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Changing the Culture of Sports Deviance

by Jill Weinberg

• February 28, 2013

“I didn’t invent the culture, but I didn’t try to stop the culture.”  These words come from the latest tragic sports hero, Lance Armstrong, during his interview with Oprah Winfrey.  Aside from his not so…

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Narrative Argument in Judicial Decisions

by A. M. Hamilton

• February 26, 2013

We are familiar with the motif of the trial court attorney spinning a compelling story about the facts of a case, and often the best story wins. To say that legal reasoning at the appellate…

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TDNCLA: How True is Finders Keepers?

by Life of the Law

• February 22, 2013

Dear TDNCLA, I’m a straight-up kleptomaniac but I’m thinking I may have found a solution. I’ve become really good at “finding” things recently, like that time I found a wallet in my best friend’s pocket…

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MY FIRST HOUSE: THE MOST CASUAL HIGH STAKES PURCHASE OF MY LIFE (PART 6)

by Kate Tellers

• February 21, 2013

On June 25, 2011, a usually very private man stood in front of a room of our family and friends, said a lot of sweet things, and promised to love me through every stage of…

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An Open Letter to the President

by Katherine Thompson

• February 18, 2013

Under current law–the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA–the federal government does not recognize same-sex marriage regardless of whether a couple is married under state law. That a same-sex couple married in Iowa, for example,…

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TWO TALES OF AMERICAN REVENGE

by A.M. Hamilton

• February 14, 2013

Anne Hamilton reviews Zero Dark Thirty and House of Cards.  If you are like me, you love the American political drama. I remember religiously watching THE WEST WING with roommates in college and law school…

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MY FIRST HOUSE: THE MOST CASUAL HIGH STAKES PURCHASE OF MY LIFE (PART 5)

by Kate Tellers

• February 13, 2013

In this series, Kate Tellers writes about buying her first house. Read earlier posts here.  Beyond the tears, securing a mortgage was the single largest obstacle between our lives as renters and our next lives as…

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Substance abuse: the truth behind states' rights

by Gilad Edelman

• February 12, 2013

Imagine you’re an adviser to the Attorney General. One morning you get the following email from your boss: Recently, several states have passed legislation decriminalizing the possession of _______. Of course, federal law continues to…

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TDNCLA: Again… How Do I Start a Company?

by Life of the Law

• February 8, 2013

Dear Li’l Tommy, You got perilously close to actually talking about how to set up a company last time, without saying much of anything in particular.  Care to follow up? I’m not terribly interested in…

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The Innocent Man in Prison

by Juan Haines

• February 4, 2013

The exoneration of the innocent person typically comes down to proving the unreliability of eyewitness identification, or that there was false testimony, or that the DNA didn’t match. It’s all about the fundamental principle that…