August 2008
Monthly Archive
News and Views #22: New Feeds and Podcast Awards! Saturday, Aug 30 2008
News and Views and Rob Wiltbank 7:09 pm
This is a quick podcast to tell you about a couple of new feeds we have no for the Fall and to request your help!
To begin with, Episode 1 of our Criminal Judiciary podcast is up and available! By tomorrow, I’m hoping to have up the first episode of the Introduction to Criminal Justice podcast — listen to the podcast for details on what they cover.
Lastly, our call for help…
Come September 15th, nominations will open for Podcast Awards.com Listener’s Choice Award. For 2008, Life of a Law Student will be seeking nomination for the Best Podcast in the area of Education so, come mid-September, we ask that all of our listeners go to http://podcastawards.com/ and give us a nomination. 40% of the decision on whether or not a podcast will be nominated is on the number of nominations, so we’ll be dropping reminders as we get closer to the date!
Can we count on you? Drop us a comment here and let us know!
Criminal Judiciary #1: House v. Bell Saturday, Aug 30 2008
Criminal Judiciary and Delaware Tech and Rob Wiltbank and Undergraduate 5:14 pm
With a new semester comes new courses; with new courses comes new content! Criminal Judiciary is a 200-level undergraduate course offered at Delaware Tech as part of their Criminal Justice program — the course will cover the history, traditions and philosophies of our system of justice in addition to covering many landmark cases and court procedure.
In this episode we give a brief overview of the course, the Shareef Cousin’s murder trial which we’ll be following throughout this course and, finally, cover the procedural history behind House v. Bell.
I Don’t Know What I’ll Do This Summer Monday, Aug 11 2008
Site News 8:09 am
Steve Luther is a law student who’s trying to find the right summer job — the pressures of deciding whether to follow his conscious or his wallet ultimately throw his life into turmoil, so he does what any of us would do… he turns it into a four minute work of fiction he made to try to win a contest.
A little humor to lighten up your day. Thanks to Richard for passing this along!
You can vote for them here: http://errgh.com/HelpSteve/Vote/
News and Views #21: D.C. v. Heller Thursday, Aug 7 2008
News and Views and Rob Wiltbank 10:12 pm
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
No other sentence has been the root of so much contention, confusion and controversy when it comes to the Bill of Rights. In this episode, we’ll be reviewing D.C. v. Heller, the landmark supreme court case that has defined the Second Amendment as an individual right.
D.C. v. Heller (2008)
Oral Argument Transcript (PDF)
SCOTUS Decision (PDF)
News and Views #20: Introducing Rob Wiltbank Monday, Aug 4 2008
News and Views and Rob Wiltbank 8:52 pm
Rob Wiltbank will be taking up the mantle as Project Lead for Life of a Law Student. As an established IT industry professional and a Criminal Justice as Pre-Law student, Rob will be adding undergrad content as he continues to push forward to expand the project.
Website Software Updated Monday, Aug 4 2008
Site News 9:50 am
I’ve updated the site to the latest version of the software available by WordPress — if you come across any oddities or issues, please let me know! Additionally, I’ve gotten my introduction recorded and will be publishing that podcast very soon, so keep an eye out on the News and Views feed.