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The Cardinal Lawyer: Constitution Day 2009

Posted on September 25, 2009
Mike Wilkins, Preamble (1987). Featured in the University of Louisville School of Law's Constitution Day Picture Gallery. The Law School celebrated Constitution Day on September 17. We take great pride in presenting an annual commemoration of Constitution Day on behalf of the entire University of Louisville...

Faculty Blogs: Elyn Saks

Posted on September 22, 2009
Professor Elyn R. Saks of the Gould School of Law at the University of Southern California, who spoke at a Diversity Program at the Law School last October, has been named a MacArthur Foundation fellow in recognition of past and future accomplishments...

Peter Scott Campbell's blog: New York Times reviews the new Brandeis biography

Posted on September 22, 2009
Just a reminder that Mel Urofsky’s new biography Louis D. Brandeis: A Life is released today.  The New York Times ran a favorable review of it this last Sunday.

Faculty Blogs: Enhancing Roadmap Paragraphs -- Legal Writing Tip

Posted on September 21, 2009
Last week my seminar discussed roadmap paragraphs.  Most of you (who read this blog) are probably already familiar with a roadmap paragraph, one that sets out the points that will be discussed in more depth in the sections or sub-sections to follow.  It is vital that an introduction contain such a paragraph because legal readers are busy individuals who like to see the conclusion and supporting points up-front...

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Faculty Blogs: "Money Doesn't Talk, It Swears"

Posted on September 18, 2009
Last week, the United States Supreme Court called a special session and heard oral arguments in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.  This case has grave implications for the continuing influence of money in politics under the guise of First Amendment free speech rights for corporations and unions...

Faculty Blogs: The Brandeis Stamp is Almost Out! September 22!

Posted on September 17, 2009
On September 22, the United States Postal Service will release a series of four new postage stamps commemmorating great United States Supreme Court Justices, including one featuring our namesake Louis D. Brandeis.  The other honorees are William Brennan,  Felix Frankfurter, and Joseph Story...

Peter Scott Campbell's blog: Brandeis gets his own stamp

Posted on September 17, 2009
According to the Legal Times blog, Brandeis will soon be joining the august company of Abraham Lincoln, Edgar Allen Poe, Richard Wright, Gary Cooper, Elvis Presley and Bart Simpson. Yes, that’s right: he is getting his own postage stamp. Actually the USPS is releasing stamps for 4 justices at once: Brandeis himself, Brandeis’ protege Felix Frankfurter (who the USPS describes as “enigmatic and controversial”), Joseph Story and William J...

The Cardinal Lawyer: The Law School flood relief fund

Posted on September 15, 2009
tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.law.louisville.edu/cardinallawyer/node/224'; tweetmeme_service = 'bit.ly'; tweetmeme_source = 'chenx064'; Many people in the Law School community were affected by the campus flood on August 4th. Among those who lost their belongings in the disaster, one student lost all of his books for the fall semester...

The Cardinal Lawyer: I know what you did last summer

Posted on September 10, 2009
The Law School openly acknowledges that preparing for a lifetime of economically gainful employment is a prime goal — arguably the prime goal — of legal education. Summer provides the perfect opportunity for exploring potential work settings...

Faculty Blogs: Setting Up a Mandatory Arbitration System

Posted on September 09, 2009
This semester I have the distinct pleasure of teaching a writing seminar on advanced labor and employment issues to a small group of students.  As in past semesters, I hope to provide useful information from my class to practitioners via this blog.  We are using Eugene Volokh's Academic Legal Writing  as our text book...

Faculty Blogs: Uof L Commission on Status of Women Fall 2009 Film Series

Posted on September 05, 2009
Join the Women & Global Issues Committee of the U of L Commission on the Status of Women for a Fall 2009 Film Series Chao Auditorium (Ekstrom Library) Rape in the Congo Presented by Dr. Jennie E. Burnet Department of Anthropology MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH AT 4:00 P...

Faculty Blogs: 2009 Update of the 1994 Task Force Report on the Status of Women

Posted on September 05, 2009
I am pleased to let you know the Commission on the Status of Women (COSW) has finished its update of the 1994 Task Force Report on the Status of Women.   You can locate it at https://louisville.edu/cosw/task-force-report/task-force-report.html/.  This has been a multi-year project for the Commission and has involved the hard work of many people...

Faculty Blogs: Blog tip: Circuit Splits

Posted on August 27, 2009
I?ve been so busy lately with dealing with the law library flood, prepping for my legal research class, and winding up some writing projects, I?ve been a little blank on blog topics.  However, a discussion of the federal court system in my LR class today recalled a really cool (to law geeks at least) blog I discovered this summer, Circuit Splits <splitcircuits...

Faculty Blogs: Innovation and Communications Law Conference

Posted on August 25, 2009
From today's Daily Docket: The Second Annual Conference on Innovation and Communication Law, hosted this year by the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, came to a successful close on Saturday, August 22. The two-day conference featured over 50 speakers from four different continents around the world and from local law firms, discussing the role intellectual property and communications law play in the dissemination of information...

