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Mar, 2012
The Cockle Bur Blog
Legal minds on legal matters and whatever else strikes our fancy.
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Mar, 2012
The Seventh Circuit Rules that Pro Se Prisoner Missed His Chance at Resentencing
I wrote this past year about the obstacles that prisoners filing pro se face when challenging their convictions and sentences. The Seventh Circuit's opinion today in United States v. Wyatt kind of typifies the problems inherent in a system that requires uneducated prisoners to fend for themselves and learn the law within a year in order to meet [...]
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Mar, 2012
Federalist Society Student Symposium
Over the weekend, I attended the Federalist Society Student Symposium which was held at Stanford Law School. The symposium was entitled, Bureaucracy Unbound: Can Limited Government and the Admistrative State Co-Exist? It was my first time attending a Fed Soc event, and I must say, I was greatly impressed. Not only was the quality of [...]
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Mar, 2012
New Petitions Recently Filed by Cockle Printing
New Petitions Recently Filed by Cockle Printing
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Mar, 2012
A Law and Economics Approach to Deciding Whether Law School Is Worth It
For those of you considering law school and its accompanying debt, you need to watch this video.
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Feb, 2012
The Supreme Court’s Latest Miranda Ruling Is A Failure All The Way Around
What happens when no one comes to the defense of defenseless prisoners? Rulings like last week's decision in Howes v. Field, No. 10-680, where the Supreme Court held that law enforcement questioning of an inmate inside a prison about allegedly criminal events that occurred outside the prison is not necessarily a custodial situation for Miranda purposes. Or, [...]
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Feb, 2012
Effective Cover Letters for Law School Students
Hey fellow law school students, if you are wanting some pointers on how to write an effective cover letter for externships, internships, summer jobs, and the like, then you should check out UCLA Professor Eugene Volokh's take on what makes an effective cover letter. The blog post is here.
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Feb, 2012
New Merits Briefs Filed by Cockle Printing
Brief for Respondent in Reichle v. Howards, No. 11-262, filed on February 20, 2012 Reply Brief for Petitioners in Armour v. Indianapolis, No. 11-161, filed on February 20, 2012
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Feb, 2012
New Merits Briefs Filed by Cockle Printing
New Merits Briefs Filed by Cockle Printing
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Feb, 2012
New Petitions Recently Filed by Cockle Printing
New Petitions Recently Filed by Cockle Printing