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Foreword: Mindfulness, Writing, And The "Inner Lawyer", Shari Motro
Foreword: Mindfulness, Writing, And The "Inner Lawyer", Shari Motro
Richmond Public Interest Law Review
Foreword for the Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest Vol XIX, Issue IV
Love, Anger, And Lawyering, Deborah J. Cantrell
Love, Anger, And Lawyering, Deborah J. Cantrell
Richmond Public Interest Law Review
As I think about my journey from law school to now, I realize that it took me some time to find a way to lawyer that also made me feel like I was flourishing in my broader life. Early in my career, I was not always aware of when I was picking up habits of mind about lawyering. I took for granted that the lawyer brain I was developing was the best version of lawyer brain out there. In order to realize the flaws in my lawyer brain, I had to fail to flourish. Then, I had to learn that …
A Lawyer's Journey Of Worker Advocacy And Faith, Ann C. Hodges
A Lawyer's Journey Of Worker Advocacy And Faith, Ann C. Hodges
Richmond Public Interest Law Review
A personal narrative exploring the author's journey through the law and her faith to find her passion for advocating for social justice change as a labor advocate.
Why Can't We Be Friends - A Judicial Clerk's Guide To Social Networking, Kate Crowley
Why Can't We Be Friends - A Judicial Clerk's Guide To Social Networking, Kate Crowley
Richmond Public Interest Law Review
Synopsis: With the growing popularity of social media, there is an everincreasing chance that attorneys will commit an ethics violation or other lapse of discretion online. This article provides an overview of social networking and provides guidance for how judicial clerks and all attorneys can keep themselves in line when going online.
Not So Hip - The Expanded Burdens On And Consequences To Law Firms As Business Associates Under Hitech Modifications To Hipaa, Megan Bradshaw, Benjamin K. Hoover
Not So Hip - The Expanded Burdens On And Consequences To Law Firms As Business Associates Under Hitech Modifications To Hipaa, Megan Bradshaw, Benjamin K. Hoover
Richmond Public Interest Law Review
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA ") governs the management of protected health information by covered entities (e.g., health care providers) and their business associates. However, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act ("HITECH"), contained within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("ARRA"), drastically alters the scope of HIPAA regulations with regard to business associates, including law firms that routinely handle the protected health information ("PHI") governed by HIPAA. Under the HITECH Act, the definition of "business associate" is expanded, and these entities are treated as "covered" for purposes of the …
The Rationality Of Law Students' Career Choices, Aaron Haas
The Rationality Of Law Students' Career Choices, Aaron Haas
Richmond Public Interest Law Review
Two of the major problems confronting the legal profession today are increasing rates of job dissatisfaction and the persistent problem of encouraging lawyers to work in public interest settings. These two problems are actually connected in an important way. Researchers have found that lawyers earning the highest salaries, typically in large law firms, are also the most dissatisfied with their profession, while lawyers working for government agencies, public interest organizations, and educational institutions are among the most satisfied. In other words, encouraging more law students to enter public service law could address both the problem of unhappiness in the profession …
The Delivery Of Legal Services Through Multidisciplinary Practices, James M. Mccauley
The Delivery Of Legal Services Through Multidisciplinary Practices, James M. Mccauley
Richmond Public Interest Law Review
During the last decade, the "Big Six" accounting firms entered into the legal services market overseas by establishing, acquiring, or forming ties with law firms around the world. These entities or business relationships have been called "multidisciplinary practices" or MDPs. Unlike the United States, many European countries do not prohibit partnerships and fee splitting arrangements between lawyers and nonlawyers. The February 1998 issue of the American Bar Association Journal published an article entitled "Squeeze Play" describing a turf war between the major accounting firms and lawyers practicing law in Europe. KPMG Peat Marwick, Arthur Andersen, Ernst & Young, Price Waterhouse, …