{"id":311,"date":"2006-11-20T13:16:58","date_gmt":"2006-11-20T17:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/11\/20\/monday-miscellanea\/"},"modified":"2006-11-21T18:58:04","modified_gmt":"2006-11-21T22:58:04","slug":"monday-miscellanea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/11\/20\/monday-miscellanea\/","title":{"rendered":"monday miscellanea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few notable items for the self-help law community:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We need many more mass-media articles like the one in the Sunday <em>Boston Globe<\/em>, on unbundling advances in New Hampshire and Vermont. See &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/new_hampshire\/articles\/2006\/11\/19\/new_rules_let_nh_lawyers_handle_part_of_a_case?mode=PF\">New rules let N.H. lawyers handle part of a case<\/a>,&#8221; Nov. 19, 2006.\u00a0 Such press coverage helps the public learn about the discrete-task lawyering option, and lets lawyers know that other lawyers are doing it and gaining more business.<\/li>\n<li>Thanks to Jen Burke at the weblog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jenburke.com\/\"><em>Transcending Gender<\/em><\/a> for linking to <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/11\/16\/pre-marital-living-together-agreements\/\">our posting<\/a> on Living-Together &amp; Pre-Marital\u00a0Agreements as part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jenburke.com\/2006\/11\/20\/blawg-review-84\/\"><em>Blawg Review<\/em> #84<\/a>.\u00a0 Her posting for <em>BR<\/em> #84 contains a lot of links to resources on transgender law, rights, legislation and policy (which greatly expand on our Nov. 7th <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/11\/07\/ch-ch-ch-ch-changes-and-forms\/\">post<\/a> about gender and name changes), as well as a moving section on the Annual Day of Remembrance for those who have lost their lives due to gender-based hatred and violence, Nov. 20th.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Michael Jefferson, &#8220;a New Haven criminal defense lawyer, former radio talk show host and civil rights activist,&#8221; is the focus of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhregister.com\/site\/news.cfm?newsid=17489085&amp;BRD=1281&amp;PAG=461&amp;dept_id=517514&amp;rfi=6\">the article<\/a> &#8220;<em>&#8216;Whites must take lead against racism&#8217;<\/em>,&#8221; in today&#8217;s <em>New Haven Register<\/em>(Nov. 20, 2006).\u00a0 As an example of institutional racism that he has experienced in courthouses, the article states: &#8220;Jefferson recalled sitting outside a judge\u2019s chambers in federal court waiting for his case to be called, when a clerk walked up and said &#8216;you must be <em>pro se<\/em>,&#8217; assuming he was representing himself. Again, not believing he could be an attorney.&#8221;\u00a0 This editor has also seen racism in courthouses (usually the result of the ignorance or prejudice of an individual, rather than the system) and concurs it must indeed be eliminated.\u00a0 However, I would like to believe that Mr. Jefferson\u00a0was mistakenly considered to be there in a <em>pro se<\/em> capacity because he looked more prepared, engaged and focused on justice than many of his professional colleagues.<\/li>\n<li>Last week, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myshingle.com\/my_shingle\/2006\/11\/ivy_league_solo.html\">at <em>MyShingle<\/em><\/a>, Carolyn Elefant discussed an article in the <em>Harvard Law Bulletin<\/em> for Fall 2006, called &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.law.harvard.edu\/alumni\/bulletin\/2006\/fall\/feature_4.php\">The Coming Wave<\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0 The article focused on the growing number of law students &#8212; and Baby Boomer alumni from the 1970s &#8212; who are turning to public interest\/service jobs, and the programs at Harvard that are helping\u00a0in that process.\u00a0 One such program, the focus of Carolyn&#8217;s piece, helps young lawyers and law students\u00a0learn the nuts and bolts of starting a solo law practice (especially those aimed at underprivileged or vulnerable communities).\u00a0\u00a0 Such programs and law practices can be an important part in the profession&#8217;s efforts to help assure justice for all.\u00a0 As the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nlada.org\/Civil\/Civil_SPAN\/Law_Schools\">NLADA news letter<\/a> recently pointed out, state Access to Justice commissions have much\u00a0to gain from expanding on partnerships with law schools, and creating new ones.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/wp-admin\/www.equaljusticeworks.org\">Equal Justice Works<\/a> and <em>Newsweek<\/em>.com<em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.equaljusticeworks.org\/press_release\/eguide_release.htm\">E-GUIDE TO PUBLIC SERVICE AT AMERICA&#8217;S LAW SCHOOLS<\/a><\/em>\u00a0 (see the EJW <a href=\"http:\/\/www.equaljusticeworks.org\/press_release\/eguide_release.htm\">Press Release<\/a>, Aug. 14, 2006) is an excellent source of free online resources for anyone (from judges, court administrators, and law firms\u00a0to prospective law students) seeking a broad range of information about public interest programs and curricula at law schools.\u00a0 Naturally, <em>shlep<\/em> hopes that such programs increasingly help the growth of self-help law resources and the spread of unbundled lawyering services.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a few notable items for the self-help law community: We need many more mass-media articles like the one in the Sunday Boston Globe, on unbundling advances in New Hampshire and Vermont. 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