By: Jamie Inferrera January 6, 2015, marked the beginning of a new legislative session of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. While both chambers of the General Assembly remain in Republican control, after November’s election, Pennsylvanians elected Tom Wolf, a democrat from York County, as the Commonwealth’s chief executive. A bumpy and […]
By Morgan Hays Although it may seem like an event from the distant past to law students and law school graduates, the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) is a present reality to hopeful law school applicants across the nation. That reality is changing, however—for applicants to State University of New […]
By: Sarah Weikart, Staff Writer Yep, you read that right. As the winter weather shows no signs of lightening up any time soon, many of us try to get a step ahead of Old Man Winter and warm up our cars before heading out for the day. When cold weather […]
By: Mike Jones, Staff Writer The United States beer industry has reached a significant milestone recently by exceeding the number of breweries in the country since pre-prohibition, and it continues to grow surpassing 3,000 breweries in 2014. [1] Obviously, with an influx of breweries there would be an influx […]
By: Kelsey Reno, Staff Writer The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama recently handed down a judgment allowing same-sex marriages to take place starting February 9th in Alabama. This was met by opposition from Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore. Moore issued an order instructing Alabama probate […]
By: Kaitlyn Burns, Staff Writer With the rise of television news broadcasts, internet news sites and social networking services that allow quick and easy access to trending stories, public radio seemed to become an all but an obsolete vehicle for spreading news and supplying entertainment to the American public. However, […]
By: Ian Grecco, Staff Writer As the ever-expanding outlets and users of social media expand, so do new opportunities to use these outlets for the benefit of law. Social media outlets, primarily Facebook and Twitter, have provided a forum for people to post valuable information for both investigations and apprehension […]
By: Justin Bernard, Staff Writer Social media has become the main platform for how most college students communicate with one another. Focusing specifically on college student-athletes, a quandary exists for the NCAA and the educational institutions where these students attend. On one side of the argument, these student-athletes have protected […]
By: Alison Palmeri, Staff Writer Amidst the daily stresses of life, people take solace in the comfort of a loved pet. For many people, however, having a dog involves more than the companionship of a furry friend; it is about having constant assistance in achieving some semblance of normalcy despite […]
By: Thomas Cocchi, Executive Editor Steven Auerbach (L’13) came to the Law School on January 8th to speak with students about The Pennsylvania Medical Cannabis Act (Act). Asserting his belief that the session was the first of its kind that he was aware of, Mr. Auerbach said that the conversation […]
