Bench stress

Article Abstract:

With complaints about judicial behavior on the rise many jurisdictions are reexamining the ways they oversee judges. From 1990 to 1993 complaints about federal judges rose 40%, while state judges in California saw a 10% increase; Florida, 16%; New York, 24%; and Texas, 47%. Complaints of injudicious temperament, especially, are rising fast. While judges have unusual power, however, their overall behavior is no worse than that of society in general. Many complaint systems now allow greater confidentiality and include more laymen.

Discipline, Judges, Judicial ethics

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What Sylvia Law, Jonathan Pazer and David Glass confront when they read or write. So how could anyone with dyslexia ever succeed as a lawyer?

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Dyslexic attorneys have become unafraid to use the Americans with Disabilities Act to gain accommodations while taking the bar examination and, to a lesser extent, from employers. The Law School Admissions Council states that requests for accommodations from students taking the Law School Admissions Test went up 100% between 1990 and 1993. By 1993-1994, 10% of test-takers requested accommodations and almost 2/3 of those claimed a learning disability diagnosis. Personal narratives of several dyslexic attorneys are given.

Health aspects, Attorneys, Lawyers, Prevention, Dyslexia, Discrimination against disabled persons, Handicapped discrimination, Disabled attorneys, Disabled lawyers

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The prayer pendulum

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Federal litigation continues on the issue of prayer in the public schools. The US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in Jones v. Clear Creek Independent School District upheld a resolution permitting high school seniors to designate a student volunteer to deliver a nonsectarian prayer a graduation ceremonies. Southern school districts were heartened by Jones, and many legislatures have considered laws permitting student-initiated prayer. Problems with the Jones approach are discussed.

Laws, regulations and rules, Schools, Church and state, Prayer, Religion in the public schools, Religion in schools

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