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After the governor failed to make a judicial appointment within the 30 day limit, the judicial selection commission made the appointment from its list of well-qualified nominees. The governor had selected the same nominee, but he was two days late… MORE
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The ABA Journal discusses the impact of Big Law's preference for graduates from Ivy League and other “elite” law schools. The article notes that such “near obsession with pedigree . . . is damaging to the entire profession” because new… MORE
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Professor Michael Madison’s (view his course portfolio here) “goal is to inspire students to learn, and to have the confidence to learn, long after they have left [his] classroom.” He adopts a “writing to learn” pedagogy in his copyright course as… MORE
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When Michael Madison left Silicon Valley to begin teaching law, he thought a lot about how to teach judgment:
“This was a question that was at the forefront of my mind because it was so much a forefront of my practice.”
Today, he offers an upper… MORE
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Mark Nadeau is a member of the Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers Advisory Committee and the co-managing partner of the Phoenix office of DLA Piper, one of the largest law firms in the world.
He recently took some time to talk with us about new lawyers,… MORE
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Educating Tomorrow's Lawyers is proud to announce the newest members of its Advisory Committee. Among the new members are a District Attorney, a former Public Defender, a recruiter of in-house counsel, a past president of the American Bar… MORE
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Previously, we have drawn from the Educating Tomorrow’s Lawyers’ survey to describe the 23 ETL Consortium schools, explore the kinds of curricular innovations in which they may be engaged, and see how they compare to law schools more generally. This… MORE
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Groups formed to support and oppose the retention of three supreme court justices are expected to run television spots and newspaper ads as the November election nears. “Restore Justice 2012” is targeting the justices for their role in removing a… MORE
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Supporters of a ballot measure that would alter the composition of the appellate nominating commission filed a lawsuit asking a judge to rewrite the official summary that will appear on the November ballot. The lawsuit alleges that the current… MORE
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Incumbent Justice David Medina was defeated in the July 31 runoff for the Republican spot on the November ballot by challenger John Devine, a former trial court judge who has run for six political offices since 1994. Devine raised ethical concerns… MORE