Approximately 760 people in Maryland took the Law School Admissions Test on Saturday and Monday, the last chance for many to get scores they need to submit to law schools for admittance into the Class of 2014. Five years from now, however, candidates for the Class of 2019 might choose not to take the test that has started the law school process for generations of lawyers. An American Bar Association committee reviewing law school accreditation standards has voted twice in straw polls essentially to remove the LSAT as a requirement.
The New York State Bar Association is concerned a national focus on literacy and math may lead to a drop in standards for civics education. President Vincent E. Doyle III on Wednesday called on state education officials to continue to foster the state's nationally acclaimed social studies programs. His plea came a day after the National Assessment of Educational Progress, in figures released by the National Center for Education Statistics, found only 12 percent of high school seniors tested are proficient in American history and only 9 percent of fourth-graders, after being shown a picture of President Abraham Lincoln, could provide two reasons why he was important.
One of the things about being an attorney that David M. Schraver loves is the problem solving. That's kind of what I'd like to be as president of the New York State Bar Association, is a problem solver," he said during a Tuesday interview.
Cuba and Your Family. Was there a sense of disadvantage amongst you in the camp? Tell me about your present family? How did you meet your wife? The Profession. Florida Bar Association. What goals do you have as President?
They proudly serve their country, but are often too proud to ask for help in return. To better serve veterans with the legal assistance they may need, Vincent E. Doyle III, president of the New York State Bar Association, has created a special committee to address the void for veterans statewide.
The Law School Admission Test, the long-held standard for admission to most American law schools, may no longer be required in a couple of years. A subcommittee of the American Bar Association's Standards Review Committee is considering making usage of the test voluntary for its member schools instead of mandatory.
Lawyers have a duty to warn whenever a client's use of e-mail poses the risk of disclosure of confidential information to employers or other third parties, according to an American Bar Association ethics committee. A lawyer sending or receiving substantive communications with a client via e-mail or other electronic means ordinarily must warn the client about the risk of sending or receiving electronic communications using a computer or other device, or e-mail account, where there is a significant risk that a third party may gain access," the ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility said in an ethics opinion issued last month.
An American Bar Association ethics panel has proposed rule changes that would make it easier for lawyers to engage in cross- border practice, while making clear that one's "virtual presence" in another jurisdiction may trigger a rule violation. The changes are intended to address ethical problems "arising from the globalization of law practice and the proliferation of new technologies, including issues related to cross-border practice, lawyer mobility and inconsistencies in jurisdictions' rules of professional conduct," the ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 explained in a cover letter announcing the new proposals.
In a panel discussion, several executives discuss the speculations in energy markets. Dr Andrew Stevens, managing director, DC Energy LLC, said this market is complicated enough without getting into the details. In addition, there is no one place one can go to understand all of the workings of these things. He will try to give a quick overview of what the markets look like, but each market is slightly different. Dr David B. Patton, president, Potomac Economics, added, this panel has really run the gamut, so in order to try to put these things in context. You know, what they deal with at Potomac Economics is the RTO markets and those are, as you heard Stevens explain, those largely constitute the spot markets. So the RTO markets set very short-term prices, day-ahead and real-time prices ...
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