1. Incorporating Domestic Violence Legal Issues Into Law School Curricula Domestic Violence legal issues Should be Incorporated Throughout law School Curricula. Domestic violence legal issues should be incorporated into law school curricula as a core component of legal education. do if a primary witness, such as the domestic violence issues are being incorporated into upper http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/etedv/incorp.htm

Domestic Violence Legal Issues Should be Incorporated Throughout Law School Curricula Domestic violence legal issues should be incorporated into law school curricula as a core component of legal education. It may be easy to understand the benefits of raising these issues in clinical programs, which train students to represent or assist victims in the community. A more subtle need, however, is to alert lawyers to the ways in which domestic violence issues crop up in seemingly unrelated fields of law. Lawyers who practice any kind of family, criminal, tort, financial (including wills, trusts and estates, and tax law) or poverty law are likely to have cases complicated by domestic violence. Understanding how to spot domestic violence issues will assist lawyers to represent clients properly. Therefore, these issues must be raised not only in specialized clinics, but also throughout the curricula. Domestic Violence Legal Issues Should Be Raised in Core Curriculum Courses Historically, domestic violence issues have not been raised in law school courses or addressed in mainstream legal journals. Traditional law school textbooks do not include domestic violence issues, and many law school professors do not incorporate domestic violence issues into their courses. Failure to address these issues penalizes all students. Regardless of the professional track a student chooses, it is likely that he or she will be faced with legal problems related to domestic violence as a practicing attorney. Since all students will benefit from an understanding of domestic violence issues, it is necessary to incorporate these issues into core curriculum courses.

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PSYCHIATRY and LAW UPDATES An Education and Communication Service for Forensic, Legal and Judicial Professionals William H. Reid, M.D., M.P.H. Forensic Psychiatry Consultant MAIN SECTIONS OF THIS WEBSITE: CURRENT Upd ates (Updated May 18, 2004 . Look for icons) SITE SEARCH (Easily search the entire 250+ pages of content on this site [Current Updates, FAQ, Archives, Columns, Qualifications, etc.] using your own keywords and phrases) Journal of Psychiatric Practice (new ones bimonthly) ARCHIVES and Non-Current Updates Dr. Reid's Qualifications Note: The material presented herein is greatly summarized or excerpted, and is not to be considered complete or exhaustive. Legal concepts or findings are summarized informally; they reflect the general understanding of Dr. Reid or his associates, and are not necessarily the official positions of any court, litigating party, government, or other body. Comments are welcome, and may be e-mailed to Dr. Reid's office

3. Hon. Robert K. Puglia, ADR Specialist In Sacramento, California Conducting arbitrations and mediations involving civil law matters along with being an expert witness on issues of legal malpractice, insurance bad faith and attorney fees. Located in Sacramento, California. http://www.mhalaw.com/bios/puglia_bio.html

Justice Puglia has: conducted arbitrations and mediations involving a wide spectrum of the civil law including contract, commercial, insurance coverage, insurance bad faith, fraud, real estate, employment, professional negligence and personal injury; served under court appointment as a discovery referee and also as a special master to try issues of fact; been an expert witness on issues of legal malpractice, insurance bad faith and attorney fees. Presiding Justice, Court of Appeal, 3d Appellate District, December 1974 to November 1998; Associate Justice, Court of Appeal, 3d Appellate District, June 1974 to December 1974. Authored 3450 majority opinions, 375 of which are published in the official reports and, as a member of a three judge decisional panel, participated in 6900 opinions authored by other members of the court. Participated in over 15,000 writ proceedings. Those appeals and writ proceedings, in the aggregate, tendered virtually every issue of California procedural and substantive law. Judge of the Sacramento County Superior Court, August 1971 to June1974. Assignments included general civil trials, civil law and motion, and settlement conferences.

