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EarlyInterviewProgram	25 Jun 2010 - 03:08	NonaFarahnik
My question at the EIP meeting: Will we also be given information about which firms deferred CLS students? Nona Are you referring to Petal Modeste's response to ...

EbenMoglenIntro	25 Jan 2015 - 14:41	EbenMoglen
What I Wanted I went to law school because I wanted to write legal history. became a lawyer, at first, by accident. Later I realized that an effect making justice ...

EbenSalon	13 Jan 2012 - 22:05	IanSullivan
This Topic Exists to be a parent to other exploratory topics based (at least initially) on the questions about order raised by Nona and others on February 2nd. DRussellKraft ...

EconomistArticle-UnderlyingFitness	30 Jul 2010 - 14:37	MikeAbend
MikeAbend 30 Jul 2010 Another potential explanation... http://www.economist.com/node/9581656 Blatant benevolence and conspicuous consumption Charity is just as ...

EconomyPinchesTheBillableHour	07 Jan 2010 - 22:48	IanSullivan
This is a little off topic, but in some ways it relates to Thursday #8217;s conversation regarding time management and stress. I just read an article in the Times ...

EdiRumanoFirstPaper	22 Jan 2013 - 20:10	IanSullivan
Law, Morality, Trust, and their Limits By EdiRumano 16 Feb 2012 This paper is an exploration of the benefits and challenges of reductionist economic thinking, ...

EdiRumanoIntro	22 Jan 2013 - 20:10	IanSullivan
Personal Introduction I'm Edi. I was born in Albania, grew up in Colorado, and went to college in Pennsylvania. I like natural and social science, literature, math ...

EdiRumanoSecondPaper	22 Jan 2013 - 20:09	IanSullivan
Inequality and the Law Student By EdiRumano 23 May 2012 One of the questions asked at the outset of this course was how to be a lawyer that who is responsive ...

EditingPaper2	13 Jan 2012 - 23:34	IanSullivan
Should I approach editing as if I were an editor for someone who was asking me to make revisions before they submitted something as his/her own? I am unsure how much ...

EdsonSandovalFirstEssay	05 Jun 2024 - 19:45	EbenMoglen
Authenticity in an Age of Lies and Deception By EdsonSandoval 18 May 2024 Introduction What does it mean to be authentic? Why not be yourself rather than pretending ...

EdsonSandovalSecondEssay	29 May 2024 - 00:04	EdsonSandoval
The Dehumanization of Immigration Politics: An Immigrant #8217;s Perspective By EdsonSandoval 23 May 2024 The dehumanization of immigration is a prevalent issue ...

EducationReform	13 Jan 2012 - 22:05	IanSullivan
A friend and I recently got into a discussion / argument recently over education reform. It all started when I scoffed at the fact that prospective grade school teachers ...

EducationversusGuidance	22 Jan 2013 - 18:09	IanSullivan
I found series of interviews by Alain de Botton directly relevant to our recent discussions regarding our law school experience and the challenges faced during our ...

EdwardNewton-FirstPaper	12 Jan 2009 - 22:58	IanSullivan
Is gambling a crime? By EdwardNewton 14 Feb 2008 My !PartyPoker account Considering the numerous controversial federal actions that have occurred during the Bush ...

EdwardNewtonIntro	22 Jan 2009 - 00:59	IanSullivan
My interest in studying law is directly related to my interest in economic development. I #8217;m concerned with the ethical and philosophical implications of living ...

EdwardNewtonSecondPaper	22 Jan 2009 - 00:59	IanSullivan
Do You Want To Dance? In Midler v. Ford Motor Company , the 9th Circuit created a new right of publicity proscribing the imitation of professional singers #8217 ...

EdwardNewtonSecondPaperRevised	02 Jun 2008 - 13:30	EdwardNewton
Do You Want to Dance? In Midler v. Ford Motor Company, the Ninth Circuit created a right of publicity proscribing the imitation of professional singers #8217; voices ...

EfficientBreachTheory	22 Jan 2013 - 18:09	IanSullivan
The following is an edited transcript of a Facebook conversation between Joseph Itkis (JI), Jonathan Brice (JB), Shaked Sivan (SS) and myself, Rohan Grey (RG) that ...

ElaineTanIntro	22 Jan 2009 - 00:59	IanSullivan
After college, I couldn #8217;t decide on a career. I worked freelance in fashion as a patternmaker for a few years. Fashion was exciting at first simply because ...

