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What Was the Legal Status of "Wanted – Dead or Alive" in the Wild West Days? (Assuming those posters weren’t a creation of Hollywood)

07 Oct

Kenneth Anderson wants to know: First, to what extent was this actually a historical practice [in 19th century frontier days], or is it really just a creation of Hollywood westerns– any scholarship on this, or actual examples? Second, from the…

 
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Posted in Legal Research Instruction

 

American Lawyer’s 2011 Ranking of "Elite" Law Firms

05 Jul

Am Law’s 2011 A-List has been released. Of course the complete rankings of law firms American Lawyer has deemed to achieve elite status over the last 12 months are behind a paywall. However, you can get a glimpse at the…

 
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Posted in Law Firm News and Views, New Publications

 

"Our research today will help Thomson Reuters develop products that will be most useful to your profession."

27 Jun

So I received a semi-mass emailing from some Thomson Reuters Market Research senior analyst (think, he must be 25-years old as opposed to a 21-year old for “senior” analyst status) very late last week which read in redacted part: Thomson…

 
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Posted in Polls, Publishing Industry

 

Court Compels Arbitration Clauses Against Students

22 Jun

Here’s a story that makes one stop and think. The Chronicle of Higher Education (premium content subscribers) is reporting on a federal case where students in Colorado sued Westwood College there for allegedly misrepresenting its tuition costs, accreditation status, and…

 
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Posted in Court Opinions

 

ABA Gives And Takes In Law School Accreditation Changes

15 Jun

The American Bar Association may be smarting from the recent finding by the Department of Education that it is out of compliance with 17 standards applied to accrediting agencies. A they did not lose their status to oversee law schools,…

 
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Posted in Law School News & Views