A Hidden Danger in “Domestic Violence”
An article by Drew Crecente, 2L
This past October, like every October since 1987, was Domestic Violence (DV) Awareness Month in the United States. Organizations throughout the country worked on various initiatives to increase awareness and education about DV in their efforts to mitigate a problem that affects over 2 million men and women per year1 and costs the government, employers, and workers an estimated $5.8 billion per year in healthcare costs and lost productivity.2 Awareness about DV is the first, and arguably most critical, step in prevention. Unfortunately “Domestic Violence” is saddled with a dangerous, self-defeating label. While violence is both fitting and appropriate, domestic is neither, in both its implicit exclusion of some groups as well as the inappropriate connotations of its historical usage.
Bar Fitness Questions – Special Bonus Multiple Choice Section!
A satirical article by Paul Black, 3L
Bar Fitness Questions – Special Bonus Multiple Choice Section!
1. Which of the following is your foremost legal role model?
a. Perry Mason (Never lost a case. Except for that one guy whom he knew was guilty.)
b. Atticus Finch (He symbolizes what is noble about the law.)
c. Sonia Sotomayor (the wise Latina)
d. Frank Abagnale, Jr. (Passed the Louisiana bar- at age 16. After studying for 2 weeks. Catch him if you can.)
e. Ken Nugent (One call- that’s all.)
f. Your Constitutional law professor: You can’t wait to have a captive audience listen to you describe your glory days at the Justice Department, and to laugh at your jokes.
g. Sandra Day O’Connor (Never send a boy to do a “man’s” job. Send a woman.)
Celebrate National Recycling Week by not recycling
An opinion article by Robert Bexley, 2L
Wrapping up this last Sunday was National Recycling Week (November 9-15), whereupon organizations rallied their communities to recycle their glass, plastic, paper and metal. Events spread information and awareness. We all held hands; peace and understanding were sown.
Law students face unique difficulties with GSU Financial Aid Office
An opinions article by Patrick Wheaton, 2L
The GSU College of Law is a surprisingly outstanding institution. I say surprisingly because in general, Georgia State University has a well-established reputation for bureaucratic dysfunction. Yet, the College of Law manages to overcome this reputation and provide outstanding support to its students. Regrettably, the same cannot be said of those responsibilities that the College of Law, for whatever reason, outsources to the University.
Time for a Survey Religion Course in Public Education
An opinions article by Allison Layton, 2L
“Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.” As I listened to Professor Geoffrey Stone, the Miller luncheon speaker on October 15, this quote from Winston Churchill ran through my head. Repeatedly.
An Open Letter to GSU Parking
An opinion article by Judson Mallory
Dear Georgia State University,
I regret to inform you that your parking department is the functional equivalent of the state of Alabama's government.
The Be Your Own Boss Network
A news article by Beth Bachman
The GSU College of Law has a new student group in the works, and it is unlike any other seen before at the law school.
Point Counter-Point: The Healthcare Question: Solving the Problem Requires a Checkup
An opinion article by Kevin Bradberry
Point Counter-Point: The Right to Health Care and How to Reform It
An opinion article Robert Bexley, 2L.
As I sit down to my laptop to write a Point-Counterpoint OpEd piece on the ongoing health care reform debate, knowing my counterpart, an editor for Georgia State University’s Law Review, is carefully crafting his magnum opus, I can’t help but feel I’m at a crossroads. While it seems that the national debate has overflowed the banks of sanity, I cannot help but think of that timeless Bob Dylan lyric, “If it keep on rainin’, the levee gonna break.”
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