Originally from the suburbs of Philadelphia, Josh is a third year student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law pursuing a certificate in Civil Litigation in addition to the J.D. Josh hopes to become a trial prosecutor after graduation. After his 1L year summer he worked at the Ohio Attorney General’s Office in their Capital Crimes Unit. Josh worked part-time at the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office in their Child Abuse and Post Conviction units during his 2L year as part of a practicum offered by the law school. This past summer Josh worked at the Chester County District Attorney’s Office where he conducted over forty preliminary hearings in front of Magisterial District Justices. In addition to prosecution, Josh is also very interested in legal ethics. He serves as the co-chair of the Young Lawyers’ Subcommittee for the ABA Committee on Ethics & Professionalism.
In that magical time before law school, Josh graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science and Communication from the University of Pittsburgh. During college, Josh was an active member of the undergraduate mock trial team. That experience confirmed his desire to be in the courtroom as a litigator.
In addition to his legal interests, Josh is a huge nerd. He enjoys movies, comics, books and video games. That means on any given night I could be found wading through a pool of caselaw, enjoying a graphic novel, or getting killed on Xbox Live.
For more about Josh's professional and educational background, check out his resumé.
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In the Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Court used the term ‘blog’ on page 49 of the slip opinion.
Soon, however, it may be that Internet sources, such as blogs and social networking Web sites, will provide citizens with significant information about political candidates and issues. Yet, §441b would [...]
The re-tweet is an enormous part of the Twitter experience. Even before official support for the feature from Twitter, people were constantly re-tweeting status updates, links, photos, etc. This allowed Twitter users to see content recommended to them by people they followed, which they may not have originally found. Further, it allowed the person sharing [...]
Florida’s Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee responded to a few questions from one Florida judge about the use of social networking sites. The Committee found that judges cannot accept friend requests from litigants in their court. They take special care to note:
This opinion should not be interpreted to mean that the inquiring judge is prohibited from [...]
The EFF brought filed a complaint in federal court alleging that federal agencies failed to respond to a FOIA request for documents concerning the government’s policies about social media investigation techniques.
Josh and Huma discuss oral arguments, the Bluebook online, and final exams. What happens when you also throw a little religion and a Featured Legal Tweeter into the mix? Click to find out!
The federal judiciary recently posted a revised version of the Federal Rules of Evidence to solicit comments on the proposed changes. The revisions, overall, are a tremendous improvement over the current rules. They make the rules easier to read and understand. However, while the goal of these re-styled rules is to avoid any changes in meaning, I think some of the proposed changes will result in a change in meaning.
New Federal Rules of Evidence
Is Josh the only one that got excited about the proposed revisions to the Federal Rules of Evidence?
-Probably.
Who is to blame for law school tuition hikes?>
-Is there really a gap between the cost of public and private law school?
Facebook Status Update as an Alibi
-Huma can’t believe this worked. She doesn’t trust [...]
This holiday season, Google is sponsoring free wi-fi at 47 airports and on every Virgin America flight. The free wi-fi will likely be supported by soft ads, like encouraging you to try Chrome, or use Google for your default search engine. So, if you don’t mind that, you can probably save yourself a few dollars [...]
Legal Tweeter of the Week
-Dennis Jansen is our Legal Tweeter of the Week this week. It’s because he is pretty bad ass and got shot his 1L year. We also enjoy some of the cases he tweets about.
Halloween
-Huma doesn’t dress up for Halloween? That’s interesting. On the other hand, Josh is dressing up as Captain [...]
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