Attorney in the United States Also about Attorney: DISTRICT ATTORNEY Occupations Conducts prosecution in court proceedings in behalf of city, county, state, or federal government: Gathers and analyzes evidence in case and reviews pertinent decisions, policies, regulations, and other legal […]
Advocacy in United States "Advocacy is the art of persuasion" Advocacy may be a promotion of a cause or point of view. It is also a general term related to a legal professional (advocate) who represents a client's interests in the courtroom; this term has no particular standing in […]
Confidentiality in the United States Concept of Confidentiality in relation to Safe Place Definition of Confidentiality in this context: The act of protecting (i.e., not disclosing, revealing, or sharing without consent) private information relating to a patient or client; established through […]
Conflicts Of Interest in the United States Conflicts Of Interest in Law Firms Lateral hires are becoming the collateral damage at AmLaw 100 firms, where consolidation between themselves and among clients is creating a conflicts nightmare. "Now everybody wants to be a national law […]
Legal Education in the United States Training required to prepare an individual to practice law. Legal education for most persons now entering the profession of law involves completing law school. This is a relatively recent development. Well into the twentieth century, prospective lawyers […]
Recusal in United States Recusal Definition Recuse in this legal EncyclopediaRecusal definition in the Law Dictionary Recusal in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Recusal, Recusal in the World Legal Encyclopedia., Recusal, Recusal in the European Legal Encyclopedia., Recusal, […]
Counseling and Mediation in the United States Counseling and Mediation Explained References See Also Legal Profession Duties Lawyers
Lawyers and the Public in the United States Lawyers and the Public: Main Elements The coverage of Lawyers and the Public includes the following element(s): Florida Bar v. Went For It, Inc. Find out an overview of this topic, in relation to Lawyers and the Public, in the legal Ecyclopedia. […]
Local Lawyers in the United States Duties and Obligations of Local Lawyers: Summary In this section, Duties and Obligations of local lawyers covers: Competence Diligence and Communication Conflicts of Interest Confidentiality Counseling and Mediation Advocacy […]
Diligence in United States Diligence Definition In Scotch law. Process; execution. Diligence Against the Heritage. A writ of execution by which the creditor proceeds against the real estate of the debtor. Diligence Incident. A writ or process for citing witnesses and examining havers. It is […]
Henry Laurens Dawes in the United States Henry Laurens Dawes (1816-1903), American lawyer, was born at Cummington, Massachusetts, on the 30th of October 1816. After graduating at Yale in 1839, he taught for a time at Greenfield, Mass., and also edited The Greenfield Gazette. In 1842 he was […]
Competence in United States Competence Definition Mental Competence in this legal EncyclopediaCompetence definition in the Law Dictionary Competence in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Competence, Competence in the World Legal Encyclopedia., Competence, Competence in the […]
Multidisciplinary Practice Groups in the United States Multidisciplinary Practice Groups (MDPs) are businesses that offer both legal and non-legal services. The non-legal services are typically as accounting services, financial planning, social work, etc. MDPs are big in Europe but not in […]
George Perkins Marsh in the United States Life and Work George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882), American diplomatist and philologist, was born at Woodstock, Vermont, on the 15th of March 1801. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1820, was admitted to the bar in 1825, and practised law at […]
Cushman Kellogg Davis in the United States Cushman Kellogg Davis (1838-1900), American political leader and lawyer, was born in Henderson, New York, on the 16th of June 1838. He was taken by his parents to Wisconsin Territory in the year of his birth, and was educated at Carroll College, […]
Hugh Swinton Legaré in the United States Hugh Swinton Legaré (1797-1843), American lawyer and statesman, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on the 2nd of January 1797, of Huguenot and Scotch stock. Partly on account of his inability to share in the amusements of his fellows by reason […]
Prosecutors in the United States Prosecutors in the federal system are part of the U.S. Department of Justice in the executive branch. The Attorney General of the United States, who heads the Department of Justice, is appointed by the President with Senate confirmation. The chief […]
