Stories from the current online edition of Southwestern Commentator. en-us http://www.swlawcommentator.com Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:52:01 GMT 20 http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/SouthwesternCommunity/How-Far.Does.Your.U.s.Trademark.Law.Reach-3165198.shtml a50654f9-ef06-4fc4-894d-3f8d14144884 Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Southwestern Community 1/01/01 Honors Org Corner Chad Holley http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/SouthwesternCommunity/ Campus News http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/SouthwesternCommunity/Sw.Student.Writes.9th.Circuit.Appellate.Brief-3165131.shtml January 2008    In fall 2007, Tajira McCoy, 2L Evening student, authored an approximately 40-page 9th Circuit Appellate Brief for an immigration case that surrounds a family that illegally immigrated to the United States more than 20 years ago. 81653a78-f56b-4ea2-b725-680adbbe35b9 Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Southwestern Community 1/01/01 Shawn Loring http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/SouthwesternCommunity/ Campus News http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/SouthwesternCommunity/California.Bar.Exam.Tests.Students.And.Southwestern.Law.School-3165057.shtml January 2008    One norm in the law student community is progressing to your final year of school and becoming pre-occupied with the impending doom known as the California Bar Examination. Another norm is looking at the most recent Bar passage rates and wondering if you’ll be in the passing percentage. 76f5ef45-3a8f-4810-97fe-622786f30f9a Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Southwestern Community 1/01/01 Dan Spurgeon, 2L http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/SouthwesternCommunity/ Campus News http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/SouthwesternCommunity/Does-Affirmative.Action.Hurt.Minorities-3165885.shtml December 2007    Hell-bent on proving that affirmative action hurts minority students accepted to elite law schools, UCLA Prof. Richard H  Sander was properly denied his request for race-based data (for the second time) in a unanimous Nov. cd05fa47-a299-44a3-93c4-63e9a1c13878 Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Southwestern Community 1/01/01 J.C. Flores, 4L http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/SouthwesternCommunity/ Campus News http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/SouthwesternCommunity/Variety.Show.And.Live.Auction.Raise.More.Than.11000-3165977.shtml 4abdd9ca-78e9-4445-a4b8-5de936f1275f Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Southwestern Community 1/01/01 Anna Cronk, 1L Online Editor http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/SouthwesternCommunity/ Campus News http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/SouthwesternCommunity/Competition.For.A.Cause-3165987.shtml December 2007 Even before the 1st AnnualPublic Interest Law WeekTrivia Bowl started, “the anticipationwas high. [Everyone]spent their free time watchingTMZ and browsing Perez Hilton’sblog,” said Doug Baek,PILC President.Twenty teams of students,faculty, and staff fought hardto out-answer their opponentsthrough lightening-fastrounds. 0efb39fb-be6d-4749-89d7-da7601f81b2d Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Southwestern Community 1/01/01 Leah Cohen-Mays, 2LE http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/SouthwesternCommunity/ Campus News http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/SouthwesternCommunity/Southwestern.Relationship.With.Mexico.Builds.Many.Bridges-3166024.shtml ce2979de-3f1f-43b9-b533-7f71ee3eb7d8 Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Southwestern Community 1/01/01 Cristal Gonzalez, LL.M. http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/SouthwesternCommunity/ Campus News http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Sports/He.Saidshe.Said-3165706.shtml January 2008Dear Felix & Nicole,    If you could pick any sports figure to run for President of these great United States, who would it be and why?Sincerely,Hillary Obama EdwardsDear H.O.E.,    For the Republican side, I’d go with an All-American with southern charm. a033db03-50c1-4a1e-9d19-6cb7ef4e7123 Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Sports 1/01/01 Felix Montero, 3L, and Nicole Pierson, 3LE http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Sports/ Sports http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Sports/Jones.And.Kuroda.Fill.Dodgers.Holes-3165610.shtml 3751043a-db15-47e7-864e-8b5065175e97 Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Sports 1/01/01 Matt McConnell, 1L http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Sports/ Sports http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Sports/Patriots.Expected.To.Go.190-3165661.shtml 3f3f0096-8642-4d20-ad71-e8b8de2f0ce5 Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Sports 1/01/01 Jordan Chatfield, 2L http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Sports/ Sports http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Entertainment/A.Conversation.With.Franki.Chan-3165225.shtml d92c3328-61f0-4d75-8ead-43c2df4675c2 Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Entertainment 1/01/01 Jeremy Schwartz, 3L http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Entertainment/ Arts/Entertainment http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Entertainment/Bored-3165464.shtml 25fd0ecf-bcf2-418a-aa91-ce7d48dce17f Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Entertainment 1/01/01 Nicole Pierson http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Entertainment/ Arts/Entertainment http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Entertainment/Eat-Sushi.With.L.a.Celebrities-3165495.shtml 