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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

  • February 10, 2014

Lawyer’s Super Bowl commercial goes viral. (Fox Sports) Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court rules that a school violated anti-discrimination laws when they said a transgender student could only use the staff restroom. (Time) Immigration judge has…

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Death Row Health Order

by Juan Haines

  • February 7, 2014

Earlier this  month, Juan Haines, our blogger in San Quentin State Prison and Managing Editor of the San Quentin News, wrote to us that the San Quentin News has been suspended for 45 days. You…

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School Discipline in New York

by Aparna Alluri

  • February 5, 2014

If you liked last week’s episode of our podcast, keep reading. Aparna Alluri reports for Life of the Law on how the issue of school discipline is being dealt with in New York City’s public…

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A New Kind of Student Union? Labor Law and Football

by Zev. J. Eigen

  • February 4, 2014

It’s an exciting morning over here at Life of the Law. Zev Eigen, law professor at Northwestern Law, writes below on the question of student athletes unionizing, and our Executive Producer Nancy Mullane interviews him here….

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

  • February 3, 2014

Marijuana may be legal in the state of Washington, but that doesn’t mean tribal courts will permit marijuana usage. (Al Jazeera) Will the Supreme Court ever overrule its decision in Korematsu? (NY Times) Florida appellate court…

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LOTL wins PRX Zeitfunk Award in TWO categories!

by Life of the Law

  • January 31, 2014

Life of the Law has placed in two categories of PRX’s Zeitfunk Awards! Nancy Mullane as our Executive Producer was ranked fourth Most Licensed Producer by PRX Remix, and Life of the Law placed as…

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Being Transgender in San Quentin Prison, An Inside Report

by Juan Haines

  • January 30, 2014

Earlier this  month, Juan Haines, our blogger in San Quentin State Prison and Managing Editor of the San Quentin News, wrote to us that the San Quentin News has been suspended for 45 days. You…

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Legal Briefs: This Week in Law

by Rebecca Worthington

  • January 27, 2014

Is leaving your child in the car for a few minutes while you run an errand child abuse? (NY Post) Companies are receiving big discounts from some law firms. (Economist) Two former high school lacrosse…

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Eating Law Students' Trash, Literally

by Sharon J. Riley

  • January 24, 2014

IT was the most wonderful time of the year. Hearts were glowing and good cheer was flowing and friends were coming to call. It was, without a doubt, the hap-happiest season of all. It was, after…

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Podcast Sneak Peek: In School, What Makes a Crime?

by Alisa Roth

  • January 22, 2014

Kyle Thompson was terrified when he got arrested last spring for allegedly assaulting his biology teacher. It wasn’t just the realization that he had ended up in a place—the Farmington Hills, Michigan police department—where he…

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