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On November 30, 2023, the American Bar Association released its fifth annual Profile of the Legal Profession. This free report, a 140-page compilation of statistics and trends about lawyers, judges, and law students, includes sections on demographics, wages, law schools, judges, pro bono work, women in the profession, legal technology, lawyer well-being, and lawyer discipline. One additional chapter — a review of civil legal aid in the United States — is the feature we wish to explore in today’s blog post.
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The unprecedented Israel-Hamas War ignited a global response, and many are seeking reliable resources to illuminate the political, geographic, religious, and cultural issues at the root of the conflict. The following libraries have published research guides listing primary sources, books and academic articles with historical and contemporary analysis, and national and international news sources, as well as guidance for evaluating information presented on social media and the news. As with any source of information or news, readers are encouraged to critically examine these resources.
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Although Adobe® Acrobat® Reader, the downloadable, free PDF viewer is the more familiar software to most folks, Adobe® Acrobat® DC offers users so much more functionality and features that one cannot find with Reader alone. Authors Daniel J. Siegel & Pamela A. Myers have created a guide, The Ultimate Guide to Adobe® Acrobat® DC, to help users get the most out of Adobe® Acrobat® DC.
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At the heart of the relationship between attorney and client is the assurance that communications between them during the representation will be confidential, thereby enabling candid discussions. However, this privilege, as sacrosanct as it may be, is not absolute. Equally important to the realm of confidential communications is the attorney work product doctrine, which protects from disclosure an attorney’s notes, correspondence, memoranda, etc. Editors Reagan W. Simpson and Robert P. Redemann and a host of attorney authors dissect these related concepts in their book, The Trial Lawyer’s Guide to the Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Doctrine, and offer some guidance to help litigators understand the nuances of both the attorney-client privilege and the attorney work product doctrine and how the privilege differs from the ethics rule on confidentiality.
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