Rutgers Law Record is one of the online-only law reviews moving into the blogosphere. (New Jersey Law Journal, 10/28/09)

Professor Alan Hyde explained the concept of “duty of loyalty” and how it factors into a case involving a lawsuit by New England College against Drew University. (Star-Ledger, 10/28/09)

Clinical Professor Laura Cohen pointed out some of the pitfalls in the type of evidence grand jurors are allowed to hear, in commenting for an article about a dismissed murder indictment. (Press of Atlantic City, 10/9/09)

Associate Clinical Professor Charles Auffant shared his memories of attending elementary school in the southeast Bronx with the newest U.S. Supreme Court justice for the article “Precedents: Sonia Sotomayor’s original intent.” (New York magazine, 10/2/09)

“It certainly would not be a cultural practice to have someone work and not pay them,” said Professor Karima Bennoune in comments about a West African merchant on trial in New Jersey for human trafficking. (Star-Ledger, 9/12/09)

“I just don’t see that this ordinance is going to accomplish what it has as its purpose,” said Clinical Professor Jack Feinstein of a South Orange, NJ ordinance intended to curb rowdy behavior by students living in off-campus housing. (Star-Ledger, 9/6/09)

Of calls for new safety requirements designed to prevent the kind of mid-air crash that occurred on August 8 over the Hudson River, Dean John J. Farmer, Jr. said, “I think you have to avoid the temptation every time an accident occurs to think there is a systemic fix that will prevent any kind of similar actions from occurring in the future.” (New York Times, 8/14/09)

“Professor Is New Jersey’s Education Law Dean” is the headline on a lengthy profile of Professor Paul Tractenberg, founder of the Education Law Center and principal player in Abbott v. Burke. (New Jersey Law Journal, 8/14/09)

Dean John J. Farmer, Jr. was interviewed for an article on the concerns to be addressed by the new National Security Preparedness Group. (Record, 7/29/09)

A woman who crashed her car while driving drunk bears some responsiblity for her behavior, commented Professor Carlos González for an article about the woman’s lawsuit against a tavern for serving her alcohol while underage and intoxicated. (Star-Ledger, 7/26/09)

Entrapment is rarely used and rarely succeeds, said Dean John J. Farmer, Jr. about the likely success of an entrapment defense in the arrest of 44 people on money laundering and political corruption. (Star-Ledger, 7/25/09)

News about the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. shows, said Professor Frank Askin, “that only constant vigilance and vigorous enforcement can protect against police profiling.” (New York Times, 7/22/09)

Dean John J. Farmer, Jr. was interviewed for an article on the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which is modeled after the 9-11 Commission. (Barron’s, 7/20/09)

LRW Instructor Kim Guadagno has been selected by New Jersey Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie as his running mate (New York Times, 7/20/09)

A special report on the 15th biennial JAINA Convention included extensive coverage of Professor Gary Francione’s keynote address. (India Abroad, 7/17/09) 

Assistant Dean Stephanie Richman was quoted in the article “Law school grads adapting to new realities.” (Record, 7/16/09)

Professor Carlos Ball identified four “signs of hope” that the Obama administration “will do the right thing for LGBT people, and do it relatively soon.” (Huffington Post, 7/13/09) 

Professor Frank Askin explained the math of filibusters. (Huffington Post, 7/6/09)

Professor John Leubsdorf offered a possible explanation for Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s recusal from a 1997 case. (New York Times, 7/2/09)

“I don't think he can be convicted of incitement. People have time to think," said Professor Frank Askin of charges against a blogger and internet radio host charged with inciting violence against Connecticut legislators.” (New York Times, 6/30/09)

Professor Bernard Bell is quoted in a story about a federal court decision involving electronic communications and privacy rights. (Record, 6/24/09)

“The law school took a little kid from Oklahoma and kicked open a thousand doors for me,” said Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren ’76 in an article titled “Success and influence, with thanks to Rutgers Law.” (Star-Ledger, 6/22/09)

“Of the many cultural changes that have taken place in our country over the last 20 years, there is perhaps none more striking than the large number of gay men who are now raising children,” wrote Professor Carlos Ball in the op-ed “Acknowledging the fathers who defy expectations.” (Record, 6/21/09) 

“Today we can’t imagine authorities at any level of government – local, state or federal – being involved in obscenity prosecutions of this kind,” commented Professor Mark Weiner for a story about newly-disclosed FBI files on the director of the 1972 pornographic movie Deep Throat. (Associated Press, 6/19/09)

