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Attorneys' Fees, Ralph I. Miller, Angela C. Zambrano, Michelle Hartmann

SMU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Conflict Of Laws, James P. George, Anna K. Teller

SMU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Refocusing The Twenty-First-Century Law School, Deanell Reece Tacha

SMU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Facilitating Prior Informed Consent Context Of Genetic Resources And Traditional Knowledge, Anne Perrault

Sustainable Development Law & Policy

This paper traces the evolution of free prior informed consent (“FPIC”) and describes the importance of FPIC to achieving the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (“CBD”). It briefly highlights elements of current approaches to obtaining FPIC from national governments and local communities, identifies limitations to obtaining FPIC, and provides examples of how the Bonn Guidelines do and do not respond to these limitations. The paper does not provide a detailed analysis of all issues related to implementation of FPIC, but rather highlights issues that will, hopefully, promote constructive discussions to advance progress on the implementation of FPIC.

A Practitioner's Reflections: The Ongoing Relevance Of The Pro Bono Response To 9/11, Ronald J. Tabak

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This article discusses the pro bono response to the horrendous events of 9/11 and its ongoing importance. This is not simply because these efforts could replicated or improved on as a response in the event of another catastrophe. More importantly, what was and was not accomplished and by whom, plus the spillover effects of 9/11-related pro bono efforts, all have great significance to efforts to increase "regular” pro bono activities.

Normalcy After 9/11: Public Service As The Crisis Fades, Russell Engler

Fordham Urban Law Journal

The legal community's response to 9/11 was fast, thoughtful, comprehensive, creative, and collaborative. The success of the legal community's efforts must be measured not only by analysis of the response to the 9/11 crisis itself, but also by consideration of whether the lessons learned paved the way for an improved response for the legal community to the legal crises facing families every day. The Report on the New York City Bar's response to 9/11 outlined unmet legal needs, many of which still remain unmet. There is also a risk that those responding to the crisis were diverted from attending to …

Should Public Relations Experts Ever Be Privileged Persons?, Deniza Gertsberg

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Comment addresses the issue of whether, and under what circumstances, a lawyer’s communications with a public relations expert, whose advice is only valuable to the extent that it is communicated fully and freely with the attorney, will be protected by the attorney-client privilege. This Comment focuses on the role of public relations firms in the criminal law context, where constitutional concerns often arise. The author begins by laying out the history and background of the attorney-client privilege, and how the defense lawyer’s role has changed as a result of the rise of mass media. The Comment then goes on …

The Common Quest For Professionalism, Donald J. Weidner

Scholarly Publications

No abstract provided.

New Mexico Formal Reprimands And Judicial Notices For Professional Responsibility, Jeremy Ballew, Barbara Lah, Ronald E. Wheeler

Faculty Publications By Year

No abstract provided.

Mercy Lawyers, Anthony V. Alfieri

Articles

No abstract provided.

Catastrophic Financial Failures: Enron And More, Geoffrey P. Miller

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.

Screenshots, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg Campus Board Biographies, 2004, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Campus Board

SACS Historical Forms and Applications

Short biographies for each member of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's Campus Board.

Legal Regulation Of Sports Agents' Activity In The Russian Federation, Mikhail Loukine

Marquette Sports Law Review

No abstract provided.

Protecting The Unpopular From The Unreasonable: Warrantless Monitoring Of Attorney Client Communications In Federal Prisons, Teri Dobbins

Catholic University Law Review

No abstract provided.

The English Costs War, 2000–2003, And A Moment Of Repose, Stephen E. Kalish

Nebraska Law Review

In both the United States and England, accident victims are often entitled to compensation from negligent defendants and the defendants’ liability insurers. Accident claimants in the two countries, however, have different ways of funding their claims and litigation. In the United States, claimants use the American-style contingent fee agreement to pay for lawyers. In England, claimants have relied on legal aid and the two-way costshifting “English Rule,” pursuant to which a prevailing party can recover his solicitor’s fees and litigation costs, including counsel’s fees, from the losing litigant. Over the last decade, dramatic changes have been made to the English …

Aicpa Committee Handbook Showing All Member History For All Years In Which Electronic Records Have Been Maintained, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

AICPA Committees

No abstract provided.

The Nebraska Minority And Justice Implementation Committee Progress Report

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

The Nebraska Minority and Justice Task Force was formed in 1999 by the Nebraska Supreme Court and the Nebraska State Bar Association (NSBA) to examine issues of racial and ethnic fairness within the Nebraska court and legal systems. Through two substantial grants from the State Justice Institute (SJI), administered through the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center, the Minority and Justice Task Force undertook a two-year research project, which culminated in a 200-page final report (the Final Report is available on-line at www.nebar.com and www.unl.edu/ppc). The report investigated topics as diverse as potential bias in criminal prosecution, sentencing, jury …

Focus Emu, September 14, 2004, Office Of Public Information

Focus EMU

No abstract provided.

Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, 2003, City Of Clayton

UMSLCAB - UMSL’s Political Science Millennial Era Saint Louis Local Curated Area Budgets

This resource is one among many in the UMSLCAB open dataset at IRL.UMSL.edu/CAB

Employee Benefit Plans With Conforming Changes As Of May 1, 2004; Audit And Accounting Guide:, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Employee Benefit Plans Committee

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

Immigration And Social Change : A Case Study Of Reverse Social Remittances Among North Mississippi, Church-Based Esl Volunteers, Rachael C. Sibley Gutierrez

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Navigating The Hidden Obstacles To Ex-Offender Reentry, Anthony C. Thompson

Faculty Articles

As federal and state correctional institutions steadily release record numbers of ex-offenders each year, the communities into which prisoners are released are unprepared to sustain the economic and social burden of the massive reentry movement. As a result, reentering ex-offenders lack the support needed to reintegrate themselves into society and to lead productive, law-abiding lives. This Article first explores political trends that account for the increase in incarceration rates over the last two decades and the resulting social, legal, and economic challenges of reentry both ex-offenders and their communities face. Only recently has the government begun to respond to these …

A Framework For The Regulation Of Securities Market Intermediaries, Stephen J. Choi

Faculty Articles

This Essay examines the role of private institutions in promoting strong securities markets. Recent scandals in the United States highlight both the importance and the fallibility of the securities market intermediary institutions to which investors typically turn for protection, such as auditors, analysts, and proxy advisory firms. From the perspective of investor welfare, this Essay discusses the various forms of institution failure and the efficacy of recently promulgated reforms. First, the paper provides a taxonomy of the various forms of securities market intermediary institution failure. Second, the essay compares the failings of the market against the fallibility of regulators. Not …

Back To The Future: The Future Of Long-Term Care In Massachusetts, Deborah H. Thomson, John J. Ford

Gerontology Institute Publications

The state of Massachusetts, like the rest of the United States, is facing an approaching crisis in long-term care. Over the next few decades the number of Massachusetts residents age 65 and older will soar. As these numbers increase, so will the need for long-term care.

Massachusetts is ill prepared to provide the services that will be needed. Our current system of health care benefits leaves many elders with gaps in coverage. Those individuals who need long-term services often impoverish themselves and their spouses before the state pays for their care. Others languish on waiting lists to receive services. Our …

The Quad (The 2004 Alumni Magazine), Southern Methodist University, Dedman School Of Law

The Quad (Law Alumni Magazine), 1988-present

• The Life and Times of Robert Dedman, Class of 1953
• Dedman School of Law becomes among the most selective in U.S.
• SMU Hosts National Conference on the Future of Legal Education
• The 'Outing' of 'Grand' Corruption: A Decade of International Law-Making to Combat a Threat to Economic and Social Progress

Law School Catalog 2004, Wiener-Rogers Law Library, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School Of Law

Law School Catalogs

No abstract provided.

University Place, Andrea Taylor, Kate Gaetano, Sarah Khan, Tanya Fletcher, Cynthia Moritz, Amy Speach Shires, Wendy S. Loughlin, David Marc, Margaret Costello, Rachel Boll, Samantha Whitehorne

Syracuse University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Charging The Jury On Damages In Personal-Injury Cases: How New York Can Benefit From The English Practice, Charles D. Cole Jr

Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce

The trial of a personal-injury case to a jury is fraught with uncertainty. Uncertainty stems from whether the plaintiff will prevail (and whether the jury will find the defendant at fault) and the amount of damages. Personal injuries, such as a broken ankle or a busted knee, do not translate well into specific dollar awards. Awarding a sum of money for a personal injury is firmly rooted in the law and is the only means available to compensate the plaintiff for a loss. These means are entrusted to the jury beginning at jury selection and continuing throughout the trial. trial …

The Private Foundation's Topsy Turvy Road In The American Political Process, William H. Byrnes Iv

Faculty Scholarship

This article studies this American political debate on the charitable tax exemption from 1864 to 1969, in particular, the debate regarding philanthropic, private foundations. The article's premise is that the debate's core has little evolved since that between the 1850s and 1870s. To create perspective, a short brief of the modern economic significance of the foundation sector follows. Thereafter, the article begins with a review of the preand post-colonial attitudes toward charitable institutions leading up to the 1800s debates, illustrating the incongruity of American policy regarding whether and to what extent to grant charities tax exemption. The 1800s state debates …

Changes Needed In Sarbanes-Oxley, Jeffrey Alan Halstead Ii.

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a requirement for completion of the Honors Program at Columbus State University . It is to be completed in the final year of the student ' s undergraduate course work at the institution . Its contents must address a controversial topic related to the graduate' s chosen field of study or major. Each student must present his or her argument to a hearing board, which consists of three professors from the related department and the chair of the Honors Program . In order to achieve successful completion of the thesis, the committee must deem that the student …