Mark Dubois

September 21, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

I was teaching ethics at UConn Law last Spring. One of the secrets of teaching is that your students will always find visitors much more credible than you. So we all bring in guest lecturers. It also saves on preparing teaching notes. But I had a class where the visitors truly did better than I could have ever done.

By Mark Dubois

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July 30, 2012 | Legaltech News

Attorney Mark Dubois used to ignore all the media addressing the brave new world of document review because he thought it was only relevant to big firms. But now he's beginning to think all of this stuff is relevant to the small practitioner as well.

By Mark Dubois

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May 17, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainright, the landmark case which established the indigent's right to counsel in criminal cases. Though many have spoken of the need for a "civil Gideon," it has never become a reality. Maybe technology will give us one answer.

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February 25, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

I see that New Jersey has amended its rules concerning the maintenance of a law office in the jurisdiction to allow for a "virtual" presence instead of the traditional "bricks and sticks" requirement. Fascinating. If anyone thinks technology is not going to reshape how the practice of law is defined and legal services are delivered, think again.

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October 22, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

I saw a very interesting decision in a case called North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC the other day. It should make some of us worry.

By Mark Dubois

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May 21, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

I owe some guy $2 million. At least that was the bill he served on me at the Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel. He is one of those "sovereign citizens" you may have heard about. These folks have a really unique take on almost all of our law. One thing they do is copyright their names. So if you send them a letter addressed to their name, you owe them for copyright infringement. At least I think that I how I ran up such a bill. Luckily, they never filed one of their patented "constitutional liens" against my home. Some judges and prosecutors have tens of millions of dollars' worth of liens filed against them. Makes selling the house a bit tricky.

By MARK DUBOIS

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June 29, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A recent issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education contained an interesting article examining the number of post-grads in the United States on welfare.

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April 26, 2013 | Connecticut Law Tribune

A friend who works in-house at a large property/casualty carrier called me about an interesting question—his employers wanted him to take a position in a matter which he thought might be adverse to his client, the employer's insured.

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December 28, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

I am no big reader of the bible or other religious texts, but as 2012 year creaks to an end, we face circumstances which seem to be more "end times" than I can ever remember. The effects of human existence on the environment seem to suddenly have produced weather patterns that were unthinkable a few years ago. Neighborhoods in New York disappeared under water and fire during hurricane Sandy. And more and worse is predicted.

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February 27, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

For the last 20 years, there has been increasing pressure on law schools to do more to make their graduates "practice ready." In 1992, there was a study called McCrate that urged a more practical focus in law school pedagogy. A few years ago, McCrate was followed by the Carnegie report which went further. I just read that California is mulling a requirement that grads prove significant client experience before they will be granted a license.

By MARK DUBOIS

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