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The iPad: "I Need It For School and Other Things".
April 21, 2011I’m what the tech-blogs and forums have dubbed an “Apple fanboy”. When Apple unveiled the iPad on January 27th, 2010, I wanted one instantaneously. I had no use for one back then, but...
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May 3, 2011When the students of Thomas Jefferson School of Law elected me as Student Bar Association President, I remember feeling a great sense of joy in my heart, and a great weight on my shoulders....
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"California Love" or "Deep In The Heart Of Texas"?
September 22, 2011 I was working out fairly hard in Fit Athletic’s Crossfit room when a guy plugged his iPod into the room’s sound system. Tupac’s unforgettable “California Love” came blasting on, and...
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Better Than Your Mother's Brisket at Ritual Tavern
September 22, 2011If I tell you this, you have to promise not to tell my mother. Do you promise? Okay. Here it is. I may have had the best brisket of my life last night. To be more specific: perhaps...
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Advice for Law Students*
September 25, 2011Dearest 1L’s, I write to you as you are still young and impressionable in your legal education. I begin my 2L year here at Thomas Jefferson School of Law and I am by no means...
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Alternative Prospectives on Lawyers and the Law
September 25, 2011Questions & Answers Perspective: The cardinal tenets of our legal values are strengthened by not only grasping the rules of law but also exploring how law binds us all. The aim of...
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When the Lights go Down in the City...
September 28, 2011 I’m sure that when Journey wrote this song, they weren’t referring to a massive power outage in southern California. But, the “sun [was also shining] on the bay,” as luck would have...
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RIGHT OF PUBLICITY, IDENTITY, AND PERFORMANCE
November 11, 2011 My intellectual property scholarship (“IP”) was among the first to explore the impact of intellectual property rights on African-American cultural production—and vice-versa.2 While IP...
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Legally Fit
November 11, 2011It’s a Wednesday evening, and as you leave school you realize you haven’t been home in almost 12 hours. An assortment of snack foods has been your fuel for the day, and after two...
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Alternative Prospectives on Lawyers and the Law
November 11, 2011“The success of science depends on an apparatus of democratic adjudication—anonymous peer review, open debate, the fact that a graduate student can criticize a tenured professor. These...
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Professor Becomes Student
February 19, 2012SBA President Marty Stratte asked me to write a piece for the Jeffersonian about my experience with the bar preparation program at Thomas Jefferson. I am happy to do so and to speak...
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Honest Cocktails and Meats
February 19, 2012My best description of this restaurant can be contained in one word: masculine. Tractor Room, located on 5th Avenue and Pennsylvania in Hillcrest, has long been one of my very favorite...
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The Anniversary of Roe v. Wade and Reproductive Rights
February 19, 2012January 23rd was the 39th anniversary of the Supreme Court of the United State'’s decision in Roe v. Wade, where the Court ruled that the right of privacy found under Fourteenth...
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How Studying Too Long Can Kill You
February 19, 2012At the end of a long day of studying Evidence in July 2010, I got up from my favorite study chair to go to bed. I had been comfortable on my cushy chair with my feet up on the...
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GPS Tracking? Not Without a Valid Warrant
February 19, 2012On January 23 of this year, The Supreme Court of the United States came down with a long anticipated decision addressing major issues relating to privacy rights. The justices...
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Land of the Free?
February 20, 2012December 31, 2011 – New Year’s Eve. President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act. The $662 billion defense bill is more than just this year’s new defense...
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Employers Use of Social Networks to Screen Job Applicants
February 20, 2012As most of us come near to the end of our law school career, the next step is to apply for jobs. Most job applicants have a checklist before applying or interviewing that includes...
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Symbols Into Meaning: 3000 Years of Tradition in 1 Year of School
October 17, 2012 In The Presocratics, edited by Phillip Wheelwright in 1997, we learn of a fragment handed down to us only through the writings of Aristotle and his students: a man named Thales once...
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Tricks or Treats: A list of Something Good to do This Halloween
October 17, 2012A chill is finally in the air, well at least for a couple of days. With the chill of fall comes the thrill of Halloween for many. You may be asking yourself, what should I do? Well,...
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Beer Me!
October 19, 2012It’s Friday night, you are among good company and the night is only growing later. Left without many options, you and your surrounding friends decide to take it easy and opt to grab a...
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