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Hon. Alison Nathan ’00 Nominated for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Hon. Alison Nathan ’00, who will serve as Distinguished Jurist in Residence in the spring semester of 2023, has been nominated by President Biden for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

New York Times

Sherry Colb: Fetal Viability, Long An Abortion Dividing Line, Faces A Supreme Court Test

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Randy Zelin: Jussie Smollett Taking the Stand Could Be A Double-Edged Sword in Alleged Hate Crime Hoax Case, Attorneys Say

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William Jacobsen: GoFundMe Pulls Fundraiser for Waukesha Suspect Darrell Brooks

NPR

James Grimmelmann: People Are Talking About Web3. Is it the Internet of the Future or Just a Buzzword?

Seattle Times

Daniel Alpert: Higher Inflation is Real, But We're Not Returning to the 1970s

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Experiential learning at Cornell Law School is a central part of our educational model. A robust set of clinical courses helps students move beyond the classroom into the world of practice; the Lawyering Program focuses on teaching the real-life skills employed by practicing attorneys, and externships around the country and across the globe put classroom learning into practice.

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Cornell Law School offers one of the country’s oldest and most distinguished programs in international and comparative legal education. It features an outstanding faculty; a strong and diverse curriculum; internationally focused law clinics; visiting professors, scholars, and graduate law students from around the world; a leading journal of international and comparative law; active internationally focused student organizations; international speakers and conferences; international internships and externships; international dual degree and study abroad opportunities, and an acclaimed international and comparative law library collection. It is an exceptional place to study and engage with international and comparative law.

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The Delaware Death Penalty: An Empirical Study

This article is part of a symposium that honors David Baldus, a great scholar and great man, a quiet man with a strong passion for justice. We study the operation of Delaware’s death penalty in the modern era of capital punishment.

Why Is Torture 'Different' and How 'Different' Is It?

Almost every serious commentator to address the moral and legal question of torture has taken for granted the proposition that the infliction of torture is a sufficiently grave evil to require a distinctly demanding moral scrutiny.

Stings and Scams: ‘Fake News,’ the First Amendment, and the New Activist Journalism

Constitutional law, technological innovations, and the rise of a cultural “right to know” have recently combined to yield “fake news,” as illustrated by an anti-abortion citizen-journalist sting operation that scammed Planned Parenthood.

Dangerous Citations

This Article considers when optional case citations may do more harm than good. There are valid reasons for citing to non-binding precedent — to promote consistency in the law.

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Prepare for the season ahead with lighthearted stories from @WeCornellians about Ithaca’s weather patterns, from past to present. ❄️☃️🌨
https://alumni.cornell.edu/cornellians/cold-comforts-of-a-big-red-winter/

Happy last day of classes, law students! 🤩

Great session by Rachel Goldberg of @CornellLaw at #LWIOneDays2021, and very helpful 🧵summarizing the presentation. Thanks @emily7grant! https://twitter.com/emily7grant/status/1466793370504896516

“I suspect he’s probably not as conversant with the details of #Bitcoin in particular and how it works as he is with just the fact that it has a sort of hipness and a cache to it,” says Robert Hockett (@rch371) via @NY1. http://ow.ly/Zw2M50H2UKP

On preserving neighborhoods: In a new book, Joseph Margulies, professor of practice at @cornellgov and @CornellLaw, proposes tools that would empower low-income residents to fight the threat of gentrification. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/12/how-transform-neighborhoods-without-destroying-them

James Grimmelmann (@grimmelm), #CornellLawSchool professor, says “They have some pretty damning facts about repeated notices involving the same storefronts." Read more via @insidehighered http://ow.ly/cwjS50H1YqU

“The Supreme Court will uphold the MS 15-week ban,” says @SherryColb. “It will say that it is not overruling Casey because it does not need to reach the question, since a 15-week ban does not impose an undue burden." More via @washingtonpost http://ow.ly/8XbR50H1hxb

Today’s snowfall is 𝒶𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓃𝑜𝓂𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 beautiful
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#CornellLawSchool professor @SherryColb says, “The ability to breathe is essential for life, but it is not the sort of thing to which we attach moral status, any more than the ability to see or to walk or to speak are such abilities.” Via @nytimes. http://ow.ly/aOu350GYKOs

#CornellLawSchool professor James Grimmelmann (@grimmelm), discusses his doubts about Web3, a version of the internet in which people would search through a single, personalized account, not through @Google or @Amazon. Via @NPR. http://ow.ly/XVHv50GTl8O

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