tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67887397867476504582024-03-13T16:40:20.680-04:00BLS Library BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger740125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-54645433601103011222013-08-23T16:34:00.003-04:002013-08-23T16:34:40.757-04:00Redirect Notice for BLS Library Blog and URLWith the launch of the Fall 2013 Semester, the librarians at the Brooklyn Law School Library are pleased to announce that its two blogs, the BLS Library Blog and the Brooklaw Library Weblog, have merged into one combined blog. The newly merged blog will use the name BLS Library Blog. Its new home is http://www.blslibrary.com. To continue reading blog posts by the librarians at the Brooklyn Law Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-10313400300263870202013-07-30T16:46:00.001-04:002013-07-30T16:46:12.287-04:00Zoning Symposium on Land UseBrooklyn Law School Professor Gregg Macey and former BLS Professor
Christopher Serkin (now at Vanderbilt Law School) recently posted Symposium Introduction: Post-Zoning: Alternative Forms of Public Land Use Controls on SSRN. The full text of the introduction appears at 78 Brooklyn Law Review 305 (2013). The abstract reads:
Brooklyn Law School’s 2012 David G. Trager "Public Policy
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-88100643876656600232013-07-29T17:47:00.000-04:002013-07-30T09:24:59.976-04:00History of the Voting Rights Act
The Brooklyn Law School Library has several items in its collection related to the Voting Rights Act. The latest is Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy by Gary May (Call #KF4893.M39 2013). This fast-paced history of the VRA offers a dramatic, timely account of the struggle that finally won African Americans the ballot—although, as May shows,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-2164741579658148472013-07-26T10:09:00.000-04:002013-07-26T10:09:34.573-04:00Casetext: Open Access to Legal Texts
An
interesting new case law research tool that Brooklyn Law Students can use to
gain a better understanding of case law research is Casetext. It is
a free, searchable legal database that readers can annotate. The beta version
just opened to the public, and the site is building a community of annotators
so that lawyers reading a case see related legal documents, articles, and
commentary alongsideUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-41414147138288411822013-07-24T18:05:00.002-04:002013-07-24T18:08:18.074-04:00Alumni Named Rising Legal Stars
Recent Brooklyn Law School graduates have won praise from the legal community for their accomplishments. Earlier this year, Jeffrey Schulman, Class of 2000, a partner at Dickstein Shapiro LLP, was selected by the New York Law Journal as a Rising Star of 2013 for his work representing corporate and commercial policyholders. Four more alumni have been recognized for distinguished service and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-26209340988383557332013-07-20T09:22:00.000-04:002013-07-20T09:22:04.237-04:00The Beauty of Citizens United
Professor Joel Gora recently posted on SSRN his
latest article Free Speech, Fair Elections, and Campaign Finance Laws: Can They
Co-Exist?. The full text of the article appears at 56 Howard Law Journal 763
and is available here. The
abstract reads:
A prominent politician once observed that, "You can
either have free speech or fair elections, but you can’t have both." In
the view of this Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-81885106712231300112013-07-19T14:56:00.002-04:002013-07-19T23:48:57.440-04:00Municipal Bankruptcy
The City of Detroit's filing for Chapter 9
bankruptcy protection, the largest municipal bankruptcy filing in U.S. history, and the breaking news that Michigan Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie E. Aquilina has issued an Order directing Governor Rick Snyder to withdraw the petition because the filing violated the state’s constitution, raises serious issues for financially stressed localUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-56678217619316225852013-07-18T15:45:00.002-04:002013-07-19T14:53:16.077-04:00Company InvestigatorBrooklyn
Law School students now have a new tool they can use to conduct due diligence
on M&A targets, to advise clients regarding competition, and to evaluate
potential buyers to ensure financial solidity. In a recent press release, Thomson
Reuters announced the launch of Company Investigator, a comprehensive resource
for information on private and public companies. Users can find Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-58425630201832958642013-07-17T17:34:00.000-04:002013-07-17T17:34:28.771-04:00Traditional Irish Laws
