FORUM 12/18/02 Agent Orange Heads to the Supreme Court Professor Jay Tidmarsh Notre Dame Law School JURIST Guest Columnist and former Agent Orange litigator Professor Jay Tidmarsh of Notre Dame Law School examines the complex history of the Agent Orange chemical defoliant litigation, and considers what's at stake now that the US Supreme Court has finally agreed to hear arguments in a leading Agent Orange case. Read Professor Tidmarsh's op-ed. Published 12/18/02
Oil: Weapon of Mass Destruction Professor Marjorie Cohn Thomas Jefferson Law School JURIST Contributing Editor and social critic Professor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that despite all the attention being given to Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction, America's thirst for oil may cost many more lives. Read Professor Cohn's op-ed. Published 12/13/02
Coming soon: Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im (Emory) on Islam and human rights... Gerald Uelmen (Santa Clara) on medical marijuana... Joanmarie Davoli (George Mason) on John Malvo... MORE OP-EDS SUBMIT OP-EDS
CONFERENCES 12/18/02 Bioterrorism and the Law A conference on "Bioterrorism and the Law: Preserving the Rule of Law in Times of Crisis" sponsored by St. Mary's University School of Law will be held in San Antonio, Texas, on February 6-7, 2003. Click for further details. MORE CONFERENCES
WORLD LAW 12/18/02 North Korea: nuclear restart JURIST's North Korea service takes the spotlight this week as that country announces the restart of its nuclear program. The North Korean government claims that the revival of its nuclear initiative is necessary to meet energy needs in the wake a of a US-led suspension of fuel aid in violation of a bilateral agreement; the United States claims that it is a prelude to the production of nuclear weapons. MORE WORLD LAW
VIDEO LECTURES 12/4/02 Exam taking University of Illinois College of Law professor Jay Kesan offers advice on preparing for and writing law school exams. Watch Professor Kesan's lecture. Recorded 11/16/99. MORE VIDEO
LAW SCHOOL EXAMS 12/3/02 Tips and samples Get quality tips on taking law school exams from law professors and study experts, and check out exams administered at law schools across the country on a wide range of subjects. MORE LAW SCHOOL EXAMS
LESSONS FROM THE WEB Dec. Can Law Be Taught Effectively Online? Educational technology specialist and former law professor Kathy Marcel looks at legal education, see some missed opportunities, and offers some pointers for effective online pedagogy. MORE LESSONS
FAMOUS TRIALS Dec. Nuremberg war crimes trials This month, from the JURIST archives - as the United States contemplates the possibility of putting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on trial for war crimes, University of Missouri-Kansas City law professor Douglas Linder takes a look back at the first, greatest and grimest war crimes proceeding: the 1945 trial of Nazi war leaders at Nuremberg. MORE FAMOUS TRIALS
JURIST's Paper Chase is on a limited publication schedule during the law school exam and holiday break. Regular Paper Chase resumes January 6, 2003.
Saturday, December 21, 2002
THIS DAY IN LEGAL HISTORY... Montgomery bus service integrated
On this day in 1956, buses in Montgomery, Alabama started racially-integrated service following federal court rulings ending on-board segregation. Bus boycott leaders Rev.Dr. Martin Luther King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy were among the first riders under the new scheme. Learn about the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Friday, December 20, 2002
THIS DAY IN LEGAL HISTORY... Georgia passes first US anti-lynching law
On this day in 1893, Georgia became the first state in the Union to pass a law against lynching, making the act punishable by four years in prison. The statute was not particularly effective - read the text of the 1899 pamphlet Lynch Law in Georgia by anti-lynching activist Ida Wells-Barnett.
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Thursday, December 19, 2002
THIS DAY IN LEGAL HISTORY... President Clinton impeached
On this day in 1998, a divided US House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of lying under oath to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice in the Monica Lewinsky affair. Read the Articles of Impeachment.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2002
THIS DAY IN LEGAL HISTORY... Korematsu decided
On this day in 1944, the US Supreme Court decided Korematsu v. United States, upholding the wartime relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps. Review the Opinion, concurring judgment and the 3 dissenting judgments in Korematsu. Read Executive Order 9066, issued by President Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, under which the internments were authorized. Listen to a 1942 statement by Wartime Relocation Authority head Milton Eisenhower (brother of then-General Dwight D. Eisenhower) offering the government's rationale for its action. View photos from the Japanese American internment camps, collected by the University of Utah Library.
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Tuesday, December 17, 2002
THIS DAY IN LEGAL HISTORY... First US impeachment trial began
On this day in 1798, the US Senate began its first impeachment trial. Senator William Blount of Tennessee, a land speculator, was accused of plotting with England to wrest control of Florida from Spain. The Senate ultimately dismissed the charges for lack of jurisdiction - and, perhaps incidentally, lack of Blount, who had gone to Tennessee and had refused to return to the Senate for trial. Read more on the attempted arrest of William Blount.
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