Adventures of an Older New Attorney In the roughly six months since I posted about my first steps as a “new” attorney, I’ve been juggling multiple responsibilities, while working to set up my law office. I completed the last steps of startup by releasing my firm website last week, and yesterday I posted my first […]
In the early morning hours of November 9th, 2016, I sobbed myself back to sleep, after confirming my worst fears about the outcome of the presidential election. I’m sure I was not the only one. The catastrophe we now see unfolding before us is one reason we all cried. I applaud the actions of N.Y. […]
Adventures of An Older New Attorney Having accomplished my goal of passing the North Carolina bar exam while qualified for Medicare, the time has come to continue this series of posts under a new title. While it is true that I have practiced law before, I have not done so in more than thirty years […]
Sixty-Five-Year-Old-Man Takes Bar Exam The Board of Law Examiners of North Carolina turns around examination results pretty quickly, as such things go. In many states July examinees won’t get their results until November, as did I when I took the Florida exam forty-two years ago. My congratulatory letter arrived today, making for a happy end […]
Donald Trump’s personal crusade against U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the judge presiding over a class action suit against Trump and his so-called “Trump University,” merely confirms what we already knew: Trump is both a racist and a misogynist. What the current brouhaha adds to our knowledge is this: Trump, having received the votes […]
Shortly after the announcement of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death on February 13th, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that the Senate would not take any action on any nominee submitted by President Obama. His stated rationale: “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this […]
Today Justice Scalia’s body lies in repose at the U.S. Supreme Court and his funeral service will be held tomorrow. Within an hour of the public announcement of his death last Saturday Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Across the River From Me) announced that the Senate would not take any action on any nominee who might […]
Tonight ABC will show the 51st annual network broadcast of the original Peanuts holiday special, “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” The program first aired on CBS fifty years ago, in 1965. Those who watched it then may recall that the program’s sponsors included Coca-Cola and Dolly Madison snack cakes – two perfect sugary treats for the many […]
As we continue to discuss the proposal to change the name of American Association of Law Libraries to Association for Legal Information, it is fair to say that the larger part of the conversation has focused on fundamentals such as the meaning of library and libraries, whether the organization can and should “expand its tent” […]
The American Association of Law Libraries, founded in 1906 and my preferred professional association home since I joined it in 1989 as a library school student, may be ready to change its name. I say “may” because, of course, it is up to a majority vote of its membership whether to agree with the unanimous […]