by Amy Coleman, Staff Writer For those that are not up to speed on the Facebook lingo, a “Catfish,” as first coined in the eponymous Independent Film, “is someone who pretends to be someone they’re not[,] using Facebook or other social media to create false identities, particularly to pursue deceptive […]
by James Dilmore and Lisa Brunner, Op-Ed Participants David Ranta spent the past 22 years in a maximum-security prison near Buffalo. Ranta was convicted of murdering Rabbi Chaskel Werzberger during a botched robbery. The tragedy of Werzberger’s death is compounded by a further tragedy, as reported by the New York […]
by Michael McGraw, Associate Print Editor As the third World Baseball Classic (WBC) finished last month, with the Dominican Republic winning the 16-team tournament, discussion and debate resonated over the effectiveness and relevance of this international competition. While the WBC’s American popularity suffers as a result of peripheral participation by […]
by Cara Murphy, Staff Writer 2013 started off as a significant year for proponents of gay rights with the momentum giving no sign of slowing down. From Barack Obama’s inauguration address which stated that, “Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else […]
by Lauren Gailey, Staff Writer Ken Gormley, Dean and Professor at Duquesne Law School, knows a few things about getting published. He has written extensively for law reviews and other publications, and his two books, Archibald Cox: Conscience of a Nation and The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs. Starr, […]
by Jennifer Dickquist, Staff Writer As of March 21, 2013, David Ranta became a free man after spending 23 years in a correctional facility in New York State. Mr. Ranta was placed in jail in 1990 after he was found guilty of killing a Hasidic rabbi in Brooklyn, New York. […]
by Emily Shaffer, Staff Writer Among six student participants spread out across six months this academic year, I was lucky enough to have participated in the Pittsburgh Matrimonial Inns of Court in January. The Pittsburgh Matrimonial Inns of Court is a local group of attorneys and judges practicing family law […]
by Terry Falk, Associate Web Editor This year’s U.S. News and World Report Law School Rankings moved Duquesne Law and seven other schools from the unranked second tier to the top tier. According to the National Law Journal, the dramatic shake-up in the rankings came from “a revised methodology.” The […]
by Adam Petrun, 3L Contributor Law students: do you remember the United States Supreme Court cases of Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)? If you were (awake) in a constitutional law class, you probably recognize that these cases form the foundation for existing affirmative action precedent. But do […]
by Lauren Gailey, Staff Writer On December 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza horrified a nation when he fatally shot his mother at their home in Newtown, Connecticut before driving to nearby Sandy Hook Elementary School, where he fired between 50 and 100 rounds of ammunition from a rifle and two […]