EldonWrightFirstPaper	14 Jan 2015 - 22:15	IanSullivan
Trust Yourself By EldonWright 18 April 2009 Look Inward Students should not become so concerned with the first steps of their legal career trajectory that they ...

EldonWrightIntro	08 Jan 2010 - 17:18	IanSullivan
EldonWright 20 Jan 2009 I came to law school because it was the next logical step. Not because I didn #8217;t know what else to do, or because I had been told I might ...

EldonWrightSecondPaper	08 Jan 2010 - 22:31	IanSullivan
The Curve doesn #8217;t Kill People; People Confusing Grades with Personal Worth Kills People. EldonWright 19 Apr 2009 originally By ScottThurman 26 Feb 2009 ...

EldonWrightThirdPaper	08 Jan 2010 - 22:46	IanSullivan
45 rpm EldonWright 21 May 2009 You Have My Attention We walked into class and the man at the front of the room began to play a song most, if not all of us, had ...

ElenaKagan	13 Jan 2012 - 22:05	IanSullivan
Is anyone else disappointed with this nomination (from a non liberal/conservative point of view)? I think it is terribly disappointing that we keep getting these Ivy ...

EliKeeneFirstEssay	29 Jun 2015 - 20:42	MarkDrake
Weighing the Benefits of Regulation By EliKeene 4 May 2015 Cost benefit analysis (CBA) has been the cornerstone of environmental regulatory decision making since ...

EliKeeneIntro	29 Jun 2015 - 21:10	MarkDrake
Personal Introduction By EliKeene 29 Jan 2015 I came to law school to learn to solve complex problems. During my time working in international policy, I met two ...

EliKeeneSecondEssay	29 Jun 2015 - 21:44	MarkDrake
Democracy and the Press By EliKeene 25 May 2015 #8220;Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. #8221; #8211; Justice ...

ElieShnersonFirstEssay	05 Jun 2023 - 18:52	ElieShnerson
Thank you. Will rewrite.

ElieShnersonSecondEssay	05 Jun 2023 - 18:52	ElieShnerson
Thank you. Will rewrite.

ElieTFirstPaper	14 Jan 2015 - 22:15	IanSullivan
The Lawyer I Want to Be: Adding a Commitment to Social Justice to My Practice The opportunities and successes that brought me to Columbia were largely a ...

ElieTIntro	14 Jan 2015 - 22:23	IanSullivan
Hello. I grew up in Los Angeles thinking I wanted to become a sports agent, and spent some time exploring that goal in college. I am not sure if that is what I want ...

ElieTSecondPaper	14 Jan 2015 - 22:23	IanSullivan
The Injustice of the Felony Murder Rule The felony murder rule allows prosecutors to charge felons with any death that occurs during the commission of a ...

ElijahTurnerFirstEssay	24 Feb 2020 - 13:56	ElijahTurner
How to Be Creative in Law School The Simple Answer: Don't Forget Yourself. This means retaining/maintaining a consistent understanding of who I am, where I come ...

ElizabethBrandtFirstEssay	13 Jun 2016 - 20:53	ElizabethBrandt
Using Law School Intelligently By ElizabethBrandt 13 June 2016 I have no doubt that I am meant to be in law school. For some of my classmates this seems like an ...

ElizabethBrandtSecondEssay	13 Jun 2016 - 21:02	ElizabethBrandt
Three Lessons from my Summer Sales Internship So Far By ElizabethBrandt 13 June 2016 So far, my summer internship is not at all what I expected. I chose a tiny ...

ElizabethEncinasFirstPaper	14 Jan 2015 - 22:15	IanSullivan
It #8217;s never sat well with me being categorized as one of #8220;The privileged #8221; simply because I #8217;ve had access to tertiary education. I #8217;ve always ...

ElizabethEncinasIntro	14 Jan 2015 - 22:23	IanSullivan
Elizabeth Encinas , 27 years old, from Trinidad and Tobago. I graduated from Columbia College in 2008 with a B.A in Political Science. In the years between undergrad ...

ElizabethEncinasSecondPaper	14 Jan 2015 - 22:23	IanSullivan
The #8220;M #8221; word: Morality and the Law In Lawrence v. Texas (2002) Why isn't this a link? Surely you can help your reader find the case you're talking ...

ElizabethHaydenFirstEssay	24 Apr 2018 - 20:23	ElizabethHayden
Creative Approaches to Providing Legal Services By ElizabethHayden 01 Mar 2018 Incorporating the needs of everyone Law school attempts to teach us to view legal ...

