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Law Library Bulletin
January 2019 Issue 5, Vol. 4 guidance on how to formulate a particular
social group in your asylum case.
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*Courthouse will be closed on Monday, This Month in Legal History:
January 21, 2019 for Martin Luther King, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison Help to
Jr. Day. Ratify the Treaty of Paris
New IICLE Arrivals: On January 14, 1784, at the Maryland State
House in Annapolis, the Continental
Civil Practice: Trying the Case, 2019 edition Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris. The
document, negotiated in part by future
Creditors’ Rights, 2019 edition President John Adams, contained terms for
ending the Revolutionary War and
Employment Discrimination: Unlawful established the United States as a sovereign
Grounds and Prevention, 2019 edition nation. The treaty outlined America’s
fishing rights off the coast of Canada,
Tort Actions, 2019 edition defined territorial boundaries in North
America formerly held by the British and
Continuing Legal Education forced an end to reprisals against British
loyalists. Two other future
Here is a free online Continuing Legal presidents, Thomas Jefferson and James
Education opportunity: Monroe, were among the delegates who
ratified the document on January 14, 1874.
Asylum: Particular Social Groups
Thomas Jefferson had planned to travel to
The definition of a particular social group Paris to join Adams, John
remains one of the most complicated topics Jay and Benjamin Franklin for the
in asylum law, particularly in light of recent beginning of talks with the British in 1782.
case law and a federal circuit split. This However, after a delay in his travel plans,
CLE will begin with a brief overview of 7th Jefferson received word that a cessation of
Circuit case law, and it will include a hostilities had been announced by
discussion of gang-related asylum cases, King George III the previous December.
gender-based asylum claims, and victims of Jefferson arrived in Paris in late February
domestic violence. It will also include
after the treaty had already been negotiated The note had indentations from an adjoining
by Adams, Franklin and Jay. page on the pad that led them to a University
of Chicago restaurant. But detectives ran
Adams’ experience and skill in diplomacy into a dead end and didn’t receive much help
prompted Congress to authorize him to act from the college administration. Just as it
as the United States’ representative in looked like the lead was dead, a 17-year-old
negotiating treaty terms with the British. student named William Heirens was arrested
Following his role in ending the after being caught red-handed during a
Revolutionary War and his participation in burglary. When police searched his dorm
drafting the Declaration of Independence, room they found suitcases full of stolen
Adams succeeded George Washington as goods, pictures of Hitler and other Nazis,
the second president of the United States in and a letter to Heirens signed “George M.”
1797.
Authorities soon learned that some of the
Source: https://www.history.com/this-day- stolen items had come from the victims’
in-history/adams-jefferson-and-madison- homes. However, they couldn’t track down
help-to-ratify-the-treaty-of-paris Heirens’ apparent partner, George. Heirens
was given sodium pentathol and
This Month in Legal History: interrogated. During questioning under the
A Case of Split Personality in Puzzling truth serum, Heirens claimed that George
Chicago Murders Murman had killed Suzanne Degnan.
However, it quickly became evident that
On January 7, 1946, six-year-old Suzanne George wasn’t a real person at all, but an
Degnan was kidnapped from her home in an alter ego of Heirens himself.
affluent Chicago neighborhood. Her father
found a note on the floor asking for a Slowly, investigators pieced together the
$20,000 ransom. Although James Degnan pathology that drove Heirens. Apparently,
went on the radio to plead for his daughter’s he could only find sexual gratification
safety, the kidnapper never made any through burglaries. He later found that
contact or further demands. Later, a police killing during the burglaries added to the
search of the neighborhood turned up the thrill. While doubtful that he was a true
girl’s body. She had been strangled to death schizophrenic, prosecutors decided not to
the night of the kidnapping, then risk losing to an insanity defense and agreed
dismembered with a hunting knife. Her not to seek the death penalty against
remains were left in five different sewers Heirens. He pleaded guilty to three counts of
and catch basins. murder and was sentenced to life in prison
without parole. Heirens continues to assert
At the scene of the attack, the killer had his innocence, and there are some who
written a message in lipstick on the victim’s believe he is not guilty of the crimes.
wall, “For heaven’s sake, catch me before I
kill more, I cannot control myself.” The Source: https://www.history.com/this-day-
ransom note at the Degnan house was the in-history/a-case-of-split-personality-in-
best clue that investigators had to tracking puzzling-chicago-murders
down the serial killer.
On the Basis of Sex – Movie Review cannot be entirely served justice, but
By Leslie Strauss Jones’ efforts to perfect the Supreme
Court justice shine through. Through
studying photographs and following
RBG’s daily routine, Jones took on the
right Brooklyn accent, mannerisms, and
gait. With a meticulousness much like
Ruth Bader Ginsburg herself preparing
for a case, Jones printed out pictures of
the justice taken throughout her life and
posted them chronologically, mapping
out her appearance and how it changed.
