Adjunct Law Prof Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-13032202013-06-16T21:00:00-07:00A Member of the Law Professor Blogs NetworkTypePadAdjunctLawProfBloghttp://feedburner.google.comRefusal of Suitable Offer of Employment Leads To Unemployment Disqualificationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017d431024b9970c2013-06-16T21:00:00-07:002013-06-16T21:00:00-07:00Matter of Neuman v. Commissioner of Labor, ____A.D. 3d___(3d Dep't. April 18, 2013), illustrates an important point. As the court explained: "A claimant who refuses to accept a job for which he or she is reasonably suited by training and...Adjunct LawProfsLegal Search Enginetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017d42a463b7970c2013-06-15T21:00:00-07:002013-06-15T21:00:00-07:00I recently came across freeality.com which is an interesting legal search engine. Check it out. Mitchell H. RubinsteinAdjunct LawProfsJudge removed from his position for cause notwithstanding his earlier resignation from the positiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019101ab4d95970c2013-06-13T21:00:00-07:002013-06-04T10:18:37-07:00A former Judge [Judge] appealed a determination of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct in which the Commission had sustained a single charge of judicial misconduct against him and determined that he should be removed from office (see NYS Constitution,...Adjunct LawProfsSDNY Circuit Issues Major Decision On Unpaid Internstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019103428585970c2013-06-12T21:00:00-07:002013-06-12T21:00:00-07:00Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures, ____F.Supp.2d____(S.D.N.Y. June 11, 2013), is a major FLSA decision concerning the status of unpaid interns. At issue were interns who worked on the movie 'Blank Swan." In a lengthly and well reasoned decision, the court...Adjunct LawProfsNew Workplace Law Blog In Towntag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019101d773fe970c2013-06-11T21:00:00-07:002013-06-11T21:00:00-07:00Check out Outsourcing Justice a new Workplace Law Blog by a law professor. Mitchell H. Rubinstein Hat Tip: Workplace Prof BlogAdjunct LawProfs"An Existential Threat"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aaf77ce6970d2013-06-10T08:23:04-07:002013-06-10T08:23:37-07:00Rutgers-Camden School of Law enrolled 282 first-year students in 2011. In 2012, the school only enrolled 116. A recession in the legal employment market and a failed merger receives the blame. The Philadelphia Business Journal's Jeff Blumenthal has the full...Adjunct LawProfsSupremes Reaffirm Deference Due to Arbitratorstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0191032ecaec970c2013-06-10T07:33:26-07:002013-06-10T07:33:26-07:00The Supreme Court ruled today that an arbitrator did not exceed his authority under the FAA when he found an arbitration agreement allowed class arbitration. While not a labor case, it follows the Trilogy and a long line of cases...Adjunct LawProfsAgency required to comply with its own procedures in processing a disciplinary actiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eeab2ec10970d2013-06-09T21:00:00-07:002013-06-09T21:00:00-07:00Hassan v New York City Dept. of Correction, 2013 NY Slip Op 02686, Appellate Division, First Department In this appeal of a CPLR Article 78 decision by Supreme Court that sustained the New York City Department of Correction’s [DOC] finding...Adjunct LawProfsNew In Print: Law Review Reviewstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01910306c054970c2013-06-07T01:00:00-07:002013-06-07T01:00:00-07:00The May 2013, Iowa Law Review includes xclusivity Without Patents: The New Frontier of FDA Regulation for Genetic Materials by Gregory Dolan, M.D., Marriage, Biology, and Federal Benefits by Courtney G. Joslin, Fee Effects by Kathryn Judge, and Insuring Against...Adjunct LawProfsLegal Writing Workshop in Philadelphia in June 2014tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0191030bbd3c970c2013-06-06T19:57:13-07:002013-06-06T19:57:13-07:00This free one-day workshop will explore how legal writing faculty can collaborate with clinics, non-profits, and pro bono projects to expand experiential learning opportunities for students by bringing social