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Athlete to Attorney:  A Natural Transition

Athlete to Attorney: A Natural Transition

by: Michael McGraw, Associate Editor From the locker room to the courtroom, playing on lawns to practicing law, and studying playbooks to reading casebooks, many accomplished athletes have transitioned into the study and practice of law. World Series-winning baseball manager Tony LaRussa and the man responsible for signing Jackie Robinson […]

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Lawless Fashion

Lawless Fashion

by: Meghan Collins, Graphic Designer In honor of the New York Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, this is a look in the legal protection provided to designers and their artwork.[1] Surprise! There is hardly any protection at all. How could that be? How could an industry composed of talented visionaries have little […]

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Panel at Duquesne Law School Discusses the Trayvon Martin Case

Panel at Duquesne Law School Discusses the Trayvon Martin Case

by: Eric Donato, Executive Editor On Thursday, February 6 the Duquesne University School of Law hosted a three-person panel discussion of the controversial George Zimmerman murder trial involving Trayvon Martin. The event drew overflow crowds from Duquesne’s student body and the community. The wide-ranging discussion covered topics including police procedure, […]

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Going Rogue?, Part II:  Why the Refusal of State Attorneys General to Defend Laws is a Troubling Trend

Going Rogue?, Part II: Why the Refusal of State Attorneys General to Defend Laws is a Troubling Trend

by: Lauren Gailey, Associate Editor On January 24, 2013, Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto announced that she is reconsidering her office’s arguments against same-sex marriage in a case currently before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit “are likely no longer tenable.”  Masto, a Democrat, felt […]

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College-Athletes Seek Unionization With NLRB

by: Alexander Hyder, 2L Contributor Last Tuesday, January 28, a group of Northwestern football players petitioned to the National Labor Relations Board seeking approval as a labor union. The move was the latest in a series of events aimed at rectifying the current amateurism rules governing major college sports—an industry […]

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