“The definition of incitement is very, very narrow under the Constitution’s First Amendment,” observed Professor Frank Askin of the charge of inciting injury to public officials that was filed against a white supremacist blogger. (Jersey Journal, 6/5/09)

An article about the murder of an inmate at a privately-run Essex County detention facility included comments by Clinical Professor Penny Venetis and Clinical Professor Laura Cohen on the use of private corrections companies. (Star-Ledger, 6/2/09) 

Reporters interviewed Professor Bernard Bell (101.5 FM), Professor Frank Askin (Record, 5/26/09), and Associate Dean Gregory Mark (Record, 5/26/09; Princeton Packet, 5/27/09) about the nomination of U.S. Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Wall Street Journal law blog, Star-Ledger, and New Jersey Law Journal covered the federal district court’s dismissal of the Constitutional Litigation Clinic’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Iraq war. (5/19/09)

Book-TV broadcast Professor Donna Dennis’s April 16 reading at Barnes and Noble of her new book Licentious Gotham: Erotic Publishing and Its Prosecution in Nineteenth-Century New York. (5/10/09)

Professor Louis Raveson explained that the judge in a Miranda hearing will consider the education level and state of a mind of a mother who signed a waiver allowing her 16-year-old to be questioned in a murder case. (Star-Ledger, 5/1/09)

Metropolitan Corporate Counsel announced the selection of Brian Biglin, Class of 2011, as Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.’s 2009 Charles J. Walsh Scholar. (May 2009)

The appointment of John J. Farmer, Jr. as the next Dean of the law school was reported by the Associated Press, the Star-Ledger, and NJN (4/17/09), Record and Herald News (4/18/09), the New Jersey Law Journal (4/20/09), mycentraljersey.com (4/21/09), and NJEsq. (4/27/09). Star-Ledger columnist Fran Wood’s April 21 article on the appointment was titled “Congratulations, Rutgers.” 

Professor Carlos Gonzalez commented on the likely defense of a township sued by its former prosecutor for wrongful termination. (Star-Ledger, 4/26/09)

“We think Scalia is going to love this case. It’s all about the initial intent of the founders,” Professor Frank Askin said about the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Iraq war that he argued in U.S. District Court in Newark. (Star-Ledger, 4/22/09) The Associated Press, ABA Journal, and Bergen News also reported on the argument prepared by Askin and students in the Constitutional Litigation Clinic on behalf of New Jersey Peace Action.

The Federal Tax Law Clinic was featured on Telemundo to discuss the tax filing season in Spanish. (April 2009)

“Donna Dennis has certainly written an important work of American cultural and legal history,” wrote the Washington Post (4/16/09) in a review of Professor Donna Dennis’s new book, Licentious Gotham: Erotic Publishing and Its Prosecution in Nineteenth-Century New York (Harvard University Press). The book was also reviewed by the New York Times Book Review (4/5/09), which named it an “Editor’s Choice,” and the New York Post (3/8/09).

2Ls Osato Chitou and Alex Lewis were interviewed for the National Jurist article “Life as a summer associate.” Chitou interned with the legal consulting and institutional reform firm Shawbell Consulting in Accra, Ghana. She had decided to go to law school to learn “a more efficacious way to go about helping people” following an earlier visit to Ghana complete the practicum for her master of public health degree. Lewis worked for Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, researching the decline of the police and judiciary and writing recommendations for reform. “It’s hugely satisfying,” he said, “to know that my research will be the basis for further discussion among people whose voices matter for Zimbabwe’s future.” (National Jurist, March 2009)

Citing past experience with Congressional modification of debt contracts, Associate Professor Anna Gelpern described legislation that struck payment-in-gold clauses from all private and public debt in 1933: “The gold clause move made it possible for the United States to get off the gold standard, and preempted a 70% jump in the national debt stock.” (Forbes.com, 4/13/09)

A lawsuit charging negligence by the hosts of a private party at which the plaintiff was attacked by another guest will hinge on the details of the evening and what constitutes reasonable care, offered Professor Carlos Gonzalez (Star-Ledger, 4/3/09)

Public schools “are our first responsibility,” said Professor Paul Tractenberg about the proposed $11 million reduction in state aid to private schools. (New Jersey Jewish News, 4/2/09)

In a blog post titled “Contracts and Crises,” Associate Professor Anna Gelpern wrote “Where contracts turn into social suicide pacts, the cost of abrogation seems small by comparison. But abrogating early and often risks wasting a good tool.” (RGE Monitor, 3/18/09)

