Archive for May, 2007
Cell Phone Forensics - Evidence gleaned from Cell Phone used in High-Profile Cases
We had a fact pattern in mock trial last year that used cell phone evidence to place the defendant in a murder case. On one hand it was hard to know what to do with it or how to present it to a jury. On the other, its appeal to cold, hard facts gave it […]
Getting to know you, getting to know all about you…
The first day of class is always interesting. There’s a certain ritual that takes place between professor and student… mating ritual is certainly the wrong word… but there’s something unmistakably first-date-ish in the awkwardness of the interaction.
Every prof has different preferences. Ragazzo would appear at the stroke of the hour as if in a puff […]
Law Prof Blawg Concurring Opinions Seeks Summer Intern
Feeling a little underemployed this summer? Draft a blog post on why you deserve to be the Concurring Opinions Summer Intern.
1. The Job Description
Let’s start by repeating a key aspect of this job. It is unpaid, except in “prestige points,” which you can probably can’t even monetize on Berkman Island. In return for being associated […]
Car Crash Lawyers - Mary Flood swims with the sharks
Mary Flood swims with the sharks on the Legal Trade Blog and at the Houston Chronicle, ahead of some upcoming CLE courses entitled “THE CAR CRASH SEMINAR”. The subject of advertising came up, as it must in all conversations about Jim Adler.
Donald Kidd, a former Fulbright & Jaworski lawyer who works with Adler, said the […]
I was a film major
I was. It’s true. A film major. It’s not the kind of thing I bring up when lawyers or professors ask me about my undergrad. I honestly don’t know how in the hell I ended up in law school. Neither does any one else. I think my father is still sort of hoping I’ll […]
Whosarat.com exposes identities of witnesses cooperating with the government
Justice Dept. and the Courts grapple with issues of Public Access and Protection of Witnesses & Informants in this NY Times article, Web Sites Listing Informants Concern Justice Dept.
Frank O. Bowman, a former federal prosecutor who teaches law at the University of Missouri, disputed that. “It’s reprehensible and very dangerous,” Professor Bowman said of the […]
Computer Crime in the Headlines
I’m a getting a bit more nervous now sitting here on this public wifi in the coffee shop…
Wired: Linkin Park’s Mysterious Cyberstalker
…he started to examine the messages in Talinda’s out-box that had been sent without her knowledge. The activity on the account ran all hours of the day.
Dimitrelos pulled up the header of each email, […]
Tenants’ Council of Houston, founded by UHLC alum David Sadegh, helps resolve tenant disputes
An article in yesterday’s Houston Chronicle features David Sadegh, a recent graduate of the University of Houston Law Center, who started the Tenants’ Council of Houston, an organization that helps tenants resolve disputes with landlords.
The council is a clearinghouse of information about tenant and landlord rights. The staff — eventually to include several law student […]
The CSI Effect
Jeffrey Toobin reports in the New Yorker: The CSI Effect: The truth about forensic science. Judges and prosecutors complain that the show is raising jurors’ expectations of the forensic evidence that should be available and presented to convict.
“I just met with the conference of Louisiana judges, and, when I asked if ‘CSI’ had influenced their […]
Student Loan Repayment Assistance for Prosecutors, Defenders
As previously mentioned in Public Sector Attorney Loan Repayment; U.S. Public Service Academy, H.R. 916: John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2007 has passed the house and awaits the Senate. If that sounds a bit hazy, take this opportunity to brush up on your legislative process.
According to the bill’s sponsor, Georgia Democrat […]