Spring 2012 - Vol. 38:3
Features
The Legacy of WatergateAs we mark the 40th anniversary of the Watergate break-in, one of the scandal's best-known figures coauthors an examination of its importance for legal ethics.
Making the Best of Being an Appellee
Knowing how to maximize your position on appeal can make the difference between a winning brief and a losing brief.
Sua Sponte
A judge provides advice on appearing before an appeals court.
Judicial Mediation: Two Judges' Philosophies
Two federal judges outline the philosophies on which they ground their judicial settlement efforts.
Government Investigations Under Fire in a Mega-Trade Sanctions Case
An examination of some key aspects of the complex, multifaceted litigation served up by a government investigation.
Litigating In-House: Silving Linings and Clouds
The author shares the reasons a lawyer might--or might not--prefer an in -house position to that of a litigator at a law firm.
Montana’s Vigilantes: Crime and Order
Memoirs have painted a sometimes sympathetic picture of the frontier justice that accompanied that Montana Territory's lawlessness, but history provides a harsher account.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH: OMG, "Twibel" Claims? R U 4 Real?
Columns
Opening Statement: Error, Finality, and Fairness: Have We Got It Wrong?
There are good reasons to believe that the U.S. legal system has relied too heavily on process as a measure of fairness.
Global Litigator: Germany’s Increasingly Robust Anticorruption Efforts
Those doing business in Germany or with German companies need to need to learn about Germany's tough anticorruptions laws.
From the Bench: Mentoring—What is Our Message?
If the legal profession is to take on a different aura, part of that change must be in how lawyers relate to their mentees.
iWITNESS: Eight Google Skills All Litigators Should Master
Some tools that can quickly improve the quality of Google searches are hiding in plain sight.
On the Papers: Whose Story Is this Sentence? Directing Readers’ Perceptions of Narrative
As a writer, you can control whose story a reader percieves you to be telling in any given sentence.
Advance Sheet: Gaining Perspective from Abroad
The French and British legal systems feature different standards of guilt and innocence than the American systems, and different standards for how the accused may be treated.
Sidebar: Saints
In a world of war, hatred, and suffering, goodness exists.
Scruples: When Pled Allegations Hit the Newspapers
Normally, allegations in a pleading cannot support a vaiable defamation claim.
