CISG Article
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Kristen David Adams and Candace Zierdt, CISG, 73 Bus. Law. 1243 (2018)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
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Satellite Sensor Requirements for Monitoring Essential Biodiversity Variables of Coastal Ecosystems Article
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Frank E. Muller-Karger et al., Satellite Sensor Requirements for Monitoring Essential Biodiversity Variables of Coastal Ecosystems, 28 Ecological Applications 749 (2018)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
The biodiversity and high productivity of coastal terrestrial and aquatic habitats are the foundation for important benefits to human societies around the world. These globally distributed habitats need frequent and broad systematic assessments, but field surveys only cover a small fraction of these areas. Satellite-based sensors can repeatedly record the visible and near-infrared reflectance spectra that contain the absorption, scattering, and fluorescence signatures of functional phytoplankton groups, colored dissolved matter, and particulate matter near the surface ocean, and of biologically structured habitats (floating and emergent vegetation, benthic habitats like coral, seagrass, and algae). These measures can be incorporated into Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs), including the distribution, abundance, and traits of groups of species populations, and used to evaluate habitat fragmentation. However, current and planned satellites are not designed to observe the EBVs that change rapidly with extreme tides, salinity, temperatures, storms, pollution, or physical habitat destruction over scales relevant to human activity. Making these observations requires a new generation of satellite sensors able to sample with these combined characteristics: (1) spatial resolution on the order of 30 to 100-m pixels or smaller; (2) spectral resolution on the order of 5 nm in the visible and 10 nm in the short-wave infrared spectrum (or at least two or more bands at 1,030, 1,240, 1,630, 2,125, and/or 2,260 nm) for atmospheric correction and aquatic and vegetation assessments; (3) radiometric quality with signal to noise ratios (SNR) above 800 (relative to signal levels typical of the open ocean), 14-bit digitization, absolute radiometric calibration <2%, relative calibration of 0.2%, polarization sensitivity <1%, high radiometric stability and linearity, and operations designed to minimize sunglint; and (4) temporal resolution of hours to days. We refer to these combined specifications as H4 imaging. Enabling H4 imaging is vital for the conservation and management of global biodiversity and ecosystem services, including food provisioning and water security. An agile satellite in a 3-d repeat low-Earth orbit could sample 30-km swath images of several hundred coastal habitats daily. Nine H4 satellites would provide weekly coverage of global coastal zones. Such satellite constellations are now feasible and are used in various applications.
Recognizing Inclusiveness Article
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Ellen S. Podgor, Recognizing Inclusiveness, 86 UMKC L. Rev. 577 (2018)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
Martha Fineman, More Transformative Than Ever Article
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Michèle Alexandre, Martha Fineman, More Transformative Than Ever, 67 Emory L.J. 1135 (2018)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
Does “We the People” Include Corporations? Article
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Does “We the People” Include Corporations?, 43 Human Rights Quarterly 16 (2018)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
Advising 2.0: Helping Students Achieve Academic Success through Meaningful Academic Advising Article
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Alicia Jackson, Advising 2.0: Helping Students Achieve Academic Success through Meaningful Academic Advising, Learning Curve (2018)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
It is becoming increasingly clear that current law students are seeking more wraparound support than previously provided by legal education, which begs the question, why? The answer is simple - modern law students are different and come to law school with very different expectations and experiences than students from previous years. To aid our students in achieving academic success, it is essential that we understand the complex needs of our students by first examining their previous educational experiences.
Academic advising is commonplace at institutions that serve undergraduate students. In fact, some would argue that academic advising is the cornerstone of student success. Advising at the undergraduate level is viewed as a collaborative relationship between student and advisor that is designed to provide the meaningful support students need to achieve their academic goals throughout matriculation. Professional academic advisors, academic support and academic resource centers are as common to undergraduate students as hornbooks and supplements (or Westlaw and Lexis) are to law students.
Millennials make up the largest population of students currently in law school. Millennials often come to law school with the expectation they will receive academic advising and support similar to their undergraduate academic experience. However, to students’ surprise, law school generally does not provide the level of advising that Millennials are used to receiving. This often leaves law students feeling as though they are lost in the process of academic planning, and far too often results in students relying on their classmates for academic planning advice. In fact, more law students are noting the lack of academic advising and basic course planning assistance in their graduation exit surveys.
Millennials need as much structured guidance and support as possible to fulfill their goal of academic success and passing the bar exam, and a professional academic advisor can be instrumental in that process. Through this two-way relationship between student and advisor, Millennials will know how and where to access accurate information about resources, policies, procedures and requirements- while receiving invaluable individualized guidance to help them along their educational journey. Each of these components is essential to a successful and meaningful law school experience for Millennials.
Time Suck: How the Fundraising Treadmill Diminishes Effective Governance Article
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Time Suck: How the Fundraising Treadmill Diminishes Effective Governance, 42 Seton Hall Legis. J. 271 (2018)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
There are just not enough hours in the day to get the job done! This type of “time drought” identified by cognitive scientists takes on democratic significance if the person experiencing it is a democratically elected official. Those elected officials may thereby lack the ability to effectively represent the constituents who put them in office. For federal elected officials, one of the causes of the lack of time to craft policy (the job) is caused by political fundraising burdens (the distraction). As one Congressman put it bluntly, campaign fundraising has become an incredible “time suck” for lawmakers.
The election in 2016 was the most expensive federal election to date. The high price tag in 2016 was attributable to Congressional races. Thus my primary focus in this piece will be on the fundraising burdens experienced by incumbent Members of Congress. Participating in the fundraising arms race is rational behavior for most candidates, because typically the candidate with the bigger campaign war chest wins the election. This fundraising treadmill leads to deleterious effects including dependence on lobbyists for fundraising assistance and for policy making, as well as an unhealthy reliance on a small oligarchic subset of American political donors. Without public financing for Congressional candidates, the only way to avoid the burden of fundraising is to be independently wealthy. And yet, the Roberts Supreme Court seems particularly tone deaf to arguments about preserving the ability of a non-wealthy incumbent elected officials to do their official duties under Article I of the Constitution.
Overreacting to College Student Suicide? How Promoting Reasonable Expectations for Suicide Prevention Will Help Everyone Article
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Peter Lake and Paul Polychronis, Overreacting to College Student Suicide? How Promoting Reasonable Expectations for Suicide Prevention Will Help Everyone, Inside Higher Ed (2018)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
Next Up in Title IX Compliance Article
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Peter Lake, Next Up in Title IX Compliance, College Planning and Management (2018)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.
What Murr v. Wisconsin Tells Us about Regulatory Takings Doctrine, 48 REAL ESTATE LAW JOURNAL 261 (2018). Article
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Will Bunting, What Murr v. Wisconsin Tells Us about Regulatory Takings Doctrine, 48 REAL ESTATE LAW JOURNAL 261 (2018)., 48 Real Estate Law Journal 261 (2018)Clicking on the button will copy the full recommended citation.