ElizabethHaydenSecondEssay	05 Jun 2018 - 00:59	ElizabethHayden
Reflections after a year in law school By ElizabethHayden 4 June 2018 The kind of lawyer I want to be I want to be the kind of lawyer who cares about their work ...

ElizabethHuhFirstEssay	20 May 2022 - 19:28	ElizabethHuh
Time in Legal Practice By ElizabethHuh 20 May 2022 A Reflection from the First Draft When you told me to cut the draft before you can accept it, my first instinct ...

ElizabethHuhIntro	17 Jan 2022 - 02:44	ElizabethHuh
Personal Introduction By ElizabethHuh 17 Jan 2022 My name is Elizabeth Huh and I am from Seoul, Korea, although I was born in Boulder, Colorado, and went to an ...

ElizabethOseiFirstEssay	11 May 2021 - 02:53	ElizabethOsei
It is strongly recommended that you include your outline in the body of your essay by using the outline as section titles. The headings below are there to remind ...

ElizabethSullivanFirstPaper	22 Jan 2013 - 20:10	IanSullivan
Pedagogy of the Oppressed "Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present ...

ElizabethSullivanIntro	22 Jan 2013 - 20:10	IanSullivan
Personal Introduction Hi, I'm Lizzie. I fight vehemently for what I believe in. A lot of the time, I'm not sure I believe in anything, so I find myself fighting seemingly ...

ElizabethSullivanSecondPaper	22 Jan 2013 - 20:09	IanSullivan
The Importance of Words Neither of my parents went to college. I can say with some degree of confidence that their embarrassment and regret over that fact blazed the ...

EllaAikenFirstPaper	08 Jan 2010 - 21:35	IanSullivan
The Benefits of Empathy in a Legal Education The current divorce from reality in legal education The 1L curriculum and much of the law school curriculum in general ...

EllaAikenIntro	08 Jan 2010 - 17:18	IanSullivan
EllaAiken 20 Jan 2009 I came to law school because I like to think. I majored in classics and philosophy as an undergrad because I love reading about how people think ...

EllaAikenSecondPaper	08 Jan 2010 - 22:31	IanSullivan
This is a rewrite of Yinan Zhang's paper. Introduction: Marriage as a social norm The institution of monogamous marriage has an undeniably significant impact on our ...

EllaAikenThirdPaper	08 Jan 2010 - 22:46	IanSullivan
Actions Speak Louder Than Words Prayers of Healing While CNN has become more of a gossip rag than a news source, I must admit that I read it often. At the bottom ...

EllenBrodyAccident	05 Feb 2015 - 18:44	RobertoRivera2
Here are some of the details on the Ellen Brody Accident. It includes more names of the victims. http://www.lohud.com/story/news/transit/2015/02/04/metro north driver ...

ElliottGrundFirstEssay	02 Jun 2017 - 04:12	ElliottGrund
The Funnel By ElliottGrund 1 June 2017 Commencement It was Monday. After a long weekend of awkward social gatherings and not really optional panels of esteemed ...

EllisaKimFirstEssay	04 Jun 2024 - 16:59	EbenMoglen
Stumbling Upon Law School (Revised on May 29, 2024) Music, my past lover Thoughts race. Fingers scuttle across the keyboard. I am sitting at a Steinway Sons piano ...

ElviraKrasFirstPaper	22 Jan 2013 - 20:10	IanSullivan
I was a freshman when I first became involved with the Chaudhry case. Olu Orange, my mock trial coach and an attorney in Los Angeles, knew I spoke Russian. When he ...

ElviraKrasIntro	22 Jan 2013 - 20:10	IanSullivan
Personal Introduction My name is Elvira, pronounced Elveera. I came to law school because that is the prerequisite for a JD. I am interested in learning ...

ElviraKrasSecondPaper	22 Jan 2013 - 20:09	IanSullivan
On the eve of the last night of my internship, looking at this paper, I realized that the distraction technique of the tangential story wasn #8217;t necessary and ...

ElyseSchneiderFirstPaper	08 Jan 2010 - 21:35	IanSullivan
Repression and its Effect on the American Legal System Army officer Al Lorentz #8217;s first of four main reasons for #8220;why we can #8217;t win #8221; in Iraq ...

ElyseSchneiderIntro	08 Jan 2010 - 17:17	IanSullivan
ElyseSchneider 14 Jan 2009 I came to law school because I think it will give me more power to have a positive influence on international issues that I otherwise would ...

