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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.


Prepaid Legal Services: A New Frontier, Joseph R. Winston Jan 1978

Prepaid Legal Services: A New Frontier, Joseph R. Winston

University of Richmond Law Review

During its 1978 regular session, the Virginia General Assembly continued its efforts to regulate prepaid legal services. Enacted was a bill designed to regulate certain legal services plans not covered by Virginia or federal statute.


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.


Third-Year Practice Rules In Virginia: Notes For The Practitioner, George K. Walker Jan 1976

Third-Year Practice Rules In Virginia: Notes For The Practitioner, George K. Walker

University of Richmond Law Review

It is pleasing to know that all courts sitting in Virginia have provided for student participation in the processing of cases. Within the boundaries of the Commonwealth, there is a uniform recognition of the need and appropriateness of judicial cooperation in the process of educating young men and women in the law.


Counsel Fees In Stockholders' Derivative And Class Actions-Hornstein Revisited, Douglas G. Cole Jan 1972

Counsel Fees In Stockholders' Derivative And Class Actions-Hornstein Revisited, Douglas G. Cole

University of Richmond Law Review

In 1939, the first in a series of four comprehensive law review articles by Professor George D. Hornstein was published on the subject of the award of counsel fees in stockholders' derivative suits and corporate class actions. These articles highlighted equitable principles peculiar to such actions, previously not fully understood by either attorneys or the courts, which have made derivative and class actions extremely effective weapons in the battle for corporate democracy. Three very basic questions were posed and answered: 1) Who will pay for the attorneys fees and expenses incurred in such litigation? 2) What factors govern the award …


Student Practice-Limited Appearances In Court By Third Year Law Students Jan 1971

Student Practice-Limited Appearances In Court By Third Year Law Students

University of Richmond Law Review

The practice of law as it is known to our legal system has been a closely guarded institution since its development in England during the Middle Ages. In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries the legal profession became organized and obtained the monopoly of legal work it still enjoys today. Even before the end of the thirteenth century, it was generally recognized that although a litigant could personally appear and argue in his own behalf, the party represented by a lawyer, who was an expert in the law and its language, would have a decided advantage over his opponent.


Lawyers And The Professional Association Act, Ellsworth Wiltshire Jan 1962

Lawyers And The Professional Association Act, Ellsworth Wiltshire

University of Richmond Law Review

The Professional Association Act passed by the recent Gen- eral Assembly of Virginia becomes effective as Chapter 277 of the Acts of 1962 on June 29, 1962. It permits three or more individuals authorized to practice in Virginia any one of the following named professions to form an association, which will be a legal entity separate from the associates comprising it: "architecture, professional engineering, land surveying, certified public accounting, dentistry, optometry, practice of the healing arts, and veterinary medicine, surgery and law".