due process - issue ii - fall 2012

DUE PROCESS | NEW ENGLAND LAW | BOSTON! ! ! OCTOBER 15, 2012

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH | NEW ENGLAND LAW | BOSTON! ! OCTOBER 15, 2012

TABLE OF CONTENTSMessage from Dean O’Brien! page 2

Calendar of Events! ! page 2

Announcing the Campaign for Positivism

! By Genevieve Burguieres ! page 3

Tips for the Long Distance Commuter

! By Kevin Buono! ! page4

Did Romney Just Win?

! By Christopher Cervantes page 4

The CSI Effect Part Two

By Nicole Miller page 5

A Perspective on Life from the Eyes of a Law Student

By Simon Caine page 5

Angry

By Caroline Morin ! page 6

Cop-Bot and the Bear

By David Relethford page 7

NEL|B Happenings

By Notcher A. Amarteifio ! page 7

Observations Under a Magnifying Glass

By Amalee Elayyan! page 8

Obama v. Romney (2012)

By Brendan Gupta page 8

Ask Amanda Anything! ! page 9

Puzzles & Classifieds! ! page 11

DUE PROCESSEnding the Silence

Meghan Mitche", ’13 Vice President, Women’s Law Caucus

Domestic violence is a serious problem that has been around as long as mankind. As our technology, intelligence and understanding of human rights has grown, so has our moral obligations to end the violence. Now there are multiple shelters available, job trainings to help get victims back on their feet exist, and there are several programs aimed at helping victims try to heal. But something is missing in the efforts to end domestic violence. The victims have everything but a voice. Their stories remain mostly untold. The issues that come up with domestic violence are mostly left alone without discussion. Domestic violence is something that everyone agrees is bad and should end – generally, that is where the talking stops. It’s time to open up the discussion and work towards a solution. Domestic Violence Awareness Month is dedicated to: opening up the discussion and working towards ending the violence. There are so many different ways to do this, from sitting

down and talking with your friends, to coming to one or more of the several Domestic Violence Awareness Month events taking place at NEL|B this October. If you feel like you are in a particularly giving mood then give your money, or more importantly your time. Many of the groups dedicated to helping victims of domestic violence are non-profit organizations. By committing just a few hours a week as a volunteer, you could change the lives of many people including yourself. If you do not have the time, take a couple of spare dollars and donate it. Imagine the difference we could make if every member of the New England Law | Boston community took the amount of money they spend on a latte and put it towards ending the violence. The silence is starting to break. Whether the silence has ended depends on whether you are willing to stand up and speak out. Stop the violence by ending the silence and start opening up the discussion.

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Battered Up: A Call to ActionPatience O. Babajide, ‘13Editor-in-Chief

I n r e c o g n i t i o n o f Domestic Violence awareness month, this issue has been partly printed in purple. Throughout the month of October, the Women’s Law Caucus, the Black Law Students Association, and several other Student Organizations here at New England Law | Boston, have organized a number of events to bring awareness to the issue of Domestic Violence and the politics of Women’s rights and freedoms.

Please look out for information on all of these events, and make a deliberate effort to attend as many as you are able.

Law School forces you to think objectively. In our classrooms, we are asked to “issue spot”. To dictate the facts, to understand the procedural history, and to engrave in our minds the very rules and holdings that help us make sense of the Court’s

ultimate judgment. Think Like A Lawyer. Be An Advocate. Understand The Law.

In Re Domestic ViolenceFacts:Domestic violence affects millions of women, men and children throughout the world. The victims of the abuse are never the only ones affected. Approximately 22% of women are physically assaulted by a partner or a date during their lifetime, and nearly 5.3 million partner victimizations occur each year among U.S. women ages 18 and older. Individuals who are victimized account for 2 million injuries and 1,300 deaths. Too many victims continue to silently endure the abuse; their voice slowly bruised and battered, reluctantly yielding to the will and control of the abuser. Afraid of the unknown – life without the abuser, unsure of how to get away, afraid of enraging the abuser – they stay with the abuser. Jessica Lenahan was a victim of abuse. In 1999, Jessica chose to speak out. The voice she had once lost had no other choice but to return. She mustered up the courage to obtain a domestic violence restraining order to stop her abuser from having any contact with her or the children, but the abuse had gone on for too long and by now that simply was not enough. For reasons unknown, the Castle Rock, Colorado police repeatedly refused, or were unable, to enforce Jessica’s domestic violence restraining order. Jessica’s daughters were abducted by her estranged abusive husband and subsequently killed. Continued on page 3.


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Networking and Preparing for Your Job SearchA Message $om Dean O’Brien

Students and alumni at the Minority Alumni Welcome Reception on September 28 took advantage of the chance to network and get to know one another. More than 180 graduates and students attended, including many members of our first-year class, which has a record number of minority students. The Office of the Dean sponsored the Minority Alumni Welcome Reception, but the Career Services Office offers a wide range of other networking opportunities, as well as a full list of programs and activities to enhance your preparation for your job search. These are targeted to students at different stages of their law school careers and job-hunting process, but there are many options for everyone. Members of the Class of 2013 who have signed up for the Bridge to Success Mentor Program have already had the opportunity to meet their mentors. All graduating students were able to attend the Boston Bar Association Membership Kick-off Reception. There have been two programs on Large-firm Mock Interviews, as well as

sessions on Post-Graduate Job Search Tips, Small Firm Hiring, Massachusetts Public Defender Hiring, and Federal Jobs Search Tips. The remainder of October will feature programs on The State of the Legal Job Market and Domestic Violence and Children’s Advocacy Speed Networking. I list these offerings to emphasize the range of support that’s available to you. A full schedule of programs for the semester is available at the CSO or online at www.nesl.edu/CSOFall12Programs. Thinking about your job-hunt should start early in your law school career. First-year students are required to attend an orientation session (to be held later this month and Nov. 1) and to meet with a Career Services counselor. The Career Services staff can help you identify your goals and plan a job-search; the CSO also offers resume review and mock interview sessions. All these provide tools that can be invaluable in advancing your job search and making you the best possible candidate. There is no question that the job market is difficult, but that only makes your preparation for job-hunting more critical. Your efforts to excel in your course work and to take advantage of experiential learning opportunities are crucial, but focusing on the demands and intricacies of the job market are also essential parts of getting ready to search for employment. I urge you to consider the CSO programs an integral part of your preparation for a career in law.

