Book Review of “The Articulate Attorney: Public Speaking for Lawyers” 2nd edition
Brian K. Johnson & Marsha Hunter, The Articulate Attorney: Public Speaking for Lawyers 2nd edition, (2d ed., Crown King Books, 2013), 186 pages. ISBN: 978-0-9796895-9-8, $24.99, paper, $15.99 for PDF or ePUB. Book review by Mark E. Estes, Law Library Director, Bernard E Witkin Alameda County Law Library. As used in this book, “public speaking” involves […]
Trials and Tribulations: Tips from Judge Karnow
By: Tim Hallahan I recently read an excellent article titled Trials and Tribulations by Hon. Curtis Karnow who is currently hearing complex litigation cases in San Francisco Superior Court. Judge Karnow has taught at Yale, USF, Hastings and Stanford in addition to authoring many articles and book chapters and teaching judges for the Center for […]
ADA and Accessibility Risk Management for Lawyers Part II
This is the second part of an article. The first part can be found here. This blog is used with permission from the author. The original post appeared on the FlashPoint Mediation website. By: Shirish Gupta Tax Incentives In recognizing that society benefits when persons with disabilities are given access, Congress agreed that the public […]
A Week of Celebration for the LGTB Community
By Sally Elkington, ACBA Past-President This has been a week of sweet celebration for the LGTB community and their allies. I have been thinking a lot about how far we have come. After the overturn of Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and the remand of Hollingsworth v. Perry (Proposition 8), I went with thousands of […]