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Connecticut Law Tribune

Avoiding the Surprise Attack: Know the Risks of Nontraditional Conflicts

Conflicts can arise in unexpected places. However, by following standard procedures in every new matter and thinking critically about providing advice in an informal manner, attorneys can stave off some of the problems that conflicts can create.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Professionalism Boot Camp: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

Most law degree curricula now include robust clinical programs, internships, trial practice courses and similar programs designed to expose the law student to the realities of the legal profession he or she will soon enter.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Kavanaugh Will Be Our Next Supreme Court Justice, But...

When I agreed to return to UConn Law to teach a first-year course on legal analysis and writing a few months ago I had no idea how my semester would…
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Family Separations Are Too Much To Bear

Sometimes there is an event, initiative, court decision that is monumental in its effect but almost too much to put into words. What is going on with…
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Nailing It: The Importance of Being Accurate in Court

Even attorneys who do not intend to misspeak may at some point in their career make a factual misrepresentation to a court, whether because of a misunderstanding of the facts, an improper assumption as to the facts, or even as a result of zealous advocacy.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Read the Fine Print: Alarming Impeachment in West Virginia

We watch with alarm the legislative proceedings in West Virginia impeaching all the justices of the Supreme Court of Errors. Not that some of the justices…
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Avoiding Trouble: Tips on Protecting Client Confidence in the Workplace

With more attorneys working remotely and on electronic devices and in the modern world of Facebook, Twitter and the internet, it has become more challenging for attorneys to protect client confidences and secrets.
6 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

A 'Loaves and Fishes' Approach Won't Help Underfunded Judiciary

The third branch of government always seems to be the poor stepchild when it comes to funding priorities.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Saving Precious Water: The Tilcon Precedent

The public trust in water should not be for sale.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Quick Answers to Ethics Questions

The CBA Standing Committee on Professional Ethics offers such help, but with a large portion of the bar not CBA members, I don't think folks use that service as much as they should.
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