justice practice experience into legal writing teaching. Many legal writing faculty...Adjunct LawProfsSeto on JD Job Prospects, etc.tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aac42cd2970d2013-06-05T08:47:27-07:002013-06-05T08:49:01-07:00Theodore P. Seto (Loyola-L.A.) has a blog post at TaxProf Blog on job prospects for near-term J.D. graduates and Dan Filler at The Faculty Lounge added comments of his own. Craig EstlinbaumAdjunct LawProfsBest and Worst Places to Look For A Law Jobtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aab831ae970d2013-06-05T01:00:00-07:002013-06-05T05:03:53-07:00Jordan Weissmann at The Atlantic has posted an article that purports to reveal the best and place regions and states to look for a law job, measured by law graduates per job opening. According to the study, the best region...Adjunct LawProfsFifth Circuit: Expressing Mom Protected from Sex Discriminationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019102e7fcdf970c2013-06-04T13:00:00-07:002013-06-04T13:00:00-07:00In a published opinion, the a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel last week, in a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the EEOC, reversed summary judgment for an employer that allegedly discharged an employee for expressing milk while at work....Adjunct LawProfsPlease Support Kidney Donation By Supporting Linda's Home Teamtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019101e50a26970c2013-06-03T14:00:00-07:002013-06-03T14:00:00-07:00Linda February 2013 As many of you know, on June 29, 2011, my then 13 year old daughter, Linda, received a Kidney transplant from a child donor who died in a tragic accident. We are forever greatful to that wonderful...Adjunct LawProfsLaw School Applications Decline Againtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019102e7d681970c2013-06-03T12:35:46-07:002013-06-05T05:05:00-07:00From Catherine Ho, Washington Post: The number of people applying to U.S. law schools dropped nationwide for the third year in a row, prompting some law schools to slash the size of their entering classes. As of May 17, about...Adjunct LawProfsNew York City Statute Establishes Unemployed As A Protected Grouptag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aaaee3a5970d2013-06-03T09:54:09-07:002013-06-03T09:54:09-07:00Later this month, a NYC Local Law goes into effective which establishes unemploymed as a protected group. An excellent, summary of this new law is Geoffrey Mort, Implications of Statute Establishing Unemployed As A Protected Group, NYLJ (May 20, 2013)....Adjunct LawProfsNew Law School In the Works for Tacomatag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aa84edad970d2013-05-31T01:00:00-07:002013-06-05T05:05:39-07:00According to this Tacoma-Seattle report by Kathleen Cooper, a "12-person steering committee working on [a] plan" to bring a new law school to Tacoma, Washington, some 20 years after the University of Puget Sound sold its law school to Seattle...Adjunct LawProfsHarvard Law Graduate at 22tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019102bbc200970c2013-05-30T12:53:04-07:002013-05-30T12:53:04-07:00Cortlan Wickliff, a native Texan and Rice University alum, has graduated from Harvard Law School at the ripe old age of 22. Akilah Johnson at the Boston Globe has the full story. Craig EstlinbaumAdjunct LawProfsNorth Dakota: Settlor's Mistake of Law Requires Trust Reformationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901cb78a35970b2013-05-29T08:00:00-07:002013-05-29T08:26:41-07:00The North Dakota Supreme Court yesterday issued a decision applying mistake of law doctrine to reform a trust. The case is In Re: Matthew Larson Trust Agreement, 2013 WL 2302304, No. 20120319 (N.D., May 28, 2013). The case centers around...Adjunct LawProfsBibas: Justice Kennedy's Sixth Amendment Pragmatismtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aa5983f8970d2013-05-28T01:00:00-07:002013-05-28T01:00:00-07:00Stephanos Bibas (Penn) has posted "Justice Kennedy's Sixth Amendment Pragmatism," an essay written in conjunction with an appearance at a McGeorge Law Review symposium on Justice Kennedy's jurisprudence, on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This essay, written as part of...Adjunct LawProfs