Professor's study of tort system finds no 'litigation explosion.' (Michael J. Saks of University of Iowa College of Law)

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Professor Michael J. Saks of the University of Iowa College of Law states in a five-year study of tort litigation that claims of a litigation explosion are not backed up by evidence. He states that only 2% of people who have suffered disabling injuries sue and that most victims of medical malpractice do not sue their physicians. This number goes down further when attorneys' filtering of cases is taken into consideration. Saks also finds claims that punitive damage awards have gone up to be untrue. His article is published in vol. 140, no. 4 of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.

Research, Justice, Administration of, Administration of justice, Tort reform

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Drug lords made her quit law; William & Mary re-inspired her

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Luz Estella Nagle was a judge in Colombia before fleeing in fear of her life at age 25, coming to the US, and rediscovering a passion for the law. A 1995 graduate of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary, where she worked part-time and raised her daughter, she also made clear to the other students how lucky they were. She hopes to teach law, and to help Colombia by educating its citizens about the US legal system, and vice versa. She attributes her work as a judge with building her maturity.

United States, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Colombia, Personalities, Colombians, Colombians in the United States, College of William and Mary. Marshall-Wythe School of Law

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Study of gender difference finds 1-L women draw lower grades

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The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) found in a study that women get better grades than men as undergraduates, while men do better on the Law School Admissions Test and as first-year law students. Dr. Linda F. Wightman, vice president for operations, testing and research at LSAC, authored the study and professed surprise at the results. She cannot really explain them but suspects that women perceive the classroom environment as unfriendly and that this undermines their self-esteem.

Evaluation, Reports, Women graduate students, Law School Admission Council

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