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View ArticleTodd Peppers at Georgetown
Late notice, to be sure, but those in the DC area can catch W&L Law’s Todd Peppers today at 5:30 p.m. at Georgetown University Law Center’s Supreme Court Institute. He and authors Clare Cushman,...
View ArticleMissed a 5 in 5 session? They are coming to YouTube!
If you missed any of the 5 in 5 sessions so far, no need to worry. The presentations are being recorded for our YouTube channel and the first is available now. Librarian Ron Fuller has added his 5...
View ArticlePalmore v. United States
The legal history blog Jotwell has this entry about a recent Virginia Law Review article, Prosecuting Federal Crimes in State Courts, which discusses the ramifications of the 1973 Palmore v. U.S. case....
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Tale of a Skeleton for Halloween
If you walk past the library circulation desk today, you notice an eerie sight in the reference seat. It is, in fact, a human skeleton purchased around the time that Lewis Hall was completed in 1976....
View ArticleJohanna Bond Profile
For most, our self-concept is a complex creation, mingling together different aspects of our life experiences and personal traits. Too often, however, in academia and in the law, this inherent...
View ArticleAmy Dillard On “Drug-Sniffing Dog” Cases
University of Baltimore School of Law Professor J. Amy Dillard, W&L Law class of 1991, has this post on ACSBlog about the Fourth Amendment cases Florida v. Jardines and Florida v. Harris, argued...
View Article“Powell Memorandum” Spotlighted — Again
The most requested document from Justice Powell’s papers, the memo Attack On American Free Enterprise System, is invoked in a new documentary film. Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream...
View ArticlePowell Family Thanksgivings
A photo exhibit of Thanksgivings with the family of Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr. is up both the Powell Archives and the Scholarly Commons websites.
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Stylin’
A shout out to 3L Tristan de Vaga who caught the eye of the Roanoke Times “Style Street” blogger. (This also appeared in this Tuesday’s printed paper.) And I make this tribute, even though I am...
View ArticlePowell Clerks Argue at the Supreme Court
Last week UVA law Professor Dan Ortiz, clerk in the Powell Chambers OT 1984, argued for the petitioner in Vance v. Ball State University . Yesterday Ron Mann, Columbia University professor of law,...
View ArticlePowell Archives in The National Law Journal
Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal called earlier in this week to talk about our observance of the anniversary of twenty years of research at the Powell Archives. He summarized our discussion in...
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Moot Court History
Kudos to 3L and Moot Court Board co-vice chair, Penn Clarke, for researching and creating a great resource on the history of moot courts and other kinds of student trial and advocacy competitions at...
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Roe v. Wade Announced 40 Years Ago
Forty years ago today, Justice Harry Blackmun announced the decision of the Supreme Court in case of Roe v. Wade. (Bolton v. Doe was announced on the same day.) An Internet search today for “Roe v....
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WestlawNext Presentation
For 1Ls, the WestlawNext presentation covering statutes, legislative history, regulations, and administrative decisions is available at http://prezi.com/hgqwwsevgv0w/westlawnext Set your bookmarks!
View ArticleChristopher Bruner Profile
Who controls a corporation and what should its primary objective be? Over the last forty years, these questions have been answered principally by reference to an economically driven vision of the...
View Article“Legal Valentines”
Georgetown Law Weekly has some SCOTUS themed valentines. Our own Powell Archives website has some personal valentines from the late Justice’s life.
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Former Clerk to Deliver Powell Lecture
The Honorable Jeffrey S. Sutton, of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, will deliver the Eleventh Annual Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Lecture on February 26. Sutton clerked for Powell in OT 1991. The event...
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A Cautionary — but fun — Tale of the Honor Code
A W&L law student, a Before Sunrise experience, expulsion, Roger Ebert, and a life in London. Below, Elfield in a 1991 W&L Law Facebook photo.
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