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5/8/2012 - W&L Law Prof Mark Drumbl on Conviction of Charles Taylor
Washington and Lee law professor Mark Drumbl has an op/ed in today's (May 8) Richmond Times-Dispatch on the conviction of Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia. Drumbl argues that the conviction should not distract from the ongoing efforts that are required to deliver justice to the people of Sierra Leone.   
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4/24/2012 - W&L Law Prof Christopher Bruner Discusses Business-Judgment Rules
Washington and Lee law professor Christopher Bruner was quoted in American Banker on pending appeals concerning business-judgment rules, which shield business decisions that seemed prudent but later had harmful results.   
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4/19/2012 - W&L's Third Year Reform in the Spotlight
The third-year reform at Washington and Lee law school was featured on NPR-WVFT, with comments from law student Jennifer Dean and professors Jim Moliterno and Bob Danforth.   
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4/18/2012 - W&L Law Prof. Tim Jost Asks, "Is Medicaid Constitutional?"
Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost discusses the constitutionality of Medicaid in the "Perspective" column for the New England Journal of Medicine.   
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4/17/2012 - W&L Law Prof. Mark Drumbl on ECHR Terrorism Verdict
Washington and Lee law professor Mark Drumbl comments on reactions to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) judgment that five Islamic extremists can be extradited to the US to stand trial on terrorism charges.   
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4/5/2012 - W&L Law Professor Erik Luna discusses US Supreme Court Strip Search Ruling
On NPR's On Point, Washington and Lee criminal law scholar Erik Luna discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision upholding invasive strip searches. Luna joins the podcast at the 14:10 mark.    
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3/29/2012 - W&L Law Prof's OUP Blog Post on Kony 2012 Cited at Daily Beast
A blog post about Kony 2012 and child soldiers on the Oxford University Press website by Washington and Lee Law professor Mark Drumbl was cited by Andrew Sullivan at The Daily Beast.   
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3/26/2012 - W&L Black Lung Clinic Brief Featured in NLJ Report on ACA Case
The amicus brief filed by the Washington and Lee School of Law Black Lung Clinic is featured in a report by the National Law Journal on this week's historic debate before the Supreme Court over the Affordable Care Act.   
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3/23/2012 - W&L Law Prof David Millon on the $3 Million Contract Typo
Washington and Lee law professor David Millon comments in an MSNBC story about a lawsuit brought against JPMorgan Chase for a contract typo worth millions.   
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3/15/2012 - W&L's Mark Drumbl on Kony 2012 and Child Soldiers
Washington and Lee law professor Mark Drumbl has appeared in several media outlets on the Kony 2012 media campaign and how the effort oversimplifies the problem of child soldiers.   
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3/10/2012 - Kony Campaign Creates Blizzard of Commentary and Concerns
Washington and Lee law professor Mark Drumbl comments on the Kony 2012 media campaign and how the effort oversimplifies the problem of child soldiers.   
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2/16/2012 - Birth Control: Latest Collision Between Individual Conscience And Society
Washington and Lee law professor Robin F. Wilson comments in an NPR story on President Obama's decision to require Catholic employers to provide free contraceptives to their employees.   
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2/14/2012 - W&L Law Prof Discusses Family Ties, Without Tying the Knot
Washington and Lee law professor Robin Fretwell Wilson participates in a New York Times Room for Debate discussion on the evolving definition of marriage and what that means for children.   
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2/1/2012 - W&L's David Bruck on Death Penalty Decline
Washington and Lee law professor David Bruck discusses the national decline in capital sentences, including the role that cost, potential errors, and race played in death penalty cases.   
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1/16/2012 - W&L Out Front On Legal Education Reform
Legal education reform was a hot topic at the annual meeting of the Association of American Law School in Washington earlier this month. The National Law Journal report on the meeting cites Washington and Lee as one of the few law schools getting serious about reform.    
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1/6/2012 - W&L Law Third Year Curriculum Mentioned in Chronicle Report on the Future of the Legal Profession
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on law schools and the legal profession from the annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools, citing a presentation by Washington and Lee law professor Jim Moliterno on the school's innovative third-year curriculum.   
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12/27/2011 - W&L Law Prof Mark Drumbl on Cross Border Justice
In a story on the Center for Justice and Accountability, Washington and Lee law professor Mark Drumbl discusses the use of the Alien Tort Statute, which allows the US federal courts to hear lawsuits filed by foreign nationals for torts committed in violation of international law.   
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12/16/2011 - W&L Law Prof Tim Jost on Essential Health Benefits Memo
Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost comments on the Health and Human Services memo stating that there will be no single uniform set of "essential health benefits" insurers must provide as part of the Affordable Care Act.   
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12/1/2011 - W&L Law Prof Discusses 3L Curriculum and Stress of Law Practice
In the Washington Post, Washington and Lee law professor Jim Moliterno talks about the School's practice-based 3L curriculum and how exposing students to the stresses of actual practice while still in law school may help them when they become lawyers.   
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11/15/2011 - W&L's Timothy Jost on the Supreme Court Review of Health Care Law
On Nov. 14, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear challenges to the Affordable Care Act, setting aside more than five hours next spring for oral argument on this hotly debated issue.   
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11/11/2011 - W&L's Mark Drumbl Discusses Child Soldiers on WMRA
Mark Drumbl, Class of 1975 Alumni Law Professor and director of the Transnational Institute at the Washington and Lee School of Law, discussed child soldiers on Thursday, Nov. 10, on WMRA's "Virginia Insight" program.   
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11/9/2011 - W&L Law Prof. Jim Moliterno on Balancing Tradition and Experience in Learning Law
In a response to an op/ed in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington and Lee law professor Jim Moliterno discusses the proper balance of theory and practice in a modern law school curriculum.   
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11/7/2011 - W&L Law Prof. Ben Spencer on Law School Reform and Regulation
Washington and Lee law professor Ben Spencer, who also chairs the Virginia State Bar Section on the Education of Lawyers, discusses the challenges that legal education and the legal profession face, including calls for deregulation.   
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11/2/2011 - W&L Law Prof. Jim Moliterno on the Great Law School Debate
Washington and Lee law professor Jim Moliterno contributes to the National Law Journal's blog forum on legal education with suggestions on how law schools can make legal education better.    
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10/21/2011 - W&L Law Prof Tim Jost on Wal-Mart Health Benefit Cuts
Washington and Lee Law professor Tim Jost comments in a Washington Post story on Wal-Mart's announcement that they are dropping health care benefits for part-time employees.   
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9/29/2011 - W&L Law Tax Professor Michelle Drumbl Talks Class Warfare on Virginia Insight
Michelle Drumbl, associate clinical professor of law and director of the Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic at Washington and Lee University's School of Law, appeared on NPR affiliate WMRA's "Virginia Insight" as part of a panel that discussed whether the current tax debate includes class warfare.    
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9/29/2011 - W&L Law Prof Tim Jost on Supreme Court and the Next Legal Stop for Health Reform
In a Health Affairs blog post, Washington and Lee Law professor Tim Jost lays out how each appeals court decided various issues of the reform law, and the arguments being made by U.S. Supreme Court petitioners.   
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9/9/2011 - W&L Law Professor Tim Jost on 4th Circuit ACA Decision
On the Health Affairs website, Washington and Lee law professor and health care expert Tim Jost examines the 4th Circuit decision that dismissed on jurisdictional grounds two challenges to the Affordable Care Act.   
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9/2/2011 - W&L Law Professor Ann Massie on Lexington Flag Ordinance
Washington and Lee law professor Ann Massie comments in a WSET-TV report on the constitutionality of the recent flag ordinance passed last week by the Lexington City Council.   
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8/25/2011 - W&L Law Professor Robin Wilson on Greek Family Law Reforms and the Impact on Sharia Law
In a guest post on the popular blog The Volokh Conspiracy, Washington and Lee law professor Robin F. Wilson comments on Greek family law reforms that jettison the practice of allowing Sharia Law to govern family matters for Muslims.   
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8/24/2011 - W&L Law Professor Lyman Johnson on Justice Powell and Free Enterprise
In a Richmond Times-Dispatch op/ed, Washington and Lee law professor Lyman Johnson discusses the "Powell Memorandum," a stirring defense of the free enterprise system that Powell wrote 40 years ago before he was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.   
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8/22/2011 - W&L Law Professor Robin Wilson on Marriage Equality
Washington and Lee law professor Robin F. Wilson comments on balancing marriage equality with other social goods in a piece for an online symposium on same-sex marriage, hosted by SCOTUSblog.   
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8/16/2011 - W&L Law Professor David Bruck on the Quiet Revolution in the Death Penalty Debate
On NPR's All Things Considered, Washington and Lee law professor David Bruck discusses the Justice Department review of its lethal injection protocols and the trend at both the state and federal level that shows authorities are less likely to seek the death penalty.   