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15 Public Interest Law Assoc. bake sale in lobby. FREE Microsoft Word train-ing for lawyers. 1pm at the MS Store at the Pru. Sign-up on TWEN under Intellectual Property Law Assoc.

16 Public Interest Law Assoc. bake sale in lobby. Join the running club on their evening run! Meet in Lobby at 4pm. FREE Microsoft Word training for lawyers. 7pm at the MS Store at the Pru. Sign-up on TWEN under Intel-lectual Property Law Assoc.

17 NEL|B’s Women Law Caucus and SALSA presents

Film Forum: Provoked 6:30-8:30pm. In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month

18 Join the running club on their evening run! Meet in Lobby at 4pm. XBOX night at Microsoft store at the Pru. Put on by the Intel-lectual Property Law Assoc.

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22 23 Join the running club on their evening run! Meet in Lobby at 4pm.

24 Gordon Katz, a local attorney, will be on campus to discuss his experi-ences with copyright litigation. 4-6pm in 301. Put on by the Entertainment & Sports Law Organization and the Intellectual Property Law Association.

25 Join the running club on their evening run! Meet in Lobby at 4pm.

26 International Law Society attending conference in New York from Oct. 26-28. For more info, contact [email protected].

29 Public Interest Law Assoc. presents “How the different branches of public interest law work together” Time: TBD. Cherry Room. Food will be provided. For more info, contact [email protected]

30 The Federalist Society presents Debate on Tobacco and Food Policy at 4pm in the Cherry Room Join the running club on their even-ing run! Meet in Lobby at 4pm.

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1 Join the running club on their evening run! Meet in Lobby at 4pm. Intellectual Property Law As-soc. and CSO present Career Panel about jobs in IP. 4:25pm in 305.

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NEL|B Events Oct. 23 - Nov. 2

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Announcing the Campaign for Positivism 2012-2013. Genevieve Burguieres, ‘13 As SBA President, I have been given the opportunity to write six articles for the New England Law | Boston Newspaper, Due Process. I struggled with deciding what impact I wanted my articles to have. I struggled with deciding whether to use this platform to explain what the SBA generally does, and the specifics of what we are currently doing. While I’m sure these would make for interesting articles, I feel my time and your time would be better spent learning through this experience with me. I have decided to use this platform to announce my new campaign. The Campaign for Positivism. The Campaign for Positivism will ultimately consist of Four Pillars. Each pillar will be a short reflection of something learned throughout running this campaign. In the end, I hope to develop a comprehensive and useful four-pillar campaign strategy for positivism. I hope you find this fun, uplifting, and down to earth. Stay tuned for Pillars II, III and IV; still yet to be discovered. My final article will be a wrap up of the pillars of positivism, and a reflection for those graduating to take with them.

Pillar I: Post the Positive. Our lives are flooded with social media. Whether one chooses to engage in it generally varies from person to person and its

popularity ebbs and flows for each person from time to time. But, I would venture to say that we are all influenced by it daily. When it comes to social media, posting the positive is simple. How would you rather live? With daily reminders of past ill refute, or consciously and intentionally surrounded by good reminders of successes, motivation, and creativity? If you would prefer the latter, then I challenge you to use the good things we accomplish to springboard more good ideas and ideals. Too often, we succumb to the knee-jerk reaction to post the negative. Your social media activities, posts and comments, are essentially passing reminders, advertisements, information and communication. They are not the means to an end or the end. I'm not

talking about posting materials that you author, or information about your faith. I’m referring to those posts that reflect who you are and how you feel in a fleeting moment. These passing posts dictate to the world the type of person you are, whether it is your intention to do so or not. It sets tone that affects all those who have access to your posts. Choose to post positive communication. There is more than enough bad news and negativity floating around in the world, and thanks to the media this news can be found at every turn. We should all try to move away from negativity in our personal postings. It should be our goal to operate on a pillar and Post the Positive.

“Battered Up” from page 1.Procedural History:In 2005, Jessica Lenahan went before the United States Supreme Court in a suit against the Town of Castle Rock. The Court held that the police had no constitutional duty to enforce her restraining order. Jessica did not accept that answer. After exhausting all domestic remedies, attorneys for Jessica brought suits against the United States before the Inter-American Commission, claiming human rights violations by the local police for failing to protect her and her children, and human rights violations by the U.S. courts, which failed to provide her with a remedy. On March 2, 2007, Jessica Lenahan became the first individual U.S. victim of domestic violence to bring her case before any international human rights body.

Issue:Whether more could have been done to protect Jessica and her daughters.

Rule:By framing domestic violence as a human rights violation, the case challenges advocates and policymakers to re-think the current approach to domestic violence in the U.S., and asks whether fundamental rights are being respected, protected, and fulfilled.

Holding:More can always be done to ensure that victims of abuse are given adequate constitutional protections; protections that are practically effective.

Reasoning:The Lenahan decision holds the potential to influence domestic violence advocacy in the United States, and more broadly, to help bring human rights home to the U.S.

Judgment:On August 17, 2011, the Commission issued its landmark decision, finding the United States responsible for human rights violations suffered by Jessica

and recommended changes to U.S. domestic violence law and policy.

