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Peeping Toms, Cellphones, and Skirts
Anneliese Mahoney | November 7, 2013With the widespread use of cell phones, it has become easier and easier to capture pictures of everyday life....
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Admits to Smoking Crack Cocaine While in Office
Peter Davidson II | November 7, 2013This is Rob Ford. He is the current mayor of Toronto, the largest city in Canada. He has been...
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Education
So What If Law Schools Can’t Produce “Practice-Ready” Graduates?
Akil Alleyne | November 7, 2013Seeing as how I’ve already argued that law schools should put more emphasis on teaching law students how to...
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IP & Copyright
Kicking Broadcast and Taking Names: The Aereo Method
Gena Thomas | November 7, 2013Last Thursday, Aereo requested that a federal court in Manhattan rule that its business offers legal services. The gist...
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IP & Copyright
NYC Comic Con: You’ve Protected it, Now it’s Time to Publish
Robbin Antony | November 7, 2013Now that you’ve come of with a story, done the illustrations, and become an expert at protecting your comics,...
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Society and Culture
Law Reviews: Losing Steam, But Who’s to Blame?
Peter Davidson II | November 7, 2013The New York Times recently wrote about the declining relevance of law reviews, with the main argument being that...
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Society and Culture
Thursdays at Barneys
Dominic Jones | November 7, 2013“Can’t a young get money anymore?” Prophetic words indeed from the twenty-first century’s most evocative...
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Society and Culture
Decision 2013: I’ll See Your Christie, and Raise You de Blasio
Hannah R. Winsten | November 7, 2013Well, Election Day has come and gone, and things are looking (un)surprisingly bright for the tri-state area. Folks, I...
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Blogs
Why So Serious, Gen Y?
Alexandra Saville | November 6, 2013Are you a GYPSY? Am I? According to a recent article by The Huffington Post, if you’re a twenty-something professional...
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AirBnB Locked in Battle with New York Attorney General
Anneliese Mahoney | November 6, 2013One of the big travel trends right now is a site called AirBnB.com. The company was founded in 2008,...
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Would You Rather: Law School or $1000?
Anneliese Mahoney | November 5, 2013I would like to go to law school sometime in the relatively near future. Whenever I tell current lawyers...
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Capitalista Careers
Beginning the Search
Alexandra Saville | November 5, 2013Once you’ve made the decision to look for a new career, you’re halfway there. Well, not really…but it is...
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Society and Culture
Congress, Make it Stop: You Can Still Get Fired for Being Gay
Hannah R. Winsten | November 5, 2013Happy November, folks! Has everyone ditched their spooky, jack-o-lantern-themed front door decorations for some good, old-fashioned hand turkeys? Yes?...
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Texas Abortion Battle to Reach Supreme Court
Anneliese Mahoney | November 4, 2013This June, Texas State Senator Wendy Davis took the nation by storm. Sporting her now-infamous pink running shoes, she...
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Capitalista Careers
Job Hunting Survival Guide
Alexandra Saville | November 4, 2013You’re looking for a job. Maybe you’re deep into your hunt. Maybe your hunt just started. Perhaps you’re a...
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IP & Copyright
NYC Comic Con: Protect It and Publish It
Robbin Antony | November 4, 2013As thousands flocked to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center for the 2013 New York City Comic Con, Law...
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Crime
Guns, Whiteboards, and the Mentally Ill: How to Cure Campuses From Mass Shootings
Valeriya Metla | November 4, 2013Buying a $299 whiteboard that can stop bullets is a startling reality for educational professionals across the country. The LA Times estimates that...
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Society and Culture
It Gets Worse: Clifford Chance Gives Style Tips to Its Lady Lawyers
Hannah R. Winsten | November 3, 2013Lovelies, Halloween is upon us. Yay! If you’re a hippy dippy, wannabe Pagan goddess like me, you’re super pumped...
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Society and Culture
Overqualification is the New “It’s Not Me, It’s You.”
Peter Davidson II | November 3, 2013Coming off the heels of an economic recession, and in a job climate that is increasingly tenuous, there are...
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Education
We Need to Educate Non-Lawyers in the Law, Too
Akil Alleyne | November 3, 2013This morning, I opened up my Facebook account only to be swamped by a flood of bar-exam-passage-celebrating statuses from...
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News
Memo to FDA: Kill the Pain, Not the Patient
Tanzoom Ahmed | November 3, 2013The Food and Drug Administration’s recent decision to curb the use of prescribed painkillers has quickly become a topic...
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Can You Heart Boobies in Public School?
Anneliese Mahoney | November 3, 2013Most people have seen the popular I <3 Boobies bracelets in recent years. They come in a variety of...
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News
NSA: A Repeat of Watergate
Vasudha Sadana | November 1, 2013Democrats are usually the ones to promote more government control, but President Nixon was a Republican. Though he achieved...
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IP & Copyright
Twitter: When Being the Nice Guy Bites You in the Offering
Gena Thomas | October 31, 2013As I’m sure you are all aware, Twitter is planning to go public and aspiring to make $1 billion,...
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News
Google Glasses: a Whole New Level of Distracted Driving
Anneliese Mahoney | October 31, 2013As technological advances make our lives easier, will our laws need to change to keep up with the times?...