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Jun 4, 2012

BLAWG LOG: Judge John DiMotto on the 5/6 verdict rule

When a civil case is tried to a jury the "5/6 verdict rule" applies.

May 29, 2012

BLAWG LOG: O’Hear on SCOTUS decides Blueford

On some apparently flimsy evidence of intent to kill, the State of Arkansas prosecuted Alex Blueford for the capital murder of his girlfriend’s one-year-old son.

May 15, 2012

BLAWG LOG: Gonring on the pro bono oath; Hylton on black lawyers in the 1930s

When the Wisconsin Supreme Court declined in February to grant the Civil Gideon petition and its proposed requirement that legal counsel be appointed for impoverished civil litigants, it instead noted a familiar fallback solution: pro bono initiatives.

May 3, 2012

BLAWG LOG: Hylton on people who have shaped the teaching careers of faculty

I left law school with no particular intention of becoming a law professor; however, when I did become one 10 years later, my views as to the proper purpose and content of legal education had been significantly shaped by my contact with a variety of individuals.

Apr 19, 2012

BLAWG LOG: The Happy Lawyer by Steve Nelson

I’d like to follow the previous posts celebrating National Poetry Month with a hastily composed bookspine poem titled “The Happy Lawyer”.

Apr 3, 2012

BLAWG LOG: Boyden on employers’ requests for Facebook logins

I see that noted cybercrime expert Orin Kerr, a law professor at George Washington University, was on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal this morning, and his comments in the first few minutes of this recording basically sum up what I had to say on potential employers requesting social networking login information in job interviews: it’s unclear, but such activity may be prohibited by federal law.

Mar 22, 2012

BLAWG LOG: Iancu on the problem with Parental Power of Attorney law

Late last year, the Wisconsin legislature passed Wisconsin Statute section 48.979, which allows parents to delegate their parental rights to third parties by simply filling out a “Parental Power of Attorney” form.

Mar 14, 2012

BLAWG LOG: Borsuk on photo ID lawsuit

With its challenge to Wisconsin’s voter ID law, the NAACP is carrying on a struggle for voting rights that dates back to the post-Civil War era, James Hall, president of the Milwaukee branch of the NAACP, told the Law School’s Mike Gousha and an audience of more than 100 during an “On the Issues” session last week.

Feb 28, 2012

BLAWG LOG: Behm on the resurrection of the ‘Trespass’ element of Fourth Amendment law

Recently, in United States v. Jones, the Supreme Court ruled that the attaching of a GPS tracking device to a suspect’s car without his knowledge and monitoring of the vehicle’s movements violated the suspect’s Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable search and seizure.

Jan 25, 2012

BLAWG LOG: Borsuk on the Marquette Law School poll

The first results from the Marquette Law School Poll, the largest political polling project in Wisconsin history, were released Wednesday morning, providing a fresh and provocative view of public opinion across the state.

Jan 18, 2012

BLAWG LOG: Houghton on John Paul Stevens’ restraint; O’Hear on private prisons, accountability

After he retired in 2010, John Paul Stevens published "Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir."

Jan 13, 2012

BLAWG LOG: Idleman on Tebowing and the Constitution; Greipp’s interview with Hylton

Much has been made of Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow’s outward expressions of his Christian faith, especially his practice of kneeling in moments of prayer—“Tebowing” as it is now called—after touchdowns, some of them admittedly a bit miraculous.

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