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Category Archives: Reform
Should Clients Start Acting Like Consumers?
On this blog, we often refer to clients as legal consumers. Clients who are paying for services provided by attorneys are consumers of legal services. Hence the term “legal consumers.” Inherent in that terminology is the concept that the legal industry is … Continue reading
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Tagged AARP, Advice, Attitude, Attorneys, Awareness, Chris Hobbs, Clients, Lawyers, Legal, Legal Consumer
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Council for Court Excellence – A Great Resource for Legal Consumers
The Council for Court Excellence (CCE), the “moving force” behind the “one day/one trial” jury duty system in the D.C. Superior Court, is a nonprofit organization formed in 1982, that “works to improve the administration of justice in the Washington metropolitan … Continue reading
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Tagged Advice, Awareness, Clients, Council for Court Excellence, Justice, Legal, Legal Consumer, Legal Reform
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Sitting Judges As Mediators
In Shawnee County District Court, located in Topeka, Kansas, sitting judges are mediating “serious” criminal cases. According to The Topeka Capital-Journal, this mediation program is a growing trend that is avoiding “legal warfare,” alleviating the need for victim and witness testimony, and sparing … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal, Judges, Justice, Legal, Legal Practices, Legal Reform, Mediation, Plea, Shawnee County District Court
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Robbing The Elderly . . . Sanctioned By The Court?
A guardian, conservator, or other-termed fiduciary, often an attorney, is appointed by the court when certain elders (and others) are incapable of caring for themselves and/or their property, and they need protection. But who protects these elders when the fiduciaries … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Billing Fraud, Conservator, Elder Abuse, False Billing, Fiduciary, Fraudulent Billing, Guardian, Judges, Justice, Laurie Roberts, Legal, Legal Reform, Marie Long, Probate Court
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The End Of An Era?
We returned to the office from holiday Monday morning only to learn that Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf is leaving the blogosphere. Judge Kopf’s blog, Hercules and the Umpire, may only have been active for less than a year, but it is filled with judicial … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog, Boddie Sudderth, Hercules and the Umpire, John DiMotto, Judges, Kevin Burke, Larry Primeaux, Legal, Legal Consumer, Richard Kopf, Richard Posner, Tom McCarthy
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Law Firm Pays It Forward; LPR Closed For Holidays
We at LPR are always looking for inspiring stories to spur legal reform. This holiday season, we stumbled on the story of a law firm that started a holiday program to encourage others to do good deeds and pay it … Continue reading
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Tagged Highperformancegiving.com, Holiday, Hutchens Law Firm, Law Firm, Legal Reform, New Year, Pay it forward
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Judicial Assistance For Litigants Without Lawyers?
The D.C. Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure recently called out a D.C. Superior Court judge seeking senior status for “discourteous and impatient treatment of litigants.” The Commission was created in 1970 to oversee the conduct of D.C.’s judges. Reading the … Continue reading
Are Law Schools Catching On?
There seems to be an acknowledgement by certain law schools that the age-old model of law school curricula needs updating to meet the demand for practice ready associate attorneys. While many in the legal field cannot agree on what that … Continue reading
LPR Congratulates DV LEAP On Its 10th Anniversary
DV LEAP (Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project) celebrated its 10th anniversary last Thursday with celebrity keynote speaker Robin Givens. LPR’s founder and CEO, Elisa Eisenberg, attended the event and returned with raves about the organization and about Ms. Givens. … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Domestic Violence, DV LEAP, Joan Meier, Justice, Legal, Legal Reform, Robin Givens, Water Cooler
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New Resource On The Horizon For Legal Consumers
One of the realities for legal consumers has been the dearth of public information available to help them understand the law, their legal rights and responsibilities, and their lawyers. Now the information age may finally be catching up. Enter Michael … Continue reading
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