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8/4/2011 - W&L's Jost on What the Debt Deal Means for Health Reform
It's not clear yet what effect the debt deal will have on the Affordable Care Act, writes Sarah Kliff in the Washington Post, but Washington and Lee law professor and health reform expert Tim Jost thinks funds to support the health law's implementation could be at risk.   
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7/20/2011 - Commentary: The Supreme Court, law clerks and legal ethics
In this recent commentary, Washington and Lee School of Law visiting professor Todd Peppers discusses recent calls for U.S. Supreme Court Justices to adopt a code of ethics.   
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7/15/2011 - W&L's Tim Jost Examines Implementation of Health Insurance Exchanges
On July 11, the Department of Health and Human Services released its first set of proposed regulations governing the Health Benefit Exchanges created by the Affordable Care Act. In a three-part series on the Health Affairs website, Washington and Lee law professor and health care expert Tim Jost examines what these regulations mean for implementation.   
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6/29/2011 - W&L Law Professor Robin Wilson Comments on New York Same-sex Marriage Law
Washington and Lee law professor Robin F. Wilson participates in a New York Times "Room for Debate" discussion on the impact of the New York law legalizing same-sex marriage.   
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6/22/2011 - W&L Law Professor Tim Jost Writes about Medicaid in Recent Oped
In this opinion piece, Washington and Lee law professor and health care expert Tim Jost argues that proposed Medicaid block grant programs will reduce health care funding for those Virginians most in need.   
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6/21/2011 - Religious Freedom Debate Delays New York Same-sex Marriage Law
Washington and Lee law professor Robin Fretwell Wilson is quoted in several media outlets on the continuing debate in the New York State Senate over the passage of a law legalizing same sex marriage.   
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6/15/2011 - W&L's David Bruck On Loughner Competency, Likelihood of Release
In USA Today, Washington and Lee law professor David Bruck discusses efforts to restore accused Arizona shooter Jared Loughner's competency to stand trial through forced medication and what will happen if this treatment fails.   
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5/26/2011 - W&L Law Prof Discusses Conflicts between Law and Faith on WMRA
On Thursday, May 26 at 3 p.m., Robin F. Wilson, professor of law at Washington and Lee University School of Law, will appear on NPR affiliate WMRA's Virginia Insight show to discuss her research on conflicts between same-sex marriage laws and religious liberty.   
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5/26/2011 - W&L's David Bruck Discusses Loughner Competency on The Takeaway
A federal judge has found Jared Loughner unfit to stand trial. Washington and Lee law professor David Bruck explains the next steps in the case of the accused Arizona shooter.    
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4/29/2011 - Buffett to Face Questions on Praising Sokol Before Audit Report
Washington and Lee law professor Lyman Johnson is quoted in a Bloomberg News report on the tough questions Warren Buffet is likely to face about David Sokol at the annual meetings of Berkshire Hathaway.   
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4/27/2011 - W&L Law Student Discusses the 'Incredible Candidate' in Roanoke Times
Bill Larson, a third-year law student at Washington and Lee and 2008 graduate of the College, offers his thoughts on Donald Trump's candidacy for President.   
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4/26/2011 - Supreme Court Won't Expedite Health Care Challenge
Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost comments in a National Public Radio report on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to deny a petition by Virginia'a attorney general to fast-track a challenge to the constitutionality of the 2010 health care law.   
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3/30/2011 - Obama Admin. Delaying Some Rules for Appealing Health Insurance Denials
Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost comments in a Los Angeles Times article exploring delays in the enforcement of some new rules designed to protect patients who appeal insurers' decisions to deny or reduce health care benefits.    
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3/23/2011 - W&L's Bruck Comments on Loughner Competency
Washington and Lee law professor David I. Bruck, director of the Virginia Capital Case Clearinghouse, comments in a USA Today article examining the psychological testing Jared Lee Loughner will undergo to determine his competency to stand trial.   
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3/22/2011 - Democrats Play Down First Birthday of ObamaCare
On the first anniversary of the signing of the health care law, Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost comments in a Globe and Mail article on the challenges faced by the Obama administration in implementing the law.   
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2/27/2011 - Law Schools Revamp Their Curricula to Teach Practical Skills
Washington and Lee University School of Law and its innovative third-year curriculum is featured in a Chronicle of Higher Education story on trends in legal education.   
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2/17/2011 - Law Professor Comments on Alaska Governor Refusing to Enact Health Care Law
Washington and Lee law professor and health care expert Tim Jost comments on Alaska governor Sean Parnell's decision not to implement the new Health Care Law after a Florida judge struck down the law as unconstitutional.   
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2/13/2011 - Law Professor Argues for Religious Protections in New R.I. Law
In a recent Op/ed in the Providence Journal, Washington and Lee Law Professor Robin F. Wilson urges Rhode Island to adopt greater religious protections as part of the State's same-sex marriage legislation.   
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2/12/2011 - To Defend the Accused in a Tucson Rampage, First a Battle to Get Inside a Mind
Washington and Lee law professor David I. Bruck comments in a New York Times story on Judy Clarke, defense attorney for Jared Lee Loughner. The article also references an interview Clarke gave to the Washington and Lee Law alumni magazine.   
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2/9/2011 - Maryland Considers Legislation on Religious Freedom and Same-sex Marriage Protections
Washington and Lee law professor Robin Fretwell Wilson testified at a Maryland State Senate hearing considering the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act.   
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2/8/2011 - The Reasons For Trying Cases That Seem Clear-Cut
Washington and Lee law professor David Bruck, director of the Virginia Capital Case Clearinghouse, discusses Loughner case and defending the indefensible on NPR's Talk of the Nation.   
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2/1/2011 - Experts React after Florida Federal Judge Strikes Down Health Care Law
Washington and Lee law professor and health care expert Tim Jost is quoted in several media outlets on the ruling issued by Senior Judge Roger Vinson of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida striking down the nation's new health care reform law.    
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1/31/2011 - W&L law professor Takes on Tucson Shooting Suspect
Washington and Lee law professors David Bruck and Bob Danforth, along with 3L Maryl Sattler, discuss Judy Clarke, a visiting professor at the School of Law who is representing Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner.   
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1/28/2011 - Tim Jost Discusses Attacks on Medicare's Independent Advisory Board
In the CT Mirror, Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost discusses plans to dismantle the Independent Payment Advisory Board, created to make decisions about Medicare costs.   
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1/27/2011 - W&L's Bruck on Virginia Insight Today
David Bruck, clinical professor of law at Washington and Lee's School of Law and director of the Virginia Capital Case Clearinghouse, will appear on NPR affiliate WMRA's "Virginia Insight" show today (Thursday, Jan. 27) at 3 p.m. for a discussion of the death penalty.   
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1/22/2011 - Rehanging of Ten Commandments in Schools Raises a Ruckus
Washington and Lee law professor Ann Massie comments in a Roanoke Times article about the posting of the Ten Commandments in Giles County, Virginia public schools.   
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1/20/2011 - Insider Choice for SEC Funds Regulator Draws Scrutiny
Washington and Lee law professor Lyman Johnson commented in a Reuters article on the selection of Goldman Sachs executive Eileen Rominger to lead the SEC's division of investment management.   
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1/20/2011 - Justice vs. Fear: Who Should Qualify for the Insanity Defense?
Washington and Lee law professor David I. Bruck, director of the Virginia Capital Case Clearinghouse, participates in an online debate about insanity defenses.   
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1/19/2011 - Law Professor Discusses Cost of Affordable Care Act Repeal
In an opinion piece at Politico.com, Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost discusses the potential costs if the Affordable Care Act is repealed.   
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1/12/2011 - Long Road before Ariz. Death Penalty Decision
Washington and Lee law professor David Bruck discusses a possible insanity defense for Arizona gunman Jared Lee Loughner.   
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12/14/2010 - Examining Judge Hudson’s Decision On The Individual Mandate
In a post on the Health Affairs blog, Washington and Lee law professor Timothy S. Jost analyzes the recent decision by a Virginia judge holding a provision of the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.   
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12/13/2010 - A Fatal Blow to Obama's Health Care Law?
Washington and Lee law professor Timothy S. Jost joins a panel on the New York Times Room for Debate page to discuss the federal judge's decision rejecting the insurance mandate.   
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10/22/2010 - Tim Jost Discusses New Guidelines for Health Insurance Spending
Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost discusses new standards adopted by state insurance commissioners that will guide how health insurance companies spend premium dollars.   
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10/18/2010 - Law Professor Discusses Child Soldiers and Punishment
Washington and Lee law professor Mark Drumbl discusses in an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation the case of Omar Khadr and whether child soldiers should be held accountable for war crimes.   
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10/8/2010 - Is the Health Care Law Legal? The Experts Dig Into Thursday’s Ruling
Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost joins other health care reform experts in evaluating the recent decision in Thomas More Law Center v. Obama upholding the constitutionality of the new health care law.   
