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Two of My Colleagues Explore New Concepts in Data Security at ODR 2014
This year Internet Bar Organization is co-organizing the international ODR2014 Conference, which will take place from June 25-27 at UC Hastings and Stanford Law. I am excited about the agenda we have put together, which includes many of my closest colleagues. Here is a preview I wrote about a data security presentation by one of my board […]
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Street Law, Inc.
When it comes to legal education at a grassroots level, I am drawn to strong initiatives that provide access to justice training, both in the U.S. and beyond. A key player in these efforts is Street Law, Inc, a nonprofit Washington, DC organization dedicated to educating students and communities across the world about their legal […]
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RAMON MULLERAT – A Visionary and Inspirational Leader in the Law Leaves us too soon. The lawyer, jurist and specialist in international arbitration Ramón Mullerat Balmaña passed away on the morning of May 31, 2013. Ramón was President of the Council of the European lawyers (CCBE) in 1996 and a great promoter of the internationalization […]
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Psychology of Evil – TED talk
What a story. Really delves into so many issues we read about every day. Power without accountability corrupts. There are so many places where power resides, and, the question of to whom the power holders are accountable is the ultimate question in my mind. I’ve always felt that it’s with all of us – ordinary […]
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PeaceTones – Our Time has come – Here’s how you can help
After having completed several projects in Africa, Brazil and Haiti – PeaceTones is poised to go to Kenya and begin scaling its scope by offering more services to musicians everywhere. To get there, we need your help. First, to see what we are doing – take a look at this link which tells our story […]
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Cyberwarfare
This story about a global cybercriminal network is an example of how challenging it is for cops to get the robbers. They did in this case, congrats to the cops!! Laws don’t stop cybercriminals from crossing borders with increasingly sophisticated schemes. If you read to the end of the article, the quiet mention of who will […]
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SOPA
http://ning.it/zL1634 The False Ideals of the Web – op ed piece by Jaron Lanier “The proposed Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, which is being considered in the House while the Senate looks at a similar bill, is deemed the worst thing ever. Popular sites like Wikipedia staged a blackout on Wednesday to protest the […]
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Changes to the Justice System – the Impact of Technology
I am a member of the eLawyering Task Force of the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Management Section (LPM). LPM is one of the ABA’s sections which houses thousands of lawyers who pay attention to the business of being a lawyer. Recently, there has been a lot of comment on the email threads from task […]
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Should There Be a Global License to Practice Law?
The American Bar Association plays a key role in setting a policy framework that States look to when regulating the conduct of lawyers. The current Ethics commission debates have reached an impasse on the topic of virtual practice. See 20120619_draft_release_for_comment_rule_5_5_comment_4_virtual_practice . But as any tax lawyer or any international business lawyer will tell you, jurisdictional boundaries for the […]