Pierce Law Reporter

Hillel Bagel Brunch This Sunday

Fri, 02 May 2008 17:19:26 -0500

On Sunday May 4, Pierece Law Hillel and the SBA will co-sponsor a Bagel Brunch for all members of the Pierce Law community. Come take a study break and enjoy some delicious bagels starting at 11:00 in the Jury Box!

Next Week @ Pierce Law, May 4-10

Fri, 02 May 2008 15:44:42 -0500

Reading and Exam Period Edition

Sunday, May 4

Professor Ashlyn Lembree attends the AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education in Tuscon, Arizona, through Wednesday. She and a group of IP Clinicians will be holding a conference-within-the-conference for IP Clinicians.

Tuesday, May 6

Pierce Law's Bridget Anderson, a licensed massage therapist, will once again be offering chair massages to all students, faculty and staff on today and tomorrow. If you are feeling stressed, need a break from studying, or just want to relax, sign up for a 15 minute massage. Cost is $10. 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Room 201. Sign-up sheets for specific time appointments will be placed on the door of room 201.

Boston Area Alumni networking breakfast. Theo Vougias JD '03 hosts this gathering for Boston-area alumni at the offices of Gosselin & Associates in Winchester, MA.

Professor Marcus Hurn testifies before the NH Senate Judiciary Committee on House Bill 1270. This bill, of which Professor Hurn in the main author, involves a major reform of the law of future interests in real estate. It has already passed the NH House without opposition.

Wednesday, May 7

Still feeling stressed? For a second day, Bridget Anderson will be providing chair massages. Cost is $10. 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Room 201.

Friday, May 9

Exams end. One week 'til graduation!

Campus Tour for prospective students. Admissions hosts visiting prospective students in th first of a series of friday tours.

Got news for the next Next Week @ Pierce Law? Send your events and notices to pbyfield@piercelaw.edu no later than 12 noon on the previous Wednesday. NW@PL is produced by the Pierce Law Communications Office and distributed to faculty, staff, and students towards the end of each week.

1L Con Law Review This Saturday

Fri, 02 May 2008 13:10:49 -0500

Attention 1Ls: Get your questions answered before next week Constitutional Law final. Nathan Harris and Brad Bondor will be running a review session for all 1Ls tomorrow at from
1-3pm in the Rich Room. Please bring any and all questions.

J. Reuben Clark Society Hosting Linner on Tuesday

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:23:29 -0500

All members are the Pierce Law community are invited to the J. Rueben Clark Society's Linner (a meal in between lunch and dinner) on May 2 beginning at 4pm in the Jury Box. There will be free Chinese food. So take a study break and enjoy!

Beat the Finals Blues with Bagels and Loaded Baked Potatoes THIS Tuesday

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:21:29 -0500

Student Services is providing free bagels from Bagel Works in the Jury Box Atrium on Tuesday April 29 starting at 11am. Get 'em while they're hot.

Then, The Student Spouses and Significant Others Assocation is sponsoring a Baked Potato dinner (with Chili, sour cream, green onions, butter, chopped olives, nacho cheese sauce, salsa) from 4:30-6:30 in the Jury Box. The cost is $3 and includes a beverage.

Next Week @ Pierce Law, April 27-May 3

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:08:03 -0500

Don't forget...

Celebrate the end of classes Friday night at The Annual End of the Year Party, organized jointly by the Black Law Student Association and Hispanic National Bar Association. Food and refreshments will be served. In the Jury Box at 6:30 p.m. Come take a study break!

Sunday, April 27

Study!

Monday, April 28

Exams!

Tuesday, April 29

Professor Buzz Scherr gives a presentation in Kellogg Auditorium at Dartmouth to the Dartmouth Community Medical School on forensic DNA and constitutional privacy.

Wednesday, April 30

Tom Bunnell, Director of Pierce Law's Institute for Health, Law and Ethics, presents on the "State Children's Health Insurance Program: Public Policy Options and Opportunities" at a conference of the New England Alliance for Children's Health in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Thursday, May 1

Faculty Meeting, in the Board Room at 1 p.m.

Buzz Scherr will give a presentation to New Hampshire Superior, District and Probate Court judges on "Ethical Issues in a Less-Than-Perfect World: Managing Witnesses in Sexual Assault Cases."

It's Law Day!

Friday, May 2

Sophie Sparrow will be presenting at the New Hampshire Judicial College, Meredith, NH. She will conduct a writing workshop, Effective Opinion Writing in New Hampshire Courts, for judges from district, family and superior courts.