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9/23/2010 - Health Reform Starts Today to Help the 'Underinsured'
In this opinion piece in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost argues that one of the most important immediate effects of health care reform will be to protect America's underinsured.    
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9/10/2010 - More Lewis Powells? New Research Analyzes Polarized Supreme Court
The New York Times relies on research by Washington and Lee School of Law lecturer Todd Peppers for a series of stories looking at the increasing ideological polarization of the U.S. Supreme Court.   
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9/3/2010 - Law Professor Discusses Health Care Myths
On NPR's Morning Edition, Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost discusses some of the common myths and exaggerations surrounding health care reform, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.   
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8/19/2010 - Can a Flight Attendant Take a Child Away from an Abusive Parent?
Washington and Lee law professor Robin Fretwell Wilson was one of several legal experts consulted for an edition of the popular Slate column, Explainer, which explored who has the legal right to take a child away from a parent.   
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8/18/2010 - Prisons Without Walls: Experiments in Electronic Surveillance
Washington and Lee law professor Erik Luna comments in an Atlantic magazine article exploring alternatives to prison incarceration, including the increasing use of GPS monitoring devices.   
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8/9/2010 - Health Care Battle Heats Up
Washington and Lee law professor Tim Josts comments in a National Law Journal story looking at the three key challenges to health care reform under way in the federal courts.   
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8/8/2010 - A.G. Places Police in Jeopardy
In this Roanoke Times Commentary, Washington and Lee Oliver Hill fellow Aaron Haas argues that Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's advisory opinion regarding the authority of local law enforcement officers to inquire about immigration status will do more harm than good.   
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8/7/2010 - In Tough Times, Many Take on Own Legal Dilemmas
Washington and Lee law professor Robin Fretwell Wilson comments on do-it-yourself divorces in a Fiscal Times article examining the growing trend towards DIY legal services.   
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8/2/2010 - Library of Congress, beware — it's time for a confirmation hearing
In this commentary, Washington and Lee lecturer Todd Peppers worries that the true impact of the Kagan hearings might be less transparency and less understanding of how the most secretive branch of our government operates.    
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7/28/2010 - A Fallen Hero: How an Insurance Company Profited
Washington and Lee law professor Adam Scales appeared on CBS Evening News to discuss a practice where insurance companies make millions in interest by delaying payments to the beneficiaries of life insurance policies.   
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7/23/2010 - Jails Packed to the Rafters
Washington and Lee law professor Erik Luna discusses overcriminilization in the United States in an audio interview with The Economist.   
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7/9/2010 - Murder Conviction Leads to Internet Privacy Test
Washington and Lee law professor Brian Murchison comments on a judge's decision ordering a Lynchburg newspaper to help a convicted murderer's lawyers learn the identity of an anonymous poster who used the paper's website to comment on the conviction.   
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7/4/2010 - Helicopter Moms, Heading for a Crash
Research by Washington and Lee law professor Robin Fretwell Wilson was cited in a July 4 Washington Post article linking professionals' helicopter parenting to failed marriages and friendships.   
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7/2/2010 - Dateline NBC to Feature VC3 DNA Exoneration Case
On Friday, July 9 at 9:00 p.m., Dateline NBC will air a two-hour documentary exploring a murder case worked on by students in Washington and Lee's Virginia Capital Case Clearinghouse.   
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6/24/2010 - Germany - Yes You Can
Washington and Lee law professor Russ Miller, currently on a Fulbright research grant in Germany, argues in this opinion piece that Joachim Gauck should be Germany's next president.   
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6/21/2010 - Junior Justices: Kagan's Confirmation Hearing and the Role of Law Clerks
In a National Law Journal commentary, Washington and Lee lecturer Todd Peppers wonders whether during Elena Kagan's confirmation hearings members of congress will explore the role of law clerks in influencing the decisions of Supreme Court justices.   
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6/15/2010 - Is New York Ready for No-Fault Divorce?
Washington and Lee law professor Robin Fretwell Wilson contributes to the New York Times Room for Debate blog on new legislation that would permit no-fault divorce in the state of New York.   
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6/14/2010 - Seeing Threat to Individual Policies, State Officials Urge a Gradual Route to Change
Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost comments in a New York Times article examining whether the new health care law will cause health insurance companies to cancel policies and leave the individual insurance market.   
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5/25/2010 - Health-care overhaul offers insurance benefits to young adults
Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost comments in a Washington Post article exploring how health care reform legislation may strengthen student health plans available to graduate students.   
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4/21/2010 - Staunton Vigil for Dead Teen Raises Freedom of Assembly Concerns
Washington and Lee law professor J.D. King, director of the Criminal Justice Clinic, comments in an article examining how a candlelight vigil in Staunton, Va for a dead teen turned into a confrontation between police and mourners.   
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4/21/2010 - Michelle Drumbl Talks Taxes on WVTF's Weekend Virginia
It's the complexity of the tax code that makes efforts like Washington and Lee University's tax clinic necessary. Washington and Lee law Professor Michelle Drumbl runs the clinic and spoke with Fred Echols, host of WVTF's Weekend Virginia about the clinic's work.   
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4/12/2010 - Sanction the 18 State AGs
According to Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost, the suit challenging the new health care law represents shoddy lawyering,and he thinks the attorneys who brought this case should have to bear the cost of defending this litigation.   
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4/9/2010 - Justice Stevens, His Legacy and the Future of the Court
Washington and Lee Lecturer in Law Todd Peppers is participating in the National Law Journal's virtual panel discussion on U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who just announced his retirement.   
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3/30/2010 - High Court Mulls Speech Rights and More
Washington and Lee Law School Dean Rodney Smolla comments in a USA Today article exploring free-speech claims in a series of cases before the Supreme Court that will test the boundaries of the First Amendment.   
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3/29/2010 - States shouldn't shirk responsibility to indigent defendants
In this National Law Journal opinion piece, Washington and Lee law professor Erik Luna argues that the federal government can help provoke reform of local indigent representation, but it should not relieve states of their constitutional duties.    
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3/29/2010 - Virtually Innocent
Washington and Lee law professors Robin F. Wilson and Josh Fairfield comment in an American Spectator article exploring a Federal Trade Commission report explaining the risks children face when they play in virtual worlds.    
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3/24/2010 - Health Bill Lawsuits Are Going Nowhere
In this opinion piece, a Special to CNN, Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost argues that lawsuits challenging the new health reform bill will fail because the states are misreading the law.   
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3/22/2010 - State Challenges to Health Care
Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost discusses on C-SPAN state efforts to block the insurance requirements in the health care legislation, and how the Commerce Clause or the Tenth Amendment could play into the challenges.    
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3/21/2010 - Expert Fields Questions on Health Overhaul
Timothy Jost, a law professor at Washington and Lee University and co-author of "Health Law," the nation's standard textbook for that subject, provides an overview of what Americans can expect when the health care overhaul is enacted.   
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3/17/2010 - Abortion Still A Sticking Point In Health Care
Abortion still drives some anti-abortion rights Democrats away from the health care bill. The dispute isn't just about abortion, it's also about what the bills actually say about abortion. Timothy Jost, law professor at Washington and Lee University, offers his insight.    
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3/11/2010 - Health Reform and Massive Resistance
In an article in Slate.com, Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost discusses what would happen if people just refused to buy health insurance even if a law ordered them to?    
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2/25/2010 - Health Care Summit: Any Areas of Agreement?
What is the outcome of the President's Health Care Summit? In two posts on the Health Affairs blog. Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost details some areas of agreement.   
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2/22/2010 - Most States Oppose Federal Insurance Mandate
In an NPR Morning Edition report on state efforts to block a federal health insurance requirement, Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost says that the U.S. Constitution is clear on the fact that states cannot nullify federal law.   
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2/14/2010 - German Justice Differs for a Reason
In a recent opinion piece, Washington and Lee Law Professor Russ Miller discusses the case of Jens Soering, the German national serving a life sentence in Virginia for murder.   
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2/10/2010 - Can the States Nullify Health Care Reform?
In an essay in the New England Journal of Medicine, Washington and Lee law professor and health law expert Tim Jost argues that it is constitutionally impossible for Virginia to pass legislation that trumps federal law.   
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2/9/2010 - Apartheid Case Tests Reach of US Courts
Washington and Lee law professor Mark Drumbl is quoted in a Voice of America article examining the accountability of multinational corporations when foreign investment in a country leads to human rights abuses.   
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1/22/2010 - Leading Health Care Experts Tell House To Pass Senate Health Care Bill
Talking Points Memo Reports on an effort by nearly four dozen of the nation's leading health care experts, including Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost, urging the House of Representatives to pass the Senate health care bill.   
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1/20/2010 - In the Wake of Fort Hood Shooting, Can a Rap Song Be a Threat?