ElyseSchneiderSecondPaper	08 Jan 2010 - 22:33	IanSullivan
ElyseSchneider 10 Apr 2009 RACE AND THE ROLE OF THE SUPREME COURT Originally by Erandi Zamora After generations of activism and legislative action we finally made ...

ElyseSchneiderThirdPaper	08 Jan 2010 - 22:46	IanSullivan
LAW SCHOOL AND ITS EFFECT ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM By ElyseSchneider 25 Apr 2009 THE PROBLEM WE NEVER SPOKE OF I began my Criminal Law course thinking we ...

EmailEncryptionWorkshop	13 Jan 2012 - 22:05	IanSullivan
Hello wiki! I wanted to let all interested know that my friend Yin Huang has kindly offered to teach people how email encryption works and how to set it up, since ...

EmmaShumwayFirstEssay	06 May 2021 - 15:18	EmmaShumway
Developing My Personal Lawyer #8217;s Theory of Social Action By EmmaShumway 19 Feb 2021 Why I #8217;m Here Choosing Law I learned about climate change as an ...

EmmaShumwaySecondEssay	07 May 2021 - 15:14	EmmaShumway
A Brief Exploration of Courageous Lawyering By EmmaShumway 06 Apr 2021 An Introduction Despite the enduring societal value placed in courage, it is difficult ...

EmmanuelOsayandeFirstEssay	19 Apr 2024 - 18:36	EmmanuelOsayande
Navigating a Legal Crossroads of Activists and Rulers: Lessons from Lagos By EmmanuelOsayande 18 Apr 2024 In March 1996, a group of human rights activists took ...

EmpathyAndTheLaw	13 Jan 2012 - 22:05	IanSullivan
I am lucky, in that my name begins with a C and Eben edited my paper a long time ago. Still, it took me some time to inure myself to the scary red ink and actually ...

EmpathyTheLaw	09 Feb 2017 - 22:03	TimCuffman
I came across this old article that seems to suggest that if we're concerned about just outcomes that are not divorced from social reality, empathy is important. Cultivating ...

EmptyPolitics	22 Jan 2013 - 18:09	IanSullivan
I just had to post this Daily Show clip, which covers precisely what Eben was talking about when he said politicians have to be empty vessels, waiting to be filled ...

EmptyVesselPoliticiansandPoliticalCowardice	22 Jan 2013 - 18:09	IanSullivan
During today #8217;s class discussion I thought of an article (linked below) that I read yesterday. The piece effectively captures the idea that politicians are empty ...

ErandiZamoraFirstPaper	08 Jan 2010 - 21:35	IanSullivan
By ErandiZamora 27 Feb 2009 After generations of struggle, activism, and legislative action we finally made it. The U.S.A. elected its 44th President #8212;an African ...

ErandiZamoraIntro	08 Jan 2010 - 17:17	IanSullivan
I came to law school because I thought this would be the best way to address the pervasive problems that plague our society. The law has played a major role in the ...

ErandiZamoraNewFirstPaper	06 Aug 2009 - 20:28	EbenMoglen
ErandiZamora 21 Apr 2009 Can You Afford the Risk? Intro "You need to stop being afraid. You need to know what you want, know how to get it and do what you have ...

ErandiZamoraSecondPaper	08 Jan 2010 - 22:32	IanSullivan
ErandiZamora 21 Apr 2009 Leff, Lawyering and Law School o Intro o How Do Lawyers Think? o What Do Lawyers Do? o Leff ...

ErandiZamoraThirdPaper	08 Jan 2010 - 22:46	IanSullivan
Paper Title Why doesn't this essay have a title? By ErandiZamora 28 May 2009 Introduction Justice comes with a price tag, and unfortunately it is not affordable ...

EricSoehnleinFirstPaper	08 Jan 2010 - 21:35	IanSullivan
You didn't need to leave the original draft here, because all prior versions are saved. Look under the "Diffs" button. Fixing the Inside from the Outside: the ...

EricSoehnleinSecondPaper	08 Jan 2010 - 22:32	IanSullivan
The Mythology and Ultimate Poverty of the Curve By ScottThurman 26 Feb 2009 Introduction What are grades? They are the one constant in law school and yet are ...

EricSoehnleinThirdPaper	08 Jan 2010 - 22:46	IanSullivan
"The Reconciliation of Justice and Self: Being a Lawyer and Not Being Hated by Your Former Self" Practicing lawyers often have to reconcile their place within the ...

