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Defying Middle Child Syndrome: A Proposal for Achieving Bar Success by Reimagining the 2L Experience
Full text linkMiddle child syndrome is the belief that middle children are excluded, ignored, or even outright neglected because of their birth order. Traditional American law schools, just like many families, are comprised of several “children,” or more accurately stated, groupings of children consisting of 1L, 2L, and 3L students. The unspoken (or at least not very often spoken) truth about law schools is that the proverbial middle children, the 2Ls, have to a degree been excluded, ignored, or even outright neglected by the legal academy. While there is a body of research dedicated to children\u27s personality traits based upon birth order,2 this article speaks to the treatment law school 2Ls as middle children are subjected to, whether it be actual or merely perceived
Professor LeRoy Pernell
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LeRoy Pernell, Why I Will Not Stop Teaching Law Students to Think Critically About Race: the Attack on Teaching about the Role of Race in Law, 25 Rutgers Race & L. Rev. 1 (2024)https://commons.law.famu.edu/homepage-images/1010/thumbnail.jp
The (White) Washing of American History
Full text linkIn 2019, the New York Times Magazine released a special issue of its magazine, called the 1619 Project, entirely dedicated to reframing the founding of America and placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans as central to America. The 1619 Project quickly became a national lightning rod—the book version of the project reached the top 100 on the bestseller lists of Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble.com more than a month before its release date, and several states responded by banning the teaching of The 1619 Project in schools. Bans on teaching The 1619 Project have erroneously referred to its contents under the catch-all phrase critical race theory. In fact, critical race theory is a decades-old legal and academic framework that denotes that systemic racism is embedded in laws, institutions, and policies that uphold racial inequalities. The backlash to The 1619 Project has led to the ban of its teaching in schools across the country, with legislation passed in various states based on model legislation circulated by conservative activist groups and think tanks. These laws not only ban so-called critical race theory but also include bans on “divisive concepts,” which range from such topics as “anti-racism” to “collective guilt” to “critical self-reflection.” This Article will begin with a discussion of the manufactured controversy over the 1619 Project. Next, this article will address the efforts to ban and promote the teaching of The 1619 Project and Black history in schools and conduct a comparative analysis of legislative proposals across various states to whitewash American history. Following that, this Article will briefly address constitutional issues with these laws and make an argument that a critical reading of American history is not only necessary –but essential– to the progress of this country
Dean Deidre Keller
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Deidre Keller, What, to the Marginalized Person, is the American Dream, 17 Fla. A & M U. L. Rev. xi (2023).
Deidre Keller & Melissa Kidder, Learning from the Best Reflections on Nancy Sabol as a Teacher, Scholar, Mentor, and Friend, 46 OHIO N.U. L. REV. 533 (2020).
Anjali Vats & Deidre A. Keller, Critical Race Theory as Intellectual Property Methodology, in HANDBOOK OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RESEARCH: LENSES, METHODS, AND PERSPECTIVES 777 (Irene Calboli & Maria L. Montagnani eds. 2021).https://commons.law.famu.edu/homepage-images/1007/thumbnail.jp
Video Games and the Federal Trade Commission Act: An Analysis of the Practices of Video Game Developers and Their Effects on Players
Full text linkThe purpose of this Note is to propose that the FTC exercise its broad authority under § 45 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (“FTC Act”) to address the seemingly innocuous conduct of the video game industry. To that end, this Note is divided into two sections. The first section reviews administrative and judicial opinions interpreting the history and scope of the FTC. It also notes how the Wheeler-Lea Amendment expanded the Commission’s power to include consumer protection. The second section identifies specific acts and practices used by video game developers (hereinafter “VGDs”) to demonstrate how they fall within the ambit of the FTC Act, either as novel or established violations.6 The second section also applies the most relevant caselaw to the practices of the industry to analyze the applicability of FTC action