Although Jones’ impression may not be
flawless, her passion for the project is
clear.
The movie takes the audience through
RBG’s fight for gender equality. I was
impressed by the ability of Mimi Leder,
the film’s director, to summarize her
After attending the Women’s March last
lifelong – and ongoing – quest, but also
winter, my daughters and I were thrilled
her ability to reach out to everyone.
about the release of the 2018
Ginsburg sometimes used men as
documentary RBG. I left feeling hopeful
plaintiffs, showing that the case being
that my daughters had someone like the
argued was not just a women’s issue.
“Notorious RBG” to look up to,
Rather than emphasizing what men did
especially since one of my daughters is
to stand in her way, the film reveals
considering going on to law school. I
RBG’s values of intellect and
was also looking forward to the
independence and persistence when
December 2018 release of On the Basis
fighting for what one knows to be right.
of Sex, and I was not disappointed. Ruth
Bader Ginsburg had given her blessing
for the project to screenwriter Daniel
Stiepleman, who is also her nephew.
Stiepleman wanted to show how Ruth
Bader Ginsburg became Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, arguing her first gender
discrimination case in 1971.
The thirty-five-year-old English actress,
Felicity Jones, took on the daunting task
of playing Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the
film. Jones acknowledged that RBG
Easy Baked French Toast Casserole Crock-Pot Ham and Beans
Ingredients: Ingredients:
1 loaf DAY OLD French or other crusty 1 meaty ham bone or 4 -6 ham hocks
bread 14-16 ounces 1 large yellow onion, chopped
6 eggs 2 stalks celery, minced
2 cups milk 1 carrot, shredded (optional)
3/4 cup half and half 2 bay leaves
1/2 cup sugar 1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1 lb. great northern beans, rinsed and picked
1 teaspoon cinnamon over (may substitute with canned beans)
1/2 cup packed brown sugar 6-8 cups low sodium chicken broth
1/4 cup all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon pepper (or to taste)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 tablespoons cold butter Directions:
Directions: 1. Add onion and celery to crock pot.
2. Place ham bone or hocks on top of onion
1. Cut bread into cubes or tear into small and celery.
pieces. Place in a greased 9 x 13-inch baking 3. Pour rinsed beans around ham and sprinkle
pan. In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, with pepper.
milk, half and half, sugar, vanilla, and 4. Add bay leaves and garlic.
cinnamon. Pour over bread in the pan. 5. Add chicken stock and stir to combine all
2. Bake immediately or cover and refrigerate ingredients cover and cook on low for 8
overnight. hours.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 6. When ham is tender (6-7 hours) Remove
4. In a small bowl combine brown sugar, flour meat from bones (discarding fat and bones)
and cinnamon. Cut butter into small pieces and return meat to the pot. Stir to combine
and add to flour mixture. With a fork blend and break up ham pieces.
butter into mixture until it resembles small 7. To thicken smash some of the beans on the
crumbs; sprinkle over bread in the pan. side of crock pot.
5. Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes. 8. When done skim any fat off and discard bay
Uncover and bake for another 20-25 minutes leaves.
or until golden brown and cooked through.
To check, shake the casserole. If it wiggles a Recipe found at:
lot, it's not done. Continue to bake until https://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/crock-
cooked through completely. pot-ham-bone-and-beans-348200
Recipe found at: https://gatherforbread.com/easy-
baked-french-toast-casserole/
Staff Book Recommendations Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel –
Recommended by Leslie.
Fiction Selections:
”An audacious, darkly
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers – glittering novel set in
Recommended by Mary. the eerie days of
civilization's
“Mystery novelist collapse, Station
Harriet Vane knew all Eleven tells the
about poisons, and spellbinding story of a
when her fiancé died in Hollywood star, his
the manner prescribed would-be savior, and a
in one of her books, a nomadic group of
jury of her peers had a actors roaming the
hangman's noose in scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region,
mind. But Lord Peter risking everything for art and humanity.” –
Wimsey was From the publisher.
determined to find her
innocent—as determined as he was to make Legal Selection:
her his wife.” – From the publisher.
The Professor by Robert Bailey
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas –
Recommended by Sarah. ”A retired professor of
law who hasn’t tried a
“Angie Thomas’s real case in forty years
searing debut about an teams up with a former
ordinary girl in student who’s yet to
extraordinary trial a case at all, in
circumstances order to clear both of
addresses issues of their names.” –
racism and police Fictiondb.com
violence with
intelligence, heart, and
unflinching honesty.” –
From the publisher.
Quotable Quote
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your
balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert
Einstein.
Art in the Law Library Law Library Lingo
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month’s art/artist is: “Freedom Ring” by I N F M J D R P E K U A U A D
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