ABA Journal 1997 John Gibeaut - Abstracts

ABA Journal 1997 John Gibeaut
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ABA backs unified family courts.(Cover Story)LawJohn Gibeaut
Agenda augurs lively debate; death penalty, domestic violence on the table for San Antonio midyear meeting. (58th ABA midyear meeting)LawJohn Gibeaut
Alien-criminals sent packing: immigration lawyers face new woes with tough deportation law.LawJohn Gibeaut
Anderson on the ticket: president-elect nominee hopes to 'refresh' lawyers.(ABA nominee Philip Anderson)LawJohn Gibeaut
Avoiding trouble at the mill; a lengthy client list guarantees success, right. Not necessarily. Ethics and malpractice problems can plague a high-volume practice.LawJohn Gibeaut
Class debates: reproductive, disability rights mix in KKK Act cases.LawJohn Gibeaut
Confidence boost: study shows police conduct can convince eyewitnesses that they identified the right suspect.LawJohn Gibeaut
Corporate boards can kill suits; key state court says investors must show wrongdoing.(Pennsylvania)LawJohn Gibeaut
Corporate temptations; serving on a client's board holds risks as well as benefits.LawJohn Gibeaut
Cutting through school daze; ABA guide treats prospective law students as consumers, skips rankings.LawJohn Gibeaut
Deadly inspiration. (movie-inspired crime) (includes related article on proposed restrictions on television content)LawJohn Gibeaut
Defining punishment: courts split on notification provisions of sex offender laws.LawJohn Gibeaut
Doing the right thing; lawyers may have to look beyond conduct rules for ethics answers.LawJohn Gibeaut
Filling a need; lawyers are drilling home the point that dentists who won't treat HIV patients may be practicing the most pervasive discrimination of all.LawJohn Gibeaut
Good news, bad news on malpractice; growth in claims has slowed, but more result in payouts to plaintiffs.LawJohn Gibeaut
Home for keeps. (Safety and Support for Abused and Neglected Children Act)(Cover Story)LawJohn Gibeaut
Honest conundrum: application of federal fraud statutes sets 5th Circuit apart.LawJohn Gibeaut
Labor intensive: courts split on union rights to distribute fliers in malls.LawJohn Gibeaut
Learning curve: ABA uses technology to make continuing legal education more available to members.LawJohn Gibeaut
Looking for lift; journalists, politicians join lawyers in search for ways to boost public images. (Jan 1997 forum sponsored by Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and A.B.A. Section of Litigation)LawJohn Gibeaut
Lucas deserved better; what should have had a happy ending - foster parents adopting the children they had taken into their home - turned into a nightmare of abuse, neglect and death.LawJohn Gibeaut
Marking a decade of struggle: new report cites only 'incremental' progress for minorities in the law.LawJohn Gibeaut
Mending judicial fences: commission suggests ways to dodge politics, bolster public support.LawJohn Gibeaut
Nobody's child: the way Americans go about caring for abused and neglected kids is a mess; the only way to fix a system that fails everyone may be for juvenile court judges and lawyers to take charge. (includes related articles) (Cover Story)LawJohn Gibeaut
Nourishing the profession; report on professionalism calls for ethics training, civility rules in court.LawJohn Gibeaut
Performance review: after-acquired evidence allowed in wrongful discharge suits. (Colorado)LawJohn Gibeaut
Pointed argument: House passes needle exchange policy over intense opposition. (A.B.A. House of Delegates)LawJames Podgers, John Gibeaut
Promoting fair play; new ABA manual pinpoints ways to take bias out of lawyer evaluations.LawJohn Gibeaut
Questions of authority; jurisdiction cases crop up as Internet sales erase borders.LawJohn Gibeaut
Same words, different meanings: affirmative action debate is rife with views on how to achieve equality.LawJohn Gibeaut
Senior advisers: what every lawyer with older clients or aging parents needs to know about protecting their health care and estates.(Continuing Legal Education)LawJohn Gibeaut
Shield a prosecution sword; rape laws can protect accuser who has reason to lie.LawJohn Gibeaut
Shooting for parity on the playing fields: courts seek formula for gender equality in college athletic programs under Title IX.LawJohn Gibeaut
Sign on the dotted screen: ABA takes lead in developing guidelines for electronic document verification.LawJohn Gibeaut
Sobering thoughts: legislatures and courts increasingly are just saying no to intoxication as a defense or mitigating factor. (includes related article on state laws on substance abusers)LawJohn Gibeaut
The last word: jury is still out on effects of victim impact testimony.LawJohn Gibeaut
The other victims. (attorney conduct toward families of air crash victims and provision of legal information)LawJohn Gibeaut
The real insiders; SEC may take securities trading issue to Supreme Court.LawJohn Gibeaut
Was Rand right: conference attendees differ on whether civil justice study was too harsh.LawJohn Gibeaut
What YLD did this summer: lawyers volunteer to give kids in 21 cities a leg up in life. (A.B.A. Young Lawyers Division)LawJohn Gibeaut
Who's raising the kids? (role models and juvenile justice)(includes related article on teenage curfew imposed by Minnesota's Mall of America)LawJohn Gibeaut
Zapping cyber piracy: copyright protection in the digital age has turned into a battle over space turf, raising constitutional questions of owners' rights vs. public access.LawJohn Gibeaut
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