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    • Starting Your Own Mail-Order Artisan Bon-Bon Company: Crowdfunding Connects Dollars to Your Next Great Idea

    Written By: Laura Horton Edited By: Lindsay Landstrom Researcher: Amanda Klimczak Managing Editor: Dave Smith (PDF version of this article) So you have an idea!  Maybe it’s a pirate-vampire-zombie-graphic novel or a ... read more ...

    • Juris Doctor Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Recession

    Written By: Sam Leineweber Edited By: Dave Smith Researcher: Laura Budd Managing Editor: Jamie Dickinson (PDF version of this article) Four years ago the economy sunk like a brick battle ship. Every industry and ... read more ...

    • BP Oil Spill: Drilling Into The Legal Issues One Year After The Spill

    Written By: Laura Horton Edited By: Mary Van Noy Researcher: Adam Shelton Managing Editor: Sam Leineweber (PDF Version of this article) April 20, 2011, marked the one-year anniversary of the largest environmental disaster in US ... read more ...

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    Written by: Dave Smith Researcher: Jamie Dickinson Edited by: Matthew Thompson Managing Editor: Jesus Miguel Palomares (PDF version of this article) In the Digital Age we live in now, everything you could want to know ... read more ...

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    the Legality welcomes its newest Fall 2011 members!

    We are excited  to welcome the newest members of our staff! Please join us in giving a warm Legality welcome to our new articles editors: Laura Budd Jake Day Kevin Hollinshead Amanda Klimczak Camille Lafage Lindsay Landstrom Shaheen Shingu Sarah Traynor   – the Legality

    Word of the Week: Deliberate Indifference

    Each week we select a legal term or phrase that’s commonly misunderstood, interesting, or that gives a fancy name to a simple idea. Written by: Matt Thompson Deliberate indifference is a legal oxymoron that is used to categorize a behavior as specifically as possible.  It takes parts of negligence and expands on them, it takes [...]

    Logic Puzzle: Your Dirigible Awaits

    Every week we feature an original logic puzzle for your brain-bending pleasure. They follow a format similar to those on the LSAT, and their difficulty ranges the full gamut. Good luck! Written by: Alexander JL Theoharis Six friends are out flying their dirigibles on a Sunday afternoon. On a lark, they decide to race back [...]

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