New Hawaii bar president focuses on basics Sep 9, 2008
She said the bar association is adamant about searching out new technology and continuing legal education to streamline law practices. She keeps her cool when discussing heated topics such as Hawaii s judicial selection process, the mandatory retirement age for judges and, more recently, the unauthorized practice of law issue. (Pacific Business News, HI)
Georgette Watson, 64; activist helped clean up Boston's streets Sep 7, 2008
In Dorchester, she raised three children as a single mother and attended the University of Massachusetts at Boston, where she earned a bachelor's degree in legal education and a paralegal certificate. She later received a master's degree in education from Antioch University in Cambridge. (Boston Globe)
Local Briefcase Aug 31, 2008
Cost is 40, and the class is approved for two hours of continuing professional education and continuing legal education. For more information or to register, call 449-3883. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Cop shop: ATV gives Chester Twp. another option Aug 28, 2008
o Magisterial district judges David Murphy, David R. Griffin, Ed Christie, Lee Hunter, Vincent Gallagher and senior Magisterial District Judge Robert M. Shaffer were recertified as members of Pennsylvania Unified Judicial System after completing continuing legal education course work. Cop Shop appears Thursday. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Medication slows progression of myopia in children Aug 27, 2008
Public release date: 26-Aug-2008. Contact: Jayne Dawkins. (EurekAlert!)
Holliston resident president-elect of Mass. Bar Association Aug 26, 2008
In addition, Yarashus is a frequent speaker and writer for continuing legal education programs and co-chairwoman of a special bench-bar task force for plain English jury instructions. The Bar Association's press release said Yarashus was awarded the Weidermann Wysocki citation of excellence from the American Association for Justice for her commitment to the civil justice system. (Holliston Tab, MA)
Law school proposals hit snag Aug 26, 2008
University of Idaho officials contend opening a branch of its law school in Boise would help expand legal education to those unable to leave their families and move to Moscow, home of the state's only law school ... The board also voted to ask the Legislature for the 1 million the university will initially need to expand legal education at a Boise branch. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Journal backs verification of cloning work in wake of scandal Aug 26, 2008
it offers both a full-time day and a part-time evening program of legal education to a student body of approximately 400 students, with a permanent teaching. ar. (Yahoo News -- Cloning)
Hyatt loses another conference over stance Aug 23, 2008
The association had been asked by some legal education groups to honor a boycott against the Hyatt. Manchester, a Catholic, said he supports Proposition 8 because he wants to maintain the tax-exempt status of the state's churches, schools and hospitals. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Mathis to spread rule of law overseas Aug 20, 2008
It s a preeminent global provider of postgraduate professional legal education. Most of the nations in which we work are undergoing significant legal change. (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Elsevier announces new journal partnership Aug 14, 2008
Public release date: 13-Aug-2008. Contact: Floris de Hon. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
ABA Hears From Sudanese Attorney on Darfur Crisis Aug 13, 2008
The , where Osman got his legal training, no longer admits blacks (though its admissions policy does not formally reflect this), so training by the Darfur Bar is now essentially the only legal education available to non-Arab Sudanese, Osman says. The Darfur Bar also is creating a team of attorneys to interview victims and refugees in preparation for the day when the rule of law returns to Sudan. (Law.com)
Profile: Chuck Efflandt Aug 8, 2008
In January he was named one of the 22 initial charter fellows and elected founding regent of the , a new organization providing networking opportunities and focusing on continuing legal education. Efflandt is the only Kansas representative in the initial class. (Wichita Business Journal, KS)
A split decision on military commissions Aug 8, 2008
Hamdan may have received only a fourth grade education in his native Yemen but he's getting a first class legal education in our custody. (Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Lewis named ‘go-to person’ Aug 7, 2008
Farrell says that Lewis background in business office work and her legal education have been a great asset to the district. According to Farrell the position existed within the district, but had not been filled. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Practising Law Institute Celebrates 75th Anniversary at Tavern on the Green Aug 6, 2008
About Practising Law Institute ) Practising Law Institute (PLI), founded in 1933, is a non-profit continuing legal education organization dedicated to providing the legal community and allied professionals with the most up-to-date, relevant information and techniques which are critical to the development of a professional, competitive edge. PLI achieves these goals through the highest quality seminars held annually in locations across the United States and in Europe, annually supplemented... (PR Newswire)
ABA to Tackle Controversial Conflict-of-Interest Issues Aug 6, 2008
It also would require in-house counsel to fulfill continuing legal education requirements and subject the attorneys to local disciplinary rules. The rule would make the status of in-house attorneys licensed in other jurisdictions known to the public, said Sidney Eagles Jr. An attorney in the Raleigh, N.C., office of , Eagles is a delegate of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar ... In a recent letter to the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar,... (Law.com)
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology devotes special issue to AIDS Aug 1, 2008
Public release date: 31-Jul-2008. Contact: Caroline Foote. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Local lawyer named judge Aug 1, 2008
Brown cited Lou Racine, Mark Nye and Bill Olson as especially influential in his legal education, calling them "some of the best attorneys in the state of Idaho." "I have had nothing but the greatest experiences in this office," Brown said. Brown has heard the office is planning a festive send-off. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Jang probes Dariye, Botmang Aug 1, 2008
Similarly, the commission, which has a period of six months for this assignment, is to sit in public," Jang stated. He said the state government had deliberately taken time to assemble the commission's members headed by a distinguished jurist and current chairman of the Nigerian Council on Legal Education, Mr. Justice Morounkeji Omotayo Onalaja, a retired Justice of the Court of Appeal. Jang urged the members to be impartial arbiters, dispassionate, selfless and objective so that their... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Belief in God, parenthood prompt gay partners to make commitment Jul 31, 2008
"Faith communities may be important sources of legal education and advocacy for same-sex couples," she noted. From the legalizers, Oswald identified a still narrower group she called ritualizers, couples who had both legalized and participated in a commitment ceremony. (EurekAlert!)
