Law students and JURIST special guests comment on their legal experiences around the world. http://jurist.org/dateline JURISTremove_this@pitt.edu JURIST Guest Columnist Dora Rotar, an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, is the author of the seventh entry in a 14-part series from the LL.M. students of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Rotar examines the political and legal http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/05/dora-rotar-croatia-eu.php 2012-05-16T14:00:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/05/dora-rotar-croatia-eu.php Elizabeth Imbarlina JURIST Guest Columnist Kushtrim Tolaj, an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, is the author of the sixth entry in a 14-part series from the LL.M. students of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Tolaj discusses Kosovo's efforts to establish http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/05/kushtrim-tolaj-kosovo-judiciary.php 2012-05-08T09:00:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/05/kushtrim-tolaj-kosovo-judiciary.php Elizabeth Imbarlina JURIST Guest Columnist Leyla Safarova, an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, is the author of the fifth entry in a 14-part series from the LL.M. students of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Safarova explores property law in Azerbaijan, http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/05/leyla-safarova-azerbaijan-property.php 2012-05-01T09:00:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/05/leyla-safarova-azerbaijan-property.php Elizabeth Hand JURIST Guest Columnist Olga Vlasova, Brooklyn Law School Class of 2013, is the Sparer Public Interest Law Fellow. She argues for prohibiting the death penalty for severely mentally ill offenders...According to Mental Health America, about 10 percent of all death row inmates suffer from a http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/04/olga-vlasova-death-penalty.php 2012-04-30T15:00:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/04/olga-vlasova-death-penalty.php Leigh Argentieri JURIST Guest Columnist Ann Eisenberg, Cornell University Law School Class of 2012, is an Articles and Symposium Editor for the Cornell International Law Journal. She questions whether EU membership is the best decision for Croatia given the current debt crisis...By the time Croatia joins the http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/04/ann-eisenberg-croatia-eu.php 2012-04-29T09:00:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/04/ann-eisenberg-croatia-eu.php Elizabeth Imbarlina JURIST Guest Columnist Jeff Barnum, University of Washington School of Law Class of 2012, is a Lieutenant in the US Coast Guard. In this article he argues for amending the Stolen Valor Act to better comply with free speech...It is a busy time at the http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/04/jeff-barnum-stolen-valor.php 2012-04-28T16:00:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/04/jeff-barnum-stolen-valor.php Leigh Argentieri JURIST Guest Columnist Elena Landriscina, American University Washington College of Law Class of 2012, is a student attorney at the school's UNROW Human Rights Impact Litigation Clinic. Here she discusses the expulsion of the Chagos Islanders from Diego Garcia, and the need for the US http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/04/elena-landriscina-chagos-islanders.php 2012-04-26T09:00:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/04/elena-landriscina-chagos-islanders.php Megan McKee JURIST Guest Columnist Steven Fazzi, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, is a Legislative and Comment Editor for the McGeorge Law Review. Here he argues that the Supreme Court should find federal law preempts only two provisions of Arizona's Support Our Law Enforcement http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/04/steven-fazzi-immigration-arizona.php 2012-04-25T07:00:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/04/steven-fazzi-immigration-arizona.php Elizabeth Imbarlina JURIST Guest Columnist Anna Heatherington, an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, is the author of the fourth entry in a 14-part series from the LL.M. students of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Heatherington analyzes the barriers to Russia's http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/04/anna-heatherington-russia-wto.php 2012-04-24T09:00:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/04/anna-heatherington-russia-wto.php Emily Osgood JURIST Assistant Editor Katherine Bacher, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2014, argues that the US Supreme Court should consider reinstating capital punishment for defendants who committed serious crimes while under the age of 18... (Her opinions are not intended to represent those http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/04/katherine-bacher-juvenile-death-penalty.php 2012-04-22T17:00:00-05:00 http://jurist.org/dateline/2012/04/katherine-bacher-juvenile-death-penalty.php Megan McKee