Saturday, May 3

Today is World Press Freedom Day, a day designated by the United Nations to raise awareness of the importance of freedom of the press and to remind governments of their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression enshrined under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Looking ahead...

Alleviate some of the finals-related stress at Pierce Law Hillel's annual Bagel Brunch, Sunday May 4 in the Jury Box. Bagels, lox, cream cheese and juice will be served. The entire Pierce Law community is welcome, and there's no cover! The Hillel Bagel Brunch is a Student Bar Association-sponsored event.

Austin Padgett Wins Second Annual Pierce Law Student Symposium

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:00:15 -0500

Austin Padgett's The Rhetoric of Predictability: Reclaiming the Lay Ear in Music Copyright Infringement Litigation won the Second Annual Pierce Law Student Symposium, held April 17. The grand prize was $350 and the opportunity to publish in Pierce Law Review. The other finalists were Krum Chuchev's Are the Mini Mental State Examination Forms Under Enforceable Copyright Protection, and if so, What are the Physician's Options and Jonathan Raymond's Is Kelo a Pandora's Box for Patent Law? The Supreme Court's New Take on "Takings". The contest was established to encourage students other than those on Law Review to write publishable work.

Papers were judged by:
Judge Paul Barbadoro, United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire
Judge Carol Ann Conboy, New Hampshire Superior Court
Justice James Duggan, New Hampshire Supreme Court
Mark Sisti, Sisti Law Offices
Dan Will, Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A.

Padgett's paper focused on the question of whether juries can be trusted as triers of fact in cases relating to music copyrights, due to the sophistication of the subject matter and alleged lack thereof among jury members. Lay juries make less predictable decisions about the similarity of musical works than professionals would. Similarity is based on the composition, not recordings of a song. And as with all copyright-protected material, it is the expressions of ideas, not the ideas themselves, which are protected. Two basic kinds of reform proposals have been put forward. One is for procedural change: who determines the similarity of compositions? Substantive change would be less radical because a jury would still be the trier of fact, but what constitutes "similarity" would change.

BLA/HSBA Co-Hosting End of the Year Bash THIS Friday

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:37:52 -0500

The Black Law Student Assocation and the Hispanic National Bar Association will be co-hosting an end of the year party on Friday April 25 at 6:30 in the Jury Box. Food and refreshments will be served. This is a great way to end the school year and gear up for finals!

Groups Elect New Leaders for 2008-09

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:31:36 -0500

Several student organiztaions held officer elections for next year. These organizations are incredibly important to the Pierce Law community. Congratulations to the new leadership and good luck next year!

Taiwanese Student Association

President: Chi-Yuan Calvin Chen
Treasurer: Chi-Jung Huang

Women's Law Student Association

Co-Chairs: Heather Flanner and Emila Smallidge

Entertainment Law Society

President: Ed Raymond
Vice President: Mitch Bragg
Treasurer: Alan Slone
Secretary: Katherine Lewis

And last but certainly not least....

Student Intellectual Property Association

3L CHAIR: MIKE BOHN
3L REPRESENTATIVE: ANDREW BUNIN
2L CHAIR: JANA MEIER
2L REPRESENTATIVE: JACK WESSEL
TREASURER: JARED STRINGHAM
SECRETARY: DAVE CROSLAND
COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR: JOHN HEIDENREICH

Thank you to everyone who voted!

Student Organization Budget Meeting TONIGHT

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:26:51 -0500

The Student Bar Assocation will be running a information session for student groups about receiving funding for the 2008-2009 school year. A representative from group each group is required to attend the meeting in order to be eligible for funding. The meeting will take place on Thursday April 24 at 5pm in the Rich Room. If you have any questions, please contact the SBA Treasurer, Tyler Obenauf, sba-treasurer@piercelaw.edu.

Next Week @ Pierce Law, April 20-26

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:39:41 -0500

News

What are you doing this summer? Why not go to China or Ireland? Space is still available in Pierce Law's popular summer programs, including the Intellectual Property Summer Institute right here in Concord. Register today!

Debbie Beauregard and Alyson Fava of the Pierce Law Graduate Programs Office have moved from 10 White Street to the third floor of the main building.

Sunday, April 20

Hillel holds its annual Passover Seder, 6 p.m. in the board room.

Monday, April 21

Dean Hutson is in Ireland this week, lecturing at the Centre for Criminal Justice & Human Rights at the University College Cork in Cork, Ireland

Tuesday, April 22

Happy Earth Day! Groundwork Concord is sponsoring a cleanup event at the Kiwanis Riverfront Park/Everett Arena on Earth Day, from 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM. One of the core themes of Earth Day this year is the increase in invasive plants from global warming. Teams will help eradicate invasive vines and brambles from riverfront trees and slopes. For more information, call Groundwork Concord at 224-3710.

