From the ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division. Effective Strategies for Litigators Convincing the Judge: Practical Advice for Litigators by Cecil C. Kuhne III Learn what judges like and do not like and how to deal with the judge throughout the entire litigation process. This book distills the…
The new Information and Communications Index of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) compares developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) in 154 countries over a five year period from 2002 to 2007. The Index combines 11 indicators into a single measure that can be used as a benchmarking tool globally,…
Criminal Mental Health and Disability Law, Evidence and Testimony: A Comprehensive Reference Manual for Lawyers, Judges and Criminal Justice Professionals Exaamines in detail the legal relationships that link criminal justice, mental health, and disability discrimination law. Co-sponsored by ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law and the ABA Criminal…
The TS-SIS Awards Committee is pleased to announce that the recipient of the Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship for 2009 is Curt E. Conklin. Curt is the Associate Director for Technical Services at the Brigham Young University Howard W. Hunter Law Library…
BY LYONETTE LOUIS-JACQUES Foreign Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago D’Angelo Law Library Published by GlobaLex June/July 2007 From the Introduction: “This bibliography lists selected English-language resources on comparative criminal procedure. It focuses on journal articles, book chapters, and treatises covering comparative criminal procedure generally,…
March, 2009 Volume 21 Issue 2 LEAD ARTICLES: Strategies for Combating Anti-Gay Sentiment in the Courtroom by Sean Overland “This article describes the extent and nature of anti-gay sentiment, how it differs from racial bias, and how attorneys and jury consultants concerned about homophobia can combat anti-gay bias in the…
From: Lori Hedstrom, Marketing Manager, Librarian Relations, West a Thomson Reuters Business: Starting with the January 2009 issue (volume 10, number 1), Practice Innovations was converted to an electronic format. In part, this was done in accord with Thomson Reuters’ “going green” initiative; however, we also want to take full…
On March 1, West released significant changes to the Key Number System. Attorney editors have completed the reclassification of over 300,000 headnotes. The improvements include the following: · Two new digest topics: The topic PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS AND CONFIDENTIALITY encompasses privilege issues arising in discovery and at trial and contains expanded…
“This practical book provides guidance regarding jury instructions in criminal antitrust cases for juries sitting in judgment in antitrust trials of all types. The instructions in the book are presented in concise and readily understandable language and organized in the same order in which a court presiding over a criminal…
REVIEWED BY: THEODORE POLLACK* Title: Trial Advocacy: Planning, Analysis, and Strategy Authors: Marilyn J. Berger, John B. Mitchell, Ronald Clark Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Edition: Second Pages: 596 ISBN: 978-0-7355-7144-0 Publication Date: 2008 “Trial Advocacy: Planning, Analysis, and Strategy” and its companion volume of “Trial Advocacy: Assignment and Case Files” provide…