Washington and Lee Law School Dean Rod Smolla comments in Newsweek about Army Specialist Marc A. Hall, who has been charged with threatening fellow soldiers in a rap song he sent to the Pentagon.   
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1/20/2010 - Pass the Bill Now
In this opinion piece in the New Republic, Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost argues that for the health reform movement to continue, the House must adopt and pass the Senate plan.   
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1/17/2010 - Anatomy of an Execution Reviewed in Washington Post
Anatomy of an Execution, by Todd C. Peppers, tells the story of Chris Thomas, one of the last juvenile offenders put to death before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the execution of juveniles constituted cruel and unusual punishment.    
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1/13/2010 - Proposals Clash on States’ Role in Health Plans
Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost comments in a New York Times article examining the role the states should play in overseeing the overhaul of the health insurance market.   
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1/12/2010 - House, Senate View Health Exchanges Differently
Washington and Lee Law Professor Tim Jost appeared on NPR's Morning Edition to discuss how the House and Senate health reform legislation differ with regard to health exchanges.   
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1/8/2010 - Health Insurance Exchanges: House or Senate Style?
Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost participates in a panel discussion comparing how the Senate and House health reform plans deal with health insurance exchanges.   
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1/8/2010 - The Environmental Consequences of War
Prof. Mark Drumbl is quoted in the January/February issue of Washington Monthly in an article examining why militaries almost never clean up the messes they leave behind.   
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1/8/2010 - Law Professor Tim Jost to Discuss Health Insurance Exchanges Today on C-SPAN
Washington and Lee law professor and health care expert Tim Jost is scheduled to appear on C-SPAN today at 12:15 p.m. The panel will discuss health insurance exchanges and the differences between the House and Senate health reform legislation.   
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1/3/2010 - Atheists challenge Ireland's new blasphemy law with online postings
Former Lewis Law Center Scholar-in-Residence Eoin O'Dell comments in a Washington Post story examining reaction to Ireland's updated blasphemy law, which criminalizes statements that could offend adherents of a particular religion.   
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12/28/2009 - GOP State AGs' Objection To Health Bill Is Crazy Talk
Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost tells TPMMuckraker that constitutional challenges to the "Nebraska Compromise" in the new Senate health reform legislation are unlikely to be successful.   
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12/26/2009 - When Legislation Goes Into Overtime
In the New York Times Prescriptions blog, Washington and Lee Law Professor Tim Jost comments on comparisons between the Senate health reform legislation and the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act, which was signed into law in 1988 and repealed sixteen months later.   
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12/24/2009 - Legislators, scholars and the public unclear how Senate vote will affect health premiums
In an interview with The Dallas Morning News, Washington and Lee Law Professor Tim Jost says that the complexity of the Senate health care legislation is understandable given that it overhauls a complex system that involves on-sixth of the American economy.   
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12/24/2009 - Senate's health reform bill attempts cost savings
In an interview with The Plain Dealer, Washington and Lee Law Professor Tim Jost says that the Senate health legislation contains many projects that will improve the health insurance system over time.   
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12/22/2009 - Congress Tests the Cadillac Tax
In a special to Roll Call, Washington and Lee's Tim Jost and Case Western's Joseph White explore the punitive excise tax on "Cadillac" health insurance benefits in the Senate's health care legislation.   
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12/20/2009 - With bitter pills, Obama gets his health vote
Commenting in the Globe and Mail, Washington and Lee Law Professor Tim Jost argues that while not perfect, the Senate Health Care Reform bill will improve care and contain costs.   
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12/18/2009 - Washington and Lee Takes Law Students from Class to Court
The new third-year program at Washington and Lee School of Law is featured in the Washington Post. The article discusses the changes afoot in legal education and examines two of the school's new practicum courses.   
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12/17/2009 - The Time Is Right to Do What’s Right
In this opinion piece from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Washington and Lee law professor and health care expert Tim Jost argues that we have a once-in-a-generation chance to fix the health care system.   
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12/14/2009 - Health Care Reform Won't Do Much About Huge Hospital Bills
Commenting in a Huffington Post article, Washington and Lee Law Professor Tim Jost discusses what effect requiring hospitals to make public what they charge will have on reducing costs.   
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12/13/2009 - Report: in Senate plan, insufficient funding for those with preexisting conditions
In the Capital Briefing, the Washington Post blog offering news and analysis from the Hill, Washington and Lee Law Professor Tim Jost comments on how funding in the Senate HCR bill will be insufficient to prevent health insurers from using your health status against you.   
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12/13/2009 - Key Elements of Senate HCR Bill
The popular blog Daily Kos cites a series of posts by Washington and Lee law professor Tim Jost in its exploration of the Senate Health Care Reform bill. Jost's posts can be found on the Health Affairs blog.   
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12/7/2009 - Senate Health Care Negotiations Careen from One Bad Idea to the Next
Washington and Lee Law Professor and health care reform expert Tim Jost is blogging in Politico.com's Arena, the site's daily debate with policymakers and decision shapers. Recent posts include comment on Senate negotiations regarding a public option and Obama's approval ratings.    
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12/3/2009 - Germany Censors its neo-Nazis
Washington and Lee Law Professor Russ Miller comments in an article examining whether the German constitution protects the right of assembly for neo-Nazi groups.   
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11/30/2009 - Long Wait for Health Care Reforms
Washington and Lee law professor and health care reform expert Tim Jost comments in a Washington Post story examining how long it will take for health care reform initiatives to take effect, even if they are implemented soon.   
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11/23/2009 - Right and Left Join Forces on Criminal Justice
Washington and Lee Law Professor Erik Luna comments in a New York Times article exploring how advocates on both the right and left are coming together to lobby for restricting the growth of the criminal justice system.   
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11/14/2009 - Virginia Goes 20 Months without a Jury Death Verdict
Washington and Lee School of Law professors David Bruck and Scott Sundby are both quoted in a Richmond Times-Dispatch story about the decline of death sentences imposed by juries in Virginia.   
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11/10/2009 - D.C. Sniper's Defense Team See Glimpses of Humanity
Washington and Lee professor and capital case clinic director David Bruck comments in a Washington Post story about the defense team for D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad, who is scheduled to be executed Tuesday.   
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11/9/2009 - Wider Oversight Looms for Insurers
Washington and Lee law professor and health care reform expert Tim Jost comments in an WSJ story about an effort by Democratic lawmakers to strip health insurers of their protection from certain federal antitrust laws.    
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11/8/2009 - Compromises get U.S. health bill through
Washington and Lee law professor and health care reform expert Tim Jost comments in a Globe and Mail story examining the compromises between lawmakers that facilitated the passage of the U.S. House health care reform bill.   
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10/31/2009 - Tim Jost on the House Health Reform Bill
Washington and Lee law professor and health care reform expert Tim Jost guest blogs at the Health Affairs website on the House Health Reform Bill, HR 3962.   
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10/28/2009 - Constitutionality of Health Overhaul Questioned
Washington and Lee law professor Timothy Stoltzfus Jost discusses the constitutionality of requiring individuals to purchase health care in the Washington Times.   
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10/28/2009 - Pulling a trigger on the public option
Research by Washington and Lee law professor and health care reform expert Tim Jost is cited in this Forbes column examining a trigger for a public health care plan.   
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10/26/2009 - Law Professor Argues for Marriage Bill that Respects Religious Objectors
Washington and Lee Law Professor Robin F. Wilson argues in a Washington Post opinion piece that legislation legalizing same-sex marriage will better serve both sides of the debate if it includes robust protections for religious objectors.   
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10/25/2009 - An Affectionate Portrait of Bill Rehnquist, Regular Guy
Washington and Lee law school dean Rod Smolla writes about a new book profiling the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist.   
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10/25/2009 - Expert Discusses Death Penalty Holdouts
Washington and Lee Law School Professor Scott Sundby comments in a Chicago Tribune story examining the refusal of several jurors in a recent mass murder trial to support a death sentence.   
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10/22/2009 - More for the Wish List
Washington and Lee Law Professor Tim Jost discusses the Finance Committe health reform bill on The New Republic blog, The Treatment, a must-read guide to health care reform.   
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10/22/2009 - Antitrust move poses few risks to health insurers
Washington and Lee law professor and health care reform expert Tim Jost comments in an AP story about an effort by Democratic lawmakers to strip health insurers of their protection from certain federal antitrust laws.   
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10/17/2009 - Prof. Robin Wilson Analyzes Maine's Same-sex Marriage Debate
Washington and Lee Professor Robin F. Wilson explores the need for religious protections in same-sex marriage laws being enacted in several U.S. states.   
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10/5/2009 - Health Insurance Exchanges: Will They Work?
Washington and Lee law professor and health care reform expert Tim Jost comments in a New York Times article examining the viability of health insurance exchanges.   
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10/4/2009 - High Court tackles animal-abuse tapes as free speech test
Washington and Lee Law Dean and First Amendment scholar Rodney A. Smolla comments in a USA Today story exploring a federal law that makes it a crime to sell depictions of animal cruelty.   
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9/28/2009 - In Some States, a Push to Ban Mandate on Insurance
Lawmakers in some states are pushing ahead with state constitutional amendments that would outlaw a health insurance requirement for all citizens. Washington and Lee law professor and health care expert Tim Jost comments on the chances of these state amendments challenging federal law.    
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9/24/2009 - Dean Smolla, Third Year Program Featured in ABA Journal Legal Rebels Project
The ABA Journal's Legal Rebels project, which features lawyers, scholars and others who are committed to innovation in the legal profession, made a stop in Lexington to meet with students and faculty involved in the School's new third year program.   
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9/21/2009 - Human-research oversight is too lax
In this opinion piece in the Arizona Daily Star, Washington and Lee Law Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson examines oversight of human subject research and the death of Jesse Gelsinger.   
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9/17/2009 - Sotomayor Issues Challenge to a Century of Corporate Law
Washington and Lee law professor David Millon comments in a Wall Street Journal analysis of new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's comments in her first Court appearance related to the protections from government oversight afforded to corporations.   
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9/7/2009 - Reality's knocking: Recession forcing schools to bow to reality
Washington and Lee's new third year program is featured in a National Law Journal story covering legal education reform at several law schools.   
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8/24/2009 - What's in it for you
In this opinion piece from the Roanoke Times, Washington and Lee law professor and health care expert Tim Jost argues that all Americans, even those with insurance, will benefit from health care reform.   
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8/21/2009 - Follow Tim Jost in the Health Care Debate
For the past few months, Washington and Lee law professor and health care expert Tim Jost has been heavily involved in the national debate on health care reform. Follow his media appearances and read his essays on the subject.    
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8/17/2009 - So What’s a Health Insurance Co-op, Anyway?
In this interview with the New York Times, Washington and Lee law professor and health care expert Tim Jost discusses nonprofit health co-ops, which have taken center stage in the health care reform debate after support for a public plan diminished.   
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8/14/2009 - The Truth Behind the Death Panel
With charges, countercharges, information, disinformation, flat-out lies, and half truths being disseminated on all sides of the health reform debates, how is a poor citizen to learn the real story? Washington and Lee Law professor Tim Jost helps out in the Columbia Journalism Review's Straight Talk column.   
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8/10/2009 - Hiding behind the robes
If Supreme Court law clerks do not exercise undue influence, why all the secrecy? This is the question pondered by visiting professor Todd C. Peppers and his colleague Artemus Ward in a recent opinion piece published in The National Law Journal.    
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8/3/2009 - German Ambassadors
Law professor Russell Miller was profiled along with German Law Journal co-founder Peer Zumbansen in one of Germany's leading newspapers concerning the Journal's 10th anniversary celebration and its promotion of German law abroad.   
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7/28/2009 - Worth the Effort
A new ABA Journal article examines law professor Robin Fretwell Wilson's empirical study of the American Law Institute Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution.   
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7/18/2009 - A Matter of Opinion
Washington and Lee School of Law Dean Rod Smolla was quoted in a New York Times profile of famed First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams. In a turn that has surprised some of his followers, Abrams has signed on to defend the now infamous credit rating company Standard and Poor's in a series of investor lawsuits.   
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7/9/2009 - New Research Considers Impact of Investment Disputes on Developing World
Global Arbitration Review, a leading journal focused on international public and private arbitration, featured research by Washington and Lee law professor Susan Franck in a recent article examining potential bias against developing nations in investment treaty arbitration.    
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7/7/2009 - Jost Participates in CNBC Health Care Debate
Washington and Lee law professor and health care system expert Tim Jost appeared on CNBC's Closing Bell on Tuesday to participate in a debate on public health care plans.   
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7/6/2009 - Do Health Co-op Offer Model for Overhaul?
Washington and Lee law professor and health care system expert Tim Jost comments in a New York Time article exploring the viability health insurance cooperatives.   
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7/2/2009 - Law Professor's Work in New York Review of Books
Same-sex Marriage and Religious Liberty: Emerging Conflicts, co-edited by Washington and Lee law professor Robin Fretwell Wilson, was reviewed recently in the New York Review of Books.   
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6/16/2009 - What Could Stop Obama on Health Care Reform
Washington and Lee Law Professor Tim Jost is participating in a discussion about health care reform in Politico.com's Arena, the site's daily debate with policymakers and decision shapers.   
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6/5/2009 - Va. Supreme Court Hears Death Row Appeal
Washington and Lee Law Professor David Bruck argued on behalf of convicted murderer William Morva that the trial judge erred by not allowing the defense to challenge Morva's future dangerousness. Prof. Bruck is the director of the School's death penalty defense clinic, the Virginia Capital Case Clearinghouse.   
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5/22/2009 - Same-Sex Marriage Laws Pose Protection Quandary
Washington and Lee Law Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson's work pushing for religious exemptions in states legalizing same-sex marriage is examined in the New York Times.   
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5/21/2009 - W&L Law Professors Lay Out Legal Plan for Gitmo Detainees
In the wake of dueling speeches from President Obama and former Vice-President Dick Cheney on the future of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and U.S. interrogation practices, Washington and Lee Law Professor Mark Drumbl discusses a set of legal due process principles in the area of detainee treatment.    
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5/14/2009 - Religious Exemptions in Same-Sex Laws Under Scrutiny
Washington and Lee Law Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson's work pushing for religious exemptions in states legalizing same-sex marriage is examined in the Washington Post's God in Government blog.   
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5/3/2009 - The flip-side of same-sex marriage
In a recent Op/ed in the Los Angeles Times, Washington and Lee Law Professor Robin F. Wilson urges the growing number of states passing same-sex marriage laws to adopt religious protections as part of their legislation.   
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5/2/2009 - Historic home opens with a new purpose
The Washington and Lee Community Law Center at the Oliver Hill House officially opened on Friday. The Center's goal is to enhance access to justice efforts in Roanoke.   
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4/28/2009 - Institute of Medicine Report Targets Conflicts of Interest
A report released today by the Institute of Medicine urges reforms within the medical and pharmaceutical industries aimed at ending conflicts of interest. Washington and Lee law professor Timothy S. Jost served on the committee that produced the report.   
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4/20/2009 - Free Speech Does a Body Good
Washington and Lee School of Law Dean Rod Smolla explores free speech issues in the marketplace in this recent commentary from Legal Times.   
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4/8/2009 - W&L Law Student Instrumental in Federal Bear Baiting Case
Clifford Ashcroft-Smith, a third year law student in the Public Prosecutors Program, served as the prosecutor in a federal case involving a man illegally baiting and shooting black bears. Click below for coverage of the investigation and details of the plea agreement.   
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4/4/2009 - 4th Circuit Reinstates Police Officer's First Amendment Suit
Washington and Lee School of Law Dean Rodney A. Smolla comments on a Fourth Circuit decision reinstating a lawsuit by a Baltimore police officer who claims he was fired for giving information about a police shooting to a reporter.   
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4/1/2009 - Justice Ginsburg's centrist role
As rumors swirl regarding a retirement announcement from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Washington and Lee Law Professor Russell A. Miller reflects in this commentary on her centrist legacy.   
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3/19/2009 - Corporate Rules Don't Work
Washington and Lee School of Law student Alexandre Rourk '10 argues in this commentary that populist anger directed at CEO's is misplaced. The real problem, he says, is the way corporations are governed.   
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3/16/2009 - Church won't be forced to marry gay couples if laws change
Washington and Lee Law Professor Robin F. Wilson was quoted in a Catholic News Service article on the possible effects of legalized same-sex marriage.   
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3/6/2009 - Will Law Demand We Support Gay Marriage?
In a recent Op/Ed, Washington and Lee Law Professor Robin F. Wilson explores a Connecticut General Assembly bill that guarantees same-sex couples equal protection under the state's constitution.   
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2/19/2009 - Libel Suit Against New York Times Settled
A lobbyist's lawsuit against The New York Times over the newspaper's account of her ties to Senator John McCain has been settled, both sides announced on Thursday. Dean Rodney A. Smolla represented lobbyist Vicki Iseman in the dispute.    
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2/13/2009 - U.S. Policy and the Ethics of Multiple Births
In a recent article, opinion columnist Jim Wooten cites research by Prof. Robin F. Wilson on the relationship between family structure and child welfare while discussing the controversial multiple births of Nadya Suleman.   
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2/9/2009 - Consumer-Driven Health Care Q&A
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Tim Jost answers questions about consumer-driven health plans in an interview with the Columbia Journalism Review.   
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2/4/2009 - Health Benefits For Unemployed Stripped From Stimulus Plan
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Tim Jost serves as a citizen reporter for the Huffington Post, helping parse the 736 page economic stimulus plan to explore potential negative effects.   
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1/20/2009 - The Future of Video Game Regulation
Washington and Lee Law Professor Josh Fairfield explores how the speed of technology is driving both the evolution and experimentation of the law as it struggles to keep pace with innovation.   
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1/16/2009 - Does the First Amendment Protect the Naming of Children?
Washington and Lee School of Law Dean Rodney Smolla comments on the First Amendment rights afforded to parents when naming their children. Three New Jersey children with Nazi-influenced names were removed recently from their home by state officials.   
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1/11/2009 - Dissecting AIG's Failure
Washington and Lee Law Professor Adam Scales looks at the crash of AIG and wonders why the insurance giant's huge profit margins did not draw more scrutiny.   
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1/9/2009 - What Can Taylor Case Tell Us About Our Moral Compass?
Washington and Lee Law Professor Mark Drumbl explores what the torture conviction of Charles Taylor Jr., who received 97 years for his crimes, teaches us about the importance of international law.   
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12/26/2008 - Memo to Obama: Remember Promises of Humility
In a recent Op/Ed, Washington and Lee Law Professor Russell A. Miller urges President-elect Barack Obama to learn from history and wield his executive power with great care.   
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12/9/2008 - Does Marriage Matter to Nurturing of Children?
In an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, columnist Jim Wooten explores research by Washington and Lee Law professor Robin F. Wilson that shows children do better in families where married adults are rearing their biological children.   
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12/8/2008 - Law Professor's Research Explores Influence of Supreme Court Clerks
Research by Washington and Lee Law School visiting professor Todd C. Peppers was featured in a New York Times article exploring the influence of U.S. Supreme Court law clerks. The study, coauthored with Christopher Zorn of Penn State, shows that political leanings of law clerks do influence votes of Supreme Court justices.   
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12/5/2008 - Professor Robin F. Wilson Comments on Renewed Focus on the Freedom of Choice Act
Washington and Lee Law Professor Robin F. Wilson was quoted in a Christian Science Monitor story about the Catholic Churches' renewed interest in blocking the decades old Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA). The Church fears that the act, which has never come to a vote, will become a priority during a Democratic-controlled administration.   
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11/22/2008 - Professor Robin F. Wilson Discusses Rights for Same-sex Couples following California Vote
Washington and Lee Law Professor Robin F. Wilson was quoted in a Winston-Salem Journal article discussing legal rights for same-sex couples. Following California's vote to ban same-sex marriage, some church groups who supported the ban indicated they would not object to certain rights for same-sex couples.   
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11/10/2008 - Professor Lawton Cummings Discusses 8-year Old Charged with Murder on Fox News
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Lawton Cummings appeared on Fox News to debate whether an 8-year old boy should be tried as an adult for the murder of his father and another man.   
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10/31/2008 - Prof. Russell Miller Discusses International Treaty Obligations and U.S. Courts in leading German Newspaper
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Russel A. Miller was quoted in an article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany's leading newspaper. The article covers the U.S. Supreme Court's Medellin decision from last term, which held that federal treaty obligations are not binding on U.S. courts.    
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10/27/2008 - Professor Tim Jost Discusses Health Care on NPR Affiliate WMRA
On Monday, October 27, at 3 p.m., Washington and Lee Law Professor Tim Jost appeared on NPR affiliate WMRA's Virginia Insight show to discuss health care reform.   
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10/22/2008 - Prof. Tim Jost Evaluates the Obama Health Care Plan in the Roanoke Times
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor and health care policy expert Tim Jost explains in a Roanoke Times op/ed why he thinks Barack Obama has the better health care plan.   
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9/24/2008 - Is the Wall Street Bailout Proposal Unconstitutional?
Washington and Lee School of Law Dean Rod Smolla explores in an article for Slate the constitutionality of provisions in Secretary Henry Paulson's $700 billion Wall Street bailout proposal.   
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9/15/2008 - Professor Russell Miller Discusses his Book on National Security on NPR Affiliate WMRA
Monday, September 15, at 3 p.m., Russell A. Miller appeared on NPR affiliate WMRA's Virginia Insight show to discuss his new book on national security and the Church Committee.   
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9/13/2008 - Dean Smolla Analyzes Virginia Supreme Court Spam Ban Decision
Washington and Lee School of Law Dean Rod Smolla comments on a decision by the Virginia Supreme Court to overturn a state anti-spam law due to free speech violations.    
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9/1/2008 - Dean Smolla Discusses Third Year Reform in Legal Times
Washington and Lee School of Law Dean Rod Smolla discusses the School of Law's third-year curriculum reform in a Legal Times Op/Ed.   
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7/29/2008 - Professor Mark Drumbl to be a Guest Today on Talk of the Nation
Mark A. Drumbl, Class of 1975 Alumni Law Professor, and Director of the Transnational Law Institute, appeared Tuesday July 29, on NPR's national talk show Talk of the Nation to discuss war crimes tribunals.   
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6/29/2008 - Washington and Lee Law Review Mentioned in New York Times
Bob Dylan citations in judicial opinions, such as the one by Supreme Court Justice John Roberts in a recent dissent, are nothing new. New York Times reporter Adam Liptak explores this phenomenon described in a 2007 W&L Law Review article by University of Tennessee law professor Alex B. Long.   
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6/17/2008 - Professor Robin F. Wilson Discusses California Samesex Marriage Ruling in the Christian Science Monitor
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson discusses the impact the California Supreme Court ruling allowing same sex marriages may have on churches and other religious organizations.   
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6/2/2008 - Professor Robin F. Wilson Discusses California Samesex Marriage Ruling
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson commented on the California Supreme Court ruling on May 15 to overturn a state law prohibiting same sex marriages.    
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5/11/2008 - Professor Adam Scales Discusses Katrina-related Insurance Changes
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Adam Scales is proposing changes to the way private insurers and the government deal with reimbursements for flood and wind damage.   
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4/16/2008 - Professor David Bruck Discusses Death Penalty for Child Rape on NPR
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor David Bruck appeared on NPR to discuss a case before the U.S. Supreme Court that will determine whether the death penalty can be applied for child rape.    
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4/11/2008 - Professor Adam Scales Discusses Virginia Tech Massacre Settlement
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Adam Scales commented on the $11 million settlement between Virginia Tech and some of the families of the massacre victims.   
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4/1/2008 - Professor Robin F. Wilson’s Research Featured in Wall Street Journal
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson's research on professional women opting out of family life was discussed on ABC News.   
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3/18/2008 - Dean Smolla Discusses Military Honors and Freedom of Speech in the New York Times
Washington and Lee School of Law Dean Rod Smolla discusses freedom of speech issues surrounding the case of Xavier Alvarez, a California man being prosecuted for falsely claiming he served as Marine and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.   
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3/11/2008 - Professor Ann Massie Discusses Obscenity Laws in the News Virginian
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Anne Massie discusses the constitutionality of Virginia obscenity laws in a case involving a Stauton, Virginia adult video store.    
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2/19/2008 - Professor David Bruck Profiled in Union Leader
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor David Bruck was featured in a Union Leader article titled 'Legal legend heads to NH'.   
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2/17/2008 - Professor Robin F. Wilson Discusses Religious Deference in the New York Times
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson discusses whether government courts should ever defer to religious ones. Professor Wilson said in the interview that government courts should refuse to enforce any ruling from a religious tribunal that leaves a woman worse off than she would have been in a conventional divorce.    
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2/1/2008 - Professor Josh Fairfield Discusses Police Response to Theft of Virtual Property
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Josh Fairfield discusses the police reaction to a theft of a gamer's virtual property worth almost four thousand dollars.   
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1/28/2008 - Professor Margaret Howard Discusses Bankruptcy on WMRA's Insight
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Margaret Howard was interviewed on NPR affiliate WMRA discussing bankruptcy.   
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1/17/2008 - Mark Drumbl Discusses Possibility of Indonesian War Crimes Trials
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl comments in an Associated Press story discussing the possibility of Indonesia's former dictator Suharto standing trial for war crimes.   
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1/13/2008 - Dean Smolla Discusses Blogs and Freedom of Speech in the Providence Journal
Washington and Lee School of Law Dean Rod Smolla discusses freedom of speech issues surrounding a divorce and child custody case where the wife and mother used a blog to criticize the State's handling of the custody case.   
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1/10/2008 - Dean Smolla Discusses Blogs and Freedom of Speech in New York Times
Washington and Lee School of Law Dean Rod Smolla discusses freedom of speech issues surrounding a Vermont divorce case where a judge has ordered a husband to stop posting fictionalized accounts of his marriage on a blog.   
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1/4/2008 - Professor Lawton Cummings Discusses New Jersey Prison Break on Fox News
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Lawton Cummings appeared on Fox News to discuss whether prisoners in a recent New Jersey prison break are culpable in prison guard's suicide.   
