Marquette Law School in the 1960s

I was happy to be asked by Michael O’Hear to be the Alum Blogger for March. I hope to avoid “Beware the Ides of March,” but will be happy with “March Madness,” especially if Marquette does well in the Big East tournament and beyond.

I graduated from the Law School in 1967, a tumultuous time for our society that did not exempt the Law School. I had a chance to look back at that period when Gordon Hylton asked me to participate in the Centennial Celebration at the Law School last semester. That caused me to reflect some more on the role of Robert Boden as Dean of the Law School. On one hand, Bob Boden has come to be a generally revered figure by members of the Law School community — students, alumni, faculty and staff. On the other, I, and I think many of my classmates, have viewed him differently, quite negatively. Can these two views be squared?

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New Issue of Marquette Sports Law Review

Congratulations to the editors and staff of the Marquette Sports Law Review for producing Volume 19, No. 1 (Fall 2008), which is an excellent symposium issue on “Doping in Sports: Legal and Ethical Issues.” Information about how to obtain a copy of this issue is avaiable here. The symposium issue includes the following:

DOPING IN SPORTS: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES

Federal Labor Law Obstacles to Achieving a Completely Independent Drug Program in Major League Baseball, Robert D. Manfred, Jr

Corruption: Its Impact on Fair Play, Richard H. McLaren

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New Issue of Marquette Law Review Available

Congratulations to the editors of the Marquette Law Review, who have just posted the final versions of the articles for their winter issue (volume 92) here.  Here is the table of contents:

ARTICLES

CRAWFORD, RETROACTIVITY, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
J. Thomas Sullivan: Published on Page 231

WHAT’S SO FAIR ABOUT THE FAIR AND ACCURATE CREDIT TRANSACTIONS ACT?
Michael E. Chaplin: Published on Page 307

SPEECH

INDEPENDENCE V. ACCOUNTABILITY: FINDING A BALANCE AMIDST THE CHANGING POLITICS OF STATE-COURT JUDICIAL SELECTION
The Honorable Diane S. Sykes: Published on Page 341

COMMENTS

LEDBETTER V. GOODYEAR: LETTING THE AIR OUT OF THE CONTINUING VIOLATIONS DOCTRINE?
Allison Cimpl-Wiemer: Published on Page 355

HOW TRIBE AND STATE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS CAN SAVE THE ADAM WALSH ACT FROM ENCROACHING UPON TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY
Brian P. Dimmer: Published on Page 385

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