Wrongful Conviction and Attorney-Client Confidentiality

By Ken Strutin, Published on January 9, 2010 – The drive to right wrongful convictions can sometimes create an ethical tension for civil and criminal attorneys. A lawyer in any kind of practice, but most likely criminal defense, may learn from a client that they committed a crime ascribed to someone else. When an innocent [...]

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The Ethics of Legal Outsourcing

By Mark Ross, Published on February 14, 2010 – The practical reality for US and UK attorneys engaging in or contemplating Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO) is that the outsourcing of both core legal and support services across the legal profession is nothing new. Think about the following examples: Whenever a client sends work to his/her [...]

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Cloud Computing for Lawyers

By Nicole L. Black, Published on March 6, 2010 – Introduction Over the last year I’m sure you’ve heard a lot about “cloud computing” and by now you’re probably wondering: what exactly is it? At Webopedia.com, “Cloud Computing” is defined as a “type of computing that is comparable to grid computing, relies on sharing computing [...]

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DNA Identification Evidence in Criminal Prosecutions

By Ken Strutin, Published on March 7, 2010 – In criminal cases, there have been challenges on sufficiency grounds and concerns over the use of forensic DNA evidence as the sole or primary proof of guilt. Uncorroborated DNA matching might not be enough to satisfy the burden of establishing guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The [...]

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Internet Law – What is Open Source?

By Nicole C. Engard, Published on June 12, 2010 – In the past few years, the term open source has been bandied about not just in library-land, but in every industry. When a term is talked about this much, some would say to the point of overuse, people start to think it’s a fad. I’m [...]

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Solitary Confinement

By Ken Strutin, Published on August 10, 2010 – Solitary confinement is the most extreme penalty in the hierarchy of incarcerative punishment. 1 Depending on the institution, length of detention and purpose, this “prison within prison” 2 has been described in many ways: administrative segregation, communications management unit, 3 control unit, disciplinary housing unit, the [...]

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