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12/3/2007 - Prof. Mark Drumbl Discusses Blackwater Lawsuit in Trial Magazine
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl discusses the lawsuit brought against private security firm Blackwater USA on behalf of the families of the Iraqi civilians killed in September 2007.    
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11/28/2007 - Prof. Mark Drumbl's Book Award Announced in National Jurist
National Jurist magazine announced that Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl received the Book of the Year prize from the International Association of Criminal Law for his book Atrocity, Punishment, and International Law.   
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11/19/2007 - Professor Robin F. Wilson Discusses Nontraditional Family Structures on ABC News
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson discusses the frequency of abuse in nontraditional families.   
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11/12/2007 - Black Lung Clinic Featured in Chronicle of Higher Education
The Black Lung Clinic at the Washington and Lee University School of Law was featured in an article appearing in the Chronicle of Higher Education.   
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11/9/2007 - Mark Drumbl Book Discussion Covered in Virginia Law Weekly
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl discussed his book Atrocity, Punishment and International Law during a recent visit to UVA Law School.   
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11/2/2007 - Dean Smolla Discusses Protests at Military Funerals on NPR's Morning Edition
Washington and Lee School of Law Dean Rod Smolla discusses freedom of speech issues surrounding protests at military funerals on NPR's Morning Edition. Recently, a jury awarded a grieving father nearly $11 million in a law suit against a fundamentalist Kansas church that pickets military funerals in the belief that the war in Iraq is a punishment for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality.    
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10/17/2007 - Mark Drumbl discusses the punishment of child-soldier recruiters in an Op Ed in the Richmond Times-Dispatch
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl, Class of 1975 Alumni Professor of Law and Director of the Transnational Law Institute, discusses the punishment of child-soldier recruiters in Sierra Leone.   
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10/13/2007 - Professor Ann Massie Discusses Obscenity Cases in the News Virginian
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Anne Massie discusses the chances of a successful obscenity case against a new Staunton, Virginia adult video store.   
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9/30/2007 - Dean Smolla Discusses Free Speech on University Campuses in the New York Times
Washington and Lee School of Law Dean Rod Smolla discusses freedom of speech issues that have emerged after the visit to Columbia University by Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.   
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9/19/2007 - Dean Smolla Praises Legacy of Justice Lewis Powell in Richmond Times-Dispatch
Washington and Lee School of Law Dean Rod Smolla praises Justice Lewis Powell, a "hero of the middle ground", in a column published by the Richmond Times-Dispatch on the 100th anniversary of Powell's birth.   
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9/5/2007 - Professor Lawton Cummings Discusses Phil Spector Trial on Fox News
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Lawton Cummings appeared on Fox News to debate the merits of the prosecution and defense cases in the Phil Spector murder trial.   
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8/29/2007 - Professor Lawton Cummings Discusses Former Astronaut Lisa Nowak's Insanity Defense on Fox News
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Lawton Cummings appeared on Fox News to analyze former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak's insanity defense.    
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8/27/2007 - Dean Rod Smolla Looks at Sports-related Law Suits in Sports Illustrated
Dean Rod Smolla analyzed some current law suits in the Newsmakers section of a recent issue of Sports Illustrated magazine. The piece, "See You in Court! Handicapping the recent spate of sports related lawsuits" focused on cases involving Don Imus and Barry Bonds.   
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8/17/2007 - Professor Lawton Cummings Discusses Michael Vick's Plea Deal on Fox News
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Lawton Cummings appeared on Fox News to provide an analysis of Michael Vick's plea deal.   
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8/15/2007 - Professor Tim Jost Discusses His New Book, Health Care at Risk, on WMRA's Insight
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Timothy Jost was a guest on WMRA's Insight radio program, an hour-long interview program. Jost discussed his new book, Health Care at Risk, which examines the consumer-driven health care movement.   
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8/15/2007 - Professor Scott Sundby Discusses Possible Vick Plea Deal
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Scott Sundby discusses the possibility that Michael Vick will strike a plea deal in the dogfighting case.   
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8/14/2007 - Professor Adam Scales Discusses Boar Tusk Insurance Case at FindLaw.com
Professor Adam Scales, serving as a guest columnist on FindLaw, discusses the refusal of an insurance company to provide liability coverage for the Seattle dentist sued for replacing a patient's teeth with boar tusks as a prank.   
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7/26/2007 - Professor Lawton Cummings Discusses Eric Hainstock Trial on Fox News
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Lawton Cummings appeared on Fox News to discuss the possible first-degree murder conviction in the case of Eric Hainstock.    
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7/26/2007 - Professor Ron Krotoszynski Addresses Seattle School Diversity Plan in Op/Ed
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Ron Krotoszynski addresses the Seattle public school diversity plan, which was recently rejected by the Supreme Court along with a similar plan in Louisville, Kentucky.

In the Op/Ed, Krotoszynski argues that school districts remain free to pursue racial diversity, which was recognized by Justice Kennedy in his controlling concurring opinion as a compelling governmental interest, provided they do so in a more flexible manner.   
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7/14/2007 - Law Professor's Work Earns Citizen Lawmaker Award
A new state law prohibiting unauthorized pelvic exams by medical students earned a Washington and Lee University law professor one of 10 "citizen lawmaker" awards presented Friday by Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle County.

Robin Wilson won the presentation from Bell for her inspiration, research and work that led the General Assembly this year to pass House Bill 2969, which prohibits the little-known but common practice at teaching hospitals of allowing medical students to perform pelvic exams on anesthetized patients without explicit consent.   
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6/19/2007 - Professor Mark Drumbl Discusses His New Book on WINA
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl discusses his new book Atrocity, Punishment and International Law on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now.   
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6/15/2007 - Black Lung Clinic Students Featured on NPR's All Things Considered
Black Lung Clinic students and faculty were featured on NPR's All Things Considered discussing their work.    
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5/11/2007 - Professor Mark Drumbl Discusses His New Book on WMRA
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl, author of Atrocity, Punishment and International Law, has spent more than fifteen years studying atrocity and genocide. He has worked both on defense and prosecution sides in international tribunals. Now he explains why he thinks current approaches to international law are not working.   
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4/7/2007 - Professor Doug Rendleman Discusses Compensation After Largest Pet Food Recall in U.S. History on WDBJ
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Doug Rendelman discusses how compensation is limited for pet owners who lost pets due to contaminated pet food.    
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3/7/2007 - Professor Mark Drumbl Discusses International Court Judgment in the Croatian National News
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl interviewed by the Croatian national news regarding the judgment of the International Court of Justice in Bosnia v. Serbia, in which the Court found Serbia responsible for failing to prevent genocide in Bosnia in 1995. Croatia has an interest in this case insofar as its government also has filed a claim with the Court regarding alleged genocide committed by Serbia in Croatia during the Balkans Wars.    
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2/27/2007 - Professor David Bruck Discusses the Triggerman Rule in the Time-Dispatch
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor David Bruck discusses a bill to eliminate Virginia's long-standing triggerman rule, which would expose more capital-murder accomplices to the death penalty. The bill has passed the legislature and now awaits approval by Governor Kaine.   
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2/6/2007 - Professor Robert Danforth Discusses Beneficiaries in Newsweek
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Robert Danforth comments on removing ex-spouses as beneficiaries from wills.   
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12/11/2006 - Professor Adam Scales Discusses Katrina Ruling at BestWire
Professor Adam Scales participated in a Q&A with BestWire concerning the recent decision by a federal judge to compensate policyholders for Katrina damage.    
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12/11/2006 - Professor Adam Scales Discusses Katrina Ruling at FindLaw.com
Professor Adam Scales, serving as a guest columnist on FindLaw, addresses the recent decision by a federal judge to compensate policyholders for Katrina damage.   
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11/28/2006 - Professor Mary Natkin Discusses Renewed Concern over Black Lung Disease in the Washington Post
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Mary Natkin comments on coal dust limits and enforcement in mining operations. With coal production on the rise, Black Lung disease is receiving increased attention.   
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11/28/2006 - Professor Mark Drumbl Discusses Hussein Trial on Charlottesville-Right Now
Mark Drumbl is the director of the Transnational Law Institute at Washington and Lee University, and a guest on the November 28th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. He and Coy Barefoot discuss the many trials Saddam Hussein will need to go through before actually being put to death, as well as how his trial has not helped the country unify. “The trial just isn’t that important for a lot of Iraqis and it certainly isn’t succeeding in curbing sectarian violence.” But Drumbl says that doesn’t mean Saddam Hussein should not continue to be prosecuted.   
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11/8/2006 - Professor Timothy Jost Discusses Effects of Election Results on Health Care Reform in ABC News Survey
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Timothy Jost participated in a survey of health care experts conducted by ABC News to determine whether the midterm election results will lead to changes in health-care policy.   
