Nov

9

Representation, Outcomes, and Fairness in Legal Proceedings

Posted by: Jessica E. Slavin | November 9, 2009 | 3 Comments

As my colleague Rebecca Blemberg recently blogged about, California has moved in the direction of recognizing a right to counsel for civil litigants with critical legal needs.
The concept of a constitutional right to counsel in certain civil cases is often referred to as “Civil Gideon,” after the Supreme Court decision that established the right to [...]

Nov

2

Welcome, November Bloggers

Posted by: Michael M. O'Hear | November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Our featured bloggers for November will be Professor Lisa Laplante and David Strifling ‘04.  Many thanks to our featured bloggers for October!

Nov

2

Thinking about Recusal Rules

Posted by: Richard M. Esenberg | November 2, 2009 | 5 Comments

We spent some time at Friday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court conference discussing the court’s consideration of certain rules related to recusal. This is my take: I think the state supreme court seems to have gotten it right in rejecting a proposed rule changes advanced by the League of Women Voters and retired Justice William Bablitch and in [...]

Nov

1

The “Statisticization” of Death: From Stalin to “The Box”

Posted by: David Strifling | November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment

While discussing with other Allied leaders the potential deaths of tens of thousands of Allied soldiers during the planned invasion of France during World War II, former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin is said to have remarked, “A single death is a tragedy; the death of thousands is a statistic.”  Whether or not the quote is [...]

Nov

1

Hope and Optimism

Posted by: Rebecca K. Blemberg | November 1, 2009 | 1 Comment

Every year, about this time, the stress level here at the law school starts to rise.  First-year students seem particularly susceptible.  I hear the word “outline” a lot in the halls.  Students talk about how much they studied over the weekend instead of how much fun they had.  Everyone gets a little bit more serious.
Serious [...]

Oct

29

Truth and Reconciliation, Stories from the Diaspora

Posted by: Jessica E. Slavin | October 29, 2009 | 2 Comments

Several months ago I blogged about the situation of Liberians who fled their country for the United States (but who did not receive official status as refugees) and who have lived here for years in a “temporary” status, while it remained unsafe to return to Liberia. As I explained in those posts, these US residents face [...]

Oct

24

My Zombie President: A Halloween Story

Posted by: Edward A. Fallone | October 24, 2009 | 1 Comment

“More coffee dear?”
 “Hmm? Oh, yes please.  Did you see this story in the newspaper?  The Zombie Party has come out in favor of the President’s health reform plan.”
 “Isn’t that good?  I thought that you were in favor of health reform.”
 “I am, but I don’t trust these Zombies.  They are not rational.  You can’t talk to [...]

Oct

23

The Problems with Disclosure

Posted by: Richard M. Esenberg | October 23, 2009 | 7 Comments

We had a wonderful edition of “On the Issues” with Mike Gousha last week with my former partner, Mike Grebe, now CEO of the Bradley Foundation. Mike is a great guy who has had a wonderful career. Bradley is a generous supporter of the law school and has been a tremendous force for good in [...]

Oct

18

Who Are Our People?

Posted by: Jessica E. Slavin | October 18, 2009 | 17 Comments

You may have heard that the Del Rio, Texas school district is policing a bridge that crosses the border with Mexico. Children crossing the bridge to attend school in the morning have been given letters seeking verification of their residency and explaining that non-residents will be expelled.
When you live in walking distance from the US-Mexico border, Newsweek [...]

Oct

11

Law School Hosts Regional Writing Conference

Posted by: Rebecca K. Blemberg | October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment

This weekend, from Friday evening through Saturday, the Law School hosted the Central Region Legal Writing Conference, welcoming more than 100 attendees, not only from the central United States but from all over the country.  The theme was “Climate Change:  Alternative Sources of Energy in Legal Writing,” and those who attended seemed energized by the [...]

Oct

10

ACS Presentation on 2008-09 Supreme Court Opinions

Posted by: Joshua Pollack | October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

With the beginning of the 2009-2010 term of the Supreme Court, the Marquette Chapter of American Constitution Society for Law and Public Policy (ACS) spent a lunch-hour discussing some of the more interesting cases of the past 2008-2009 term. Leading the lunch discussion were Marquette professors Blinka, McChrystal, and Secunda.
Professor Blinka started the lunch discussion [...]

Oct

5

Standing up for the Rule of Law

Posted by: Chad M. Oldfather | October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which concerned the President’s authority to employ military commissions without congressional authorization, is among the most noteworthy of cases to have been decided by the Supreme Court in the last few years.  Last month, Professor Stephen Vladeck, who was part of the team that represented Guantanamo detainee Salim Hamdan before the Supreme [...]

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