Archive for July, 2008

Supreme Court Cites Virginia Law Review Article In Guantanamo Bay Detention Case

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy cited the work of a Law School professor in a recent decision that helps define the legal rights of suspected terrorists held at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

ABA TECHSHOW

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Coast to Coast is on the road at the ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago! Join co-hosts Robert Ambrogi, Massachusetts Attorney and J. Craig Williams, California Attorney - both Law.com bloggers with experts who focus on what's new in technology for lawyers today. Ambrogi reports from the TECHSHOW with guests, Attorney ...

RSS Readers - I Want it All and I Want it Now!

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

There's no shortage of news content on the web. But finding just the news you want isn’t always easy. As a practical matter, it's close to impossible to create a search that finds only the pearls and not the junk. That's why many libraries are offering news monitoring and ...

A Day in the Life of a JAG Officer

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

The world of a JAG officer is a challenging one. Law.com bloggers and co-hosts, J. Craig Williams and Bob Ambrogi will turn to Major John A. Engels and discuss his role as a JAG officer stationed in Iraq, his experience over there and a look to the future. ...

Supreme Court and the Abortion Issue

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Coast to Coast, hosted by Law.com bloggers, Robert Ambrogi and J. Craig Williams discuss the arguments before the Supreme Court in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood with high stakes for the abortion issue. Special guests are Professor Neil S. Siegel from Duke Law, who recently completed a clerkship with Associate ...

States Better Venue for Change, Appellate Court Judge Says

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Given enough time, state courts and legislatures can fix their own social problems without the help of the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals told Law School students April 24.

Baseball Law

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Steroids scandals, homerun balls, suing for slander—Baseball has become a hotbed of legal activity. On Lawyer 2 Lawyer, Law.com bloggers and co-hosts, J. Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi, will discuss what is new in Baseball Law, the reputation of Major League Baseball and preferential treatment of baseball players. ...

A View From the Bench

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

The courtroom is a very serious place, but once in a while, it becomes a theatre for human comedy as the search for justice unfolds. On this Coast to Coast show, you'll hear the classic humor of real-life courtroom stories from special guest, Judge Jerry Buchmeyer, a senior District Court ...

Eliot Spitzer: Reaction from the Legal Community

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Considered a hero to many in the legal community for fighting for the little guy, Eliot Spitzer, the now former Governor of NY, became tangled up in a prostitution ring that led him to resign from office. Law.com bloggers and co-hosts J. Craig Williams and Robert Ambrogi turn to ...

“The Persistence of General Law,” with Professor Caleb Nelson

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Professor Caleb Nelson discusses why the structure of the federal system compels courts to continue drawing certain rules of decision from general American jurisprudence rather than from the local law of any individual state. Nelson spoke Friday at an alumni luncheon.