Lawyers, Guns, and Money

Lawyers, Guns, and Money

Author: Carol X. Vinzant

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2015-03-31

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1466892897

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This inspiring book, Lawyers, Guns, and Money by Carol X. Vinzant, recounts the heroic efforts of Tom McDermott, a lawyer and victim of the infamous Colin Ferguson rampage on the Long Island Railroad, to take on the gun industry. He is among the leaders of an innovative and promising strategy to circumvent the NRA's political power and courts constrained by interpretations of the Second Amendment. Through civil action he hits the gun companies where it hurts most: the bottom line. Making insurance difficult for manufacturers to get, he has helped reduce the number of cheap hand guns, "Saturday Night Specials," often used in crime. This is a riveting account of tragedy turned into action, and how the law can be used to defend victims rather than enrich corporations.


After You Shoot

After You Shoot

Author: Alan Korwin

Publisher:

Published: 2011-11-08

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781889632261

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The dangerous legal loopholes facing an innocent person after a self-defense shooting are described, with solutions proposed. Calling 911 after surviving a criminal assault negates your right to remain silent, your right to have an attorney present during questioning, and compromises your 5th Amendment guarantee against self incrimination, all into a police voice recorder while you¿re still traumatized and shaking from adrenaline. Proposed solutions include changes to law and criminal procedure, suggested behavior on the phone at the scene, and the model used by police after an officer-involved shooting, along with the controversial ¿Adnarim¿ statement.


The Cornered Cat

The Cornered Cat

Author: Kathy Jackson

Publisher: White Feather Press, LLC

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9780982248799

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"If you have to fight...fight like a cornered cat." --Cover.


Regulation of Lawyers

Regulation of Lawyers

Author: Stephen Gillers

Publisher: Aspen Publishing

Published: 2020-11-01

Total Pages: 881

ISBN-13: 1543825877

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Buy a new version of this Connected Casebook and receive access to the online e-book, practice questions from your favorite study aids, and an outline tool on CasebookConnect, the all in one learning solution for law school students. CasebookConnect offers you what you need most to be successful in your law school classes— portability, meaningful feedback, and greater efficiency. Regulation of Lawyers: Problems of Law and Ethics, 12th edition goes beyond the rules in teaching students the subtle differences between proper and improper conduct. Writing in his direct and lively style, Stephen Gillers explores the subtleties and nuances of the legal and ethical rules governing lawyers and judges. From great teaching cases, timely materials, and realistic problems, students come away with new insight, equipped to detect and avoid improper conduct over the course of their professional careers. Refined through years of classroom use, this casebook also offers comprehensive coverage, a balanced mix of materials, discussion beyond the rules and from different perspectives, detailed notes, and an accessible and engaging style. New to the Twelfth Edition: McCoy v. Louisiana on allocation of decisionmaking authority between lawyer and client (U.S. Supreme Court 2018). Material on the criticism of Prof. Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr. for joining the Harvey Weinstein defense. Discussion of the debate over Rule 8.4(g), which forbids bias and harassment in law practice. Three problems test its application and First Amendment limits. 17 new problems and revision of many old ones. Enhanced material on judicial disqualification and bias in the courts. Enhanced material on challenges to the bar’s monopoly on the sale of for- profit legal services. Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v. BNSF Ry. Co., where the Ninth Circuit asked prominent law firms to defend discrepancies in their characterization of the record. Professors and students will benefit from: High-profile author—Professor Gillers is a highly visible and recognized national authority on professional responsibility Comprehensive coverage that includes the full range of professional responsibility issues Well-balanced mix of cases, secondary sources, and timely materials, often drawn from recent headlines, and which supports its comprehensive coverage of professional responsibility issues Realistic, helpful, and abundant problems, many of which are based on actual events, and which facilitate class discussion and enable students to understand the rules and regulations that will govern their professional behavior Discussion beyond the rules and from different perspectives to recognize that the law is not necessarily self-evident and covers many subtleties Excellent case selection Manageable length Detailed and challenging notes that provide in-depth treatment of the issues Accessible and engaging style characterized by variety, clarity, and humor CasebookConnect features: ONLINE E-BOOK Law school comes with a lot of reading, so access your enhanced e-book anytime, anywhere to keep up with your coursework. Highlight, take notes in the margins, and search the full text to quickly find coverage of legal topics. PRACTICE QUESTIONS Quiz yourself before class and prep for your exam in the Study Center. Practice questions from Examples & Explanations, Emanuel Law Outlines, Emanuel Law in a Flash flashcards, and other best-selling study aid series help you study for exams while tracking your strengths and weaknesses to help optimize your study time. OUTLINE TOOL Most professors will tell you that starting your outline early is key to being successful in your law school classes. The Outline Tool automatically populates your notes and highlights from the e-book into an editable format to accelerate your outline creation and increase study time later in the semester.


Women Lawyers

Women Lawyers

Author: Mona Harrington

Publisher: Knopf

Published: 2013-09-11

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 0307831566

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The very presence of women in the law—normal as it may seem to us today—signals revolutionary change in a social order that for centuries entrusted control over its rules to men. Mona Harrington examines both the problems women meet when they claim equal authority as rule makers, and the impact of new perspectives and issues that women bring with them into the profession. On the basis of more than one hundred interviews with women lawyers, judges, law school professors, and law students, and through the stories of their daily experiences, Harrington pinpoints and analyzes the key factors holding women back in a profession still dominated by males—among them the “men’s club” ambience, the focus on billable hours, sexual harassment and the inequality it perpetuates, lingering unequal division of labor at home, and hostile media images of women in positions of power. She shows us what life is like for women lawyers in practice today and how their dilemmas reflect the social issues of our time. She gives us the voices of women who have adapted to the cultural codes of corporate law and women who have broken them; women who have successfully balanced their professional and private lives and women who feel trapped by the combination of long hours at the office and full responsibility at home. She introduces us to women in new and alternative firms, on the faculties of small public law schools, in in-house legal departments, in prosecutors’ offices and courtrooms—women who are devising new rules and legal theories to bring about change. Women Lawyers is must reading for every woman in the midst of—or contemplating—a career in the law, and for the men who work with them.