For several years, the discussion of stop-and-frisk, outside the neighborhoods where it is heavily practiced, has been in salon settings, with pundits arguing about it, and civil liberties lawyers gathering statistics, and the mayor digging in, dismissing criticism of it.
While those numbers are specifically geared towards lawyers, the statistics for other local industries is similar.
Finally, law firms that hire large numbers of female lawyers, but who, statistics show, often don't pay them as well as the male lawyers, or promote them at the same rates, must stop paying lip service to diversity and take concrete steps to change.
In this part of the course, we will examine how lawyers can use statistics in a variety of situations.
"The defense lawyers can use statistics to show there aren't many fires like this.
In "Miracle on 34th Street," after Kris Kringle's lawyer reels off statistics about how profitable the Post Office is, the judge replies, "We're all gratified to know the Post Office is doing nicely".
Among the participants was the Sentrana team, which tied for first place with a pair of researchers from Stanford University a lawyer and a statistics professor.
But lawyers say that the statistics hide the fact that more large companies are seeking protection from creditors.
One of Simpson's lawyers, Alan Dershowitz, countered with statistics: in the United States, four million women are battered every year by their male partners, yet only one in 2,500 is ultimately murdered by her partner.
"You're not getting any good or service in exchange for the payment of that fee". According to the firm, as many as 5 million passengers might be eligible to join the class action, based on DOT passenger statistics and lawyers' estimates of passengers who would've paid the fee.
