San Jose Mercury News, March 6, by Fredric N. Tulsky
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_5168880?IADID&nclick_check=1
Experts also said it is the prosecutor’s duty to reveal evidence regardless of whether the defense already knows it exists or whether they think a judge will admit it. Not only might their assessment be wrong, said Charles D. Weisselberg … but if nothing else the evidence could provide leads for defense attorneys to investigate.
Concord Transcript, March 6, by Christie Harrington
http://www.contracostatimes.com/concordtranscript [go to G:\Law School in the News\News Clips for full story]
“Contra Costa County is one of the few counties in California examining the issue of DMC [disproportionate minority contact]. The county has really taken on a leadership role and is regarded very highly for looking at these issues.”
San Francisco Daily Journal, March 5, by Adam Gorlick
http://www.dailyjournal.com
“The lawyers are having to spend more time dealing with negotiations between companies and hedge funds,” says Eric Talley…. “A lot of them are trying to advise companies on what structures can be put in place to improve governance and how to make changes to the board now. They need to find ways to immunize companies from proxy or takeover threats.”
Contra Costa Times, March 5
http://www.contracostatimes.com/opinion/ci_8460386
Jennifer King says cameras are most effective in confined places such as parking garages…. King also said that the public should be informed about the surveillance system, which can act as a deterrent to crime as well as a means of identifying lawbreakers.
New Republic blog, The Plank, March 4, by Josh Patashnik
http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/03/04/nationalize-the-schools.aspx
As UC Berkeley’s Goodwin Liu explains, Massachusetts has 33 percent fewer poor children than Alabama, but receives 36 percent more aid under Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Oakland Tribune, March 7, by Dino-Ray Ramos
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/ci_8493989
“Clothing connects to the past in a very personal way,” says Benemann. “I wanted to generate more interest in the school’s history, and I wanted to start with fashion.”
San Francsico Chronicle, March 5, by Patricia Yollin
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/05/BAJJVDGE0.DTL
“She was called before the disciplinary panel of the Associated Women Students, and was told to lengthen her sleeves, lower her hemline and remove her makeup,” Benemann said. “She was also told to find another way of walking across campus so she wouldn’t pass Boalt Hall.”
Los Angeles Daily News, March 3, by Rachel Uranga
http://www.dailynews.com/search/ci_8432325?IADID=Search-www.dailynews.com-www.dailynews.com
“There are two functions of the reward: one is as an expression of the high status of social importance of the crime; the other is to reassure and console,” Zimring said.
The News Journal, March 2, by Maureen Milford
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080302/NEWS/803020319/-1/imagine
“It’s not what Delaware does, it’s what it doesn’t do. The federal government comes in when there’s a vacuum,” Eisenberg said.
The Advocate, March 11, by Kerry Eleveld
http://advocate.com/exclusive_detail_ektid52635.asp
“This continues to show the momentum that the Obama camp is demonstrating in all different slices of the electorate,“ said Eric Stern, who has been actively courting gays and lesbians to join the Obama team….