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Stories from the crucible of young lawyering.

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The Mysterious Case of the Missing Mailbox

A strange Hawaii incident involving a minor theft has grown into a scandal that has drawn national attention, toppled those in power, raised questions of ...

By Nick Grube
Summer 2018

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Their Hearts Are In It

Public Service Scholars fan out and change the world.

By Jane Whitehead
Summer 2018

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The Creative Genius of David Fialkow

David Fialkow ’85 was part of a creative team that outsmarted the KGB, impelled the IOC, safe-housed a whistle-blowing defector, laid bare Russian sport, and, ...

By Chad Konecky
Summer 2018

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Scapegoats

Just what lay behind the New York DA’s aggressive targeting of a small Chinatown bank in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis? Abacus Federal ...

By Jeri Zeder
Winter 2018

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The Freedom Fighter

Raised in the crucible of Communist Romania, scholar Vlad Perju mounts an inspired global campaign against the foes of constitutional democracy.

By Jeri Zeder
Winter 2018

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Saving Democracy

Amid rapid globalization and rising populism, threats to liberal constitutional democracies are prevalent in countries like Poland, Turkey, Hungary, and Venezuela. Poland Threat: Government refused ...

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Getting In

Five 1Ls share the essays that earned them entrance into law school.

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When You Wish Upon a Star

Erika Craven / Hamilton College

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Stepping Away from Fear

Jaegun Lee / University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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A Long-Lost Voice Is Found

Danielle Richmond / University of Florida

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I Get to Decide Who I Am

Samuel Tincher / Berea College

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Revolutions Big and Small

Jorge Toledo / University of California, Berkeley

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Where They Are Now

The essayists from the Class of 2017 reap the rewards of law school.

By Jane Whitehead
Winter 2018

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Awakening the Great Spirit

Oil now flows through the Dakota Access Pipeline and it may never stop, but the point man in the ongoing and politically fraught legal battle ...

By Chad Konecky
Summer 2017

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