Congratulations to Brooklyn Law School alumna Catherine F. Duggan,
Class of 1987, who has written The Lost Laws of Ireland: How the Brehon Laws Shaped Early Irish Society. The
book, published by Dublin-based Glasnevin Publishing on June 11, 2013, tells
how the ancient laws of Celtic Ireland were used from the time before Patrick
until the 17th century when they were outlawed and disappeared. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-53701013075344137092013-07-09T12:35:00.001-04:002013-07-09T12:35:29.049-04:00Writing Competiton Winner on SSRN
Dominic A. Saglibene, Brooklyn Law School Class of 2014, has
posted his note “The U.K. Bribery Act: A Benchmark for Anticorruption Reform in
the U.S.” on SSRN. The note is scheduled for publication next
year in Volume 24 of the Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems, a journal
of the University of Iowa College Of Law. Saglibene won the Trandafir Writing
Competition for the note. ForUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-49180917325982667292013-07-03T16:03:00.001-04:002013-07-03T16:03:15.356-04:00Happy Independence Day
Brooklyn Law Library’s copy of the book For Liberty and Equality: The Life and Times of the Declaration of Independence (Call # E221 .T74 2012) by Loyola University Chicago School of Law Professor Alexander Tsesis offers a well-researched narrative of the many surprising ways in which the Declaration of Independence has influenced American politics, law, and society. The drafting of the Bill of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-90094693590365839982013-06-28T11:59:00.001-04:002013-06-28T17:07:16.719-04:00Free Apps for US Legal PublicationsLaw Technology News (LTN) magazine and website reports that ALM, the leading provider of specialized business news and information focused on the legal sector, has launched 14 smartphone apps for use on Apple Inc.'s iPhones, iPods, and iPads. The apps provide content from the company's national and regional web and print publications, and support iOS 6.1 and above. The available publications are:Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-73359099604525159152013-06-27T15:03:00.002-04:002013-06-27T15:03:49.604-04:00Prison Law LibrariesWith New York State’s recent adoption of a rule on Inmate Access to Legal Reference Materials, the article Ineffective Assistance of
Library: The Failings and the Future of Prison Law Libraries, 101 Geo. L.J.
1171, is timely reading. See Westlaw or LexisNexis for digital access or check the
Brooklyn Law School Library Circulation Desk for the print version.
The abstract reads in part:
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-74768397490241293412013-06-26T19:25:00.001-04:002013-06-26T19:27:20.298-04:00Unpaid Intern LawsuitsUnpaid internships
suffered a setback this month when US District Court Judge William H. Pauley III
ruled in Glatt v. Fox Searchlight Pictures that
the defendant violated minimum wage and overtime laws when it failed to pay
interns who worked on the movie Black Swan. The lead plaintiff is a Georgetown University law school student. The decision, the first to adopt this
argument, rigorously Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-34476362031032986262013-06-21T13:43:00.000-04:002013-06-21T13:43:00.383-04:00New Books List
Among the 71 titles in Brooklyn Law School Library latest New Books List is a must read for today’s law students. Richard Susskind’s newest volume on the legal profession, Tomorrow's Lawyers: An Introduction to Your Future (Call #K120 .S87 2013), predicts major changes coming in the world of law with the emergence of virtual courts, Internet-based global legal businesses, online document Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-14807260128485880812013-06-20T11:40:00.002-04:002013-06-20T11:40:47.513-04:00Episode 087 – Conversation with Mark Walsh, Class of 2015Episode 087 – Conversation with Mark Walsh, Class of 2015.mp3
In this podcast, Mark Walsh, Class of 2015 and newly-elected Brooklyn Law School Student Bar Association President, talks about his previous year with the SBA and the upcoming year as SBA President. Mark discusses his plans for next year for the SBA to work with the administration and other departments within the Law School, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-33438538343119232502013-06-18T17:32:00.002-04:002013-06-18T17:45:19.414-04:00CALI Conference 2013
This past weekend, the 23rd Annual CALI Conference for Law School Computing was held at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. The conference featured several sessions on the flipped classroom:
Flipping the Classroom in Legal Skills Courses
Flipping the Law School Classroom: Using Technology Outside the Classroom to Engage Students in the Classroom