Domestic violence occurs in record numbers every single day. It is loosely defined as the exercise of physical, mental, emotional, sexual, or economic control by one partner over another in a dating, marital or live-in relationship. Domestic violence includes not only causing actual harm but also threating to cause harm. When we remain silent, we allow the enemies of progress to prevail. Speak out. If you see something, say something – take this as your call to action. More information on the case of Jessica Lenahan can be found at the Columbia Law School Human Rights Clinicwebsite, the case webpageand the International website. For statistical information on the data provided, see http://w w w . s o c . i a s t a t e . e d u / s a p p /DomesticViolence.pdf .

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Tips For the Long Distance CommuterKevin Buono, ’15

Welcome to Boston, everyone! Whether you are a native of greater Beantown or you are coming here from across New England, the country, or the wider world, by now you've all experienced the full brunt of experiences that are a part of being a pedestrian in Boston. So far, no one has yet been run down by a car while trying to Frogger across Stuart Street in a morning rush to classes. And that is good news! But, as members of the Boston pedestrian community, your everyday street crossing, as challenging as Boston drivers make it, is the least of your worries. Gone are the days when, as undergraduates, you could wake up in your pajamas and shuffle across the grassy, tree-lined quad the few thousand feet to your classes. With all the other changes you are encountering, many of you are for the first time experiencing what it is like to be a long-distance commuter. To my fe l low long-d is tance commuters, I am writing to offer service to you. I have seen too many of you suffer needless stress as a result of your new and demanding commutes. I consider myself a "professional commuter". I have never lived in a dorm. And not since I was a teenager have I had a commute to a job or to school that was less than an hour. Currently, I start my commute at 7:15am, driving to the North Leominster

commuter rail station to catch a 7:30am train. I ride an hour and a half to North Station and then hop on the green line T to Boylston and walk to NEL│B; with an estimated arrival time of 9:30am. T h a t ' s almost a two and a h a l f h o u r commute. I t i s likely that many of you do not travel this far, but such a long haul has forced me to develop a few strategies that I think will help my fellow c lassmates in their commutes. F i r s t , never begin your c o m m u t e without your law school reading material in hand. We spend a lot of time walking about town and waiting for trains or buses. I have discovered that reading while waiting for public transportation, and while riding it, reduces my study time at home. Second, if your commute is on the longer side, try waiting until rush hour is over before starting your commute home. We all know there's reading you could be doing in the library and many of us tend to take a nap or catch up on reality TV once

we get home. Waiting a little will also keep your dignity intact, as you will not have to cram inside of a green line T like canned sardines. Third, remember there are a couple

of larger-than-l i f e refrigerators in t h e s t u d e n t lounge. Don't w a s t e y o u r m o n e y o n d a i l y S t a r b u c k ' s , McDonald ' s , and City Place f o o d c o u r t visits; if you are going to be at NEL│B or a w a y f r o m h o m e f o r a large majority o f t h e d a y, pack yourself some dinner t o o . T h e l o u n g e h a s microwaves!

Finally, those who tell you law school is a full-time job are lying. It is a far bigger commitment. When you are commuting, make the best of it and start to make that long haul more worthwhile by using these strategies to maximize your waking hours. Good luck, and see you on the T!

Did Romney just win?Christopher Cervantes, ’15

President Obama hasn't taken part in a debate in 1,400 days and it showed. President Obama is without a doubt charismatic and articulate, but that did not translate into a dominant performance in the first presidential debate held on Tuesday, October 3, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. There were no game-changing lines or phrases from this debate and overall it was uneventful. One thing that is certain is that when a challenger is on stage with the incumbent President, that side-by-side presence elevates the challenger’s need to win. Obama appeared to be professorial at many times–which for many Americans may portray the President as disconnected from the rest of society. Former Governor Romney on the other hand, showed us something we had never seen before. The Romney we have previously seen; stumbling and laying out gaffes was gone, and in his

place the executive of a company, (perhaps Bain Capital) taking charge and not letting anyone else interfere; not even the moderator. There was a moment when the Former Governor discussed his proposed cuts to PBS, who by the way employs the moderator, Jim Lehrer. “I’m sorry, Jim,” Former Governor Romney said, “I’m going to stop the subsidy to PBS. I’m going to stop other things. I like PBS and I love Big Bird. Actually, I like you, too. But I’m not going to… I’m not going to keep on spending money on things that will require us to borrow more money from China to pay for. That’s No. 1.” It doesn't appear that this debate will be the “game-changer” that some of Romney’s supporters are touting, but one thing is clear, the President didn't win the Denver debate. Romney's statements, which appear to be contrary to what he has said on the campaign trail, went completely unchallenged. The President's strategy may have been to seem presidential, calm, cool and collected, but that strategy didn't work. It wasn't that President Obama's punches didn't land, but it appears that he wasn't even trying to throw any.


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The CSI Effect Part Two: Is it really problematic for juror’s to have high expectations?Nicole Mi"er, ’14

As my last article in Due Process had stated, there is little to no empirical evidence that the CSI effect is actually leading to more acquittals. Regardless, j u r o r e x p e c t a t i o n s h a v e increased and now lega l scholars have identified another po ten t i a l cu lp r i t fo r t he heightened expectations called the “Tech Effect.” In this new theory, television crime dramas a r e n o t r e s p o n s i b l e f o r increasing juror expectations but r a t h e r o u r g r o w i n g understanding of technology through the ready access of information in the internet and smart phone age we live in. Before the advent of the information age, scientific discoveries and advancements were disseminated only in the scientific community. But now information is readily accessible for almost anyone through 3G (and now 4G) devices such as tablets and smartphones. And who knows what is next. But, according to this author’s opinion, it is not necessarily a bad thing to expect more scientific evidence as more technology becomes available. For example, having the technology to test DNA evidence has led to a decrease in wrongful convictions. The Innocence Project is a DNA research group affiliated with the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; their mission is to use DNA evidence to assist c o n v i c t e d c r i m i n a l s i n exonerating their case. To date, the project reports 300 DNA related exonerations, 17 of

