Wheeling Academy of Law and Science Foundation (WALS Foundation)

WALS Commentaries Online

WALS Commentaries Online is a web blog produced by the WALS Foundation since July 2017  in the tradition of the printed newsletter published from 2006-2012 (see archive below).

Like its predecessor, WALS Commentaries Online features articles and stories that support the mission of the WALS Foundation. 

Reflections in the Time of COVID-19:

• June 15, 2020: Reflection #5 in the Time of COVID-19 and the Betrayal of the Public Trust
• May 7, 2020: Reflection #4 in the Time of COVID-19
• April 27, 2020: Reflection #3 in the Time of COVID-19
• April 20, 2020: Reflection #2 on the Law during the COVID-19 Pandemic
• March 20, 2020: Reflections on the Law during the COVID-19 Pandemic

 A Jobs First Agenda:

• Top Ten Features of A Jobs First Agenda
• What is a Jobs First Agenda? Exploring a New Narrative and the Legal Framework to Effectuate It
• For more, visit http://walswheeling.com/jobsfirst.php

WALS Commentaries Archive

The following are complete digitized copies of all issues of the WALS Commentaries published to date by date of publication. In addition, several of the more popular newsletter columns have been isolated from the complete issues by topic for ease of reviewing.

• December 2012
• October 2011
• February 2011
• December 2010
• August 2010
• February 2010
• September 2009
• June 2009
• February 2009
• August 2008
• June 2008
• April 2008
• February 2008
• December 2007
• October 2007
• August 2007
• June 2007
• April 2007
• February 2007
• October 2006
• August 2006
• June 2006
• Spring 2006

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State of Justice

• Jobs First Agenda (August 2010)
• Employment As Civil Right (February 2010)
• Irsland (September 2009)
• All Justice is Local (February 2009)
• Children with Disabilities (June 2008)
• Does Civility Really Matter? (February 2008)
• Charles H. Haden, II (October 2007)
• Motherhood Manifesto (August 2007)
• MTR–The Law (June 2007)
• The Golden Rule (April 2007)
• WV "Open for Business" (February 2007)
• Marbury vs. Madison, Tortured (October 2006)
• Trial By Jury Under Attack (August 2006)
• West Virginia Courts Under Attack (June 2006)
• Rose vs. Kettler: Letter Opinion of Judge Ronald Wilson (Spring 2006)

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Sir Peter Quimsley

• Heritage Entrepreneurship (October 2011)
• A Vision of Britain (February 2011)
• The Mount (August 2010)
• Solistalgia (February 2010)
• Heritage Pods (June 2009)
• On Ice (February 2009)
• Weelainge Heritage Plan (August 2008)
• Design Champion (April 2008)

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Ask Bartleby

• The Silent Advocate (September 2009)
• The Suspension Bridge Cases (June 2008)
• West Virginia Book Recommendations (February 2008)
• Port of Entry (August 2007)
• Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (June 2007)
• Les Miserables (April 2007)
• March Against the War (February 2007)
• Yellow Dog Contracts (October 2006)
• The Taylor Strauder Case (June 2006)
• Who Is Bartleby? (Spring 2006)

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