In an article about Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Associate Professor Anna Gelpern recalled working as Geithner’s special assistant when he was Treasury Undersecretary and for Lawrence Summers when he was Treasury Secretary in the Clinton administration. (Bloomberg.com, 2/25/09)

“My ability to convey what is on my mind and in my heart has been temporarily tossed off course” was the message from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg about her absence from the Feb. 13 symposium “Rutgers School of Law–Newark Celebrates Women Reshaping American Law.” Justice Ginsburg, who taught at the law school from 1963 to 1972, was to deliver the keynote address at the symposium. (Associated Press, 2/13/09)

“The question of what you name your kids goes right to the heart of the zone of privacy around the parent-child relationship,” said Clinical Professor Laura Cohen about the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services’ decision to remove three children with Nazi names from their parents’ care. (New York Times, 1/20/09)

“I think certainly they should put that down as a formal regulation,” said Professor Frank Askin about the state Election Law Enforcement Commission decision denying former State Sen. Wayne Bryant to use campaign funds to pay legal bills. (Star-Ledger, 12/5/08)

Professor Alan Hyde commented for American Public Media on a U.S. Supreme Court case about the right of union members to take a labor dispute to court even if their union has agreed to mandatory arbitration. (Marketplace, 12/1/08)

“There are a lot of parents in the state who don’t really know the extent of the involvement of the military in their children’s lives,” Clinical Professor Penny Venetis said in discussing the Constitutional Litigation Clinic’s new report “Targeting Youth: What Everyone Should Know About Military Recruiting in Public High Schools.” (WBGO Journal, 11/14/08)

New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Jaynee LaVecchia’s comment “I knew I wanted to go to Rutgers Law School. Its reputation had preceded it. A reputation for diversity — but also a reputation for excellence,” spoken at Professor Paul Tractenberg’s Centennial Seminar on October 20, was included in the article “A century’s eccentricity at Rutgers Law School yields legal greatness.” (Star-Ledger, 11/10/08)

Professor Gary Francione criticized California’s Proposition 2, saying that if the farm animal welfare initiative passes, “animals will continue to be tortured; the only difference will be that the torture will carry the stamp of approval from the Humane Society, Farm Sanctuary and other animal-welfare corporations that are promoting Proposition 2.” (New York Times Magazine, 10/26/08)

Editorial columnist Fran Wood expressed skepticism of Gov. Corzine’s confidence in electronic voting machines that the Constitutional Litigation Clinic has sued to have replaced because of their vulnerability to tampering. (Star-Ledger, 10/26/08)

The trial of Saddam Hussein was “a turning point in Iraqi justice,” according to Raid Al-Saedi, the chief investigative judge of the Iraqi High Tribunal that prosecuted the case, speaking at the Rutgers Law Record symposium “Iraq at the Crossroads: Protecting Refugees, Rescuing Our Allies, and Empowering Iraqi Law.” (Star-Ledger, 10/25/08) 

Clinical Professor Penny Venetis called New Jersey’s rejection of a report on the vulnerabilities of electronic voting machines “unacceptable and should be unacceptable to the voters of the state.” (Gannett New Jersey, 10/22/08)

Lawmakers in safe seats “build up big war chests to scare off potential challengers in the future,” said Professor Frank Askin. (Washington Times, 10/22/08)

Professor Stuart P. Green observed that Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, who in his election platform promised to prosecute Wall Street executives who may have misled investors in the county, probably does not have the expertise to pursue a high-level fraud investigation. (Scottsdale Tribune, 10/21/08)

“The state should decommission these machines immediately,” stated Clinical Professor Penny Venetis about e-voting machines that a Princeton University computer security expert, in a study commissioned as part of a Constitutional Litigation Clinic lawsuit challenging their use, found very vulnerable to hacking. (Star-Ledger, 10/18/08) “We want these machines to be decommissioned. Enough is enough,” says Venetis. (Associated Press, 10/17/08)

The Centennial Seminar’s October 20 program “Celebrating a 100-Year Tradition of Diversity: Reflections on Its Success” will recognize the fact that the school “has changed the face of the legal profession in New Jersey and beyond,” said Professor Paul Tractenberg. (New Jersey Lawyer, 10/13/08 and Star-Ledger, 10/10/08)

Clinical Professor Penny Venetis commented on the state’s effort to comply with a federal voter registration law by sending application forms to select residents in the Motor Vehicle Registration database. (New York Times, 10/12/08)

Associate Dean Greg Mark commented on the appointment of a Justice Department employee to investigate the dismissal of nine federal prosecutors. (Washington Independent, 10/1/08)