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Walk in 'Our' Shoes: Why Docs Avoid Lawyers

Whether you represent plaintiffs or defendants in personal injury cases, understanding doctors' concerns, and refining your communications with them, will improve the doctor-lawyer relationship.

The Ancient-Document Rule: Ancient Is Not as Old as You Think

Unavailable witnesses or ones with holes in their memories need not be barriers to the admission into evidence of documents more than 20 years old. These documents may be admitted using the ancient-document evidence rule instead.

Nullification: A Jury's 'Secret' Power

Notorious trials draw scorn for jurors who decide the fate of criminal defendants. But jurors often are restricted in their deliberations; they are not told of their traditional power to decide both the facts and the justness of the law as applied in a particular case.

By Erik R. Guenther

Opinions, Voices & Ideas

Inside the Bar
Don't Underestimate Yourself
New lawyers' fresh perspectives and enthusiasm help to move the Bar and the profession forward. Volunteer opportunities abound.

President's Message
Assisting New Lawyers
A State Bar task force will address the professional challenges facing new lawyers, who are both the future of our profession and our association.

Ethics
Avoiding Confidentiality Breaches When Using Technology
An attorney's responsibility for the security of information contained on office equipment does not necessarily end when that equipment is no longer under the attorney's control.

Practice Tips
7 Tips to Spring Clean Standardized Form Contracts
Here are a few tips that in-house and transactional attorneys can use to improve boilerplate language of standardized form contracts. Although the author refers primarily to standardized sales contracts, many of the tips can improve almost any standardized forms.