By Ashley M. London, Associate Director of Bar Studies and Assistant Professor of Legal Skills [pullquote]PA Bar Applications OPEN on or about Jan. 3, 2018. Almost all jurisdictions open at this time. Make sure you begin the process of gathering information now. Have questions? Come see your Bar Studies team! […]
By Nicole Prieto, Editor-in-Chief Additional Reporting by Natalia Holliday, Web Editor Duquesne University School of Law hosted the symposium “Resurrecting Truth in American Law and Public Discourse: Shall These Bones Live?” last Thursday through Friday, featuring a keynote presentation and two panels of distinguished scholars from various institutions across the […]
By Bruce Ledewitz, Professor of Law When Time Magazine asked on its April 3, 2017, cover Is Truth Dead?, the story pointed to President Trump’s ability to get away with telling lies. And that is one way that we describe the death of truth in America: truth has lost its […]
By Nicole Prieto, Editor-in-Chief After a legal battle spanning nearly a decade, Simon Tam saw victory in the U.S. Supreme Court on June 19 when it held that the disparagement clause of the Lanham Act was facially invalid.[1] The impetus for the holding? Tam’s attempted registration of his Asian-American […]
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief, Matthew Andersen: “Everyday has to be an attempt to say, creatively or otherwise, what can I do to make it better than it was yesterday.” – Dr. John E. Murray This quote adorned the cover of the spring 2013 edition of Juris. As we mourn the […]