The Buffer Zone: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
by Jonathan B. Miller Case Focus This past June, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Massachusetts’ buffer zone law in the case of McCullen v. Coakley, 134 S. Ct. 2518 (2014). The law at issue created...
View ArticleRisky Policies: How Effective Are Restrictions on Sex Offenders in Reducing...
by Eric Tennen Legal Analysis Sex offenders are one of the most reviled groups of felons. In the past few decades, there has been a dramatic increase in laws and regulations governing virtually every...
View ArticleParole: Evidence of Rehabilitation and Means to Rehabilitate
by Crystal L. Lyons Practice Tips In Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District & Others, 466 Mass. 655 (2013), the Supreme Judicial Court invalidated the statutory provisions...
View ArticleA Modest Response to a Simple Proposal
by Dean Camille A. Nelson Counterpoint In his essay, Rethinking Law School Admissions Through Accreditation: A Simple Proposal, Attorney Yurko presents some interesting ideas. The upshot is a...
View ArticleRethinking Law School Admissions Through Accreditation: A Simple Proposal
by Richard J. Yurko Point There is a glut of new law school graduates. One former law school dean has estimated that there is a need for approximately 25,000 new lawyers each year. Tamanaha, Failing...
View ArticleAn Interview with the Honorable Rya W. Zobel
conducted by Judge Gabrielle R. Wolohojian Voice of the Judiciary I sat down with Judge Rya Zobel on a sunny afternoon in August to talk to her about her first 35 years on the bench. The impetus for...
View ArticleMy Phone Is My Castle: Supreme Court Decides that Cell Phones Seized Incident...
by Michael D. Ricciuti and Kathleen D. Parker Case Focus On June 25, 2014, a unanimous United States Supreme Court decided Riley v. California, 134 S. Ct. 2473, and held that police may not conduct a...
View ArticleA Fond Farewell from Chief Justice Ireland
by Roderick L. Ireland Voice of the Judiciary When I retired at the end of July of 2014, my judicial service had spanned three court departments and thirty-seven years – thirteen years at the Boston...
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