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Stand Your Ground Law

Contributor — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:44:28 +0000

10 Reasons to Ban Gay Marriage

Contributor — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:59:44 +0000

Somebody Better Tell Obama…

Contributor — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:38:09 +0000

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Reasonable Person Test

Contributor — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:19:17 +0000

When Lawyers Get Married

Contributor — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:03:56 +0000

A: “… You can’t say that, it’s inadmissible!”
B: “Oh yeah? Well guess what else is inadmissible from now on?!”
A: “No way! When you married me you created a categorical exception”
B: “Who cares! Under a principled approach I can tell you that you are neither necessary nor RELIABLE!”
A: “We’ll see, you’ve never been disappointed with my probative value before …”
B: “That was before! Lately your ‘performance’ has had nothing but a prejudicial effect”
A: “I don’t believe you! I can easily call your sister to boost my credibility”
B: “My sister?”

A Dangerous Tuition-Raising Method

Omar Ha-Redeye — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:57:54 +0000

From A Dangerous Method:

Yeah, about that…

A law student of Fourah Bay College (FBC) University of Sierra Leone is in the nets of the police for defrauding Eco Bank of Le7.5 million.

Sahr Jimmy, who claimed to be a law student at FBC yesterday found himself in the smelly Central Police Station cells for falsely receiving monies from coffers of Eco Bank.

Spare Some Change… For a Ticket?

Contributor — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:21:23 +0000

lawTechCamp 2012 is Looking for Students

Omar Ha-Redeye — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:37:55 +0000

Are you interested in the intersection between law and technology? Here’s a message from the sponsors:

After the great success we had last year with lawTechCamp,we are back again this year and are looking for people to suggest, present sessions, and volunteers.

As a refresher, lawTechCamp is a BarCamp-style communityUnConference for new media and technology enthusiasts and legal professionalsincluding bloggers, twitters, technology lawyers, social networkers, and anyonecurious about new media and the law.

lawTechCamp is all about you, the participants. We want theparticipants, to dictate what sessions are covered at lawTechCamp, and topresent them. The only thing to rememberis that topics should bridge technology and law in some way. This could meantechnology that could help in the practice of law. Or legal issues that affectthe development of technology. Last year, we had sessions on knowledgemanagement for law firms, social media and the law, IP issues, and cloudcomputing.

If you would like to present, or volunteer lawTechcamp,please go to our website.

Queen’s Makes “Outlines” Before Final Exams

Ivan Merrow — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:42:53 +0000

The law students at Queen’s University recently celebrated their annual talent show “Lawlapalooza”, and kicked things off with this parody of Drake’s “Headlines”. To all those law students preparing for final exams (and everyone who remembers what that’s like): enjoy.

NPR Legal Crossword Puzzle

Contributor — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:47:29 +0000

NPR just released a legal crossword puzzle. An Across Lite and pdf version is available on their website. Solutions will be released March 20.