Scopus Adds Pre-Print Research Abstracts From Four Prestigious Publishers Jul 29, 2008
AMSTERDAM, July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- - Database Now Offers Early Access to Research From 3000 Journals Scopus(R), the world's largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, today announced that it has added "Articles-in-Press" (AiP), abstracts of accepted research papers published prior to being printed, from journals produced by Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers, and Nature Publishing Group (NPG). In the fall, AiPs from BioMed Central and IEEE will also be available. (PR Newswire)
Scalia Takes to the Stage to Make Case for Better Advocacy Jul 26, 2008
Before a sizable crowd of lawyers and law students at Kennedy Center's Concert Hall, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and co-author Bryan Garner held forth on Friday in what had to be one of the most unusual continuing legal education courses of all time. They spent their time alternating their way through. (Law.com)
Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association accepted for coverage in MEDLINE Jul 25, 2008
Alzheimer's tia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association accepted for coverage in MEDLINE. Public release date: 24-Jul-2008. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Fast-Tracking Law School Jul 25, 2008
The Chicago school, which will continue to offer a three-year program as well, is not the first to let some students fast-track their legal education. The University of Dayton School of Law and Southwestern Law School, in Los Angeles, already have two-year express tracks. (Time.com)
N.Y. Court Establishes First Statewide Guidelines for Mediators, Neutral Evaluators Jul 24, 2008
The guidelines require continuing legal education of at least six hours every two years for both mediators and neutrals. Establishment of the guidelines represents a coming of age for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and is acknowledgement of its growing use by courts in New York, Pfau said. (Law.com)
Elsevier partners with the International Association for Great Lakes Research Jul 24, 2008
Public release date: 23-Jul-2008. Contact: Mareike Gutschner. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Let deliberations begin Jul 22, 2008
The game's context is a highly competitive environment for legal education. A largely regional business went national with the advent of law school rankings like U.S. News Report's, said Albany Law Dean Thomas Guernsey. (Albany Times Union)
Affirmative action still imperative, rights activist says Jul 21, 2008
They prove that even the most qualified people need affirmative action in order to have access to the most prestigious legal education. The next generation of Hillary Clintons and Barack Obamas will not have that same opportunity if affirmative action is eliminated. (AZCentral -- News)
Capital One to support legal aid program Jul 20, 2008
has joined the 's Prime Partner Bank program, which is composed of financial institutions that generate funds used to support legal aid, legal education and other activities that improve the quality of justice. Those institutions pay a net yield of 70 percent or more of the Federal Funds Target Rate on Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts (IOLTA). (Austin Business Journal, TX)
N.J. Bar Says CLE Provider Should Shoulder Interest Owed on Customer Back Taxes Jul 18, 2008
The New Jersey State Bar Association is calling on the Institute for Continuing Legal Education to pay interest on taxes now owed by customers because ICLE didn't collect them at point of sale ... The problem arose because ICLE, the nonprofit entity that is New Jersey's leading provider of continuing legal education courses, has not been collecting sales tax on the books, CDs, videos and other materials it sells every year. (Law.com)
Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology now published by Elsevier Jul 18, 2008
Public release date: 17-Jul-2008. Contact: Helen Habernickel. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
5.634 -- the new impact factor of European Urology underlines the journal's outstanding position Jul 17, 2008
634 -- the new impact factor of European Urology underlines the journal's outstanding position. Public release date: 16-Jul-2008. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Commentary: Barack Obama, Legal Scholar Jul 16, 2008
Obama's legal education, his law review work and his teaching have produced a presidential candidate whose positions on major issues have been described as nuanced, compromised, centrist or insincere. They might be all or some of these things, but many of them are also legally sophisticated. (Law.com)
Attorney's Bid to Challenge a 'Binding' Arbitration Award Succeeds Jul 15, 2008
Other reforms subsequently adopted by the court system as a result of the Kaye committee's 1995 report included requiring mandatory continuing legal education for all of the state's attorneys; providing for monetary sanctions against attorneys who engage in frivolous litigation; a requirement that attorneys give clients a "letter of engagement" spelling out the services to be provided and fees paid; and a code setting standards for "civility" in lawyers' dealings with each other and judges. In... (Law.com)
Elsevier's 'ScienceDirect' articles surpass 9M mark Jul 15, 2008
Public release date: 14-Jul-2008. Contact: Malkie Bernheim. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
WSU Names New Faculty Representative Jul 13, 2008