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LEGAL ISSUES IN TAKING TAPE RECORDED WITNESS STATEMENTS By Ralph Thomas STATEMENT PREFERENCES A fellow member on the private-eye mailing list recently posted a message concerning the right way to open a recorded witness statement and what preferences should be used. This was in respect to his lawyer client pointing these things out as problems with the recorded statement: My lawyer client felt that the problem I had with my preface was....... A. That I did NOT offer the witness an opportunity to provide a written statement in lieu of an audio recording....on the recording itself. B. That I did not record an advisory informing the witness that he was under no obligation to speak to me. C. I did not TWICE seek the wit's specific consent to the statement. When he first told me these things, I thought, like Julius thought, that something must have changed somewhere..... so I asked the other lawyer for his opinion. Like I reported in my orginal post... he did not see anything wrong with the way I was doing things. And once again, like Julius, I am still wondering if there has been a new decision..... or was my lawyer client just overly cautious. Note that most insurance adjusters use this in their statement: ".......and I have your permission to tape record this statement?"

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BRIEFING PAPER ON LEGAL ISSUES AND WITNESS PROTECTION IN CRIMINAL CASES CHAPTER THREE: DEFINITIONS AND LEGAL ISSUES Definition of Witness a) In domestic law: No definition of witness is provided in domestic law, though the duties and obligations required of witnesses can be inferred from statute, for example ss.155 and 291 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, and from the common law, as, for instance in the case of HMA v. Monson (1893) 21 R(J) 5. A co-accused is a competent but not compellable witness for another co-accused. In terms of s.266(9) a co-accused may consent to be called as a witness for the accused or may when giving evidence be cross-examined by the accused. Co-accused become compellable witnesses for both the Crown and Defence if they enter a plea of guilty or have been acquitted or the case against them has been deserted (s.266(10)). b) In European Law: No definition of witness is provided in the Convention but case law gives the term a broad definition, describing it as an "autonomous concept" (see Kostovski, Isgrò

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Privacy Statement Web Guidelines Join Renew ... Expert Witness Testimony Expert Witness Testimony E-mail Story Print Story Glenn v. Plante Dr. Michael Plante was an obstetrician/gynecologist for Sinora Glenn. Following the hysterectomy, Mrs. Glenn went to a new physician, Dr. Charles H. Koh. Mrs. Glenn and her husband, Christopher Glenn, sued Dr. Plante for medical malpractice. In that same letter, though, he stated that he did not want to testify in court against another physician. After the Glenns filed their medical malpractice suit, the court held a scheduling conference, following which it entered a scheduling order. The Glenns listed Dr. Koh. As it progressed through the judicial process, the case was reassigned, for various reasons, among several judges. Ultimately, the Glenns asked the court for an amendment to the scheduling order, so they could have an opportunity to locate a more willing expert witness. Wisconsin Court of Appeals. The Glenns did not appeal from the denial of their motion to amend the scheduling order. The Court of Appeals noted that, under Wisconsin law, an expert witness can only be compelled to testify under compelling circumstances.

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United Kingdom Law Robert D. Carrow, is a uniquely qualified lawyer, admitted to practice before the bar in the United States and as a barrister in England and Wales. Prior to his call to the British bar in 1981, Mr. Carrow was, and remains, a well recognized and respected California litigator. He divides his practice between San Francisco, California, where he maintains offices as an attorney, and London, where he practices from chambers as a barrister. Mr. Carrow practiced law in the United States for over twenty years prior to his being called to the English bar. In addition to providing consultant servicers and expert witness testimony for professional colleagues on legal issues involving English and Welsh law, Mr. Carrow's practice emphasizes litigation and alternative dispute resolution of business related claims and disputes. Of particular concern are business, commercial, construction and other business related civil matters. Mr. Carrow also attends to white collar crime defense, extradition proceedings and substantial personal injury claims. Mr. Carrow, based on his prior experience and professional recommendations, was allowed to take the examinations necessary for qualification as a barrister without further formal education, either at university or at the Inns of Court Law School. He passed all the required examinations and was called to the bar by the

