Word: legalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...conference, sponsored by the Harvard Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review and Harvard Law School Lambda, focused on the legal ramifications of recent Supreme Court rulings, congressional bills, and executive orders relating to gay rights...
...winning the freedom to marry. That is the historical moment we are living in," said Wolfson, marriage project director of the National Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, and lead counsel for Baehr v. Miike, the country's most prominent case concerning gay marriage...
Benecke, a former officer in the Armed Forces and co-executive director of the Service Members Legal Defense Network, focused on the military's "don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue" policy, calling it "the only mandated federal discrimination...
...would like to see in the new general counsel is accessibility. Marshall, while excellent in her position, didn't spend much time talking with students. This is a necessary quality for the University's chief attorney because the campus needs to be clearly informed about the administration's legal intentions...
...corporate direction. I believe that even in our imaginary world in which lawyers and investment bankers make less money than academics, the former professions would continue to exist. There are those who find the corporate world exhilarating and action-packed. There are others who consider aspects of consulting or legal reasoning intellectually challenging and fulfilling. In addition, not everybody turns to a profession for emotional and personal inspiration. Some individuals turn to a career because it is different from their emotional sphere of life (i.e. friends, community, and family). The uplifting personal experiences one derives from home need...