which were on death row. Not surprisingly, 40% of the cases that led to exoneration were able to identify the actual perpetrator. But unfortunately, the average time a defendant would spend in prison before exoneration is estimated to be about 13 years. While the mission of the project i s t o e x o n e r a t e p e o p l e wrongfully convicted, their work has also shown that in about half of the cases the DNA e v i d e n c e c o n f i r m e d t h e defendant’s conviction. Therefore, it is only logical to expect more scientific evidence when it is reasonably available if it lessens the chance of a wrongful conviction. And any sort of “effect” technology or crime drama has on a juror’s expectation should not be considered the problem that the media and prosecutors portray it to be. What seems to fuel concerns behind rising juror expectations is the belief that prosecutors are not doing their job correctly if they do not get a conviction every single time. But that is not really the point of the criminal justice system; rather a case should be built on the foundations of due process and the understanding that all criminal defendants must be presumed innocent until proven guilty. Therefore, for the due process of the law to exist, it seems necessary to ho ld prosecutors to a high standard of p r o o f , m e a n i n g t h a t a s technology and society changes, so should our expectations. This accessibility to i n f o r m a t i o n m a y k e e p evidentiary expectations high, but they are also adversely affecting the criminal justice system in other ways. The ready access of information may be impeding the defendant’s right to a fair trial. This topic is to be discussed in the final issue of this three part series. Sources: Donald E. Shelton, Gregg Barak, & Young S. Kim,

A Perspective On Life From The Eyes Of A Law StudentSimon Caine, ‘14

I go into the kitchen and grab the bottle sitting on top of the shelf, slowly twist the cap off the bottle and begin to pour the contents into the chilled glass in front of me. A liquid that I have learned to appreciate, to love and enjoy sips out of the bottle. I return the cap to the bottle and the bottle to the shelf. I then open the fridge and grab another bottle, this I use to fill the remainder of my glass, with the another chilled refreshing bottle of Coke. This is my process; this is how I begin to think about what I’m going to write down. What am I going to write down that anyone in his or her right mind would want to read about. I want to write about something meaningful, about something people can read and respect. The irony is that I spend the majority of my time trying to convince other students to write for Due Process, yet as an editor of the newspaper I find it hard to come up with something to write about. Well here goes nothin’… Do what you want to do, think how you want to think and act how you want to act. I’m not going to pretend to be an expert at law school; I’m not even going to pretend that I really know what to do. But I think I finally figured out the answer. The answer to that question that you really want to know.The answer is - It is up to you!

It really is that easy, and it really is that simple. You might

not believe in the choices that you have made, and you might not believe that you will make the right choices in the future. But look at yourself – look at where all of your choices have led you. Right here. Life is not going to get any easier; the puzzles no simpler to solve, the answers no easier to find. Whether you’re trying to decide what your religious beliefs are, where you fall in the political spectrum, where you want to move and start your life, where you want to take the bar, or what classes you’re going to take next semester, there is only one person who will be looking out for your best interests – no matter what. You. Law school is not an experience that you are supposed to copy and paste from someone else, and neither is life. So what about law school?

What abou t i t ? I t ’s certainly not about giving yourself three years to decide what to do with the rest of your life. Law school is about giving yourself three years to learn how to think, and how to make the decisions that you will need to make for the rest of your life. The elements of negligence will do you no good if you never learned how to apply them, or how to think your way through duty, breach, causation, and damages. Remember that life is not simply about what you know, but rather how your thinking will lead to your implementation of that which you know.Life is complex, it does not simply conclude. For that reason, neither should your choices, and neither will this article…

Court Review Vol. 47, Studying Juror Expectations for Scientific Evidence: a New Model for Looking at the CSI Myth. (2011); The Innocence Project, http://www.innocenceproject .org;

American Civil Liberties Union, DNA Testing and the Death Penalty, http://www.aclu.org/capital-punishment/dna-testing-and-death-penalty (October 3, 2011).

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AngryCaroline Morin, ‘14

“Aren’t you angry?”

Professor Engler looked around expectantly. Our discussion of race and gender had turned to women and the obstacles they still face in the legal field. I looked up from whatever else I was doing, oddly caught off-guard. Was I angry? I didn’t feel angry. In fact, I didn’t feel anything. I had been strikingly moved while reading the assigned pieces related to poverty, racial discrimination, and eviction. I was reminded of the many societal ills that drove me to attend law school. But while I read the assigned articles and statistics about gender, and about sexism, I felt unaffected. I suddenly realized I had conditioned myself to ignore sexism in my everyday life, to bury my head like the proverbial ostrich. As my female classmates began to relate occasions of overt sexism they faced, ranging from insulting to downright illegal, I remembered many such instances in my own life. Only months before, I was seated with a table of female lawyers offering pro-bono legal advice at the courthouse. A sign clearly identified the group as attorneys in order to alert potential clients that we were there to offer free, one-time legal advice. A m a l e a t t o r n e y approached us and asked with a sneer, “where can I find the lawyers?” Now I couldn’t help but wonder- Why wasn’t I angry? I came to law school with the expectation that I would receive a legal education in a diverse, innovative setting. New England Law | Boston heavily self-promotes as the former “Portia Law School,” a groundbreaking institution that opened the door for women into the law. If any law school could offer me an enriching experience, both through legal coursework and insight into the complex relationship between law and the world around us, I assumed it would be New England Law. I quickly realized, as have numerous students before me, that my expansive, innovative legal education was actually going to be a “heteronormative, anglo-american, white, upper-class” legal education. There was virtually no discussion in my first year classes of race, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, or any of the other innumerable factors that shape the way the law and society interact. And I realized that I was angry. I expected other students to speak out, to volunteer opinions outside the norm, but for whatever reason, very few chose to exercise such an independent voice. I don’t blame them- I was one of them. Never once did I speak up about being bisexual, or how that might affect me, and others like me, in the legal context. Simple things like spousal privilege should have been of concern to me, but in the absence of some sign that my individuality should matter, I remained silent.

