The tent city that was established in front of Baltimore’s City Hall in August for about two weeks served as a poignant image of the need to focus on addressing homelessness and poverty. As lawyers serving families, it is important ...

In my current career as a dispute resolution professional, I have often wondered why so few family law cases go to arbitration. Where expense is a major issue or confidentiality is important to the parties, it seems to be a ...

In an unreported opinion issued in July, In re: Adoption/Guardianship of T.A., JR., the Maryland Court of Special Appeals highlighted an evidentiary issue with respect to court medical services bonding studies and parental fitness evaluations. The court ruled on whether ...

BOSTON – I have heard several lawyers break the ice with an audience of their peers by joking that they love their jobs – except for their clients. This joke often elicits a quick laugh because almost every lawyer can ...

Five-year-old Jane entered foster care because, on more than one occasion, both her parents were in an unconscious state in their apartment, overcome by their heroin addiction. On each occasion, Jane was the one who found her parents. She enlisted ...

According to a recent study conducted by Altman Weil, “Law Firms in Transition 2017”, 72 percent of responding firms believe that change in the legal industry will continue to take place at a rapid rate, compared to 2012, when only ...

“April” is a 20 year-old youth in the foster care system only a few months shy of her 21st birthday. On that day, she will have aged-out of the foster care system and will no longer have available to her ...

BOSTON – The life of a successful law student and lawyer requires many sacrifices. During the law school years, you had to sacrifice leisure time, hobbies, time with friends and family, and probably your self-care. Working as a busy lawyer ...

In 2007, Maryland’s Education Article was amended to include a provision waiving tuition for youth in foster care planning to attend public institutions of higher education. Md. Code Ann., Ed. Art. § 15–106.1. The law was amended a number of ...

Almost since mediation became a process, there has been debate over how a mediator should conduct the mediation process. Most of the literature indicates that mediators tend to follow either a bargaining style of mediation or a therapeutic style of ...