VERMONT
BAR JOURNAL
Spring
2008• VOL. 34, NO.1
DEPARTMENTS:
RUMINATIONS: A Legal Fence
YANKEE JUSTICE: Wynn Underwood
FEATURES:
The day after I received official notification that I had been awarded a Fulbright to teach Real Property Law at the University of Maribor in Slovenia, my wife Angela, started to send me e-mails about Slovakia. I had to tell her, "The e-mails were nice, but we aren't going to Slovakia, we're going to Slovenia." Of course, the next day I started getting e-mails about Slovenia.
Introduction,
by Elana Baron, Esq.
This year the Vermont Bar Association's Women's Division celebrates its thirtieth year, and I take great pride in the fact that I hold the position of Chairwoman during this milestone. Why? Because, as it turns out, the Division and I share the same year of birth.
Can I See Your Paycheck? Achieving Pay Equity in Vermont - Employer or Employee Responsibility, by Sandra W. Everitt, Esq.
Breastfeeding Laws in Vermont: A Primer, by Charity R. Clark, Esq. and Elizabeth R. Wohl, Esq.
The health benefits for mothers and babies that stem from breastfeeding are virtually uncontested. Doctors, midwives, and formula manufacturers alike dutifully recite the slogan that “breast is best.”
Revisiting Roe: The Language of Privacy and Isolation in U.S. and Vermont Case Law, by Emily Blistein, Esq.
"The Pregnant woman cannot be isolated in her privacy," Justice Blackman wrote in the landmark decision of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized a woman's right to choose abortion.
After the Violence: Using Fair Housing Laws to Keep Women and Children Safe at Home, by Meris L. Bergquist, Esq.
Home is the most important place in the world. Most people experience home as a safe haven and refuge from the outside world. This experience of home is shattered when a woman suffers domestic violence from an intimate partner and tries to end the relationship.
ASFA at 15/22 Months for Incarcerated Parents, by Maryann Zavez, Esq.
In the March, 2002, Vermont Bar Journal I wrote an article regarding the federal Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) and the "compelling reasons" exception to the 15/22 month time frame under ASFA for filing termination of parental rights petitions.