I’m ashamed of that. As those who know me will attest, I’m not generally a quiet person. I like to think I speak up when it’s necessary, and that I’m willing to give voice to unpopular but necessary ideas and opinions. For a year, that voice failed me. So yes, I am angry. I’m angry at myself, at my classmates who remained similarly silent, but also at our school. For an institution that prides itself on such a rich legacy of promoting women’s rights, where are we now? Where are all the tenured female faculty? A quick look at the break-down of the current faculty roster is woefully unbalanced when it comes to gender. Where are the openly gay, lesbian, and transgendered professors? The second and third-generation Americans? The professors of color? The professors with physical limitations? Where are the voices that should set New England Law apart

in the 21st century? Their silence is yet another thing I am angry about. I know these faculty members and students must exist. I realize that they blend into the fabric of our community through conscious choice as well as through circumstance and chance. Maybe, like myself, they feared setting themselves apart. Worried they would be seen as merely the singular perspective they provide - black, lesbian, second-generation.

We need to give voice to the minority views, to the unheard opinions, and to the disregarded demographics. These are the same voices of the clients many of us will serve, the s a m e g r o u p s h i s t o r i c a l l y overlooked by the law. If we do not learn to embrace all of our differences we will walk away from this experience having not truly been educated. If we do not learn to embrace these

differences we will never know how to identify and combat the problems such hidden and overt prejudices cause. The New England Law | Boston website chronicles the groundbreaking accomplishments attained by the school throughout its history. The most recent entry on the list is from the “late 1940’s.” I’d like to help that along. I’d like to stop being angry. So, I’ll start with myself. I’m queer. I’m a woman. I’m white. I’ve lived an exceptionally comfortable life, marked by an occasional tragedy. The complex tapestry of my background immeasurably affects the way I approach the law. I worry about things like where and who I can marry. About spousal privilege. About workplace discrimination. About adoption laws. The challenge, for our community, is not merely to overcome homogeneity, but to actively embrace diversity. This means, not only having a statistically varied student body and faculty, but allowing those distinct voices to be heard. Encouraging them. I would like to extend a personal invitation to anyone who wants to speak up. Start now. I’m willing to listen. I’d like to hear. Aren’t you angry?

“I quickly realized, as have numerous students before me, that my expansive, innovative legal education was actually going to be a ‘heteronormative, anglo-

american, white, upper-class’ legal education.”


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“In Our Name: A Play of the Torture Years”Notcher A. Amarteifio, ’14

If there was a word to describe “In Our Name: A Play of the Torture Years”, it would be vivid. The play took place on Friday, September 21, at the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, located on 949 Commonwealth Avenue. New England Law | Boston students, faculty members, and members of other Boston law schools filled the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre from 4:00pm to 7:00pm. The play and the panel discussion were hosted by The New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement in their first everpaper symposium.

“In Our Name” offered a searing depiction of how the United States government brutally treated the men that were detained at the Guantanamo Bay detention center and the socio-political rationales behind it. The play addressed the many obstacles to freedom encountered by a person labeled an enemy combatant in Guantanamo. Once labeled an enemy combatant, the person became a deta inee a t Guantanamo Bay and was immediately deemed to be a security threat. The detainee would then be tasked to convince the Administrative Review Board of their innocence; a board charged with assessing whether the detainees remained a threat. The play depicted a military force that blindly followed, in the name of patriotism, the directions of the President and Congress regarding the detainees. However, it was made abundantly clear that the ultimate authority on matters concerning these detainees was Congress. While Congress made the decisions that seemed to matter, the President and the Courts engaged in squabbles about what was to be considered torture and who exactly was a detainee.

In Our Name, directed by Victoria Marsh, featured an ensemble cast of four actors including Michael Meltsner, the Northeastern University Professor who created the play. In a stunningly realistic manner, the actors performed interrogation practices that were humiliating and downright inhumane. Some audience members commented that they were almost brought to tears by the play’s depiction of what happened at Guantanamo Bay. The conclusion of the play, left some, including myself, with a sense that Guantanamo Bay is a stain on the face of the American Justice System.

The panel discussion allowed the audience to come to the realization that the play was based on the true lives of actual people. The panel was moderated by Mark Brodin and featured attorneys

M a r k F l e m i n g , Matthew Siegal, and Michael Malone Jr. who each presented t h e i r v i e w s o n Guantanamo Bay and real world experiences w i t h G u a n t a n a m o detainees. Many of these detainees were imprisoned just because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. M a n y i n t h e a u d i e n c e f e l t a n overwhelming sense of injustice regarding the actions taken by the U n i t e d S t a t e s

government, and the inability of citizens of the United States to take action. The last line of the play asked: “Does Anyone Really Care?”. T h e r e a r e s t i l l 8 6 o u t o f 1 6 7 p r i s o n e r s a t Guantanamo Continued on page 9.

Cop-Bot and The BearEpisode #1 (The Right to Die)David Relethford, ’14

The city, plagued by disturbed protesters and zombie outbreaks, had become a place of lawlessness. Governor John Fakesmile bravely diverted massive financial resources from crucial social services to police discretionary spending. This bloated budget funded the ambitious super science research and development department. Machines whirred, beakers boiled over with indeterminable liquids and time passed. The department created the ultimate crime fighting force to battle the city's ballooning problems. Standing eight foot

two, Cop-bot is a top of the line cybernetic Superman. A sleek titanium exterior protects this one man arsenal. Cop-bot, the perfect legal compendium, is completely self-aware, but cannot break any laws. His partner, code named “The Bear” is a genetic experiment gone horribly right. Professional wrestler, Macho Man Randy Savage, was horribly injured when he allowed a bear to drive his car drunk. The doctors declared him and the bear dead on arrival. The R and D Dept. revived them both, leading to the creation of a single creature. The shambling animal has skin that barely covers his oversized skeletal structure. Bones jut in all directions. Sharpened teeth protrude his undersized lips. Patchy hair covers elbows, shoulders, and nails.

