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April 04, 2003 |

Leap of Faith

Three years ago, 77 students formed the first class at Ave Maria School of Law, an unaccredited Catholic school in Ann Arbor, Mich., that hadn't yet offered its first class or finished renovating its new building. Now, as the pioneers approach graduation this spring, their faith appears to have been well placed. The ABA has granted the school provisional accreditation, clearing the way for graduates to take the bar exam.
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March 13, 2006 |

Legal Ethics Resources, by the Book or on the Web

Lawyers are faced with the responsibility of observing certain rules of professional conduct. However, do you even know how to locate those rules, so you can familiarize yourself with them? Laura Garner, head of information and research services at Jenkins Law Library in Philadelphia, provides an overview of print and electronic ethics resources for lawyers.
5 minute read
March 28, 2003 |

Law students' leap of faith pays off

3 minute read
November 19, 2004 |

'Combat Lawyer' Continues to Build War Crimes Case Against Saddam

Eric Blinderman, a local BigLaw litigation associate, heeded a call to adventure in Iraq. His leave-taking occurred just as a hip Greenwich Village restaurant he owns with some friends was poised for opening night.
3 minute read
July 31, 2006 |

Judicial Profile: David Rotman

Mediator David Rotman not only takes notes on his cases, he reads them back to attorneys to check his facts.
5 minute read
September 09, 2004 |

Thanks, Cyber-Professor Scalia

Just five years after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she was "troubled" by Concord Law School -- the first of its kind, online and unaccredited -- Justice Antonin Scalia conducted an online colloquium with more than 400 Concord students, answering their questions directly. The significance of the change in attitude isn't lost on Concord Dean Barry Currier. "We've certainly come a long way," he says. But how far does law-related distance learning still have to go?
7 minute read
January 07, 2009 |

Burris' best bet could be federal court

WASHINGTON AP - If Senate Democrats stick to their refusal to seat Roland Burris as a senator from Illinois, his best bet could be getting a federal judge to force open the Senate's doors.Burris would be relying on a constitutional provision listing just three, easily met qualifications for the job and a 1969 Supreme Court decision rebuking the House for excluding an elected, though scandal-tarred, lawmaker.
4 minute read
July 21, 2009 |

Bitter Foes Microsoft and Linux Unite Against Software Rules

The mutual disdain between Microsoft Corp. and Linux, an open-source computer operating system, is unrivaled. But new rules for software contracts put out by The American Law Institute have united the enemies as part of a growing protest by tech companies and their lawyers. The most controversial of the guidelines is that software vendors must guarantee buyers that there are no hidden flaws in the software. "Any project that has Microsoft and Linux on the same side, you know there's something wrong," says one lawyer.
3 minute read
July 26, 2012 |

'Disrobed' offers look at life on the bench

In an unusual move for a sitting federal judge, New York Eastern District Judge Frederic Block has written a book intended to give the general public a behind-the-scenes look at how he approaches his job.
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