Steven Lubet

April 01, 2002 | National Law Journal

Virginia Thomas showed poor judgment when she dragged the Supreme Court into the Pickering fight.

By Steven Lubet

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November 29, 2004 | Law.com

What if Bill Clinton had been forthcoming with his lawyer, Robert Bennett, before his fateful deposition in the Paula Jones case? The worst-case scenario might've been a default judgment -- and no impeachment -- according to essayist and law professor Steven Lubet. Clinton's attorney trusted his client, says Lubet; it's too bad Bill Clinton didn't return the favor.

By Steven Lubet

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August 06, 2004 | The Recorder

Most days, I am proud to be a lawyer (which is a good thing, since I have devoted my professional life to teaching law students). Sometimes, however, the legal profession can be downright embarrassing. There are no good answers to widespread complaints about pocket-stuffing lawyers who seem to wring every possible dollar out of their own clients. Being lawyers, of course, they know exactly how to do it legally -- and that makes it all the more troubling.

By Steven Lubet

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July 01, 2007 | The American Lawyer

By Steven Lubet

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July 01, 2006 | The American Lawyer

f there were an encyclopedia of North Dakota politics, the entry for "gadfly" would probably feature a photograph of Martin Wishnatsky. A New Jersey native who holds a Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University, Wishnatsky arrived in North Dakota in 1991 with an organization called the Lambs of Christ, on a mission to block the entrance of an abortion clinic. He's been there ever since, becoming a high-profile activist willing to go to jail for his antiabortion work.

By Steven Lubet

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March 09, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

Probably very few lawyers have ever faced a cougar in the wild, but, true to the profession's emphasis on risk management and goal assessment, any good practitioner would know in a flash the goal: Escape without getting eaten. A lawyer's regular job is to spot a client's potential legal "cougars" and be ready to handle them if they show up, says law professor and commentator Steven Lubet. In both transactional practice and litigation, contingency planning for improbable events is key.

By Steven Lubet

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September 01, 2007 | The American Lawyer

By Steven Lubet

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January 01, 2006 | The American Lawyer

Neutrality counts for both umps and Supreme Court justices-but it doesn't hurt that they know their decisions are final.

By Steven Lubet

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September 15, 2006 | Law.com

When the prosecutor has a weak case, the shrewd defense lawyer will opt for a judge.

By Steven Lubet

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October 03, 2003 | Law.com

This is a story about one liberal's newly discovered appreciation for the proposed Flag Protection Amendment. As a liberal, I am in favor of broad forums for free speech, but I can still recognize a fairly negligible restriction when I see one. Had the original First Amendment included a flag exception -- "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, except for flag burning" -- there is little doubt that the subsequent history of popular democracy would have been entirely unaffected.

By Steven Lubet

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