Taught by an internationally recognized faculty, Wayne State Law School students experience a high-quality legal education via a growing array of hands-on curricular offerings, five live-client clinics, and access to well over 100 internships with local and non-profit entities each year. Its 11,000 living alumni, who work in every state of the nation and more than a dozen foreign countries, include leading members of the local, national and international legal communities. (Wsuathletics.com)
Attafuah urges state institutions to promote dissemination of information Jul 13, 2008
Attafuah made the call at the opening of a Training of Trainers workshop on Legal Education jointly organized by Civitas-Ghana, a Ghanaian NGO that promotes civic awareness and consolidation of democratic concept and Ghana Bar Association (GBA) with support from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). It was to prepare law students, lawyers and educationists to promote a culture of democratic participation and respect for rule of law among Ghanaian youth in selected schools and deprived... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Ex Corvallis officer helps beat DUII raps Jul 6, 2008
According to the Web site, the class is approved for continuing legal education credit in several states. The going rate: 299 a person. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
A woman ahead of her times Jul 1, 2008
So Emily Kempin, as she was now known, and her colleagues decided to set up their own: the Women's Legal Education Society (WLES) ... "Kempin and WLES engineered a real revolution in women's legal education through the Women's Law Class," writes Elena diMunzio in her chapter on Kempin-Spyri's life for the Stanford University's Women's Legal History Biography Project. (SwissInfo.org, Switzerland)
How long will Gitmo trials continue? Jul 1, 2008
Skeptical wrote on Jun 25, 2008 2:24 PM:" Vet/Lawyer: Your argument attempts to forge a left-leaning, anti-Bush political attitude into an iconic philosophy you offer up as 100% sterling, pro-American constitutionality in its genesis and logic. It's typical of the logic you've acquired by virtue of your liberal legal education in America. You've created and offered a straw-man to returning troops: They're not returning to a land of extra-legal thuggery if constitutional rights are not offered to... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Fla. Bar promises help for attorneys Jun 26, 2008
Improve delivery of services and continuing legal education to the organization's members. Improve technology and virtual education. (South Florida Business Journal, FL)
May 2008 issue on conflict and crisis settings: Promoting sexual and reproductive rights Jun 25, 2008
Public release date: 24-Jun-2008. Contact: Minke Havelaar. (EurekAlert!)
Mann to run for Wetumpka District 4 Jun 25, 2008
Mann has practiced law in Wetumpka since 1998 having taken over the law office of the late John Formby, Jr. He has served as president of the Elmore County Bar Association and remains its event and continuing legal education coordinator. Mann was recently named to the Alabama State Bars Board of Bar Commissioners for a three-year term representing Autauga, Elmore and Chilton Counties. (Wetumpka Herald, AL)
Experienced Litigator Eric S. Jackson Joins Jenner & Block Jun 24, 2008
He is a Past President and Program Chair of the Charlotte E. Ray American Inn of Court and is Fundraising Chair for the Stanford Black Alumni Association of Washington, DC. He also serves as Co-Chair of the Friends of LEO (Legal Education Opportunities Program) at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Mr. Jackson is licensed to practice in the District of Columbia, Minnesota and Wisconsin. (PR Newswire)
John & Jean Piety Named SLA Engineering Librarians of the Year Jun 23, 2008
John Piety Named SLA Engineering Librarians of the Year. John Piety Named SLA Engineering Librarians of the Year. (PR Newswire)
Milorin graduates UMASS Boston Jun 22, 2008
She also received the Frank Manning Certificate in Gerontology on May 21 and a bachelor of art degree majoring in human services and legal education on May 30. Loading commenting interface. (Medford Transcript, MA)
Have a heart-to-heart with your brain Jun 18, 2008
The program included a workshop on unconscious racial bias, part of the state Bar Association's Mandatory Continuing Legal Education program. Multitasking listeners absorbed an array of challenging ideas while wolfing down an array of treats they grabbed from tabletop lazy Susans. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Analysis: Law schools growing, but jobs aren't Jun 17, 2008
On closer inspection, however, the economics of the "more is better" argument for legal education don't necessarily hold up. It's the numbers at the top that get all the attention: At the largest law firms, median starting salaries were $145,000 last fall, according to NALP, an organization that tracks law placement. (AL.com)
Magisterial District Judge Douglas McCall Bell recertified Jun 16, 2008
Magisterial District Judge Douglas McCall Bell was again certified for service as a member of the Pennsylvania s Unified Judicial System after successful completion recently of continuing legal education course work. Conducted by the Minor Judiciary Education Board (MJEB) and the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC), the educational facility for magisterial district judges is held in Harrisburg. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
