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Say What?? Confusion In The Courts Over What Is The Proper Standard Of Review For Hearsay Rulings, Todd Bruno
Say What?? Confusion In The Courts Over What Is The Proper Standard Of Review For Hearsay Rulings, Todd Bruno
Todd Bruno
Understanding and applying the hearsay rule and its exceptions is probably the most difficult and confusing task for lawyers and trial judges. Understanding and applying the proper standard of review when assessing potential errors of a trial court is probably the most difficult and confusing task for an appellate court. When combining the two concepts, appellate courts cannot figure out whether the analysis of hearsay and its exceptions involves resolution of fact questions, legal questions, or whether it is a matter of discretion of the trial court that should not be reversed unless that discretion was abused. The Sixth and …
Hydropower: It's A Small World After All, Gina Warren
Hydropower: It's A Small World After All, Gina Warren
Gina Warren
Global warming is here. As exhibited by the recent droughts, heat waves, severe storms and floods, climate change is no longer a question for the future, but a problem for the present. Of the many ways to help combat climate change, this article discusses the use of the most abundant renewable energy source on the plant – water. While large-scale hydropower (think Hoover Dam) is unlikely to see increased development due to its negative impact on the environment, fish, and wildlife, small-scale hydropower (think a highly technologically-advanced water mill) is environmentally-friendly and would produce clean, renewable energy to benefit local …
Lessons From Positive Psychology For Developing Advocacy Skills, Nancy Schultz
Lessons From Positive Psychology For Developing Advocacy Skills, Nancy Schultz
Nancy Schultz
Advocacy skills are crucial to law students and lawyers. One of the ways law students develop those skills is in the context of lawyering skills competitions. This article explores whether there is any psychological research that might offer more systematic guidance for advocacy coaches and instructors. Positive psychology does offer some principles that suggest useful approaches to coaching and teaching advocacy. Taken together with instinct and experience, these principles can help coaches and advocacy instructors be more effective in training young lawyers for litigation and dispute resolution practice.