Legal Research

Selected National Law Journal Daily Headlines: April 30, 2008

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, April 30, 2008.

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FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE  |  Study shows gender, racial disparity of post-law school debt
"Seven years after graduating from law school, 66% of graduates still have debt and the average amount is approximately $57,000, according to the preliminary results of a new survey. Initial findings also showed differences by gender and race, with women more likely to carry a larger debt than men, and minorities more likely to owe more than whites."

WEB-ONLY  |  A first: Japan's high court accepts amicus from U.S. law school clinic
"The Supreme Court of Japan recently accepted its first amicus brief from an American legal organization ? The Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law. The center's brief marks the first time, as well, that it has sought to educate a foreign court on the subject of wrongful convictions. The case involves the appeal of a Japanese man who has been on death row more than fory years for allegedly poisoning five women in his village."

WEB-ONLY  |  1st Circuit upholds $4.5M verdict in gas price suit against Shell
"A recent 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision upheld a $4.5 million U.S. District Court in Massachusetts jury verdict for eight gasoline station franchise operators who alleged that Shell Oil Co. and a joint venture partner deliberately overcharged them for rent and wholesale gas."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on April 30, 2008 (boomark / email).