Nov
19
Seventh Circuit Overturns Sentence for Lack of Explanation
Posted by: Michael M. O'Hear | November 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Henry and Elizabeth Robertson were involved in a mortgage fraud scheme in the 1990′s. Many years later, they were charged with and pled guilty to wire fraud for their part in the scheme. Despite an unusual and compelling story of self-motivated rehabilitation, they were sentenced to 63 and 41 months of imprisonment, with almost no [...]
Nov
17
Tackling the Unauthorized Practice of Law in Wisconsin Today
Posted by: Peter O'Meara | November 17, 2011 | 2 Comments
Professor Michael McChrystal once pointed out that in the State of Wisconsin, the penalty for working as a beautician without a license is not much different from the penalty for practicing law without a license.
Nov
17
What’s Up With SOPA?
Posted by: Bruce E. Boyden | November 17, 2011 | 2 Comments
The tech blogosphere is abuzz with discussion of yesterday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, H.R. 3261. (Mainstream news sites seem not to have noticed; the New York Times website front page mentioned the impending sale of Yahoo, but not SOPA.) A good deal of that discussion refers to SOPA [...]
Nov
16
Marquette Internship Program
Posted by: Barry Gill | November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment
“One must walk before one can run.” This statement is true in almost every facet of life. Do you remember playing football for the first time? It was truly a test of athleticism and courage as well as skill. However, a quarterback does not usually start out by throwing touchdowns. Even the great Brett Favre [...]
Nov
15
New Issue of Marquette Law Review
Posted by: Michael M. O'Hear | November 15, 2011 | 1 Comment
Congratulations to the editors of the Marquette Law Review for the publication of Vol. 94, No. 4. Here are the contents: MELMS V. PABST BREWING CO. AND THE DOCTRINE OF WASTE IN AMERICAN PROPERTY LAW Thomas W. Merrill ………………………………………………………………………… 1055 COMMENT ON MERRILL ON THE LAW OF WASTE Richard A. Posner …………………………………………………………………………. 1095 CONTRACT AND PROCEDURE [...]
Nov
13
Typography for Lawyers
Posted by: Jessica E. Slavin | November 13, 2011 | 1 Comment
“The four most important typographic choices you make in any document are point size, line spacing, line length, and font, because those choices determine how the body text looks.” Matthew Butterick, Typography for Lawyers: Essential Tools for Polished and Persuasive Documents, “Summary of Key Rules” (2010). Does that sentence make any sense to you? If [...]
Nov
13
The Original Intent of the Recall Power
Posted by: Edward A. Fallone | November 13, 2011 | 1 Comment
Some opponents of the effort to recall Governor Scott Walker have claimed that the recall provisions of the Wisconsin State Constitution are intended solely to permit the recall of elected officials when they have engaged in criminal or grossly unethical conduct. The latest example of this claim can be seen in the column by Jonathan [...]
Nov
9
Ellen Gilligan: Optimism Amid Big Problems
Posted by: Alan J. Borsuk | November 9, 2011 | 1 Comment
A wave of new leaders is one of the reasons to believe a new initiative to improve Milwaukee’s overall level of educational success can bring progress, one of the most influential of those new leaders said Tuesday at Eckstein Hall. “I think it’s huge” that people who weren’t part of past events are now stepping [...]
Nov
9
Reflections from a Semester Abroad
Posted by: Janine P. Geske | November 9, 2011 | 9 Comments
It is as though I am back in my college years, spending my semester abroad. This fall I am living in the beautiful city of Leuven, Belgium, a city of about 100,000 people and located about twenty miles outside of Brussels. I am teaching at the Catholic University of Leuven Law School’s Criminology Institute where [...]
Nov
8
SCOTUS to Revisit Life Without Parole for Juveniles
Posted by: Michael M. O'Hear | November 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Yesterday, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in two new cases that will test the limits of the Court’s important 2010 ruling in Graham v. Florida, which banned the sentence of life without possibility of parole for most juvenile offenders. Graham recognized an exception, however, for juveniles convicted of homicide. It is this exception that is at issue [...]
Nov
7
The Libya Intervention: Legality and Lessons (Part III)
Posted by: Ryan Scoville | November 7, 2011 | 1 Comment
In my last two posts, I discussed some of the legal and practical issues raised by the U.S. intervention in Libya, including the issue of whether the Obama Administration violated the War Powers Resolution by declining to seek congressional approval for participation in the conflict. Although there is room for debate, I concluded that the [...]
Nov
7
Recent College Football Realignments Are Nothing New
Posted by: J. Gordon Hylton | November 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The realignment of major college football conferences has been one of the most important sports stories of the fall. As teams shift from one conference to another, many commentators have described these happenings as unprecedented, and in the minds of many, these developments appear to threaten the stability of college athletics. Rumor has it that [...]
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