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Lawyers discuss implicit bias, solutions at MSBA session
OCEAN CITY — A room full of attorneys and judges received a primer on implicit bias and how it is manifested in court at the Maryland State Bar Association Legal Summit and Annual Meeting on Thursday. Implicit bias describes subconscious categorizations that affect conscious behavior, said Russell A. McClain, associate dean for diversity and inclusion […]
Md. committee kills cameras-in-courtroom bill
A bill to allow the media to film and broadcast criminal sentencing proceedings, which was criticized by judges, attorneys and victims’ rights advocates, received an unfavorable committee report Thursday. Proposed by Del. Frank Conaway Jr., D-Baltimore City, House Bill 81 would have permitted media outlets to file a written request at least 24 hours prior to […]
A history lesson in a lawsuit
Why this man is at the center of a legal dispute in Rhode Island.
Judge throws book character at lawyer’s fashion statement
The look of a certain boy wizard is not welcome in one Welsh courtroom.
Young female lawyer fashion advice from an old male judge
'A dirty old man ever since I was a very young man' offers sartorial guidelines.
You should write a book about it
Are you OK with jurors publishing books about their experiences?
Beware the keyboard counselor
What to do when every social media account now seems to come with a shiny new law degree.
Judges, feeling the pressure
Have you seen a judge lose his or her cool or commit other acts of misconduct?
Carrying extra pens
I think that my professor was right — as attorneys, people come to us all the time whose lives are in a shambles.
Role of the juror: To ask or not to ask?
What do you perceive to be the role of a juror?
All’s well that ends well on National Adoption Day
Earlier this month my wife and I appeared for what is probably the happiest of all court proceedings: the adoption hearing.