Exit Counseling for Graduating Students. All students who have received Federal Stafford and Perkins Loans while attending Pierce Law must complete Exit Counseling before they graduate. You can do this either in person at this meeting or online at www.mapping-your-future.org. This last in-house session will last one hour. Lunch will be served. 12 noon in Room 200.

In preparation for summer construction, the Bookstore movies to the faculty lounge, Room 218, today. THey reopen for business on Wednesday in their new location.

Wednesday, April 23

Today is World Book and Copyright Day, a.k.a. the International Day of the Book.

Not to leave out other media: on this day in 1867, William Lincoln patented the zoetrope, a machine which shows animated pictures by mounting a strip of drawings in a wheel, and 20 years ago today, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon ended its record 14-year run on the Billboard 200 chart.

Thursday, April 24

Judy Gire is attending the New England Law Library Consortium Directors' meeting in Freeport, Maine where Roberta Woods will make a presentation on a NELLCO grant project she is chairing.

Professor Emeritus Dick Hesse presents "A Conversation with John Marshall" at the Madison Library in Madison, New Hampshire at 7:00 p.m.

Friday, April 25

Last day of classes! The Reading and Exam period begins.

The 10th Annual Patent Cooperation Treaty Seminar is held today and tomorrow at the Grappone Conference Center, Concord.

Judy Gire, Cindy Landau, Barry Shanks, Jon Cavicchi, Kathy Fletcher and Matt Jenks will attend the Law Librarians of New England (LLNE) Spring meeting in Freeport, Maine hosted by the University of Maine Law School Library. Kathy Fletcher currently serves as President of LLNE.

Saturday, April 26

Today is World Intellectual Property Day.

Hot Dog Roast and Car Demolition Fundraiser This Friday

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:55:47 -0500

This Friday, the Pierce Law Bookstore will host the annual Hot Dog Roast on Friday April 18. Come enjoy some delicious food and bask in the sunshine starting at 2:00 in the courtyard behind the Jury Box.

ALSO, the 3L/MIP class will be hosting a Car Demolition fundraiser at the Hot Dog Roast. This a great opportunity to take out some pre-finals aggression and smash a car with a sledgehammer or baseball bat! What could be more fun on beautiful Friday afternoon (and yes the forecast by the Weather Channel is 72 degrees on Friday!!!!).

You must purchase tickets for the Car Demolition Fundraiser at noon in the Jury Box. See Erik Moskowitz for more information.

Passover Seder THIS Sunday

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:53:34 -0500

Pierce Law Hillel will be holding a Passover Seder on Sunday, April 20th at 6:00pm in the Board Room. Everyone is encouraged to attend the Seder, regardless of faith. Friends & family members are welcome. Tickets are $5, which includes a full catered meal and wine or grape juice. Children can attend for free.

The Seder celebrates the Jewish holiday of Passover and its story is told over a feast. Traditional items served are Roast turkey, beef brisket, Matzo and kugel, charoses (a combination of apples, nuts, cinnamon, honey), matzo ball soup, macaroons, and many other items. Food will be supplied by Catering from Levine's Kosher Market of Peabody, MA.

Tickets are $5 per adult and will be on sale tom. (Wed.- 4/16), Thurs. (4/17), and Fri. (4/18) in the Jury Box between 12:00pm and 1:00pm. If you are unable to purchase tickets this week but would like to attend, tickets will be sold at the door on Sunday night. Also, please email Hillel at Hillel@piercelaw.edu so that they can assure enough seating & food.

Please come celebrate Passover and enjoy a great Seder!

Professor Tom Field on Tafas v. Dudas

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:29:12 -0500

Professor Tom Field's latest column is the current cover story on IP Frontline, the online magazine of intellectual property and technology.

Read his column, Tafas v. Dudas: Elephants in Mouseholes >>

Death Penalty Forum

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:05:29 -0500

The Pierce Law Review and the Social Justice Institute will be co-hosting a forum on the death penatly on Tuesday April 15 at 7:00pm in the Rich Room. The panelists will include Pierce Law Professor Chris Johnson, as well as attorneys Peter Beeson, Renny Cushing, Barbara Keshen, Jon Kissinger, Alan Rogers, and Andru Volinsky. The forum will be moderated by Ralph Jiminez of the Concord Monitor.