The other day some of us saw the end of an old “Law & Order” episode in which District Attorney Adam Schiff remarked to ADA McCoy: “Three felony convictions. Everyone’s happy – except the victim.” Victims of crimes are too ...
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A small but important drama escaped notice because of the hubbub surrounding Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh’s “Healthy Holly” book deals. Two days after the deals first made the news, newly appointed Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison traveled to Annapolis in ...
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(Fifth of five parts) Welcome back to our discussion of how young lawyers can carve out a successful path for themselves in their practice of law. In this final installment on the topic, I offer two tips for consideration. Initially, ...
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The Maryland Rules Committee is considering new proposed Standards of Conduct for Mediators that will replace existing standards that apply to court-referred alternative dispute resolution (Court ADR Standards) and reconcile a second set of practice standards, the Maryland Program for ...
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To paraphrase the Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver, if you’re not a part of the solution you’re a part of the problem. There must be no neutrality regarding the problem that clings to Baltimore like a fog. By the problem, we mean ...
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Maryland law guarantees all voters a secret ballot, including the blind. Sadly, however, the Maryland State Board of Elections has deliberately and repeatedly violated Maryland law and the rights of blind voters, despite our repeated protests. We are therefore urgently ...
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Our country’s most prestigious medical experts, representing more than 4 million health care providers, have voiced serious concerns over a recently published Trump administration Title X regulation that if implemented would put women at-risk of receiving inferior medical care by lifting ...
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Kenneth Cloke is a mediator and coach in the field of conflict resolution, a profession that he and Joan Goldsmith created and are in the process of developing. In his book “Politics, Dialogue and the Evolution of Democracy,” Cloke — ...
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Much like the biblical story of Cain denying his responsibility to watch over his brother Abel, it can be easy for us to turn a blind eye to a fellow attorney who is not meeting basic standards in our profession. ...
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When I started writing about the intersection of law and technology in 2006, emojis were a sidebar in the world of communication. Until the release of the first smartphone, the iPhone, emojis were typically used only in certain online chat ...
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