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As we have noted in the past, applications to the nation’s law schools are on the wane. Data from the American Bar Association’s Section of Legal Education confirm the trend.
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Read More »Editorial Advisory Board: Civilian Police Review Board of Baltimore: To be or not to be?
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake wants the Civilian Police Review Board to be “more impactful.” That decision is based on the presumption that the Civilian Police Review Board should continue “to be.”
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Read More »Editorial Advisory Board: Listservs: Post – and respond – at your own risk
The Maryland State Bar Association provides a valuable service to its members in establishing listservs that its members may access and participate in. On the listservs, members can exchange information, seek referrals and make information available about services.
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Read More »Editorial Advisory Board – Pro bono: Organizing to address unmet needs
The Maryland Judiciary’s annual pro bono report demonstrates a very high level of pro bono activity by Maryland lawyers. Among full-time lawyers actively practicing in Maryland in 2013, more than 60 percent rendered some type of pro bono service.
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Read More »Editorial Advisory Board: Changing of the guard at UM Carey Law
Phoebe Haddon is leaving the Deanship at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law after five successful years. The success of those years can be measured in part by the new name of the school—the Francis King Carey name has been added as a result of a $30 million bequest, at the time the largest gift ever received by an American law school.
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Read More »Editorial Advisory Board: The importance of conviction integrity
After the election of Gregg Bernstein as State’s Attorney for Baltimore City in 2010, the Greater Baltimore Committee formed an Ad Hoc Committee to study and report on “Best Practices” employed by prosecutors.
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Read More »Editorial Advisory Board: ‘They created the problem. They’re paying for it now.’
It looks to us that when the Maryland Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s decision in DeWolfe v. Richmond, it triggered a General Assembly-created cow pie. A large and gooey one.
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Read More »Editorial Advisory Board: A new jail – and a new courthouse, too?
A Special Joint Commission of the General Assembly recently issued a report regarding security in Baltimore City’s correctional facilities.
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