713f125b-6ab6-40cd-a946-28ad5f9daf8e Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Entertainment 1/01/01 Lucy Chan Derby http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Entertainment/ Arts/Entertainment http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Entertainment/Music.Review.The.Abdomen.This.Time-3165419.shtml 88465e75-6c9d-4ee0-a1d1-04e7bc8ab479 Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Entertainment 1/01/01 Erin "D*J*E" Jacobson, 2L http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Entertainment/ Arts/Entertainment http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Entertainment/New-Law.Ends.BritishRussian.Feud-3165361.shtml January 2008     Earlier this month Great Britain enacted a new law protecting foreign works of art on display in English museums or galleries from seizure.    This legislation ends a politically charged dispute between Russia and Great Britain about an exhibit entitled, “From Russia: French and Russian Master Paintings 1870-1925. b337f760-3144-4774-99f2-a22d2d3676c0 Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Entertainment 1/01/01 Alexis Quinones, 2L http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Entertainment/ Arts/Entertainment http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Entertainment/The-Sweet.Life.Sno.In.The.City-3165336.shtml 932c72ed-cc50-46eb-8a67-4f08f45341b3 Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Entertainment 1/01/01 Lindsay Schwartz, 3L http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Entertainment/ Arts/Entertainment http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Entertainment/Watch.The.Candidate.Movies-3165385.shtml January 2008    With the primaries fast approaching and in keeping with the whole election theme, I’m going to compare the candidates t  movies that, in my mind, represent who they are.Barack Obama:Mr. Smith Goes to Washington    Why? It’s about a political idealist who doesn’t back away from his beliefs when confronted with corruption. 63631ab8-2d88-4d83-96d8-8f03fa17a9e2 Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Entertainment 1/01/01 Cori Grover http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Entertainment/ Arts/Entertainment http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Politics/2008-Election.Still.Wide.Open-3164952.shtml January 2008     While California’s Presidential Primary is not until Feb. 5, many SW students already have a candidate in mind.    In December 2007, The Commentator asked SW students whom they would vote for if the Presidential primary elections were held that day. 9804b02e-008b-4e85-9187-e33e353bf561 Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Politics 1/01/01 Clinton Leads at SW Jeff Aidikoff, 2LE http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Politics/ Other http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Politics/Land-Of.The.Free.Home.Of.The.Businessman-3165576.shtml 99e41b27-ef1c-4450-bace-4315e70ec22e Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Politics 1/01/01 Ashton Inniss, 1L http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Politics/ Other http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Politics/Presidential.Hopefuls.Layout.Plans.For.Health.Care-3165537.shtml 6a6716cc-247c-41f8-bf3f-fbf6e3482db4 Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Politics 1/01/01 Derek Turner, 2LE http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Politics/ Other http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Politics/The-Top.5.Laws.Of.2008-3164984.shtml January 2008    While many of us were watching Dick Clark on New Year’s Eve, few of us probably took the time to note all of the new laws that would take effect once the ball dropped.    The California Legislature passed 964 bills last year, 750 of which were signed into law. ef9d86ff-23c1-4520-ad06-d71c79767712 Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Politics 1/01/01 Garen Aliksanian, 1L http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Politics/ Other http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Politics/Victory.For.Law.Students.On.Capitol.Hill-3165837.shtml December 2007    In late September, aspiring public interest lawyers nationwide scored a major victory in the battle against ever-increasing student loan debt.    After years of negotiations and debate on loan repayment assistance programs, Congress passed, and President George W. dd1cef39-b574-4ffc-b1dc-fe79c654d4aa Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Politics 1/01/01 Marc Baranov, 3L Editor-In-Chief http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Politics/ Other http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Opinion/Welcome.Back.And.Happy.2008-3165095.shtml January 2008    As many of you know, The Commentator recently returned  rom nearly a decade-long hiatus. The Editorial Board and staff hope that you enjoyed our fall issues, and that you continue to enjoy the articles and games in TheCommentator this semester. 943ceeb0-34f1-40bf-b993-d192dd6b1679 Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Opinion 1/01/01 Marc Baranov, Editor-in-Chief, and Sarah El Ebiary, Managing Editor http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Opinion/From-The.Desk.Of.Dean.Garth-3165904.shtml c17298d3-5184-4bc0-963c-5801cb087286 Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Opinion 1/01/01 Dean Bryant Garth http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Opinion/Dear-The.Commentator-3165951.shtml 813761d1-740e-4599-9bdf-b3c97770e0be Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT Opinion 1/01/01 From Professor Butler Shaffer http://www.swlawcommentator.com/news/2001/01/01/Opinion/ Opinion/Editorial