Inside the cop car The Bear eked out the words “kill me,” as blood dripped from several open wounds. Cop-bot felt extreme compassion for his friend and partner. He saw that The Bear's life was not worth living and was ready for death. However, Cop-bot is unable to assist his friend and partner in committing suicide. Like a good crime-fighting machine, Cop-bot is well aware of the Cruzan v. Director, Missouri, Dept. of Health rule that there is no fundamental right to die. Cop-bot shed a single tear and in a computerized voice said, “Can-not… il-le-gal.” The Bear grabbed at his gun, his face contorting in pain. Cop-bot slapped the gun out of the Bear's hand citing to Cruzan. The Bear continued to scream in pain as Cop-bot discussed his marriage problems and the upcoming poker game on Sunday.

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Observations under a Magnifying GlassAmalee Elayyan, ‘15

The other day a friend of mine walks into class telling us about the unfortunate turn of events that took place last weekend. A group of NEL|B students decided to celebrate a birthday by going dancing at a local nightclub. I listened in on the story of what occurred that night and was told that a complete stranger had reached out and grabbed Alex’s, one of the students, butt. This student proceeded to tell us, me and another classmate, that they were obviously angry. The student said they were not wearing anything that would invite such behavior. In addition, this student told us that the stranger’s behavior was not welcomed, and that the stranger’s response was “I’m just trying to have fun.” My friend turned around, grabbed this stranger by the shirt and slapped the stranger across the face. I responded by saying I would have called the police. The other classmate being told this story said that would have been a little extreme, but apparently punching a complete stranger probably would have

been an appropriate response. This conversation seemed to go back and forth for a little while, until another student jokingly said that random strangers grabbed her butt all the time. By the end of the conversation, everyone, except me, seemed to agree that calling the police would have been extreme. I’d like to pose a question to members of the NEL|B student body. First, how would you have responded if your butt was grabbed, and was my friend’s response appropriate? Would you have taken the route of ‘violence begat violence’ – thereby responding similarly by grabbing the stranger’s shirt and slapping them? Second, should it matter what you’re wearing? Alex apparently wasn’t wearing anything that would invite such behavior, according to Alex. But even if Alex was, is that a decent excuse for the actions of the stranger? Third, considering the fact that this took place in a club, is the stranger’s behavior somehow excused as being less wrong? Finally, I avoided writing, “he” or “she” in place of the people in the story, and I have named the student who’s butt was grabbed Alex, a gender neutral name. However, did you immediately assume certain gender

roles fit into particular characters of the story? Would your sentiments be different if the gender roles you might have originally placed to each character were switched? I am assuming most people thought it was a woman’s butt being grabbed by a man. Does this situation become any less offensive if it were a man’s butt being grabbed by a woman? Why or why not? I leave these questions up to you to answer. To me, this whole story is a little bit of a crazy mess. Would handling this situation by fighting the accused solve anything? Would calling the police be a little extreme? Was this a serious enough altercation to have the incident go on the stranger’s permanent record or have the stranger jailed. A slapped face stops stinging after a little while, but a mark on a person’s record or the memories of spending a night in jail is a long lasting reminder to hopefully deter future behavior. What does this situation and the responses to it say about our society today? Are these sentiments in our social fabric something we want to hold on to? Or perhaps there is room to change the way we think for a better tomorrow. It is up for you to decide.

Obama v. Romney (2012)Brendan Gupta, ’15

President Barack Obama lowered expectations for his

reelection bid Wednesday, October 3rdin the first presidential debate against Republican frontrunner and former governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney. Obama stumbled through his opening statement as Romney secured his position in the presidential spotlight. Instant post-debate polls from CNN and CBS pointed to Romney as the winner. TheDailyBeast.com columnist Andrew Sullivan characterized the President’s debate performance bluntly saying it was “disgracefully bad”, and that no president has ever “blathered on like that.” Sullivan went on to note that Romney didn’t just win, but he knocked Obama out. Sullivan and the pollsters must have been watching another debate or maybe they just turned off the TV after the first ten minutes; because the President won that debate on the merits of his opponent’s weak arguments. The debate focused on domestic policy and for 90 minutes, from the Magess Arena at University of Colorado, the American public listened to wonky policy talk on spending, entitlement programs, health care, taxes, and shrinking the deficit. Obama won the coin toss and delivered his opening statement first. He tripped over a few sentences and was unable to deliver his thoughts clearly and concisely. Romney took the upper hand without making a peep.

Romney’s tone was aggressive throughout the debate most notably when he talked over the moderator PBS’ Jim Lehrer on multiple occasions and even threatened to cut PBS subsidies if elected. On the fourth interruption, Lehrer shot down the governor flat out. Meanwhile, Obama apologized twice to Lehrer, once for running over time while answering a question and the second for speaking on a topic which was reserved for later in the debate. Also, Obama kept looking down to write notes, which didn’t really exemplify the commander-in-chief persona that one expects to be part of the President’s demeanor. However, Romney took an equally if not more awkward approach at times. When debating, Romney would take a particular stance where he squares his body directly in line with his opponent. While doing this and holding eye contact with the President, Romney referred to Obama twice in the third person (not exactly normal). Overall, Romney surpassed expectations with his on-stage gravitas, but fell short of selling an inspirational message to win over independent or democratic voters. Although he’s considered a middle of the road Republican, Romney double downed on at least two politically extremist thoughts: 1) he absolutely refused to balance any spending cuts with tax increases, even by a 10:1 ratio; and 2) his plan to privatize Medicare. Romney wants to repeal and replace two of Obama’s signature laws, the Affordable Care Act and the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. According to Romney, the first is too powerful and the second is not powerful enough. Is this the republican candidate for President of the United States or Goldilocks? Continued on page 9.


