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Trial Advocacy Blog 

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Post Frequency: 3.1/day Last Entry: March 11, 2014 at 12:02:00 Recent Entries: 122
By Temple University School of Law
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Temple Law Professor and Recent Legal Billing Issues
Posted on February 04, 2011Edward Ohlbaum, a professor of Law at Temple University, was recently quoted in a January 31st article. He spoke about work product doctrine and detailed legal billing. For more information, go to http://www.law.com/jsp/pa/PubArticlePA.jsp?id=1202479777611
Temple Law Professor and the Kensington Strangler
Posted on February 04, 2011Edward Ohlbaum, a professor of Law at Temple University, was recently quoted in a January 12th article. He spoke about the law and unconstitutional search and seizure. For more information, go to http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/news-and-opinion/cover-story/Man-of-a-Thousand-Faces-What-the-Cops-Will-Do-to-Catch-the-Strangler...
December 2010 Law Library Acquisitions List
Posted on January 12, 2011BiographyKF374.D75 S37 2011Bob Drinan : the controversial life of the first Catholic priest elected to Congress / Raymond A. Schroth.New York : Fordham University Press, 2011.BiographyKF5052.5.L55 A1447 2010Abraham Lincoln, Esq. : the legal career of America's greatest president / edited by Roger Billings and Frank J...
November 2010 Law Library Acquisitions List
Posted on December 02, 2010Administrative LawKF5402 .W37 2011Administrative law in the political system / Kenneth F. Warren.Warren, Kenneth F., 1943-Boulder, CO : Westview Press, c2011.AfricaKQC90 .M88 2010The golden book : philosophy of law for Africa creating the National State of Africa under God : the key is the number seven...
Law Library Acquisitions List - October 2010
Posted on November 08, 2010BiographyKF8745.B68 S74 2010Justice Brennan : liberal champion / Seth Stern and Stephen Wermiel.Stern, Seth (Seth Ross), 1975-Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.BiographyE332.2 .B864 2010Madison and Jefferson / Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg...
Law Library Acquisitions List - September 2010
Posted on October 08, 2010Administrative LawKD4882 .P76 2010The regulatory enterprise : government, regulation, and legitimacy / Tony Prosser.Prosser, Tony.Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.AfricaHQ1798.5 .S89 2010Beyond women's empowerment in Africa : exploring dislocation and agency / Elinami Veraeli Swai...
Trial Advocacy Alumni Join Local Firm
Posted on October 04, 2010Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP has added a patent litigation platform and brought in two established intellectual property lawyers to direct the initiative.The firm announced that noted patent litigators Michael J. Bonella and Paul B...
Temple Law Professor and Admissibility of past actions
Posted on September 07, 2010Edward Ohlbaum, a professor of Law at Temple University, was recently quoted in a August 12th article. He spoke about Stacey Strauss, who is accused in the heat-related death of a man with severe autism last month. Ten years ago she changed her story about being shot in the leg and sued the Philadelphia Police Department...
Law Library Acquisitions List - August 2010
Posted on September 01, 2010Administrative LawK2100 .A932 2010Administrative justice in context / edited by Michael Adler.Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Hart Pub., 2010.Business LawKF1659 .M36 2010Business buyout agreements : plan now for retirement, death, divorce or owner disagreements / by Anthony Mancuso & Bethany K...
Trial Advocacy Alum Runs for Pinellas County Judge
Posted on August 16, 2010Wayne Mineo is vying for the seat of Pinellas County judge. He has had a private law practice in Safety Harbor, Florida, for more than 10 years. He graduated from Beasley School of Law's trial advocacy program in 1994.
Temple Law Professor and the gay panic defense
Posted on July 14, 2010Sara Jacobson, director of trial advocacy and an associate professor at Temple University's Beasley School of Law, was quoted in a June 23rd article in the Philadelphia Daily News. She spoke about the Ray Armstrong case in which he allegedly murdered his friend because he was disgusted by his sexual advances...
Temple Law Professor and Witness Intimidation
Posted on June 21, 2010Edward Ohlbaum, a professor of Law at Temple University, was recently quoted in a June 17th article. He spoke about the latest City Council proposal to fine people who intimidate witnesses. For more information, go to www.philly.com
Taken from The Legal IntelligencerJune
Posted on June 17, 2010Taken from The Legal IntelligencerJune 14, 2010The Philadelphia Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division will hold its first diversity-related seminar this week and will present Diversity Scholarships to five area law school students at a reception afterwards...
Jeff Goodman wins "Top Gun" Invitational Mock Trial Competition
Posted on June 10, 2010Brand new alum Jeff Goodman, class of 2010, took some time out of his preparations for the bar exam to represent Temple Law in one last mock trial competition. The inaugural Top Gun Invitational Mock Trial Competition, hosted by Baylor Law School and sponsored by the Texas law firm Naman Howell Smith and Lee, PLLC, offered a unique opportunity to cap off Jeff's own stellar law school career and to drive home the message that when it comes to trial advocacy, Temple Law teaches it like no one else...
Baylor University's Mock Trial Competition
Posted on May 20, 2010Baylor Law will conduct the first-ever Top Gun Mock Trial Competition, a new mock trial tournament unlike any other in the nation. A single student will represent each school, instead of the usual two; participants will not receive the details of the mock case they will argue until a mere 24 hours before the competition begins; and the winner will be awarded $10,000...
Recent books of interest for trial advocacy
Posted on April 06, 2010Items recently acquired by the Law LibraryK4610 .G73 2009Evidence, proof, and fact-finding in WTO dispute settlement / Michelle T. Grando.Grando, Michelle T.Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 2009. KF8961 .L8 2009Expert testimony : a guide for expert witnesses and the lawyers who examine them / Steven Lubet, Elizabeth I...
