PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FOR GENERAL LEGAL COUNSEL AND LAW FIRMS. A FOLLOW UP TO THE 26th ANNUAL GENERAL COUNSEL CONFERENCE

Using public health legal counsel effectively: beliefs, barriers and opportunities for training.

Effective use of public health law can be a powerful tool to advance the mission of public health departments to protect and promote the health of the population. However, there is little known about the way that public health officials think about law, use law, and/or interact with their legal counsel. The purpose of this paper is to examine some of the beliefs and barriers facing public healt...

Putting Law and Politics in the Right Places—reforming the Independent Counsel Statute

When a public official exercises judgment to make a discretionary decision of some significance, taking into account any factors her own common sense, experience, and understanding of the public interest consider relevant, and subsequently is called to account for the soundness of the decision, she performs one of the paradigmatic acts of politics. When a public official makes a decision becaus...

Comprehending Canadian police cautions: are the rights to silence and legal counsel understandable?

Comprehension of a Canadian police right to silence caution and a right to legal counsel caution was examined. Each caution was first presented verbally in its entirety, followed by its sentence-by-sentence presentation in written format. Participants (N = 56) were asked to indicate, after each presentation, their understanding of the caution. When delivered in verbal format, 4 and 7% of partic...

An Analytic Framework for Dispute Systems Design

The use of the trial as the dominant form of dispute resolution is diminishing,2 yet law schools continue to train young lawyers as if the courtroom will be the principal venue for addressing legal conflicts. The historically narrow focus of legal curricula on litigation and appeals is insufficient to prepare young lawyers for the world that awaits them.3 While clients will continue to need att...

"Lawyers for Lawyers": The Emerging Role of Law Firm Legal Counsel