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Connecticut Law Tribune

Supporting Mandatory Disclosure of Malpractice Coverage

Connecticut lawyers in private practice should be required to disclose on their registration forms whether they have professional malpractice insurance coverage.
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Connecticut Law Tribune

Take Time to Enjoy Life Outside the Office

No question, it's a busy schedule you have. As a managing partner once said, "There is always the possibility for more billable hours." Certainly…
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Back in the Saddle After Sabbatical: Dubois Teaching Law

After about 20 years in lawyering, I took some time and wound up teaching at UConn Law School for a few years. Well, guess where I'm headed again this fall?
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Doing Your Homework on Working From Home

A trial court held the owner of a Glastonbury home business needed to prove her business was "customary." The appellate court disagreed and reversed the decision.
8 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut's Ongoing Failure to Address Property Tax Dependence

Limiting property tax dependence requires more state funding to local governments, which means raising more state revenue from other taxes, but this is necessary to make Connecticut the prosperous, just, and integrated state that it can and must be.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Changes Coming For Access to Justice?

I listened to an interesting podcast on Slate’s “Amicus” site the other day. The title was “Lawyers, Who Needs Them?” Dahlia Lithwick was…
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Addressing Mental Health and Stigma in the Legal Profession

The legal profession is particularly prone to being affected by the shunning and shaming effects of stigma.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Tattoos Are Protected Speech, Too

“The principal difference between a tattoo and, for example, a pen-and-ink drawing, is that a tattoo is engrafted onto a person's skin rather than drawn on paper. This distinction has no significance in terms of the constitutional protection afforded the tattoo."—Ninth Circuit
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Don't Give Up on Vermont Law School

We lose a lot if VLS does not return to its former strength, or worse, closes. Support the school and you support Yale, Quinnipiac and the next generation of lawyers, especially environmental lawyers who may be the ones to save the planet.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Tragic Outcomes of Lawyer Depression Are Avoidable

In a high-pressure occupation such as law, it is likely that a depressed lawyer would feel that their career could be at risk if they show any weakness.
5 minute read

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