Legal Writing

DePaul Law Students Win Patent Law Moot Court Competition
Congratulations to Josh Larsen and Tom Rammer who won the Midwest Regional Giles Sutherland Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition. Now in its 35th year, the AIPLA Moot Court Competition is named for a member of the United States Court of...

Ranking Moot Court Programs
Best Moot Court Programs ranks the Top 53 law school moot court programs. Here's the top 10. 1. UC-Hastings 2. Washington University 3. Georgetown 4. Chicago-Kent 5. South Texas 6. Brooklyn Georgia 8...

Law School Moot Court Rankings
Best Moot Court Programs ranks the Top 53 law school moot court programs, based on this methodology. Here are the Top 25: 1. UC-Hastings 2. Washington University 3. Georgetown 4. Chicago-Kent 5...

Updated Law School Moot Court Rankings
Following up on this morning's post: a reader informed me that more up to date law school moot court rankings are available at LawSchoolAdvocacy.com. The rankings for the complete 2007 moot court season list 69 schools...

Roundtable Seminar - Reforming the Constitution
This week on Thursday 1 May I'll be participating in a Roundtable Seminar on Reforming the Constitution at Parliament House in Canberra. This is the media release: Committee roundtable to discuss constitutional reform Federal-State relations, a constitutional preamble and issues of citizenship will be on the agenda at a roundtable...

Moot Court and Trial Advocacy Rankings
Following up on my prior post on law school moot court rankings: here are the updated 2008 Top 25 rankings from Brian Koppen's Law School Advocacy site: Moot Court (72 schools ranked): 1...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Tomato Salmonella
Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim.

National Association of Realtors
Settlement reached in broker listing antitrust lawsuit, pending court approval.

Missouri Attorney General's Office
$26,000 settlement reached in disability discrimination lawsuit, pending court approval.

Rutland School District
Double pay offered as part of class action wage dispute settlement, pending court approval.