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11/6/2006 - Professor Doug Rendelman Comments on the Garnishment of Federally Protected Bank Accounts in the Roanoke Times
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Doug Rendelman comments on the banking practice of removing funds from a customer's bank account in order to repay judgment holders.   
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10/19/2006 - W&L Law Professor Tim Jost is Featured Guest with ABC News's Dr. Tim Johnson on the Need for Universal Health Insurance
Professor Tim Jost, the Willet Family Professor of Law at the Washington and Lee School of Law, was the featured guest recently on ABC's "Healthy Life Series" with Dr. Tim Johnson.

ABC News has been running a special series of health care-related stories this week entitled, "Prescription for Change: Fixing America's Health Care System."   
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10/18/2006 - Professor Timothy Jost Discusses Universal Health Care in ABC News Opinion
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Timothy Jost's opinion on universal health care coverage was featured on abcnews.com. Jost discusses fears Americans have concerning such a system and analyzes how these fears are answered by universal health care systems in other countries.   
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10/17/2006 - Professor Scott Sundby Discusses Reluctant Jurors in the Christian Science Monitor
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Scott Sundby discusses the reluctance of people to serve on a capital case jury more than once. The failure of people to respond to a jury summons is an acute problem facing the entire judicial system.    
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10/1/2006 - Professor Mark Drumbl Discusses the Nuremberg Trials in the Richmond Times-Dispatch
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl's commentary on the 60th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Trial verdicts was featured in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Drumbl says that Nuremberg began 60 years of international genocide prosecutions -- but that the prosecutions have not achieved Nuremberg's most important goal, to keep similar events from happening.    
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10/1/2006 - Professor Robin Wilson Discusses No-fault Divorce in New York Times Op/Ed
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Robin Fretwell Wilson's Op/Ed on New York state's no-fault divorce rules appeared in the New York Times on October 1.   
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9/28/2006 - Professor Mark Drumbl Discusses the Nuremberg Trials on NPR's All Things Considered
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl's commentary on the 60th Anniversary of the Nuremberg Trial verdicts was featured on the NPR's All Things Considered. Drumbl says that Nuremberg began 60 years of international genocide prosecutions -- but that the prosecutions have not achieved Nuremberg's most important goal, to keep similar events from happening.   
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9/25/2006 - Professor David Bruck Discusses Lethal Injection in the Virginia Pilot
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor David Bruck discusses lethal injection and whether the procedure constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.   
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9/25/2006 - Professor Robin Wilson Discusses Cohabitation in the Weekly Standard
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Robin Wilson discusses how the law treats marriage and cohabitation.   
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9/18/2006 - Professor Scott Sundby Discusses Death Decision Effect on Jurors in the Star Tribune
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Scott Sundby discusses the death penalty decision process in the case of Alfonso Rodriguez, the man convicted in the abduction and murder of Dru Sjodin.    
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9/17/2006 - Professor Sally Wiant Discusses the Protection of School Logos in the Roanoke Times
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Sally Wiant discusses trademark abuse of school logos on clothing and other gear.   
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9/17/2006 - Professor David Bruck Discusses the Triggerman Rule in the Time-Dispatch
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor David Bruck discusses a bill to eliminate Virginia's long-standing triggerman rule, which would exposing more capital-murder accomplices to the death penalty.   
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8/29/2006 - Professor Mark Drumbl's Opinion Featured in Wall Street Journal
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl's letter to the editor concerning omissions in an editorial was published on August 29th in the Wall Street Journal.   
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8/18/2006 - Professor Scott Sundby Comments on Jonbenet Ramsey Case on NBC Affiliate WSLS, Roanoke
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Scott Sundby comments on the recent confession by a man claiming he killed Jonbenet Ramsey nearly ten years ago.   
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8/18/2006 - Professor Adam Scales Discusses Ruling for Katrina Insurers on FindLaw
Professor Adam Scales, serving as a guest columnist on FindLaw, addresses the recent decision by a federal judge who ruled that insurance companies do not have to pay for damage caused by flooding during hurricane Katrina.    
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8/16/2006 - Professor Adam Scales Discusses Ruling for Katrina Insurers in the New York Times
Professor Adam Scales discusses the ruling by a federal judge that an insurance company's policies do not cover damage from flood waters or storm surge. This decision could affect hundreds of upcoming cases related to property damage from Hurricane Katrina.    
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8/4/2006 - Professor Adam Scales Discusses Denied Insurance Claims in the New York Times
Professor Adam Scales discusses the "anti-concurrent causation" clause that has resulted in the denial of many insurance claims from Hurricane Katrina victims. (Free registration at the New York Times website may be required to view this story.)   
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8/3/2006 - Professor Mark Drumbl Discusses Middle East Crisis on Popular Boston Radio Show
W&L School of Law Professor Mark Drumbl was the featured guest recently on "Stu Taylor on Business," a popular morning radio program on WBIX, Boston. Professor Drumbl spoke on the Middle East crisis.   
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7/15/2006 - Professor Scott Sundby Discusses His Book, A Life and Death Decision: A Jury Weighs the Death Penalty, in the St. Petersburg Times
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Scott Sundby discusses his book, A Life and Death Decision: A Jury Weighs the Death Penalty, which looks at the way the decision to impose the death penalty affects juries.   
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7/12/2006 - David Bruck on Law.com discussing the Supreme Court and Death Penalty Disquiet
David Bruck on Law.com discussing the Supreme Court and Death Penalty Disquiet   
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7/11/2006 - Law Professor Melissa Waters Returns to All Things Considered
As the trial of Saddam Hussein resumes, commentator Melissa Waters describes a phenomenon she calls "The Great Iraqi Walkout." She's seen it many times in her work training Iraqi judges and lawyers over the past three years, and Americans have seen it in the walkouts and boycotts conducted by the attorneys and co-defendants in Saddam Hussein's trial.   
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6/29/2006 - Black Lung Clinic Profiled in Associated Press Story
The Black Lung Legal Clinic at the Washington and Lee University School of Law was profiled in an Associated Press story about compensation for black lung disease.   
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6/15/2006 - Adam Scales on WDBJ-7 commenting on judgment against MTD Mowers
Adam Scales on WDBJ-7 commenting on judgment against MTD Mowers   
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6/13/2006 - Melissa Waters in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on Mirandizing Irag
Melissa Waters in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on Mirandizing Irag   
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6/13/2006 - W&L's Melissa Waters on NPR's All Things Considered
Assistant Professor of Law Melissa Waters discusses her work in training Iraqi lawyers, prosecutors, and judges on NPR's "All Things Considered" from Tuesday, June 13.   
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6/9/2006 - Professor Scott Sundby Comments on the Overturning of the Atkins Death Sentence in The Washington Post
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Scott Sundby commented on the overturned death sentence of Daryl Atkins, a Virginia man whose defense attorneys believe is mentally retarded.   
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6/7/2006 - Professor Scott Sundby Discusses how Mitigation Specialists can affect Jury Decisions in Salon Magazine
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Scott Sundby discusses how mitigation specialists can affect a death penalty decision by a jury. "[Juries] believe that even under adverse circumstances, every individual has the choice to do good or bad," says Sundby, who is also the author of "A Life and Death Decision: A Jury Weighs the Death Penalty." "When presented with strong mitigation evidence, they say, 'Well, he had a bad childhood. A lot of people have had a bad childhood, and they didn't murder.'"    
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5/31/2006 - Professor Scott Sundby Discusses the Muhammad Verdict in the New York Times
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Scott Sundby comments on the guilty verdict in the case against sniper John A. Muhammad.    
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5/4/2006 - David Bruck on NPR's Morning Edition
David Bruck on NPR's Morning Edition   
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5/3/2006 - Scott Sundby in the Baltimore Sun
Scott Sundby in the Baltimore Sun   
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5/3/2006 - Mark Drumbl on Charlottesville—Right Now, a news radio show on 1070 am WINA in Charlottesville
Mark Drumbl on Charlottesville—Right Now, a news radio show on 1070 am WINA in Charlottesville   
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4/18/2006 - Mark Drumbl's April 10 Interview on WMRA's Insight (NPR)
Mark Drumbl's April 10 Interview on WMRA's Insight (NPR)   
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4/18/2006 - New York Times Op/Ed on Low-income Tax Credits by W&L School of Law Professor Dorothy Brown
LOW-INCOME taxpayers are audited by the Internal Revenue Service more often than their higher-earning counterparts. The reason for this is not politics, as is commonly presumed; nor is it that these taxpayers must be watched closely for fraud. The problem, as many people found out this week, is that the low-income tax credit is wildly complex.   
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4/6/2006 - David Bruck on the Mousaui Trial, The Washington Post
David Bruck on the Mousaui Trial, The Washington Post   
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4/3/2006 - Professor Robin Wilson Discusses Nanotechnology on Focus 580, University of Illinois Radio
Professor Robin Wilson Discusses Nanotechnology on Focus 580, University of Illinois Radio   
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