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Breaking down the case of Flores-Figueroa v. United States and learning from the court’s arguments insight into communicating complex concepts simply to other people.
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Guest Post by Santa Clara Law 1L and Colleague: Phil Fox An easy way to remember what promissory estoppel is could be to look at the first word and remember “promise.” Simply and quickly put, promissory estoppel is justified reliance on a promise. Broken down: Justified: a reasonable person would do the same based on…
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(I host a review session in Charney 338 on Wednesdays at 5pm. Join us!) This is a long post so: Tldr; If your client needs you to get them out of some ass-backwards contract they stumbled into, your point of attack is to prove the contract is illusory. How? lack of mutuality and lack of…
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https://xkcd.com/501/ If there’s anything we’re supposed to take away from Contracts this semester, it’s that you cannot form a contract without a bargain for consideration. When creating a contract, there must be a negotiation between the promisor and the promisee. If I were to give you a promissory note that says in two years, I’ll…
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A collection of case briefs from myself and other 1L colleagues! If you would like to add your briefs to the collection, please message me on Facebook (Jess Miers) or email: miersjessica@gmail.com and I’ll send you the drive link for posting. Assault and Battery Trespass
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A collection of case briefs from myself and other 1L colleagues! If you would like to add your briefs to the collection, please message me on Facebook (Jess Miers) or email: miersjessica@gmail.com and I’ll send you the drive link for posting. Remedies Consideration Mutuality Promissory Estoppel Unjust Enrichment
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https://xkcd.com/738/ Sullivan v. O’Connor Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1973 363 Mass. 579 , 296 N.E.2d 183. My case brief: http://bit.ly/2MDgSgn This is a case about plastic surgery gone terribly wrong. My colleague, Andrew San Jose, brought up an intriguing point: To win this case, you, the lawyer, essentially have to roast your client in front…
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6-18-20 UPDATE: We have turned over the Google Drive resource project to the Privacy Law Student Organization at SCU Law. If you would like access to exam notes, outlines, and practice Q’s we’ve created, please send a quick request to join the drive to plso@scu.edu. You can also join their CIPP mailing list here. Fair…
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image: https://xkcd.com/616/ Expectancy, Restitution, and Reliance are probably the scariest words uttered during this past first week of 1L (besides cold call). But they shouldn’t be. Most explanations I’ve seen are ridiculously convoluted. Here’s how it works: Expectancy (Agreement w/Consideration): What would you have received had the contract been completed? Essentially, what did you expect? Restitution…
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