Closing Address
This Colloquium goes to the heart of what our legal system is all about; that our society is not ready to address such crucial issues is troublesome, and very damning.
The Review: Volume 14
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Volume 14 Issue 1
Panel Discussion of Response to Divided Loyalties: Musings on Some Ethical Dilemmas for the Institutional Criminal Defense Attorney
How would you distinguish between overzealous representation, and collaboration with the court and the district attorney, which dilutes the quality of ethical representation?
Keynote Address -- Effective Assistance of Counsel for the Indigent Criminal Defendant: Has the Promise Been Fulfilled
Unless criminal defense lawyers are adequately compensated and are able to function effectively, the capacity of government to overreach will not be challenged, and the great protections of the Bill of Rights will not be realized by all citizens.
Systemic Reform: Some Thoughts on Taking the Horse before the Cart
Even if the judiciary were willing to intervene in the manner suggested by the authors, which I seriously question, improvement in the delivery of defense services will not occur until the profession, through legal education and the process of certification,
Volume 14 Issue 2
The Legality of Detaining Refugees in the United States
This policy of deterrence violates domestic and international law and it should be curtailed. Only by eliminating the detention policy will the human rights of refugees and other aliens be vindicated.
New Jersey v. T.L.O. - Closing the Schoolhouse Gate on the Fourth Amendment
Replacing the constitutionally mandated requirement of probable cause with a reasonableness standard subject to wide interpretation is especially dangerous where aright as fundamental as privacy is at stake.
Religious Rights of Children: A Gallery of Judicial Visions
Throughout the development of the public education system in this country, the Supreme Court, Congress, and the American majority have supported the power and right of the public schools to serve a socialization function.
Feminism's Idealist Error
Some feminist theorists and most judicial decisions obscure the duality between the law's treatment of the employment rights of the majority and the minority of women.
Volume 14 Issue 3
Community Dispute Resolution: First-Class Process or Second-Class Justice
Mediation is a first-class process that provides first-class justice.
John V. Evans v. Jeff D. - Brief for Amici Curiae (Comm. of Legal Assistance in NY)
The tactic is unethical because it is not the product of a good faith interpretation of the law in the client's favor, but rather the exploitation of a disequilibrium in litigating posture not related to the relative merits of the
Attorney's Fees in the Agent Orange Litigation: Modifying the Lodestar Analysis for Mass Tort Cases
Judge Weinstein's creative modifications of the classic lodestar method should be particularly influential and useful in future mass tort litigation.
Overview: Trends in Alternative Dispute Resolution
The following articles present a sampling of the areas in which ADR is currently being used.
Volume 14 Issue 4
Lesbian Mothers, Lesbian Families: Legal Obstacles, Legal Challenges
The emergence of lesbian families provides a unique opportunity in history to raise children in a home with two parents of potentially equal power.
Car Wars: Strikes, Arbitration, and Class Struggle in the Making of Labor Law
The ultimate evolution of American labor law cannot be adequately understood without an appreciation of the contribution of organized labor.