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onlineethics.org The Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science Ethics and the Engineer as Expert Witness: A Module for Classroom Exercises Joseph H. Wujek, P.E. University of California at Berkeley Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Presented at the International Conference on Ethics in Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio - March 22,1999 Abstract Suitability of the Scenarios and Preliminaries Sharing Ideas Ethical Implications of being an Expert Witness - Impromptu Theatrics ... Use of These Notes Abstract The training, perspective, and motives of the engineer and of the lawyer differ in many respects. In these classroom exercises we explore these differences as manifested in the engineer serving as an expert witness in US courts of law. Some of the questions to be explored may be summarized thus: What is an expert witness? What are some of the differences between the lawyer's motives and the engineer's duty that may affect how the engineer acts, or is expected to act, as an expert witness? Is the very function of the expert witness in conflict with the codes of ethics professed by the engineer?

10. Slice Of Life: The Trials Of Being An Expert Witness and McGill s Gale professor of law, providing expert contribute a deeper perspective to issues faced in legal battles, after all, often bleed beyond courtrooms http://www.mcgill.ca/reporter/32/12/witness/

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LEGAL ISSUES IN TAKING TAPE RECORDED WITNESS STATEMENTS By Ralph Thomas STATEMENT PREFERENCES A fellow member on the private-eye mailing list recently posted a message concerning the right way to open a recorded witness statement and what preferences should be used. This was in respect to his lawyer client pointing these things out as problems with the recorded statement: My lawyer client felt that the problem I had with my preface was....... A. That I did NOT offer the witness an opportunity to provide a written statement in lieu of an audio recording....on the recording itself. B. That I did not record an advisory informing the witness that he was under no obligation to speak to me. C. I did not TWICE seek the wit's specific consent to the statement. When he first told me these things, I thought, like Julius thought, that something must have changed somewhere..... so I asked the other lawyer for his opinion. Like I reported in my orginal post... he did not see anything wrong with the way I was doing things. And once again, like Julius, I am still wondering if there has been a new decision..... or was my lawyer client just overly cautious. Note that most insurance adjusters use this in their statement: ".......and I have your permission to tape record this statement?"

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Bringing Experts and Attorneys Together ExpertLaw ExpertLaw Library Miscellaneous Website Design Tips for Law Firms and Expert Witnesses By Aaron Larson The Law Offices of Aaron Larson Contents Load Time Your Front Page Background Images The Surfer's Computer ... Plan for the Future Load Time Is Crucial The amount of time people must wait for your website to load will significantly affect how many of them stay to use your website. Be careful about your use of graphics some websites utilize very large graphics on their front pages, which can take a minute or more to load. Also, beware of eye-catching java applets, which can take a long time to load and may cause certain browsers to crash or hang. Your page should load in no more than twenty seconds for users on a dial-up connection. Your Front Page Should Be Part Of Your Site Be Careful With Your Background Images Keep Differences In Platform In Mind The intensity of your graphics will vary on Macintosh (where they will tend to appear brighter) and PC machines. Additionally, text size will vary, with text tending to appear slightly larger on a PC. If you are carefully paginating your text, make sure that the pagination works on both platforms.

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L. Park 2002. Presented at a symposium entitled “Redefining the Legal Issues of Sexual Assault and Abuse” sponsored by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), 2002 SPSSI Convention , Toronto, ON, CANADA, June 28-30, 2002. This paper may be freely reproduced and reprinted with full acknowledgment of the source. For more information see www.napasa.org. Legal Disparities and the Child Witness Laura Park, Ph.D. The ideal goals of our legal system are equality and fairness - “equal justice for all within an open, ordered, and impartial system” (Law Society of Upper Canada, 1996). A legal process designed for adults, however, cannot be applied to children’s cases under the assumption that adult and children’s testimonial capabilities are identical. Children, by virtue of their immaturity, bring both capabilities and limitations to the task of providing testimony. The law must reflect the reality that children are not miniature adults on the witness stand (Bala, 1991). In many ways the law recognizes that children are less developed than adults to understand situations and to make decisions and judgments as children are afforded a variety of special considerations designed to protect them by virtue of being a child.

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