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“Obama” from page 8. O b a m a a t t a c k e d Romney’s policies for being antithetical to “math, common s e n s e , a n d o u r h i s t o r y. ” Romney’s answer was simply to deny all the allegations waged against him claiming that Obama was misrepresenting his plan. So here it is, Mitt’s plan in a nutshell: Forget about raising taxes for the richest by three percent. Instead, create incentives for businesses to hire, allowing more people to get jobs,

and therefore for more people to pay these taxes. The incentives will be financed through cutting spending programs like NPR (which would save $71 million annually) and closing loopholes (but don’t ask which loopholes because that’s top-secret). P r e s i d e n t O b a m a ’s lackluster performance in the first debate may have knocked him off his hopey-changey pedestal, but let’s not pretend that that makes Mitt Romney something he’s not - Electable.

“In Our Name” from page 7.

who are cleared for release but remain there with no promise of release. Michael Malone gave this important piece of advice to young attorneys: “The best service in a legal career is to one time take on an unpopular cause because it is one of the best services that you can render this country”.

If you are interested in purchasing the England Journal o n C r i m i n a l a n d C i v i l Confinement paper symposium

publication, please send an email to journa l@nes l . edu . The contributors for the issue are: Dr. Elizabeth Wilson, visi t ing Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School; John Hutson, former Dean of New Hampshire School of Law; Victor Hansen, Professor of Law, New England Law Boston; and W. Bradley Wendel, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School. And special thanks goes to Sam Mortimer who was instrumental in organizing this event.

Ask Amanda AnythingAmanda Boure", ’15

Dear Amanda,My best friend is married and just

had her second child over the summer; both her kids are under two years old. I love her to death but every phone conversation we have is over two hours long about teething or diapers and half the time she is yelling/talking to her kids while I sit on the phone. I have very little time, and even less desire to hear about her kids’ ails since my life has nothing to do with children or the like. I have stopped calling her because I dread the lengthy kid-filled conversations but I don't want to lose her as a friend. I don't know what to do. Do I say something to her? Do I put up with it? Is there a compromise somewhere in the middle? Yours, Fed Up Friend

Dear Fed Up,Any changes in a person’s life

always seem to become the focus of your current conversation, whether it is a new job, new love, law school or a new baby. That being said, children have the unique distinction of staying new and central to your universe for decades. Your friend is in an intense time of change as a new mother

to both of these small children. I suggest calling more often, but setting a time limit for your self before you make that call. Also, clue your friend into the time constraint with a small, “I only have a couple of minutes before class, but wanted to see how you were doing.” These shorter calls will keep your contact more focused and even when her attention is drawn away, you have let her know that she is an important part of your life and when she is more available to be a friend in return, she will remember the support you lent when she was a new mother. Friendships go through phases and perhaps she just needs to know you are still there. Her kids won’t be little forever and she’s gonna want her friend back once they sleep through the night and she can hang out again. Wishing you calmer calls, Amanda

Dear Amanda, I'm new to Boston, and I haven't ever spent time in a New England city until now. I've noticed that in some downtown streets there seems to be steam rising out of a grate in the pavement. Please tell me–where does the steam come from? Is it from the T? Sewers? I'm dreadfully curious. Thanks, Texas ex-pat

Dear Tex-pat, As a fe l low Texas to Mass transplant, I too wondered what this stinky white smoke bellowing from the street grates was. I had heard it was steam tunnels, but just as I had never heard of a “boiler” before moving here, I didn’t know what a steam tunnel was either. Turns out that the city of Boston has over 70 miles of tunnels underground that carry steam from a central heating source to various city and university buildings providing heat. It is a very cost efficient way to heat large buildings apparently. The steam release we see above ground is vapor from the surface water runoff hitting the hot pipes below and rising out of the covers. The steam is usually worse on cool, wet days. Do be careful, a girl in Detroit was actually burned from standing over one of these manholes while the steam was coming out. Thanks for teaching me more about Boston, Amanda T o s u b m i t a q u e s t i o n , e m a i l [email protected] . All ques t i one r s w i l l be kep t s t r i c t l y confidential. A special thanks to our first two letter writers.

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PATIENCE O. BABAJIDEEditor In Chief, Due Process.President, Black Law Students Association.Writing is a passion of hers. Patience is a Boston native - originally from Nigeria, but grew up in Milton, MA. She is also a third year law student, and is interested in Government law and policy.

TIESHA FIELDSAssistant Editor In Chief, Due Process.Representative, Student Bar Association.Chair, Faculty Library Committee.Tiesha is originally from Seattle, WA. She lived in South Africa as a teenager and is an avid reader. She is a second year law student in the evening part time program. Tiesha is interested in Copyright, Trademark, Publishing and Immigration law.

SIMON CAINE Technical Editor, Due Process.Associate, Criminal Law Journal.Vice President, Education Law and Policy Assoc.Volunteer, CORI Initiative Program.Simon is a Florida native who has decided to take advantage of some of the best educational opportunities in the nation by moving his entire life, consisting of a few boxes, to the great city of

Boston. He is currently in his second year of law school, in pursuit of his dream to one-day graduate, pass the bar, and proceed to make no money as a Public Defender, while enjoying every minute of it.

RACHAEL WALLISEditorial Designer, Due Process.President, Intellectual Property Law Association.Originally from Boston's North Shore, Rachael is a third year law student focusing on Copyright and Trademark law. She hopes to pursue a career integrating IP and the public interest.

“Juveniles Are Different: Miller’s Limits on Punishing Juvenile Offenders”

New England Journal on Criminal and Civil Confinement will be hosting its Fall 2012 Symposium on Friday October 26th, 2012, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The Symposium will take

place in the Cherry Room at New England Law Boston.

