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FindLaw Election 2008 Resources and Coverage
Legal Profile of Candidates
Sen. Barack Obama
- Born: August 4, 1961
- Harvard Law School (1991)
- Admitted to the Illinois Bar (1991)
Legal Career
- Practiced civil rights law in Chicago, IL
- Taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School (1992 – 2004)
Political Career
- Illinois State Senator (1997 – 2004)
- U.S. Senate (2005 – 2008)
- Senate Committees & Caucuses:
- Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
- Chairman of the Senate's subcommittee on European Affairs
- Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Personal Life
- Met his future wife, Michelle Robinson, in 1989 while working as a summer associate in Chicago at Sidley Austin, LLP where she was assigned to be his mentor.
Fun Fact
- First African-American president of the Harvard Law Review
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Legal News
Breaking Documents
- Dismissal of Lawsuit Alleging that Barack Obama Was Not a Natural-Born U.S. Citizen and Thus Ineligible for the Presidency
- Supreme Court Grant of a Stay of Order Directing Ohio Sec'y of State to Update Ohio's Voter Registration Database
- Preliminary Injunction Preventing Michigan Elections Officials from Marking Certain Voter Registrations as "Rejected" or "Cancelled"
- DoJ Suit Against the State of Vermont for Alleged Violations of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
- Suit by the Montana Democratic Party Against the Montana Republican Party Alleging that the GOP's Voter Registration Challenges Constituted Illegal Voter Intimidation
- Settlement Agreement between DOJ and Massachusetts Regarding Voting Rights of Puerto Rican Residents of Worcester
- Report on the Shortcomings of the Federal Certification Program for Voting Systems
- Democratic Party Lawsuit Against the Michigan GOP Alleging Planned Voter Interference
- Denial of Preliminary Injunction for Distributors of Hillary: The Movie
- FindLaw's Documents Relating to the 2004 Presidential Election
Attorney-Candidate Profiles
Sen. Barack Obama
• Born: August 4, 1961• Harvard Law School (1991)
• First African-American president of the Harvard Law Review
• Met his future wife, Michelle Robinson, in 1989 while working as a summer associate in Chicago at Sidley Austin, LLP where she was assigned to be his mentor.
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Sen. Joseph "Joe" Biden
• Born: November 20, 1942• Syracuse Univ. College of Law (1968)
• Presided over contentious, controversial U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas.
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Sen. Hillary Clinton
• Born: Oct. 26, 1947• Yale Law School (1973)
• Member of Yale Review of Law and Social Action
• Met fellow law student, and future husband, Bill Clinton at Yale
• Rose Law Firm (1977 - 1992) – Partner at Arkansas firm concentrating in patent infringement, IP matters, and childrens’ rights pro bono work.
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Joe Lieberman
• Born: February 12, 1942• LLB, Yale Law School (1967)
• Wiggin and Dana, LLP (1967 - 1969)
• U.S. Senate (1989 - present) - In 2006 he became an Independent for his 2006 Senate re-election campaign, but identifies himself as an 'Independent Democrat.'
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Mitt Romney
• Born: March 12, 1947• Harvard Law and Business Schools (1975)
• Graduated cum laude
• Turned the Salt Lake Olympic Committee's $379M shortfall into a $100M profit, and wrote a book about the change: "Turnaround: Crisis, Leadership, and the Olympic Games"
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Rudolph 'Rudy' Guiliani
• Born: May 28, 1944• New York University Law School (1968)
• Member of NYU Law Review; graduated cum laude
• Giuliani is often remembered for engendering public support and empathy for New Yorkers after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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