By Alyssa Lazar, Staff Writer At the 2015 Golden Globes, Tina Fey joked, “George Clooney married Amal Alamuddin this year. Amal is a human rights lawyer who worked on the Enron case, was an adviser to Kofi Annan regarding Syria, and was selected to a three-person U.N. commission investigating rules […]
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The Condition of a Law Student
By Anthony Hassey, Contributor Amazingly, over 100 years and across international borders, it is easier to recognize Vasilyev, the protagonist in Anton Chekhov’s 1889 “Attack of Nerves” than it is some of the people with whom I grew up. I have never considered the “condition” of a law student […]
Breaking the Krug-Lewis Agreement: Retired Coal Miners Fear Loss of Promised Benefits
By Natalia Holliday, Staff Writer For many Pennsylvanians, coal mines are a source of both great pride and serious tension and uncertainty. Miners have powered America through the 20th century and implemented one of the most impactful and hard-earned, pro-worker unions in the United States. They have believed in […]
The Batson Rule: Continuing the Fight Against Racial Discrimination in the Courts
By David Zvirman, Staff Writer The proposition that when a person is tried before a court that the jury should not be tainted with racial discrimination is not a new or novel idea. Unfortunately, there have been times throughout our country’s history where this idea has been tested. This […]
Bleak Future for Public Education in the United States?
By Kaitlyn Burns, Staff Writer Amid highly publicized political and legal controversies that have swept the nation since Donald Trump assumed Presidential office on January 20, 2017,[1] there is one issue that has only garnered mild media attention until recently: reform of the American public education system. Coverage of […]
DACA Recipients Face Uncertainty as ICE Officials Turn to Twitter
By Amber McGee, Staff Writer Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, implemented in 2012, gave thousands of undocumented immigrants the opportunity to come out of the shadows of illegality and pursue the “American Dream.” President Barack Obama crafted this program to address the struggle that undocumented persons faced who entered […]
Harvard Law Joins UA Law in Accepting GRE Test Scores
By Phil Raymond, Staff Writer Remember the fun and excitement that accompanied taking the LSATs to get into law school? Now, students interested in applying to Harvard Law School can avoid the experience altogether, as the legal giant recently announced that it will now accept Graduate Record Examination (GRE) […]
Torrenting and the Fourth Amendment
By Katherine Mannion, Staff Writer The internet is large, powerful, and still growing. It permits communication across the world, from breaking news to benign updates. As the capabilities of the internet continue to grow, however, it also becomes easier to use it for nefarious purposes. From here, the courts […]
Privacy Rights and Home Devices: When is There a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy?
By Katherine Littlejohn, Staff Writer It is not uncommon for our generation to have technological devices that include features such as Siri, Amazon Echo, and Google Home. In fact, it is actually very common. With the growth of our handheld technology, however, how far is too far when it […]
Leisure Law: U.S. Workers Have Longer Hours with Less Paid Time Off
By Ashley Puchalski, Staff Writer Leisure law is very broad, governing the sports industry, entertainment industry, recreation, and employees’ rights to leisure time.[1] In the context of employee rights, leisure may be defined as “some measure of time from which a person is released from those responsibilities which normally […]
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