Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog

Exam Preparation Advice – Practice Practice Practice

Post author:Nadelle E. Grossman
Post published:December 1, 2011
Post category:Legal Education Marquette Law School Public

[Editor’s Note: This month, faculty members will post on their exam taking tips. This is the first post in the series.]

If my first year of law school was any indication, first year law students are looking ahead to final exams during the coming weeks with some trepidation. Undoubtedly one of the main sources of that trepidation is the fear of the unknown – specifically, what is the final exam going to look like and are students adequately prepared to take that exam?

Welcome, December Blogger

Post author:Michael M. O'Hear
Post published:December 1, 2011
Post category:Public

Our guest blogger this month will be Devan Brua ’06. Many thanks to our November guests, 2L Barry Gill and Peter O’Meara ’10.

Prosecutorial Discretion from the Department of Homeland Security?

Post author:Peter O'Meara
Post published:December 1, 2011
Post category:Immigration Law Public

Prosecutorial Discretion from the Department of Homeland Security? I’ll believe it when I see it.

I spend a good amount of time reading through articles on the latest immigration buzz. Since this summer, a lot of it has been centered on prosecutorial discretion in civil immigration enforcement.

On June 17 of this year, Director John Morton of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a memo meant to set guidelines on exercising prosecutorial discretion. The June 17 memo, often referred to as “the Morton Memo”, builds on an earlier memo setting enforcement priorities. The Morton Memo acknowledges that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has limited enforcement capacity, and that it should focus its resources on aliens that represent the largest threat toU.S. interests.