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April 3 - Evening legal news
Bernard Hibbitts at 8:47 PM ET
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New US News law school rankings
Bernard Hibbitts at 4:34 PM ET
[JURIST] US News & World Report has just posted online a free basic edition of its 2004 law school rankings, a few hours in advance of their officially-announced April 4 release date. Tier 1 and Tier 2 schools have been combined in a "Top 100" list. More information is available online for payment, or in the print edition.
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Arizona death penalty review ruling
Bernard Hibbitts at 3:24 PM ET
[JURIST] The Arizona Supreme Court [official website] ruled Thursday that it would review the death sentences of 27 inmates to determine whether the men should be resentenced. The Court declined to throw out their convictions in the wake of a US Supreme Court ruling from 2002 [Ring v. Arizona - decision syllabus] that found Arizona's death sentencing law unconstitutional because judges, not jurors, decided the sentence. Review State v. Ring [PDF text]; more State v. Ring documents are available from the Arizona Supreme Court website.
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April 3 - Afternoon legal news
Bernard Hibbitts at 2:52 PM ET
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Next Harvard Law School Dean is Elena Kagan
Bernard Hibbitts at 2:06 PM ET
[JURIST] Harvard University President Lawrence Summers announced Thursday afternoon that the next Dean of Harvard Law School will be HLS professor and administrative law scholar Elena Kagan [faculty profile]. Read the Harvard Law School press release.
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Bollinger affirmative action speech at the National Press Club - webcast!
Bernard Hibbitts at 1:58 PM ET
[JURIST] Columbia University President Lee Bollinger [official profile], former President of the University of Michigan and defendant in the Grutter and Gratz affirmative action admissions cases, spoke to the National Press Club in Washington on Wednesday. Recorded audio  is now available from NPR.
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Censorship and Choice: The Future of the Internet? - Duke Law webcast!
Bernard Hibbitts at 1:37 PM ET
[JURIST] Recorded video  of the Second Annual Duke Magazine Forum, featuring Duke Law School professor James Boyle in conversation with University of North Carolina Law School professor Adrienne Davis, is now available online from Duke Law. The Forum took place on March 28.
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War in Iraq - Ohio State Law webcast!
Bernard Hibbitts at 11:11 AM ET
[JURIST] Recorded video of a panel discussion on the war in Iraq held Tuesday at the Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University, is now available online. Among the panelists is international law scholar Mary Ellen O'Connell, a JURIST Forum guest columnist whose November op-ed Resolution 1441: Compelling Saddam, Restraining Bush is still available online.
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New FBI counterterrorism website
Bernard Hibbitts at 10:56 AM ET
[JURIST] The FBI has launched a new website on counterterrorism. In addition to numerous links regarding the 9/11 hijackers, the Anthrax investigation, and the Bureau's reports on terrorism in the US, the site also contains descriptions of the State Department's 35 designated foreign terrorist organizations.
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Chinese report on human rights in the United States
Bernard Hibbitts at 10:08 AM ET
[JURIST] In a rapid come-back to the 2002 US State Department Human Rights Reports released March 31 which contained, among other things, a critical report on the current state of human rights in China, the Chinese government has released its own report on human rights in the United States in 2002. The report concludes: The United States has been releasing annually Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, censuring other countries for their human rights situations, but it has turned a blind eye to serious violations of human rights on its own soil. This double standard on human rights issues cannot but meet with strong rejection and opposition worldwide, leaving the United States more and more isolated in the international community. Read The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2002, now online from China's Xinhua news agency.
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Human Rights Watch on landmines in Iraqi mosque
Bernard Hibbitts at 9:51 AM ET
Human Rights Watch issued a statement Tuesday condemning the storing and placement of mines inside and around a mosque in Kadir Karam, nothern Iraq, as violations of international law:Iraq is not among the 132 countries that are party to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty that outlaws any use, production, stockpiling or trade in antipersonnel mines. However, Human Rights Watch believes that any use of antipersonnel mines by any armed force is prohibited by customary international humanitarian law since they are inherently indiscriminate weapons. International humanitarian law also prohibits using places of worship in support of the military effort. Read the HRW statement, and a background HRW briefing on landmines in Iraq. The mines in the Kadir Karam mosque were discovered, and about 150 made safe, by the British Mines Advisory Group organization, which has posted a field report with photos on its website. The International Committee of the Red Cross offers a general backgrounder on landmines and international humanitarian law.
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ABA opposition to SEC "noisy withdrawal" rules
Bernard Hibbitts at 9:41 AM ET
In a letter Tuesday to the Securities and Exchange Commission, American Bar Association President Alfred P. Carleton Jr. cited attoney-client privilege and reiterated the ABA's opposition to proposed "noisy withdrawal" rules that would require lawyers representing corporate clients to notify the SEC if they were withdrawing from representation due to material violation of securities laws, breach of fiduciary duties, or similar violations by their clients or their agents. Read his letter to the SEC[PDF].
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April 3 - Law school briefs
Bernard Hibbitts at 8:56 AM ET
The 2004 US News & World Report law school rankings are coming! US News will make a premium online (pay) edition available on their website April 4, with a print edition shipping April 7. Meanwhile, Lawschool.com says that the most interesting movers in the top tier for 2004 are Cornell (up) and Boalt (down).... And in Tuesday's Wall St. Journal, John O. McGinnis and Matthew Schwartz report on a study of law faculty and federal campaign contributions that suggests ideological imbalance at elite law schools.
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April 3 - Morning legal news
Bernard Hibbitts at 8:48 AM ET
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April 3 - This day at law
Bernard Hibbitts at 7:18 AM ET
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was electrocuted for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby. Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
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