Sep

23

Seventh Circuit Clarifies Sentencing of Wholesale Drug Traffickers, Encourages Dose-Based Approach

Posted by: | September 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Wholesalers often sell drugs in relatively pure form, with the knowledge that retailers will dilute the drugs before reselling them on the street. Indeed, some powerful drugs, like the painkiller fentanyl, must be substantially diluted before they can be safely consumed. For that reason, wholesalers may end up selling much smaller quantities than retailers, at [...]

Sep

22

Accommodation of Prisoners With Idiosyncratic Religious Beliefs

Posted by: | September 22, 2011 | 4 Comments

Under O’Lone v. Estate of Shabazz, 482 U.S. 342 (1987), prison officials may restrict inmates’ religious practices, but such restrictions are constitutionally limited to those that reasonably relate to legitimate penological objectives. The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act offers additional, statutory protections. But talk of a religious practice normally conjures up the image of an organized [...]

Sep

21

The Rise of Interdisciplinary Legal Education

Posted by: | September 21, 2011 | 1 Comment

[Editor's Note: This month, we asked a few veteran faculty members to share their reflections on what has changed the most in legal education since they became law professors.  This is the fourth in the series.] Since 1995, when I first joined Marquette’s law faculty, one of the most obvious changes I have witnessed has [...]

Sep

21

Legal Writing Presentations at Central States

Posted by: | September 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment

This past weekend our legal writing faculty attended the 7th Biennial Central States Legal Writing Conference in Chicago. The theme of this year’s conference was “Practice-Ready”: Preparing Students and Assessing Progress. In keeping with this practice-oriented theme, our legal writing faculty presented on three topics: using live critique feedback on student drafts, crafting persuasive word [...]

Sep

20

Why Is This Guy Being Prosecuted? Seventh Circuit Orders New Trial for Forklift Operator Swept Up in Drug Sting

Posted by: | September 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment

As part of a drug sting, an undercover federal agent drove a truckload of marijuana to an industrial park in McHenry, Illinois, on March 18, 2008. The agent had arranged to deliver the drugs to Irineo Gonzalez, a target of the sting. Although Gonzalez showed up to meet the agents, there were some difficulties with [...]

Sep

19

Diversity in Legal Education

Posted by: | September 19, 2011 | 2 Comments

[Editor's Note: This month, we asked a few veteran faculty members to share their reflections on what has changed the most in legal education since they became law professors. The first two posts in the series are here (Kossow) and here (Bradford).] In the early 1970’s, the American Bar Association and the American Association of Law Schools [...]

Sep

19

Bipartisanship? Cooperation? Will These Ideas Fly?

Posted by: | September 19, 2011 | 2 Comments

Republican State Sen. Dale Schultz of Richland Center and Democratic State Sen. Timothy Cullen of Janesville did two things a few months ago that were quite remarkable in the light of the super-charged, partisan atmosphere in Madison (and elsewhere) this year. For one, they had lunch together. And for another, they decided to spend a [...]

Sep

19

Father Pilarz: Promoting Marquette’s Responsibility for Milwaukee’s Well-Being

Posted by: | September 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment

In a down-to-earth and sometimes self-deprecating way, Marquette University’s new president, the Rev. Scott Pilarz, S.J., offered a vision Monday of a university that simultaneously strengthens the quality of its academic programs and its research while becoming more involved with addressing Milwaukee’s needs. Speaking during an “On the Issues” session with Mike Gousha, distinguished fellow in [...]

Sep

18

Farewell, Attorney Nathan A. Fishbach

Posted by: | September 18, 2011 | 3 Comments

The Milwaukee legal community lost one of its most distinguished members yesterday with the untimely passing of Nathan A. Fishbach.  Nathan served in the United States Attorney’s Office for thirteen years, rising to the positions of Deputy U.S. Attorney and Interim U.S. Attorney.  He then moved to private practice in 1993, spending the balance of [...]

Sep

17

Palestine’s U.N. Membership: Why Does It Matter?

Posted by: | September 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Palestinian officials have announced that they will seek a Security Council vote to approve Palestine as a full member of the United Nations next Friday. Israel has strongly opposed the move, and the United States has announced that, if necessary, it will use its veto powers to preclude approval. Why does the membership vote matter? [...]

Sep

17

What Has Become of All the Native American Law Students?

Posted by: | September 17, 2011 | 1 Comment

Between 1990 and 2000, slightly more than 2,600 self-identified Native Americans graduated from ABA-accredited law schools. As a consequence, one might have expected the number of Native-American lawyers in the United States would have increased by about 2000 or so by the end of that decade. (The increase would be less than 2,600, since some [...]

Sep

16

Law Firms Are Not Run Like Businesses

Posted by: | September 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment

I remember my first “real” interview after I graduated from MULS (this phrase may explain my lack of success in OCI).  One thing the managing attorney said to me continues to stick out in my memory, especially now that I have started my own mediation firm.  “Firms are not run like businesses.”  He stated this [...]

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