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Plagiarism is...
- Borrowing the idea or opinion of someone else without giving the person credit.
- Restating or paraphrasing a passage without citing the original author.
- Borrowing facts or statistics that are not common knowledge without proper acknowledgement.
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The Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law
Famous faces of plagiarism
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"The Williams Institute advances sexual orientation law and public policy through rigorous, independent research and scholarship, and disseminates it to judges, legislators, policymakers, media and the public. A national think tank at UCLA Law, the Williams Institute produces high quality research with real-world relevance." Research such as state censuses and quantitative analysis can be narrowed down by topic or US state.