Flipping Flop?: exploring whether guest lectures Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-53391021237849857392013-06-17T14:51:00.003-04:002013-06-17T14:51:51.659-04:00Copyright and the Public Domain on Trial
A recent article in the New York Law Journal reports on a class action complaint, Good Morning To You Productions Corp. v. Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., filed in the Southern District of New York where ownership of the well-known song "Happy Birthday to You" is under dispute. The plaintiff company, which is producing a documentary about the song that dates back to before 1893, is seeking a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-87491009302479596162013-06-08T17:03:00.001-04:002013-06-10T16:18:40.763-04:00112th BLS Commencement at Lincoln Center Brooklyn Law School held its 112th Commencement Ceremony on
Friday, June 7 at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. With more than 450 law
students receiving either a Juris Doctor or a LL.M degree, the Class of 2013 was
one of the school’s largest graduating classes before enrollment began declining after
the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Joseph Binder, Class Valedictorian
andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-62465373360110325422013-06-07T16:50:00.001-04:002013-06-07T16:50:44.006-04:00Overcriminalization
A recent New York Law Journal article, Overcriminalization of Non-Violent Conduct: Time for Real Reform by attorneys Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert, examines the proliferation of federal criminal laws and the resulting increase in the federal prison population, approximately 40% above capacity, costing taxpayers almost $7 billion a year, almost 30% of the Justice Department's budget. TheUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-34679509346486952612013-06-06T11:16:00.001-04:002013-06-06T11:16:22.003-04:00Eminent Domain, Just and Unjust Compensation
Brooklyn Law School Assistant Professor of Law Brian Lee has posted Just Undercompensation: The Idiosyncratic Premium in Eminent Domain on SSRN. The full text of the article appears at 113 Columbia Law Review 593 (2013). The abstract reads:
When the government exercises its power of eminent domain to take private property, the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires that the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-53134874144337116222013-05-31T15:52:00.000-04:002013-05-31T15:52:14.951-04:00Authorship Attribution
Brooklyn Law School Professor Lawrence Solan has posted Intuition versus Algorithm: The Case of Forensic Authorship Attribution on SSRN. The article, which will appear in an upcoming edition of the Brooklyn Journal of Law and Policy, originated in the Authorship Attribution Workshop held last October at Brooklyn Law School. The program for the workshop stated "It is not unusual for a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-71437457979776930462013-05-30T15:00:00.003-04:002013-05-30T15:00:47.105-04:00Class Action Fairness ActIn Abraham v. American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc., Brooklyn Federal Judge William F. Kuntz II of the
Eastern District of New York ruled against several hundred current and former
homeowners rejecting their mass action attempt, finding that they were joined
improperly. The defendants were several dozen mortgage originators and
servicers including MERSCORP Holdings Inc. Plaintiffs alleged that Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-75751088636265491532013-05-29T18:41:00.001-04:002013-05-29T18:41:42.712-04:00Plea Bargaining and Ethics
LLRX, the "go-to" website for researchers seeking to
leverage the expanding expertise and knowledge of legal resources, has
published in its May 2013 edition an article titled Negotiating Justice: The New Constitutional Spectrum of Plea Bargaining by Ken Strutin. The
article focuses on the impact of the Supreme Court's decisions in Missouri v. Frye, 132 S.Ct. 1399 (2012) and Laflerv. Cooper, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788739786747650458.post-52643709282168730382013-05-28T13:34:00.003-04:002013-05-28T13:34:21.166-04:00Bankruptcy and Student Loans
Student loan obligations are presumptively non-dischargeable in bankruptcy absent a showing of “undue hardship.” 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8). A recent decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals may offer financially stressed student loan debtors a way out of their student loans. In Hedland v. Educational Resources Institute, Inc., the court ruled that a bankrupt law school graduate who accumulatedUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0