About the Participants – 2018 Temple Law Review Symposium

Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law. Professor Alice G. Abreu specializes in federal income tax law, with a special emphasis in the formulation of tax policy. Before joining Temple Law School, she clerked for Judge Edward N. Cahn in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and practiced tax law with Dechert LLP in Philadelphia.

Seven Steps to (Hearsay) Heaven – Advocacy and Evidence Resources

Step 7 – don’t forget the invisible witness. Too few lawyers [and judges] consider and apply Rule 806. One of the most potent rules of evidence, 806 permits impeachment of the hearsay declarant the same as if the speaker was on the witness stand, And, of course, the declarant can’t respond or explain. These, then, are the seven steps.

Erika Douglas – Temple Law

1719 North Broad Street. Philadelphia, PA 19122. Phone: (215) 204-0804. Email: erika.douglas@temple.edu. Download Photo. Download CV. Download vCard. Erika M. Douglas is an Associate Professor at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Her scholarship focuses on the intersection of antitrust, data privacy, and intellectual property law, with …

Five Things I Learned From My First Flight as a Night Owl

Do not let anyone tell you differently. Second: the more mentors, the merrier. Third: remember that not all advice is good advice. For most evening students, the four years spent in law school can be a very confusing and challenging period. Most of the time, you have no idea what to expect or what is expected of you.

Why Pursue an LL.M. in Trial Advocacy? – Temple Law

Why an LL.M. The Temple LL.M. in Trial Advocacy offers an unparalleled opportunity: to go back to school with the benefit of knowing what you do not know and with an awareness of your weakest attributes as an attorney. When I enrolled in the LL.M. program, I had a little more than 4 years of practical, hands-on experience as a trial attorney …

CONFRONTING THE OPPOSING EXPERT: GOALS AND STRATEGIES (Part 2)

Those checklists, while all useful, paid inadequate heed to the interplay of courtroom skills and evidence law. In part 2, this article suggests a more comprehensive paradigm for confronting adverse experts at trial. Prevention; Better than an effective cross-examination is the condition of having no expert to question.

Land Use Planning Archives – Temple Law

phone: (215) 204-8975 email: jane.baron@temple.edu. Download Call Email Nate Ela . Assistant Professor of Law. office: Klein Hall, Room 723 phone: (215) 204- 8807 email: nate.ela@temple.edu. Download Call Email Back to Faculty Research & Teaching Areas. Work Temple …

Trump and Bush, ‘Anchor Babies,’ and Birthright Citizenship

Jan Ting. Professor of Law. Donald Trump has made himself the Republican frontrunner for president by advocating enforcement of U.S. immigration law and an end to birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens. The former frontrunner Jeb Bush, trying to resuscitate his floundering campaign, has denounced “anchor babies” while …