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Plagiarism
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PrawfsBlawg
ICYMI: Ten (No, Make that Nineteen) Tips for New Law Professors
Main Tuesday, August 11, 2020ICYMI: Ten (No, Make that Nineteen) Tips for New Law ProfessorsI wrote these tips a few years ago and reviewed them before reposting for anyone who…
Legal Profession Blog
Reprimand For Plagiarism On Judicial Application
A consent reprimand has been imposed by the Arizona Presiding Disciplinary Judge for an attorney's plagiarism on a judicial appointment application.Arizona Capitol Times had reportedThe attorney who plagiarized U.S. Supreme…
Russell Law Blog
Plagiarism v Copyright Infringement. What’s the Difference?
“Please don’t copy my work.” They do it anyway. Is it plagiarism or is it copyright infringement? Plagiarism is a question of attribution. Let’s say GoodGuy actually created The Work. …
Pannone Corporate News and Opinion
Top-10 Wrist Watch Cellphones
By HJ Test
Education is intended to inspire, to expand your intellectual horizons, to supply you with the awareness of the world, to challenge you. Some individuals just are not suited to post-secondary…
Legal Profession Blog
Sex And Plagiarism Draws Sanction In Ohio
Dan Trevas reports on a discipline decision of the Ohio Supreme CourtThe Ohio Supreme Court today suspended a Columbus lawyer for two years, with six months stayed, for misconduct that…
PrawfsBlawg
Self-Plagiarism (and the First and Second Laws of Textual Physics)
Main Monday, July 02, 2018Self-Plagiarism (and the First and Second Laws of Textual Physics)June is my intense writing month, by and large, and I just finished up a draft that,…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
What is so hard about attribution?
A Chicago attorney may be in trouble for plagiarism. The abrupt writing style change in the middle of his brief was easily Googled and more than 1,000 words were discovered…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
The Art of Legal Writing: The Sentence
Unlike the neglected stepchild of writing (the paragraph), sentences get plenty of attention. Dozens of books tell you how to write the "perfect" one. Dozens more try to convince you that…
The Faculty Lounge
This Would Not Happen in a Law Review (Mostly)
As reported by Inside Higher Ed, Charles Armstrong recently had to return the 2014 John K. Fairbank Prize in Asian History, awarded by the American Historical Association, because it was…
Legal Profession Blog
Plagiarism Does Not Prevent Bar Admission In Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Supreme Court admitted an applicant who had engaged in plagiarism as a law student notwithstanding the adverse conclusion of its Board of Bar Examiners.The Board's refusal to certify…