Transactional Lawyering Meet
Posted on March 09, 2010Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University held its Transactional Lawyering Meet on March 4-5, 2010. The inaugural meet brought teams from 11 law schools around the country to participate in two days of rounds. Teams came from various schools such as Temple University, University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University to join Drexel in the competition...
Recent book of interest for trial advocacy
Posted on March 03, 2010Items recently acquired by the Law LibraryCapital PunishmentKF9227.C2 C656 2009Death by jury : group dynamics and capital sentencing / Nadine M. Connell.Connell, Nadine M., 1979-El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009. ChildrenHQ767.84 .C55 2009The child : an encyclopedic companion / editor in chief, Richard A...
Former Trial Advocacy Professor named to the city's Ethics Board
Posted on February 01, 2010Mayor Nutter today asked City Council to confirm his appointments of Sister Mary Scullion, the founder of Project H.O.M.E., and attorney Nolan N. Atkinson to the city's Ethics Board. Nutter also requested that sitting board member Kenya Mann Faulkner be reappointed to the board...
UB LAW SCHOOL GEARS UP FOR SIXTH ANNUAL TRIAL COMPETITION
Posted on November 23, 2009Nearly 130 law students from 32 colleges and universities descended on the courtrooms in the Buffalo City Court building on Nov. 13 to test their legal mettle and wits at the University at Buffalo Law School's sixth annual Buffalo-Niagara National Mock Trial Competition...
Temple Law Professor and the John Perzel case
Posted on November 18, 2009Edward Ohlbaum, a professor of Law at Temple University, was recently quoted in a November 14th article. He spoke about how publicity can make it difficult to find unbiased jurors. For more information, go to www.philly.com
Pearson, Iqbal and Procedural Judicial Activism
Posted on October 22, 2009Goutam Jois, a 2007 graduate of Harvard Law School, wrote about the Supreme Court recent decisions in Pearson and Iqbal. Click link to SSRN for more information.
Recent book of interest for trial advocacy
Posted on October 07, 2009Item recently acquired by the Law LibraryAUTHOR Young, John Hardin.TITLE Written and electronic discovery : theory and practice / John Hardin Young, Terri A. Zall, Alan F. Blakley.IMPRINT Louisville, CO : National Institute for Trial Advocacy, c2009.
Recent books of interest for trial advocacy
Posted on September 18, 2009Items recently acquired by the Law LibraryAUTHOR Bosanac, Paul.TITLE Litigation logic : a practical guide to effective argument / Paul Bosanac.IMPRINT Chicago : American Bar Association, c2009.AUTHOR Barkett, John M...
Temple students perform mock trial
Posted on August 27, 2009Students at Temple University's Beasley School of Law participate in a mock trial to mark the end of their 15-month masters program. For more information, click on the WHYY link.
Recent books of interest for trial advocacy
Posted on August 17, 2009Books recently Acquired by the Law LibraryEvidenceCALL # KFP540.A437 O38 2009/2010.AUTHOR Ohlbaum, Edward D.TITLE Ohlbaum on the Pennsylvania rules of evidence / author, Edward D. Ohlbaum.IMPRINT [Newark, NJ] : LexisNexis, c2009...
Temple Law Professor and the Michael Roseboro case
Posted on August 07, 2009Edward Ohlbaum, a professor of Law at Temple University, was recently quoted in a August 4th article. He spoke about the recent Facebook postings from jurors in a murder trial. For more information, go to www.philly.com
Temple Law Professor and the Wayne Bryant case
Posted on July 29, 2009Edward Ohlbaum, a professor of Law at Temple University, was recently quoted in a July 26th article. He spoke about the next chapter in the debate to punish corrupt politicians. For more information, go to www.philly.com
Massachusetts Governor Announces Court Nominations and they include a Temple LLM student
Posted on June 19, 2009Governor Patrick today announced the nomination of Margaret R. Guzman to the Dudley District Court, Leilah A. Keamy to the Worcester Probate and Family Court, and Angel Kelley Brown to the Brockton District Court. Kelley Brown is a graduate of Colgate University (B...
Temple Law Professor and the Ramirez Murder Trial
Posted on May 28, 2009Edward Ohlbaum, a professor of law at Temple University, was quoted recently in a May1st Republican and Herald article. He spoke about the prosecution's pace during the trial as well as the points needed to prove self-defense.
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What can i do about continued charges on closed account?
IMMEDIATELY call your bank and report the charges as fraudulent. They will be ab...
My brother in law and his wife got into a domestic assault case, he is now in jail awaiting a trial. My mother in law has tried several times to see the grandchildren, but the wife will not let any of us see them. Is the
As usual, this is largely dependent on the laws in your specific jurisdiction. W...
Favorite Law & Order spin-off?
I like Special Victims Unit and Criminal Intent because they focus more on the p...
I was called to give a deposition for the defense and the defendant is the person who stole our car, there is a chance that I will be called to satisfy at his trial. How can I get out of this, as my husband is to testify
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Do parents have the right to NOT turn in a sexual offender?
No. The offender should be turned in regardless of any disability (1), or reason...
What can i do about continued charges on closed account?
IMMEDIATELY call your bank and report the charges as fraudulent. They will be ab...
My brother in law and his wife got into a domestic assault case, he is now in jail awaiting a trial. My mother in law has tried several times to see the grandchildren, but the wife will not let any of us see them. Is the
As usual, this is largely dependent on the laws in your specific jurisdiction. W...
Favorite Law & Order spin-off?
I like Special Victims Unit and Criminal Intent because they focus more on the p...
I was called to give a deposition for the defense and the defendant is the person who stole our car, there is a chance that I will be called to satisfy at his trial. How can I get out of this, as my husband is to testify
If you were subpoenaed for the deposition you will need to appear or face prosec...








