Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch, Feb. 14, 2012 (photo by David Sanders, courtesy Arizona State University College of Law) Last week, I mentioned a program put on by the Law Journal at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. It examined the Arizona Constitution and the role the state’s Supreme Court has played in shaping [...]
If you sound off on a topic often enough, you may be asked to put your money where your mouth is. That’s what I learned recently in the area of reader engagement and social media. For years now, I’ve been pushing and prodding on those topics, using a variety of the tools available to all [...]
Chief Justice Berch and one of the happy couples On Change of Venue Friday, it’s my custom to share something a bit far afield from law practice. It’s the digital version of casual Friday. But this week, Change of Venue takes you from law practice all the way to … the Arizona Supreme Court. Hmmm? [...]
Judge Alex Kozinski Next Tuesday, the Chief Judge of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Alex Kozinski, will speak with members of the legal community when he visits Tucson. His stop is being hosted by Los Abogados, the state’s Hispanic bar association. The event will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February [...]
We all have heard the message more than once that social media is becoming essential for lawyers and law practice. But do we believe it? How many lawyers (show of hands) participate in social media beyond some Facebook convos with their high school buddies? How many think that social media may be of some utility [...]
Has a focus on environmental sustainability become a central part of what businesses do? Or does it remain an outlier, a nice added benefit if you’ve got the time and inclination? Those questions come to mind as two events approach on my calendar. The first is a networking event tonight that aims to gather Phoenix [...]
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Before January slips away, I must remind Arizona lawyers about an important article featured in the current issue of Arizona Attorney Magazine. It involves rules of practice that you really want to get right. The article, titled “Fees and Client-Trust Accounts: Rule Changes for 2012,” was written by Patricia Sallen, the Ethics Counsel for the [...]
This evening, an annual legal event takes place that may slip past you unnoticed: The St. Thomas More Society Red Mass. (It will be at St. Mary’s Basilica, 231 N. 3rd St., Phoenix, at 5:30 pm.) The Society is an association of Catholic lawyers. The Catholic Mass they host annually has been held since the [...]
Howard Cabot In the February issue of Arizona Attorney Magazine, I wrote about Howard Cabot and a great ASU Law School program at which he spoke. But I wanted to add a few things. (In case you missed it, I pasted in below my editor’s column.) Howard spoke that evening about the power of the [...]