Yesterday, The Hartford Courant ran an editorial about how legal aid funding is drying up.
The Courant suggests raising the annual attorney registration fee to help fund legal aid.
I don’t think this does enough. The burden of providing legal services for the poor falls not just on lawyers but our State has a whole.
My suggestion: a $10 [...]
I’m supposed to be taking a blogcation but this is a time for action!
A sports team can NOT control its own destiny!
Webster’s dictionary defines destiny “as a predetermined course of events often held to be an irresisitible power….”
If I had a nickel for everytime I heard the “Dolphins, Chargers, Broncos, Bears…. control their own destiny” [...]
“It was Christmas Eve last year……..” – Rent
Last night, I was driving out to dinner with some friends. On the way there, I tell my wife that my blog turns 1 tomorrow. Her response was a very muted “okay.”
I tell her, you were supposed to say “congratulations.” She then said, “okay, congratulations.”
I further explored her [...]
As I wrap up 2008, here at A Connecticut Law Blog, it’s time for a look back on the year that was.
Here’s a post that you may be able to put to good use during the holiday season:
Have you ever ordered a bottle of wine in a restaurant, enjoyed it, but did not finish it [...]
It’s going to snow today. I’ll drive home today with zero visibility and without fail I’ll see or not see drivers without their headlights on. Earth to you: headlights are not only to help you see but so that others can see you.
Turn them ON! Don’t be that guy today.
Not only is driving without your headlights on really stupid, potentially negligent, and dangerous [...]
I was reading in the CT Law Tribune that courts in Philadelphia have launched a twitter feed of news and announcements.
What is twitter and why should the judicial branch have a feed?
Most people have the same reaction to Twitter that I did: Who needs this?
From Twitter wiki:
Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service, [...]
If you don’t know what to get the lawyer in your life then consider your problem solved.
Brooks Brothers Miracle Non-Iron Shirts are the best thing to happen to the profession since the invention of Westlaw and Lexis.
They’re pricey but they’re great.
I used to be on a first name basis with my drycleaner but no more. These [...]
If you’re headed to the probate court in Constitution plaza you’re all set. Walk out the door of the court and walk into Spris or across the street to all sorts of Hartford’s restaurants.
If you’re headed to the superior court area in Hartford then you’re options are dare I say limited.
The Hartford Superior Court area [...]
I think I’ve been to every courthouse in the state except for Milford.
Food and courts go hand and hand. When I’m traveling across the state for an early morning short calendar, I usually end up arriving very early which leaves me plenty of time to kill. I usually grab a coffee and review my file [...]
I think it’s a question worth asking and a revision worth making.
On Tuesday I asked the question if anyone remembers the Connecticut attorneys oath. I didn’t. In large part it is unmemorable, technical, and contains a laundry list of things an attorney should not do.
Judge Greenway suggests an oath:
I do solemnly swear that I shall be civil to [...]
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