For Attorney-Author, Writing and Law Go Hand in Hand Jun 12, 2008
In March, the civil trial lawyer gave a presentation at The Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Amelia Island, Fla. on "Bringing Creativity to your Case.". (Law.com)
Closing arguments to be Monday in Pelo case Jun 12, 2008
bushIQis6 wrote on Jun 11, 2008 1:33 PM:" thero: where did you get your legal education? the prosectution need only prove beyond a reasonable doubt, not a shadow of a doubt. duh. ". honest1 wrote on Jun 11, 2008 1:28 PM:" You would care about a case like this if you had come in contact with the victims! I myself personally have had to help those who have been raped and beaten. It is truly a horrific thing to go through! I have cried and cried with many of those women. Hopefully justice will be... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Penn Law and the Wharton School Host Executive Education Program for 28 Professional Women From the Middle East Jun 9, 2008
Today, Penn Law leads with our emphasis on cross-disciplinary study within the framework of a legal education. More than 70 percent of the Penn Law faculty hold advanced degrees in complementary fields and more than a third hold secondary appointments within the University. (Primezone Releases)
Writers on college debt overlooked a major gain Jun 8, 2008
PHILIP G. SCHRAGWashingtonThe writer, a professor of law at Georgetown University, is vice chairman of the Committee on Government Relations and Student Financial Aid of the American Bar Association's Section of Legal Education. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
New partnership with Petroleum Exploration and Development announced Jun 6, 2008
Public release date: 5-Jun-2008. Contact: Carolien van der Zanden. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Looking Back at Lucinda Owens, Family Jun 5, 2008
He studied law with James Halligan at Union but preferring a complete legal education, he entered the law school at Louisville, Ky. where he received his degree at age 26. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Global Lawyer: Arguing the World Jun 3, 2008
It "was an almost revolutionary technique in international legal education," says Cherif Bassiouni, a professor at ... There is no "Jessup Rule of Law Award," but, arguably, the institution's ultimate achievement is to expose promising young adults from obscure corners of the world to U.S.-shaped norms of international law and legal education. (Law.com)
CrossFire Beilstein expands content with multistep reactions Jun 3, 2008
Public release date: 2-Jun-2008. Contact: Claudia Barzen. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Diamond to manage state title insurance offices May 31, 2008
He is a periodic guest lecturer for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education in Boston, and a member of the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Technology Committee. Diamond currently serves on the Executive Board of Massachusetts Title, the oldest title insurance company in the United States. (Brookline TAB, MA)
New dean of Wilkes law school initiative ready for the challenge May 27, 2008
Because in this new job he will design a new school, it s a chance to start with a clean slate and, in the process, impact legal education in Pennsylvania at a time when lawyers and legal educators are questioning how education influences the profession. Prescott already talked on the phone with William Sullivan, the head author of a recent book, Educating Lawyers: Preparation for the Profession of Law, a study which sparked discussion in the legal profession about the roles and responsibilities... (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Remarks Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey at the Boston College Law School Commencement Ceremony May 24, 2008
That history is consistent with what elevates American legal education above mere indoctrination and makes it worthy of being called higher education; that history includes a hearty welcome to open discourse on vital questions of the day. Many of those questions in today's world revolve around the terrorist threat to the civilization we all treasure. (PR Newswire)
Scopus announces launch of the user-friendly Scopus Journal Analyzer May 24, 2008
Public release date: 23-May-2008. Contact: Robert Brumfield. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Elsevier's Engineering Village combines GeoRef database with Google maps May 21, 2008
Public release date: 20-May-2008. New mapping tool plots geographical search results on a digital map, providing further insight into the geographic context of results. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Dickson City police release gun incident report with report May 20, 2008
Jon Mirowitz, a state gun-law lecturer with the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the legal education arm of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, also said there is no registration. And he added people are allowed to gift guns between spouses, children and grandchildren. (Wilkes Barre Citizen's Voice, PA)
Doing Darrow justice May 17, 2008
For 15 years, the Thatchers have created and toured theatrical productions that focus on ethical issues in the practice of law as a part of continuing legal education programs ... Beginning in the fall, the filmed version of Clarence Darrow will be offered as an online continuing legal education program through numerous state and national bar associations. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
