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The following is a brief list of some of the most interesting and insightful articles published by the Campbell Law Observer over the past year. We hope you take a moment to read - hopefully not for the first time - these excellent articles by our staff. [...]

A case before the Supreme Court of California will decide whether an undocumented immigrant can be granted a law license. [...]

“The Matrix is a system, Neo.” --Morpheus [...]

Theoretical reasoning is an important aspect of legal education as well as the practice of law generally. Contemporary legal scholars largely agree that law is intimately tied to moral norms and presuppositions about human nature. [...]

Under the testing analyst and testifying analyst paradigm established in State v. Ortiz-Zape, the jury gets to hear an expert opine that a substance has been confirmed as an illegal substance, but the criminal defendant never gets to confront the expert that actually conducted the tests producing that opinion. [...]

As shots rang out in the streets of New York on the morning of August 24, it seemed as though our country’s worst nightmare had returned.  Two people were dead and nine were injured after police brought down gunman Jeffrey Johnson in front of the Empire State Building after Johnson had killed his former coworker.  Because so many bystanders were injured in the incident, New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Mayor Michael Bloomberg fielded questions on the amount of force the two [...]

Note from the Editors:  Recently, the Campbell Law Observer hosted a write-on competition to recruit new staff writers.  Each student was to discuss the impact of for-profit law schools on the legal academy and the legal profession.  Below, you will find the article that received the highest score from the editorial board.  Next week, we will publish another student’s write-on prompt in an attempt to display two perspectives. An important choice must be made by those pursuing a career in [...]

“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door.  You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.” Gandalf the Wizard speaking to Frodo Baggins –J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Fellowship of the Ring” In Blythe v. Bell, 2012 NCBC 42 (N.C. Super. Ct. July 26, 2012), the North Carolina Business Court was faced with the issue of waiver of the attorney-client privilege in the context of large, electronic [...]

Note from the Editor:  Recently, the Campbell Law Observer hosted a write-on competition to recruit new staff writers and editors.  Each student was to discuss the value of a law degree.  As we all know, the value, or perceived value, of a law degree has changed.  Below, you will find the second article in this series. In the summer of 2008, I was living the dream: basking in the glow of beautiful Myrtle Beach, living on a premier golf course and cleaning golf clubs for tips. Did I mention [...]

It has happened to many lawyers.  After countless hours of negotiations, the parties believe they’ve reached a settlement agreement.  But instead of rejoicing in the resolution, they find themselves locked in renewed conflict after the “deal” falls through. Usually this happens for one of three reasons.  Sometimes the parties fail to recognize the importance of details that could doom the agreement.  Some agreements, for example, have significant zero-sum tax consequences for the [...]