition between a rigid system of job protections for all (or most) employees on one hand and unfettered managerial discretion on the other. Instead, job protections should be context-based, varied depending upon the nature of service, and provided only when there is a clear connection between the adverse employment action in question and the public interest. The closer the connection between the public interest and the employment action, the stronger the job protections should be
The Health of Nations: Ecuador\u27s Twenty Year Crusade to Establish Environmental Human Rights as Customary International Law
Get PDFNext Phase Pedagogy Reform for the Twenty-First Century Legal Education: Delivering Competent Lawyers for a Consumer-Driven Market
Get PDFThe underpinnings for law school training has or, I submit, soon will be, outstripped by real world requirements dictated by the demands of the legal profession marketplace. This Article is designed to add to the discourse relating to the question of what law schools supply and what law practice requires-a paradigm shift in the methodology of implementing legal education. The Article begins by reporting on the state of the law school process and how it has evolved from an apprenticeship, replete with on-the-job training, to an intellectual exercise that is somewhat removed from the requirements for becoming competent legal professionals. The Article concludes that meeting the current and future needs of the public and the legal profession will require fundamental changes in law school structure, curricula, and priorities, including some teaching methodologies that have been downplayed or discarded. Law schools have to prepare students for the semi-holistic dimension of legal practice, which includes the interpersonal component of the practice of law. The Article further concludes that a transformation of legal education is a moral imperative and a competitive necessity to meet the demands of the current and future attorney marketplace
Libraries Can Help: Institutional Repositories
Get PDFLaw libraries can assist law journals beyond citation help, Westlaw and Lexis training, and gathering resources; law libraries can help with resource discovery and publication-process analysis. Specifically, libraries can guide law journals in implementing, maintaining, and expanding publication technologies through institutional repositories to stay current in this digital age
Perspectives: From the Chair of the ABA Law Practice Management Section, March/April 2013
Get PDFTechnology--friend or foe? Legal practice is continually evolving, with an increasing integration of technology in firm operations and in the daily activity of lawyers and staff. How do you use technology so that it enhances firm operations and is an integral component of an efficient and effective legal practice
Latina and Latino Judges: Changing the Complexion of the Bench
Get PDFAlthough having a diverse bench is instrumental to a fair judicial system, the first Mexican American was not appointed to the federal bench until 1961. In that year, President John F. Kennedy appointed Reynaldo G. Garza, to the U.S. federal bench as a district court judge. Judge Garza hoped that by becoming an effective jurist he would quell any scrutiny over his appointment and, moreover, encourage [the] appointment of other qualified Mexican Americans to the federal bench. Judge Garza was the only Latino appointed to the federal bench until 1979 when President Jimmy Carter appointed several Latinos to the bench, as well as, appointing Judge Garza to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Latino community lobbied for and persistently requested that a Latino Supreme Court Justice be appointed for many years. When President Bill Clinton was elected they believed he would appoint a Latino to the highest court. They were, however, sorely disappointed. In 2009, President Barack Obama historically appointed the first Latina to the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor. A lack of Latina and Latino judges exists at all levels of the judiciary. This article introduces the reader to Latina and Latino judges, serving at the city, state and federal level. The author had the honor of interviewing eighteen judges, including Hon. Sonia Sotomayor (she was a Second Circuit Court of Appeals judge at the time) and presents the interviews in the first part of the article. In this section, the judges detail their journeys to the bench. The article next details the history of Latina and Latino judges in the U.S. The article also discusses the appointment process to the federal bench and details the importance of having and keeping the merit system also known as the Missouri Plan to select judges to state court appointments. Ultimately, sharing their stories, the judges demonstrate the importance of having a diverse bench and discuss the necessary steps to increase the presence of Latinas and Latinos on the bench
