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eSupplement to the 2018 Robert O. Dawson Conference on Criminal Appeals
Contains material from Dec 2015 to Dec 2017
eSupplement to the 2018 Robert O. Dawson Conference on Criminal Appeals
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Session 1: The Law is Not Blind: The Danger of Biases in the Legal System - From the case of Adnan Syed, made popular in the podcast Serial, to DNA testing, to national security law, to civil litigation, cognitive and implicit biases impact and influence every aspect of the judicial system. What can officers of the law, from police to attorneys to judges, do to protect equal application of the law, to ensure that Lady Justice is truly blind?
Session 2: From Parties to Presidents: Dealing With Decision-Maker Commentary - Explore the use of off-the-job social media statements by decision-makers to demonstrate unlawful animus. Hear an in-depth examination of the legal standards for direct evidence and the stray remark doctrine along with potential strategies for rehabilitating compromised decision-makers.
Session 3: Pleasing the Court - Judges have opinions about legal writing too. Hear the best advice collected from a variety of judicial sources about what judges do and don’t like in legal writing.
Session 2: From Parties to Presidents: Dealing With Decision-Maker Commentary - Explore the use of off-the-job social media statements by decision-makers to demonstrate unlawful animus. Hear an in-depth examination of the legal standards for direct evidence and the stray remark doctrine along with potential strategies for rehabilitating compromised decision-makers.
Session 3: Pleasing the Court - Judges have opinions about legal writing too. Hear the best advice collected from a variety of judicial sources about what judges do and don’t like in legal writing.
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The Law is Not Blind: The Danger of Biases in the Legal System (Dec 2015)
Rabia Chaudry
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The Law is Not Blind: The Danger of Biases in the Legal System (Dec 2015)
From the case of Adnan Syed, made popular in the podcast Serial, to DNA testing, to national security law, to civil litigation, cognitive and implicit biases impact and influence every aspect of the judicial system. What can officers of the law, from police to attorneys to judges, do to protect equal application of the law, to ensure that Lady Justice is truly blind?
Originally presented: Oct 2015 Civil Litigation Conference
Rabia Chaudry,
International Security Fellow, New America Foundation - Washington, DC
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From Parties to Presidents: Dealing With Decision-Maker Commentary (Dec 2017)
Jason Boulette
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From Parties to Presidents: Dealing With Decision-Maker Commentary (Dec 2017)
Explore the use of off-the-job social media statements by decision-makers to demonstrate unlawful animus. Hear an in-depth examination of the legal standards for direct evidence and the stray remark doctrine along with potential strategies for rehabilitating compromised decision-makers.
Originally presented: Nov 2017 Civil Litigation Conference
Jason Boulette,
Boulette Golden & Marin L.L.P. - Austin, TX
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Pleasing the Court (May 2016)
Kamela Bridges
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Pleasing the Court (May 2016)
Judges have opinions about legal writing too. Hear the best advice collected from a variety of judicial sources about what judges do and don’t like in legal writing.
Originally presented: May 2016 Legal Writing: Precision and Persuasion
Kamela Bridges,
The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX