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Editorial Advisory Board: Quarantine and Maryland law
Things are getting very serious with the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and its effect on the United States.
Editorial Advisory Board: By George, she’s done it
Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera said she’d do it and indeed she did. By the August 31 deadline that Judge Barbera set for the Court of Appeals, she and her colleagues on the bench have issued opinions in all 127 cases heard in the 2013-2014 term.
Editorial Advisory Board: Frost – An unwarranted chilling of lawyers’ First Amendment rights
The Court of Appeals of Maryland disbarred James Albert Frost in February. There were good reasons for the court’s action. However, the court’s opinion unwarrantedly chills lawyers’ First Amendment Rights.
Editorial Advisory Board | 2015: A great year to apply to law school
As we have noted in the past, applications to the nation’s law schools are on the wane. Data from the American Bar Association’s Section of Legal Education confirm the trend.
Editorial Advisory Board: Civilian Police Review Board of Baltimore: To be or not to be?
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake wants the Civilian Police Review Board to be “more impactful.” That decision is based on the presumption that the Civilian Police Review Board should continue “to be.”
Editorial Advisory Board: Listservs: Post – and respond – at your own risk
The Maryland State Bar Association provides a valuable service to its members in establishing listservs that its members may access and participate in. On the listservs, members can exchange information, seek referrals and make information available about services.
Editorial Advisory Board – Pro bono: Organizing to address unmet needs
The Maryland Judiciary’s annual pro bono report demonstrates a very high level of pro bono activity by Maryland lawyers. Among full-time lawyers actively practicing in Maryland in 2013, more than 60 percent rendered some type of pro bono service.
Editorial Advisory Board: Changing of the guard at UM Carey Law
Phoebe Haddon is leaving the Deanship at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law after five successful years. The success of those years can be measured in part by the new name of the school—the Francis King Carey name has been added as a result of a $30 million bequest, at the time the largest gift ever received by an American law school.
Editorial Advisory Board: The importance of conviction integrity
After the election of Gregg Bernstein as State’s Attorney for Baltimore City in 2010, the Greater Baltimore Committee formed an Ad Hoc Committee to study and report on “Best Practices” employed by prosecutors.
Editorial Advisory Board: ‘They created the problem. They’re paying for it now.’
It looks to us that when the Maryland Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s decision in DeWolfe v. Richmond, it triggered a General Assembly-created cow pie. A large and gooey one.
Editorial Advisory Board: City adopts plan for all red lights
The terrible gridlock in the city is not the fault of mistimed traffic lights; rather, it is caused by all the cars that appear all at once during certain times of the day.
Editorial Advisory Board: Time to strengthen domestic violence laws
The 2014 session of the Maryland General Assembly is being highlighted by another strong push from lawmakers to strengthen domestic violence laws. Gov. Martin O’Malley, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, and Sen. Brian Frosh, among others, are backing legislation that will make a domestic protection order more effective than it now is.
