SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
STUDENT LEGAL WRITERS¹ ASSOCIATION
2008 LAW STUDENT SYMPOSIUM

The Student Legal Writers' Association (SLWA) is hosting its first all-student symposium on April 18, 2008. SLWA seeks to promote excellence in student legal scholarship, research, and writing by providing a platform for students to present and exchange ideas in a formal setting. The symposium is open to second and third year law students from Saint Louis University, Washington University, University of Missouri - Columbia, University of Missouri - Kansas City and Southern Illinois University - Carbondale.

Justus for All criminal Attorneys: Constructing a Survey of Jurisprudence Regarding a Child’s Hearsay Statements to State Agents after Crawford and Davis

Sperm Donor or Thwarted Father? How Written Agreement Statutes are Changing the Way Courts Resolve Legal Parentage Issues in Assisted Reproduction Cases

Preventing Private Military Contractors (PMCS) From Wrapping Themselves in the American Flag: The Role The Alien Tort Statute (ATS) Can Play In Increasing Contractor Accountability And Improving U.S. Foreign Relations

What We Talk About When We Talk About Ideology: Naive Realism on the United States Courts of Appeals

So What If You’re Innocent? A Call For a Revision of Executive Clemency Processes

Has ERISA Closed Our Laboratories? Options for State Health Reform