EricSpeckhardFirstEssay	26 Apr 2018 - 15:36	EricSpeckhard
The Right Question By EricSpeckhard 26 April 2018 Right or Right Besides the usual requests for the #8220;facts #8221; or the holding below, one question ...

EricSpeckhardSecondEssay	01 Jun 2018 - 16:09	EbenMoglen
Going Forward By EricSpeckhard 25 Apr 2018 Past is Prologue A few years ago, I decided to leave behind a childhood dream. Growing up, my family went on frequent ...

EricaSeligFirstPaper	13 Jan 2012 - 23:14	IanSullivan
Untitled By EricaSelig 26 Feb 2010 INTRO: LANGUAGE OF THE COURTS OF CONQUEST In 1392, Antonio de Nebrija wrote Gramática , the first modern grammar book of its ...

EricaSeligIntro	13 Jan 2012 - 23:18	IanSullivan
EricaSelig 12 Jan 2010 Three courses I took in college had a profound impact on my worldview: these were The Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power Era , The ...

EricaSeligSecondPaper	13 Jan 2012 - 23:34	IanSullivan
Is the death penalty inherently unfair?: An examination of the viability of race based claims in the McCleskey era By EricaSelig 15 Apr 2010 Roughly 50% of ...

EricaSenatIntro	14 Jan 2015 - 22:23	IanSullivan
My name is Erica Senat. I am 22 and hail from Long Island, New York. I have known that I wanted to be a lawyer from a very young age and came to law school right after ...

EricaSmithFirstEssay	27 May 2023 - 13:39	EricaSmith
How Anti blackness Perpetuates itself in Hair Introduction I have thick, long, and very kinky curly hair. Most days, I wear my hair down, but if I want it out ...

EricaSmithSecondEssay	27 May 2023 - 13:41	EricaSmith
The Lucky Sperm Club My father has always told me that I am a part of the "lucky sperm club" as he jokingly refers to it. When I look at my life compared to the lives ...

ErikaKrystian-SecondPaper	22 Jan 2009 - 01:04	IanSullivan
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ErikaKrystianIntro	22 Jan 2009 - 01:04	IanSullivan
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EstherKwakIntro	08 Jan 2010 - 17:17	IanSullivan
I came to Law School because I vaguely thought that Law School would give me an ability to help other people, make an impact, and also give me a secure life. As of ...

EthanSingerFirstEssay	25 May 2021 - 21:59	EbenMoglen
The Interest in Dying By EthanSinger 26 Feb 2021 The Right to Die #8220;Is there a right to die? #8221; asks Chief Justice Rehnquist in v. Glucksberg. According ...

EthanSingerSecondEssay	19 May 2021 - 02:40	EthanSinger
An Examination of Imagining the Future By EthanSinger 13 Apr 2021 Introduction When I was younger, I often imagined my future self as a professional baseball ...

EtherPad	01 Feb 2021 - 18:09	OliviaMartinez
NnamdiNwaezeapu 14 Jan 2021 Hi Nnamdi, did you want us to talk about anything specific to the EtherPad or just about it? OliviaMartinez 01 Feb 2021

EverArgueWithAWoman	22 Jan 2009 - 01:05	IanSullivan
This might be old news by now but apparently one law firm has some creative advertising that's creating a bit of buzz. It reminded me of when we had a big ol' disagreement ...

EverythingIsACon	07 Jan 2010 - 22:20	IanSullivan
In examples such as the #8220;mountain fresh #8221; Dasani water, I don #8217;t feel so much that it #8217;s a con as an advertising strategy. Nearly every producer ...

ExamsAndImprovingLawSchool	07 Jan 2010 - 22:20	IanSullivan
I asked this question early on in the course, and I didn't receive much feedback. I'll try again. Do you think that if we had more methods of evaluation in a course ...

ExpandingBehaviorofLaw	22 Jan 2013 - 18:09	IanSullivan
Expanding on the Behavior of Law I wanted to examine the Behavior of the Law more closely to see what, if any, implications it has about law as a practice and lawyers ...

ExplainingOptimismThroughArnold	07 Jan 2010 - 22:48	IanSullivan
JasonLissy 06 Feb 2009 Explaining Moglen #8217;s Optimism Through Arnold Prof. Moglen commented during our discussion of the choice/non choice composition of human ...

ExplainingWhatISaidInClassToday	07 Jan 2010 - 22:22	IanSullivan
I could put this post under the OnWhyIAmReluctantToTalkInClass parent topic; I think it became obvious today that I usually keep quiet because my brain to mouth filter ...