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Factoid: U.S. Attorneys Office is 35 times more efficient than KBA Bar Counsel’s Office « LawReader
news.lawreader.com | Feb 9, 2012
Factoid: The U.S. Attorney’s office for the Western District of Kentucky ( in Louisville) has 80 employees including 30 lawyers. This office handles prosecution of crimes for about half the state or for about 2,000,000 citizens. We compare the workload and staffing of the U.S. Attorney’s Office to

Cleveland Law Library Weblog: Law Firm Mergers Are on the Rise
suealtmeyer.typepad.com | Feb 2, 2012
Legal Current has reported that domestic law firm mergers rose 67% in 2011 compared to 2010 figures. There were apparently 45 mergers last year versus 27 in 2010, and a study by the Hildebrandt Institute predicts that the trend will...

beSpacific: What s So Hard About Regulating Supreme Court Justices Ethics? A Lot
www.bespacific.com | Nov 30, 2011
What’s So Hard About Regulating Supreme Court Justices’ Ethics? — A Lot, Russell Wheeler, Visiting Fellow, Governance Studies, The Brookings...

Slaw Site News – 2011-11-24 — Slaw
www.slaw.ca | Nov 24, 2011
Site news for those who read Slaw only via RSS or email 1. Comment Watch: In the last week there were 39 comments. You might be particularly interested in these: the continuing disc

Ronald L. Kahn of Ulmer & Berne LLP to Speak at Ethics for the Employee Benefits Attorney Webcast |
www.prlog.org | Oct 20, 2011
Ronald L. Kahn of Ulmer & Berne LLP to Speak at Ethics for the Employee Benefits Attorney Webcast. Ronald L. Kahn, Partner, Chair, Tax Practice Group, Ulmer & Berne LLP will speak “Understanding Ethics for the Employee Benefits Attorney Live Webcast.” - PR11700116

Legal Theory Blog: Alfieri on Community Lawyering
lsolum.typepad.com | Sep 28, 2011
Anthony Victor Alfieri (University of Miami - School of Law) has posted Fidelity to Community: A Defense of Community Lawyering (Texas Law Review, Vol. 89, 2012) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In July 2011, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez,...

Attorney and Judicial Discipline - March 2011 - Kentucky Court Report - SCOKY & COAKY
www.kycases.com | Jul 19, 2011
VII. ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE A. Kentucky Bar Association v. Margaret M. Jackson-Rigg 2010-SC-000684-KB March 24, 2011 Opinion of the Court. All sitting. The Supreme Court suspended the Respondent from the practice of law for a period of one year, to be served consecutively to any and all prior

JURIST - Paper Chase: Supreme Court rules state public officials recusal rule constitutional
jurist.org | Jun 13, 2011
JURIST - Paper Chase: Supreme Court rules state public officials recusal rule constitutional

Ethics and Law for School Psychologists, 6th Edition - Market Research Reports - Research and
www.researchandmarkets.com | Apr 19, 2011
The definitive text, completely revise, on the professional and legal standards of school psychology Fully revised and now in its sixth edition, the single best source of authoritative information on the ethical and legal issues associated with school psychological practice includes the most...

PointofLaw.com | PointOfLaw Forum: Berry v. Schmidt
www.pointoflaw.com | Apr 14, 2011
Kentucky state law bans lobbyists from giving to state legislative campaigns, but the state legislative ethics commission decided that an incident involving a Kentucky senator's aides asking lobbyists for money was an innocent mistake that did not warrant discipline. Attorney...