The trend toward establishment of pro bono departments in national law firms continues. Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal brings in Benjamin Weinberg, former Chief of the Public Interest Division of the Illinois Attorney General's Office as its second Pro Bono partner. Mr. Weinberg is interviewed for The AmLaw [...]
Effective mentoring and good lawyering: nearly always the latter follows the first. The passing of knowledge to new generations is why phrases like "standing on the backs of giants" exists, as Gregory Gallopoulos so aptly describes in his article, "How Holistic Mentoring Benefits Lawyers". He says that [...]
Los Angeles law firm, Munger, Tolles & Olsen was judged by American Lawyer Magazine to be the number one law firm in the nation. Unseating New York firm Debevoise & Plimpton, which held the position for the last four years running, American Lawyer cited Munger, Tolles dedication [...]
An article reported in Religous Intelligence this month said that Britian's Angelican Bishop of Liverpool backed calls for a commission to examine prison services. The former chief inspector of prisons said that investigation was urgently needed. In a call for support, the Bishop of Prisons, Rt. Rev. [...]
Centre for Court Innovation leaders Greg Berman and Aubrey Fox published an article in the July 23 issue of The Guardian, about The Red Hook Community Justice Centre, an experimental program sponsored by the New York court system and spearheaded by the CCI think tank leaders. The [...]
Miller-McCune.com, the online community of the Miller-McCune Center for Research, Media and Public Policy, which harnesses current academic research with real-time reporting to address pressing social concerns, addresses the success of problem-solving courts in its long article entitled "Succor. Succor in the Court. There’s a problem with [...]
Earlier last month, USA Today reported on Problem Solving Courts and the impact their programs are having on recidivism for drug and mental health related non-violent crime. The Center for Court Innovation reports more than 2,000 drug courts in the United States. Read USA Today's Article in [...]
On July 14, 2008 At the 2008 Busia Foundation Annual Lectures, New Patriotic Party Presidential Candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo delivered a lecture on democracy, security, and the rule of law in Accra. Devoted to Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia, the lectures address issues facing Ghana, including democracy; [...]
An impassioned article on truth and reconciliation in Nigeria's River State area, where violence, attributable to social corrosion, is rampant, writer Emmanuel Onwubiko discusses the Justice Kayode Eso-led Truth and Reconciliation Commission in light of philosophies governing our times. Read more at the Leadership Nigeria site below. [...]
IrishTimes.Com reports recently that Legal Aid Board's consumer base increased by 3% in 2007. The increase, directly related to a recessive economy, caused a 5% increase in workload to the 30 law centers nationwide that comprise the Board. The Legal Aid Board's report cites a marked rise [...]
