Reflections on Twenty Years of Law Teaching
On April 16, 2008, the author received the UCLA School of Law’s Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching. This Essay consists of a revised and extended version of the remarks he gave on that occasion. In it, he addresses both his progression from frustrated Socratic teacher to happy lecturer and his aspirations for incorporating new technologies into his teaching. He also reflects on the subject...
Lawyers, Clients, and the "Third Person in the Room"
A response to Muneer I. Ahmad, Interpreting Communities: Lawyering Across Language Difference, 54 UCLA L. Rev. 999 (2007).
The Economic Benefits of Credit Card Merchant Restraints: A Response to Adam Levitin
A response to Priceless? The Economic Costs of Credit Card Merchant Restraints In Priceless?: The Economic Costs of Credit Card Merchant Restraints, Adam Levitin argues that credit card systems violate the U.S. antitrust laws by prohibiting merchants from surcharging credit card transactions and refusing to accept high-priced reward cards. If merchants could engage in these practices, he...
Volume 56, Issue 6
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Addressing Youth Bias Crime
Bias crime statistics legislation does not require law enforcement agencies to collect data on the ages of bias crime perpetrators, and bias crime penalty enhancements do not distinguish between youth and adult offenders. As a result, little data exists on youth bias crime, and the consequences of applying bias crime penalty enhancements to adult and youth offenders are generally the same:...
Narrowing the Definition of “Dwelling” Under the Fair Housing Act
The Fair Housing Act was enacted in order to protect certain groups against discrimination in housing. The Act extends this protection to any “dwelling,” but its coverage is not well defined for nontraditional sleeping facilities such as homeless shelters, substance abuse treatment facilities, or tent cities. Courts have applied the Fair Housing Act to any residence—defined by one court as “a...
Nonwaiver Agreements After Federal Rule of Evidence 502: A Glance at Quick-Peek and Clawback Agreements
After decades of struggle with paper discovery rules in an age of electronic discovery, President George W. Bush signed Federal Rule of Evidence 502 into law on September 19, 2008. Rule 502 is aimed at reducing the costs associated with privilege review. More specifically, Rule 502 gives more judicial support for nonwaiver agreements, which are agreements between adversarial parties that preserve...