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Stanford law professor Robert Weisberg has a different take. he says students don't go to law school for its benefits--public service, money, prestige--but rather to avoid other, less attractive options...
...more negative than positive, much more reflective of profession and economic security than a firm interest in the law," Weisberg says...
...prosecution was methodical, almost tedious in its presentation," says / Laurie Levenson, a law professor at Loyola Law School. "The defense came out swinging from the first, painting King as a bad and dangerous man." On the order of Judge Weisberg, defense attorneys were not permitted to tell the jury about King's criminal record, including his imprisonment for robbery. But they were able to portray King as a large, aggressive man who was legally drunk. Much was made of the officers' claim that they thought King had gained unusual strength and tolerance to pain because, they believed, he was under...
...Angeles Superior Court Judge Stanley Weisberg, who would preside at the trial, was offered a choice of three venues by the state judicial counsel. He rejected Orange County, a redoubt of white conservatives just south of L.A., because its court calendar was too crowded. The prosecution pushed for a location in the San Francisco Bay Area: Alameda County, home to Oakland, where the population, 15% African American, would be a near reflection of Los Angeles, which is 10% black. But Weisberg also rejected that option, citing the cost and inconvenience for all sides of a venue 387 miles from...
...chose Harvard because of Dr. Haber's decision to return to the academic world in order to continue his long-standing interest in cardiovascular research," Weisberg said...