This year’s Symposium, entitled “Juveniles Are Different: Miller’s Limits on Punishing Juvenile Offenders,” will focus on the Supreme Court’s recent jurisprudence regarding the

constitutionality of life without parole sentences for juvenile defendants. Our featured panelists will examine the legal and doctrinal challenges raised by the Court’s recent sentencing law decisions, the scientific and medical evidence relating to juvenile development cited in those opinions, and the State

litigation that will result from Miller’s pronouncement.

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Panel I: “Youth Matters” 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Peggy Cooper Davis, Professor of Law, New York UniversityKimberly Larson, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University

of Massachusetts Medical SchoolFrank DiCataldo, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Roger

Williams UniversityDan Birman, Documentary Film Maker, “Me Facing Life:

Cyntoia’s Story”

Luncheon with Keynote Address (TBD): Maggiano’s, Noon to 1:00 PM

Panel II: “Miller and its Aftermath” 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM

Jeffrey Fagan, Professor of Law, Columbia Law SchoolBarbara Kaban, Director of Juvenile Appeals, Massachusetts

Youth Advocacy DivisionDavid Siegel, Professor of Law, New England Law Boston

Meg Garvin, Executive Director, National Crime Victim Law Institute

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9DOWN: 1 Duck, Duck _____

10 11 12 13 14 2 Large old container

15 16 17 18 19 3 Spanish 'the'

20 21 22 23 24 4 Opposite of 'ya'

25 26 5 e.g. Shrek (misspelled)

27 28 29 30 6 3.1415926

31 32 33 7 (Pt. 3 of 3) Colbert has one

34 35 36 37 8 Opposite of off

38 39 40 9 Opposite of SW

41 10 ___ Forrest, ___!

42 43 44 45 46 47 13 One who can't quit a vice

14 Opus ___, a Catholic Institution

48 49 50 51 52 53 16 Simper __

54 55 18 Off in __ __ land

56 57 58 59 19 Small six legged bug

60 61 21 Museums often hold…

62 63 64 65 66 22 Drawing electoral boundaries to

67 68 69 predetermine results

70 71 23 martial arts uniform

Across 39 Opposite of west 24 New technology product

1 State's executive branch leader 41 Pa's other half 25 Feline Pet

7 e.g. quarter, nickel or dime 42 Consumed 27 Put a plant in it

10 et __ 44 Let's hit the _____ button 28 A martial art

11 Chief law enforcement offc. 46 e.g. Elmer's 29 Blood flows through it

12 1950's robot toy 48 (w/50D) President is elected 30 legal disclaimer in many adds

(with first remote control) via the… 31 Presidential candidate [R]

15 Frequent (ab.) 54 Cosmo describes it as that 35 Remote Alaskan city

17 Cunningly evade or escape half brown half blonde look 36 2nd and 3rd vouls

20 A guy's magazine (ab.) 55 __ and behold 37 Tree part

21 From federalist no. 56, Hamilton's 56 Mystical round object 40 Group

word to describe self serving 57 It __ what it __ 43 76 ____ were playing

politicians 58 Indecisive mumble 44 Fish eggs

25 Northern Canadian first nation 59 e.g. potato or dahlia 45 Hamilton's word to describe

26 __ Da!!! 60 MA's US Senate candidate advancement of ones cause

27 MA gubernatorial candidate (Republican) 46 W/7D, part 1

(Democratic) 61 Jack and Coke's garnish 47 Labs and hounds do this

29 Have your say, cast your ____ 62 Going, going… 49 ___ Miserables (the play)

31 Decay 64 Square in French 50 See 48 Across

32 Rear end of a ship or airplane 67 Simpson's bartender 52 Capitol of Italy

33 Peasants labor 69 NH's gubernatorial candidate 53 MA US Senate candidate [D]

34 Extra time in sports (ab.) (Democratic) 54 NHL's Bobby

35 Bill ___ the science guy 70 A task (e.g. homework) 56 Presidential Candidate [D]

37 Common grain 71 Vinyl albums (ab.) 63 Possess

38 After a primary or caucus 65 Small viper 66 Large rodent

a candidate receives a party… 68 Microsoft products are an example of this software (ab.)

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National Lawyer's GuildWorker’s Right’s Street Law Clinic Training

Open to all students. Attend a training session and you will be able to go out into the community and teach the law to your community with the support of an NLG attorney. This fall, NLG NESL will be hosting the Worker's Right's Clinic training. We will be hosting two sessions and

students can attend either session.

Monday October 22, from 6-8pm (room TBA)

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NLG will also be hosting a speaker in November. The topic will be

Challenges in street implementation: How to assert legal rights in the real world

Participants in street clinics praise our advice and say "that's all well and good but when I tell the police that, they don't listen."

The topics will emphasize that rights can have retroactive relief that a court will uphold even if the police don't as well as explore ways to assert rights

cooperatively, in ways that don't make police more suspicious.

Further details, including exact date for November’s speaker, will be sent via TWEN, the weekly SBA announcements and lobby monitors.

BEYOND ABORTIONGender and The Presidential Election

Tuesday, October 23rdCherry Room5:30-8:00pm

A Panel Event Hosted by the Black Law Students Association and Sponsored by Women’s Law Caucus. The purpose of this Panel event is to bring much needed awareness to women’s rights issues – beyond the topic of abortion. When politicians engage in discourse about what is traditionally referred to as women's issues, the discussion is often limited to the topics of abortion and

contraception. As the presidential and political elections season progresses, it is worth noting that there is rarely political discourse pertaining to the distinct issues affecting women, as a whole and, of diverse classes, races, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. This Panel seeks to address the reasons why political speech often fails to touch upon issues that many women consider important relative to their rights and freedoms.

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