Apr 5, 2016 | Book 1, Current, Print Edition, Volume 49
The Puzzling Persistence of Acquitted Conduct in Federal Sentencing, and What Can Be Done About It Barry L. Johnson One might think, at first glance, that the recognition of a Sixth Amendment right to have a jury rather than a judge determine relevant sentencing facts...
Feb 4, 2016 | Number 4, Print Edition, Volume 48
[accordion] [acc_item title=”We, the Class: What the Founding Generation Can Tell Us About Adequate Representation in Class Action Litigation, by E. Samuel Geisler & R. Jason Richards”] In many ways, Justice Story’s Bill of Peace stands as the keystone...
Dec 29, 2015 | Number 3, Print Edition, Volume 48
Symposium—Student Loans [accordion] [acc_item title=”Foreword, by Rohit Chopra”] “Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Higher Education Act into law as part of his Great Society agenda. He said, “[e]ducation in this day and age is...
Nov 18, 2015 | Announcements
As part of the Donahue Lecture Series, hosted by the Suffolk University Law Review, James Bamford, a New York Times Bestselling Author and columnist for Foreign Policy Magazine, discussed the history and scope of the NSA’s surveillance practices. In case you...
Nov 18, 2015 | Court Monitor
[accordion] [acc_item title=”Substantial Evidence Against Defendant Outweighs Prosecutor’s Improprieties at Trial”] Trial Advocacy Commonwealth v. Cadet, No. SJC-10505 (Mass. Nov. 18, 2015) Opinion digest provided by John P. Wilton The Supreme...