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I served on a jury the first year I could. I was a shy, eighteen-year-old art student. The crime was indecent exposure. Initially, I approached jury duty as a curiosity. I wanted an up-close view…

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My First House: The Most Casual High Stakes Purchase of My Life (Part 1)

by Kate Tellers

January 9, 2013

In this series, Kate Tellers writes about buying her first house. Over text. This is not how I expected to make the biggest financial decision of my life to date: And so, the same technology…

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May It Please the Court: Revisiting Maira Kalman’s Illustrations of Law

Sometimes we wish the internet didn’t keep things forever. Other times, we’re glad it does, because we discover treasures. Maira Kalman‘s 2009 illustrated blog And The Pursuit of Happiness is one. A year-long exploration of American history…

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Reflections of a Jailhouse Lawyer

by Juan Haines

January 4, 2013

I cannot stop thinking about a man who recently asked for my help. He had been in prison for more than twenty-five years and had just been denied parole by the board, which meant he’d…

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Fashion Law

by Life of the Law

September 25, 2012

In recent years music and film have seen many legal battles over copyright violations. From the sample battles in hip-hop to everyday folks using big studio movie clips in their own You Tube videos. Those court cases…

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What is law?

by Life of the Law

September 17, 2012

There’s plenty of time to discuss what the “life” in “Life of the Law” is. But what about the “law”? For that, nothing might be as helpful as this clip from Curb Your Enthusiasm. It…

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Inspirations: The Arsenal of Exclusion

by Life of the Law

September 17, 2012

99% Invisible, an amazing podcast on design and architecture, has done a number of episodes that we here at Life of the Law wish we could have done ourselves. One great example is on the…

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Inquiring Minds: Emily Bazelon

by Life of the Law

September 15, 2012

Inquiring Minds asks people to choose a book, article, film, radio story, or other media piece that changed the way they think about law and how it works in society. TLOTL by Emily Bazelon…

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Inspirations: Away from home

by Thomas Hilbink

September 15, 2012

“Exile” is a This American Life story I heard in 1999 while driving to visit my grandmother in Holland, Michigan. It always stuck with me as a remarkable exploration of the human side — and…

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Logic and Experience

by Life of the Law

September 11, 2012

“The Life of the law has not been logic. It has been experience.” Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. We took our project’s name from this very famous quote by one of the giants of American law. …

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How To Bully a Jury

by Rina Goldfield

My First House: The Most Casual High Stakes Purchase of My Life (Part 1)

by Kate Tellers

May It Please the Court: Revisiting Maira Kalman’s Illustrations of Law

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Reflections of a Jailhouse Lawyer

by Juan Haines

Fashion Law

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What is law?

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Inspirations: The Arsenal of Exclusion

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Inquiring Minds: Emily Bazelon

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Inspirations: Away from home

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Logic and Experience

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