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Legal Briefs: What’s Happening in the Law?

by Life of the Law

• October 13, 2014

Each week, we bring you updates on the legal world. Looking ahead… The dispute over a Texas Voter ID law has attracted the interest of the Obama administration, which on Sunday submitted pleas to the Fifth Circuit…

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Lottery Love and Age of Consent

by Kate Leismer

• October 8, 2014

Rarely in law do we also uncover a beautiful love story. The marriage of a 96-year-old woman to her 95-year-old boyfriend has been contested by her family, alleging a lack of consent. An attorney representing…

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Blinding Us With Science: The Trouble with Forensic Sciences

by Anna-Maria Marshall

• October 7, 2014

Twenty odd years ago in Mississippi, Eddie Lee Howard, Jr. was sentenced to death for the murder and rape of an 84-year-old woman. There were no fingerprints linking Howard to the scene of the crime,…

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Legal Briefs: What’s Happening in Law

by Life of the Law

• October 5, 2014

Each week, we bring you updates on the legal world. Looking ahead… The subprime loan crisis keeps getting worse. Used-auto dealerships are the focus of inquiry into whether they have been inflating buyers’ incomes in loans for…

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The Kids Who Dance on New York’s Trains

by Sayre Quevedo

• October 2, 2014

My first run-in with subway performers was about two week ago. I had just moved to New York City from California and was already past the bewilderment-and-awe phase of catching a train across the Manhattan…

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Legal Briefs: What’s Happening in the Law?

by Life of the Law

• September 28, 2014

Each week, we bring you updates on the legal world. Looking ahead… With the release of the new iPhones this past week, Apple has started a battle with the government over phone data access. Previously, the…

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Life as a Police Officer—What It Looks Like, What It Is

by Cody Berne

• September 26, 2014

When we tried to lift him into the backseat of the police car, the man’s legs detached from his body. I was working patrol at Central Precinct. The patrol division in many departments consists of…

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Louisiana Judge Crams Some Gay Marriage Down Your Throat

by Sam Ritchie

• September 24, 2014

According to opponents of marriage equality for same sex couples, the 40 pro-equality rulings since last year’s landmark Windsor decision are the product of “activist” judges out to cram gay marriage down our collective throats….

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Paws & Laws: The Very Real Link Between Domestic Violence and Pet Abuse

by Stephanie Schroeder

• September 24, 2014

Earlier this month, Jets’ Michael Vick, notorious for his criminal dogfighting operation, publicly stated that he believed Ray Rice deserved a second chance. Turns out, the link between domestic violence and animal abuse is less…

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The Good Wife: Best Black Letter Law Course on TV

by Cindy Hong

• September 23, 2014

It’s back to school season. For law students, this means shopping classes and making tough choices— Admin Law or Federal Income Tax? Eight a.m. lecture Monday and Wednesday, or three-hour Friday seminar? Fortunately, for those…