VERMONT
BAR JOURNAL
WINTER
2006• VOL. 32, NO. 4
DEPARTMENTS:
PRESIDENT’S COLUMN: Reflections of a Pledge
LEX ET RATIO: A Nation Under God
RUMINATIONS: Menaginary Lions Running Around
YANKEE JUSTICE: James Brock
FEATURES:
Everything
You Need to Know About Calendaring by
Mark Bassingthwaighte, Esq.
Law
firms of all sizes, from the solo litigator to the mega-litigation firms,
constantly expose themselves to malpractice due to the inefficient management
of the calendaring process.
Where
Do We Go From Here? Vermont Campaign Finance After Randall v. Sorrell by Brian L. Porto, Esq.
In
1997
Vermont Probate and Trust Law - Issues for
Change by Robert S. Pratt, Esq.
The
Probate and Trust Law Section of the Vermont Bar Association is looking at two
substantial overhauls of our law—one, in collaboration with the Vermont
Bankers’ Association, to modernize and codify our trust law, and the second to
re-examine many of our substantive and procedural laws affecting spousal rights
and the laws of intestacy and the way in which decedents’ probate matters are
administered.
Are Your
Clients Ready for the ICE? by Susan
Pilcher, Esq. and John Newman, Esq.
Granted,
in this strangest of winters we are all more than ready for the arrival of a
little snow and ice. But attorneys in
Encouraging and Helping Your Clients to Provide
for Pets in Estate Plans, The Humane
Society of the
Thought
lately about providing for pets in your clients’ estate plans? Not likely. The
subject seldom receives in-depth news coverage or even cocktail party
discussion.
Lawyering for Children in High-Conflict Cases,
by James C. May, Esq., and Alexander W.
Banks, Esq.
In
June 1998 the Commission on the Future of Vermont’s Justice System was charged
by the Vermont Supreme Court to examine the effectiveness of the state judicial
system and to recommend steps for its optimal future functioning
Judge Bear and Judge Bunny Enter the World of
the Child in Windsor Family Court, by
Lorrie R. Wilkes, Esq.Judge Harold E. Eaton, Jr., presiding family court judge in