Law Review
Second, third, and fourth-year students may apply to become members of the Empire Law Review. Successful applicants have an opportunity to research and potentially publish an article analyzing and commenting on current legal issues of significant importance. Student authors work under the guidance of an editorial board and faculty advisor, Professor Brad DeMeo.
Volume One of the Empire Law Review, containing the following four articles, was published in June 2006. Copies are available for purchase by calling the Law School office at 707-546-4000.
. Burkett v. Capovilla and the Interpretation of Revocable Inter Vivos Trusts, June 2004
. Crawford v. Washington and the Revitalization of the Confrontation Clause, January 2005
. KP Permanent Make-Up, Inc. v. Lasting Impression I, Inc. and How Much Confusion Is Fair?, July 2005
. Is the Sentencing Reform Act Fair to Criminal Defendants, and Are the Rulings in Apprendi, Blakely and Booker the Answer?, April 2006
In How Much Confusion Is Fair? fourth-year law students Johann Hall and Danelle Jacobs examined the December 2004 United States Supreme Court decision in KP Permanent Make-Up, Inc. v. Lasting Impression I, Inc. which involved a trademark dispute.
