Adjunct Law Prof Blog

Covers issues and information meant for adjunct law professors. It's part of the Law Professor Blogs Network.

Author: Mitchell H. Rubinstein is the primary editor of the blog and is an adjunct professor at St. John's Law School and New York Law School.

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Recent Posts from Adjunct Law Prof Blog

Recognizing out-of-state same-sex marriages for purposes of public employee health insurance coverage and other benefits ruled lawful
Godfrey v Spano, 2009 NY Slip Op 08474, Decided on November 19, 2009, Court of Appeals [Decided with Lewis v New York State Department of Civil Service] Plaintiffs in this action are taxpayers challenging directives…
New York Law Student Fails In His Challenge To Reverse His Legal Writing Grade
Keefe v. New York Law School, ___Misc. 3d___(N.Y. Co. Nov. 17, 2009), is an interesting case. A transfer student to New York Law School from Hofstra Law School was unhappy with being placed in Legal…
2d Circuit Upholds Attorney Stewart Criminal Conviction For Supporting Terrorism
Disbarred defense attorney Lynne Stewart's conviction was affirmed by the 2d Circuit, but the court was very critical of the short prison sentence she was ordered to serve for providing material support to a terror…
5th Holds Confederate Flag Ban Does Not Violate Student 1st A Rights
A.M. v. Cash, ___F.3d___, (5th Cir. Oct. 9, 2009), is an important decision to be aware of. The 5th Circuit held that a school district policy prohibiting the display of the Confederate flag on school…
Law Professor Blog Rankings
TaxProf Blog complied its annual list of the top 35 Law Prof Blogs, here. No, we are not on that list-yet, but we are getting close. Congrats to Jim Levy, our contributing editor who also…
How to make better PowerPoint slides for the classroom
This one goes out to all the teachers who follow this blog. It's an article from Inside Higher Ed discussing advice for making effective PowerPoint slides in connection with undergraduate courses but the lessons apply…
Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Beta Available With A Free Download
Hurray and get it while you can. Microsoft Office Professional 2010 is available now with a free download. It could take over an hour to download-depending upon your computer's speed. Mitchell H. Rubinstein
Google Scholar Adds Free Legal Research
Google Scholar just added free journal and case law legal research to its search engine. I tried it and it works! It is, of course, not as comprehensive as Lexis or Westlaw, but it may…
Pay Cuts And The Economy
When people think of the poor economy and jobs many think of unemployment. While there are scores of people out of work, large numbers of employees also took significant pay cuts in order to remain…
If the issue involves pure statutory reading and analysis, courts need not defer to the agency’s expertise in adjudicating its administrative decision
Matter of Raganella v New York City Civ. Serv. Commn., 2009 NY Slip Op 07206, Decided on October 8, 2009, Appellate Division, First Department Anthony J. Raganella filed an Article 78 petition challenging the New…