September 2008 A special commission appointed by Hon. Judith S. Kaye, Chief Judge of the Courts in the State of New York, has issued a Report: Justice Most Local, The Future of Town and Village Courts in New York State, which recommends a significant consolidation of the “centuries-old” local court…
Criminal Law Library Blog
The Jury Expert: The Art and Science of Litigation and Advocacy
Volume 20 Issue 3 September 2008 Table of Contents The Preparation of Narcissistic Witnesses Solution Focused Mediation Some Juror Rules for Determining Damages The 3 Cs in Using Visual Communication to Tell Legal Stories: Communication, Credibility, and the Central Image Using the Science of Persuasion in the Courtroom Our Favorite…
ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter September 19, 2008
Top Ten Stories of the Week: Law Firms Lehman’s Impact Stretches from Corporate Lawyers to Litigators Sep 16, 2008, 06:39 am CDT 42% of Lawyers Surveyed Fear Career Fallout from Lehman Woes Lawyer Laments ‘Incredibly Shrinking Market’ as Wall Street Shudders Conflict Checks Soar as Worried Clients Call Counsel About…
Highlights and Lowlights of the Mozilla Firefox 3.1, Google Chrome and Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Web Browsers
From: Government Computer News, September 19, 2008. “InfoWorld breaks down the highlightsand the lowlightsfor the Mozilla Firefox 3.1, Google Chrome and Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 Web browsers. and lowlights of each offering and where it stands as far as a full release”.
List of 2008 New York Chapter Laws Containing the Word Criminal
As of September 16, 2008. Search run on New York State Legislative Retrieval System (LRS), September 17, 2008. Chapter Bill No. 155 A564A Wright — Relates to enhancing police officer recruitment and increasing diversity awareness 69 A614 Paulin (MS) — Establishes intentionally preventing a person from communicating certain requests for…
Recent Decisions of the New York Court of Appeals
To see the most recent New York Court of Appeals slip decisions (September 4 through September 16, 2008) click here.
Remarks of the Democratic and Republican Nominees at the 2008 Conventions
Some of our readers have suggested it would be helpful to have copies of the full text of remarks of all four nominees at the 2008 Democratic and Republican Conventions held in late August and early September. Thanks to both the democratic and republican parties we are able to do…
2008 Republican Party Platform
Prior to the 2008 National Convention fo the Democratic Party we posted the Draft of the 2008 Platform of the Democratic Party. At that time we did not have comparable information from the Republican Party to post, even though we very much wanted to do so. To be fair and…
American Libraries Direct September 10, 2008
The e-newsletter of the American Library Association*. Critics revisit library incident that paints Palin as censor “Journalists and bloggers scrutinizing Sarah Palin’s record of public service have made national news out of a 1996 library incident in Wasilla, Alaska, where the Republican vice-presidential nominee was then mayor. The story that…
ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter September 12, 2008
Lawyer Pay Being a Lawyer and Male Makes You a Top Earner, Census Report Shows Sep 10, 2008, 06:57 am CDT “The highest earners in 2007 were men in legal occupations, who earned a median salary in 2007 of $105,233, according to a Census Bureau report. The online report (PDF)…