The ABA Comission on Women in the Profession will be holding the 18th annual Margaret Brent Awards luncheon on August 10th in New York, NY: 2008 Honorees: Hon. Ruth Cooper Burg, Judge (Retired), Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, Washington, DC Roberta Karmel, Centennial Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School,…
TOP STORIES: Legal Ethics U of C Law Grad Accused of Submitting Phony Grades to Sidley Austin May 20, 2008, 03:30 pm CDT “A lawyer who attended the University of Chicago Law School has been accused in an ethics complaint of lying about his grades when he applied for a…
From: Findlaw Opinion Summaries May 21, 2008. Fed. Appeals Court Rules Strict Scrutiny Applies in “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Cases WITT V. DEP’T OF THE AIR FORCE “(U.S. 9th Cir., May 21, 2008) – In a suit brought against the Air Force challenging the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ (DADT) policy…
From: Findlaw Opinion Summaries May 20, 2008. Court: Paper Money Discriminates Against Blind Users AM. COUNCIL OF THE BLIND V. PAULSON (U.S. D.C. Cir., May 20, 2008) – “In a 2-1 majority opinion, a federal appeals court ruled that the U.S. Treasury Department’s continued use of paper money discriminates against…
“Legislation being carried by the chairman of the [New York] state Senate’s Judiciary Committee would set limits on the Office of Court Administration’s now unfettered authority to allow the mechanical recording of proceedings in any state courts in New York….” To see complete article, New York Senate Bill S7995 and…
Some of us in “Wordperfect shops” are always looking for ways to cut and past from Word to Wordperfect. Yesterday I came across the following tip from Charles T. Lester Jr. He was responding to a question on TechnoLawyer–Answers to Questions http://www.technolawyer.com: QUESTION:. “My problem with WordPerfect is that when…
Dahl’s Law Dictionary: French-English Third Edition By: Henry Saint Dahl & Tamera Boudreau “The newest edition of this exceptional tool for legal professionals is now available! Dahl’s Law Dictionary links two separate languages and two diverse legal systems, assuring that attorneys never use the wrong name or term. The third…
Top ten stories: Family Law Wife Sues Husband for Share of Secret $600K Lottery Win May 12, 2008, 02:29 pm CDT “It was a secret that surely could not be kept for long. But Arnim Ramdass allegedly tried. The airline mechanic, 52, disconnected the phone line at home and forbade…
From: Breaking Documents, Findlaw May 15, 2008. California Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban IN RE: MARRIAGE CASES “(Calif. Supreme Court, May 15, 2008) – California’s highest court rules that the state’s treatment of same-sex couples differently by failing to designate a gay or lesbian couple’s official union a ‘marriage’…
The May 13, 2008 issue of the Library Journal Academic Newswire reports that Harvard University Law School (HLS) has adopted an open access policy for making its scholarly publications available online. Quoting from the Academic Newswire report: “The Harvard University Law School (HLS) faculty last week followed the lead of…