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The Legal Information Institute (LII) is a non-profit public service of Cornell Law School that provides no-cost access to current American and international legal research sources online. Founded in 1992 by Peter Martin and Tom Bruce , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] LII was the first law site developed on the internet. [ 4 ]
Wex is a collaboratively-edited legal dictionary and encyclopaedia, [3] intended for broad use by "practically everyone, even law students and lawyers entering new areas of law". [ 4 ] It is sponsored and hosted by the Legal Information Institute ("LII") at the Cornell Law School . [ 4 ]
Cornell Law School is the law school of Cornell University, a private, Ivy League university in Ithaca, New York. One of the five Ivy League law schools , Cornell Law School offers four degree programs ( JD , LLM , MSLS and JSD ) along with several dual-degree programs in conjunction with other professional schools at the university.
In 1967, it committed itself to a bi-monthly publishing schedule and changed its name to the Cornell Law Review. Today, the Review is edited exclusively by upper class students in Cornell Law School's Juris Doctor (J.D.) program. In 2019, the Cornell Law Review became the first of the Top-14 schools to elect an all-female executive board. [3]
Peter W. Martin has been a law professor since 1972, and Dean from 1980 to 1988, at Cornell Law School. [1] In 1992, together with Thomas R. Bruce, he co-founded the Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law. [1] He graduated from Cornell University and Harvard Law School. [1]
Robert C. Hockett is an American lawyer, law professor, and policy advocate.He holds two positions at Cornell University (the Edward Cornell Professor of Law at Cornell Law School and a Professor of Public Affairs), is senior counsel at investment firm Westwood Capital, LLC, [1] and was a Fellow at The Century Foundation think tank.
Ohlin joined Cornell Law School as a faculty member in 2008. [3] Later, he served as Director of Faculty Research (2013–2015), Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (2015–2017), Vice Dean (2017–2020), and Interim Dean (January–June 2021). [4] Ohlin became dean of Cornell Law School on July 1, 2021, [5] succeeding Eduardo Peñalver. [6]
"Construction of a deed is a matter of law, and the intention of the parties is to be gathered from the four corners of the instrument." [ 5 ] Looking at the four corners of the will : examining and analyzing the will.