The Cardinal Lawyer: Friday's incident at the Law Library: A summary

Posted on August 24, 2009
These stories summarize Friday's incident at the Law Library: UofL Police arrest former employee on campus Emergency procedures at the University of Louisville read more

The Cardinal Lawyer: The second annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law

Posted on August 21, 2009
The University of Louisville proudly welcomes the second annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law: August 21, 2009, 8:00am – August 22, 2009, 5:00pmLouisville Marriott DowntownRegistration cost: $100  ·  Register online The University of Louisville will host the second annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law on August 21 and 22, 2009...

The Cardinal Lawyer: Further observations on the Law Library incident

Posted on August 21, 2009
Once again The Cardinal Lawyer wishes to thank the Law School personnel and University of Louisville Police for their swift and safe resolution of this morning's incident in the Law Library. In the immediate aftermath of the campus shootings at Virginia Tech in April 2007, the University of Louisville convened a working group on emergency prevention, preparedness, and response...

The Cardinal Lawyer: Trespasser apprehended for carrying weapons into the Law Library

Posted on August 21, 2009
Note: The following announcement has been issued by the University of Louisville. The University and the Law School will provide more information as it becomes available. I hasten to add my thanks to those expressed below by Provost Willihnganz. Quick, clear thinking and action by Law School personnel and UofL Police kept our community safe today...

Faculty Blogs: New Dean's Guidebook (more)

Posted on August 18, 2009
In a prior blog entry, I began creating the "New Dean's Guidebook" in which I articulated rules for new deans to live by.  In this blog entry, I continue that effort.  Recall the initial two rules:Rule # 1: Never forget that this is all about you...

Faculty Blogs: I.P., AP & the Fourth Estate

Posted on August 18, 2009
In consideration of the upcoming Conference on Innovation and Communication Law, today's post focuses on intellectual property, the Associated Press' new plan for "reclaiming news content online" and the dissemination of news information.Last week, an AP memo leaked to the public...

The Cardinal Lawyer: This season's final Red Barn Summerfest concert will benefit flood victims

Posted on August 13, 2009
Many have asked about ways to deliver aid to individual victims of the August 4 flood. The University has just announced a benefit concert that addresses this very need: ? The final Red Barn SummerFest Concert will be a fundraiser for faculty and staff who suffered losses in last week's flooding...

Faculty Blogs: Take Time to Teach New Attorneys About Those Who Practice in the Field

Posted on August 13, 2009
As the school year starts, professors and attorneys may be interested in reading Frank Tuerkheimer's short two-page piece (available to Westlaw subscribers only) in 58 Journal of Legal Education 531 (2008).  Tuerkheimer laments the editing out of attorneys' names in casebooks...

Faculty Blogs: SEC New Media Policy Gets Sacked

Posted on August 11, 2009
Today, we begin and end with college football. Within days after releasing its new media policy, the Southeastern Conference announced it will consider some revisions to the policy.  Associate Commissioner Charles Bloom stated that the SEC already received complaints from 35-40 media members about the restrictions imposed by the policy...

The Cardinal Lawyer: Orientation 2009

Posted on August 11, 2009
Law School orientation 2009 is in full swing. We began this morning with a special welcome that included two of the Law School's most distinguished alumnae: The Honorable Sara Walter Combs, chief judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals (pictured at right)...

The Cardinal Lawyer: The Andrew Franklin Young Writing Award and Memorial Fund

Posted on August 09, 2009
»  Reprinted from the July 2009 issue of Kentucky Bench & Bar   « Andrew Franklin Young died tragically on March 19, 2009. In the weeks that followed, his classmates, friends, and family members contributed money to the University of Louisville School of Law to honor his memory...

The Cardinal Lawyer: A message from President Ramsey and Provost Willihnganz

Posted on August 08, 2009
This message was distributed Friday, August 7, to members of the University of Louisville community. In the interest of reaching friends of the UofL and its Law School who do not hold l@ouisville.edu e-mail addresses, The Cardinal Lawyer is reprinting this message from President James Ramsey and Provost Shirley Willihnganz...

The Cardinal Lawyer: The Law School will be OPEN on Friday, August 7

Posted on August 06, 2009
The Law School will be open on Friday, August 7. All faculty and staff should report according to the normal schedule. Some basement areas, especially in the library, may remain inaccessible. Please observe posted signs regarding access. On behalf of the Law School, I thank the University of Louisville workers who have labored tirelessly to bring our campus back from Tuesday's storm...

The Cardinal Lawyer: Come high water

Posted on August 05, 2009
The Cardinal Lawyer thanks the quick thinking and tireless work of Law School and University of Louisville employees that helped our people evacuate the Belknap campus during today's torrential rainstorms. UofL physical plant and public safety personnel performed most heroically of all...

Faculty Blogs: Kent School Talk Correspondence Received

Posted on August 03, 2009
Today I received the following: Dear Jim,We have wrapped up the semester, and I wanted you to know that in our last class, the students repeatedly talked about how helpful your talk was to them; understanding the impact of illness at a personal level really helped them understand in a way a text or lecture never could...

The Cardinal Lawyer: Correspondence from Todd Horstmeyer and the Kentucky Bar Foundation

Posted on July 30, 2009
July 28, 2009 Dear Dean Chen: Enclosed is a picture of the Kentucky Bar Foundation Secretary-Treasurer, John R. Martin, Jr., presenting your law school?s scholarship check at the Fellows and Partners For Justice Society Luncheon during the KBA Convention last month in Covington...

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