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Information Redlining: A List Of Selected Readings, Timothy L. Coggins Jan 1996

Information Redlining: A List Of Selected Readings, Timothy L. Coggins

Law Faculty Publications

In earlier essays Henry Perritt, Marvin Anderson, Gary Bass and Patrice McDermott discuss the increasing use of computers to access information through the information superhighway, the Internet and online services, the increasing reliance on electronic formats by publishers and the federal government and the continuing debate about "information redlining." They indicate that information redlining is broader than just the availability and effects of technology and enhanced online services on lower income, minority and rural communities. It also deals with what information will be available to these groups. As more and more data comes in digital form and when some information …


Foreword: Law And The Library, Timothy L. Coggins Jan 1991

Foreword: Law And The Library, Timothy L. Coggins

Law Faculty Publications

A Foreword for the North Carolina Libaries Journal on "Law and the Library."


Leon Jaworski, William Hamilton Bryson Jan 1989

Leon Jaworski, William Hamilton Bryson

Law Faculty Publications

An encyclopedia entry on Lew Jaworski


The Virginia Bar, 1870-1900, William Hamilton Bryson Jan 1984

The Virginia Bar, 1870-1900, William Hamilton Bryson

Law Faculty Publications

An essay on the Virginia bar from 1870 to 1900 rnust begin with a definition of a Virginia attorney-at-law. In 1870 and for the next twenty-five years, a Virginia lawyer was "any person" over the age of twenty-one of "honest demeanor" who had been examined for fitness and licensed to practice law by any two judges of Virginia courts of record. Having been licensed, each attorney must have then "qualified" to practice in each court in which he wished to appear. This was done by swearing in that court to demean himself honestly in the practice of law and to …


Review Of Beverley Tucker: Heart Over Head In The Old South, William Hamilton Bryson Jan 1978

Review Of Beverley Tucker: Heart Over Head In The Old South, William Hamilton Bryson

Law Faculty Publications

A book review on, Beverley Tucker: Heart over Head in the Old South, by Robert J. Brugger.


Legal Malpractice: A Survey Of The Virginia Law, J. Rodney Johnson Apr 1977

Legal Malpractice: A Survey Of The Virginia Law, J. Rodney Johnson

Law Faculty Publications

A great deal has been written during the past several years about the increasing number of professional liability actions that are being brought against attorneys by their former clients. Indeed, some commentators have taken the position that a legal malpractice "crisis", similar to the medical malpractice crisis that has so adversely affected physicians in recent years, is imminent for the bar. This short note will turn away from the factual question concerning the existence of such a crisis and look instead at the legal issues that form the basis of an attorney's professional liability exposure in Virginia.