Sign In
Free Newsletter
Editorial Advisory Board: Dealing with a COVID-19 bar exam
Unless you are a recent law school grad preparing to take (and pass) the examination prerequisites to practice law in Maryland, the information in this editorial likely will be news […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Hogan’s response misses the mark
Gov. Larry Hogan recently responded to President Donald Trump’s threat to send federal law enforcement agents to Baltimore to deal with unrest. Hogan said only peaceful protests are happening in […]
Editorial Advisory Board: The price of liberty in a pandemic
Around the country multiple states, both red and blue, and with Republican and Democratic governors, have had difficulty with reopening during the coronavirus pandemic. Most Marylanders have been taking the […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Reopening our courts
Asymptomatic “super-spreaders” and inadequate testing to detect them. Airborne viral microbes and antiquated ventilation systems. Jury rooms and trial tables too small to permit social distancing. Conferences up at the […]
Editorial Advisory Board: The president, Congress and ‘terror organizations’
In response to the nationwide protests over the death of an unarmed African-American man, George Floyd, who died in police custody (in Minneapolis by white officers), President Donald Trump about […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Administering justice
Recently, Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera released a “Statement on Equal Justice Under Law” urging “members of the system of justice” to “assure that our courts do not suffer bias, […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Bad legal writing – the gendered contract
One of The Daily Record Editorial Advisory Board members was recently reviewing a contract to renew employee retirement benefits. The member was surprised that in 2020 a large national company […]
Editorial Advisory Board: The folly of ‘Protection Court’
On May 6, the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission charged Judge Carroll Kelly of the 11th Judicial Circuit with “len[ding] the prestige of your judicial office to advance the private interests […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Protecting the child, obeying the Constitution
Family court judges in Maryland follow the frequent practice of sua sponte adding a nondisparagement provision to divorce decrees, simply announcing that fact to the parties. While parties to a divorce can always […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Sullivan made the right move in Flynn case
Judge Emmett Sullivan is not letting self-convicted Gen. Michael Flynn off the hook Flynn hung himself on, at least not yet. The Department of Justice seeks to erase Flynn’s prosecution, […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Affidavit judgments, due process, and emergency proceedings
While we recognize the tremendous challenges facing the Maryland courts during the pandemic and court closure, we raise a troubling issue regarding some district courts that are issuing affidavit judgments […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Wise ruling on city first responders
We write to compliment and thank all the judges of the Maryland Court of Appeals for recognizing the challenges regularly confronted by Baltimore City firefighters and police officers. They did […]