Law Dictionaries in the United States A Dictionary of Law Enforcement Oxford Dictionary of Law Hein Online, Dictionary of Jurisprudence Legal Latin Australian Law Dictionary (Oxford Reference Online) LexisNexis AU •Australian Legal Words and Phrases •Butterworths Encyclopaedic […]
Legal Encyclopedias in the United States Legal encyclopedias provide (generally) a brief, integrated statement of the law. They pull together an enormous body of legal literature, definitions, rules, and practice points derived mainly from case law. Indexes and cross-references are provided. […]
Continuing Legal Education in the United States Each state’s CLE rules are published in The Lawyer’s Almanac. A summary of each state’s rules are posted on the Web by the ABA Center for Continuing Legal Education. The ALI-ABA posts a chart of states that accept online, self-study and other […]
Legal Treatises in the United States The term treatise usually refers to an in-depth scholarly work on a particular subject area. A treatise may be a single volume or a multi-volume set. Some treatises carry scholarly weight but are not too technical or theoretical to be useful to law […]
Law Review in the United States Articles in law reviews have certainly become more obscure in recent decades. Many law professors seem to think they are under no obligation to say anything useful or to say anything well. They take pride in the theoretical and in working in disciplines other […]
Benjamin Butler in the United States Butler, Benjamin F. (1818_1893) Introduction According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, a Massachusetts labor lawyer and Democratic politician, Benjamin Franklin Butler became a Union general in 1861. Butler declared that runaway […]
Waite Morrison Remick in United States Waite, Morrison Remick WAITE, w?t, Morrison Remick, American jurist, seventh chief justice of the United States: b. Lyme, Conn., 29 Nov. 1816; d. Washington, D. C., 23 March 1888; He was graduated from Yale in 1837; studied law, and in 1838 moved to […]
William Howard Taft in the United States William Howard Taft (1857-1930), 27th President of the United States. Born in Mount Auburn, Cincinnati, 15 Sept. 1857, son of Judge Alphonso (q.v.) and Louisa M. (Torrey) Taft. After graduating with honors from Yale (1878) he studied law in Cincinnati […]
Charles Evans Hughes in the United States Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948), American jurist and statesman, thought by many to have been the greatest chief justice of the United States since John Marshall. Hughes was born in Glens Falls, New York, on April 11, 1862. He was educated at Brown […]
LeRue Grim in the United States LeRue Grim, a San Francisco Attorney Grim is an attorney with a checkered past. Decades ago, he worked as a dog trainer. Then, after graduating from an unaccredited law school, he went on to win two precedent-setting cases before the state supreme court. […]
Kobbé, Gustav in United States Kobbé, Gustav KOBBÉ, k?b’b?, Gustav, American author and journalist: b. New York, 4 March 1857; d. 1918. He was graduated at Columbia University in 1877, and from its Law School in 1879, and received the degree of M.A. from this institution in 1880; was on the […]
Pulitzer, Joseph in United States Pulitzer, Joseph PULITZER, p?’l?t-s?r, Joseph, American journalist: b. Budapest, Hungary, 10 April 1847; d. Charleston, S. C., 29 Oct. 1911. He came to the United States in 1864 and joined a Federal cavalry regiment, serving till the end of the Civil War; […]
Harden, William in United States Harden, William HARDEN, William, American historian: b. Savannah, Ga., 11 Nov. 1844. He left his studies in the schools of Savannah to join the Confederate army, serving throughout the Civil War in the 54th Georgia infantry and in the signal corps. After the […]
Johnson, Robert Underwood in United States Johnson, Robert Underwood JOHNSON, Robert Underwood, American editor and author: b. Washington, D. C., 12 Jan. 1853. He was educated at Earlham College, Indiana, and joined the staff of the Century Magazine in 1873, he was associate editor from […]
Endicott, John in United States Endicott, John ENDICOTT, John, American colonial governor: b. Dorchester, England, 1589; d. Boston, Mass., 15 March 1665. He was sent out to this country by the “Massachusetts Company” to carry on the plantation at Naumkeag, or Salem, where he arrived 6 Sept. […]
Dielman, Frederick in United States Dielman, Frederick DIELMAN, Frederick, American painter: b. Hanover, Germany, 25 Dec. 1847. He removed to the United States in childhood, and was graduated at Calvert College. He was a topographer and draughtsman in the United States Engineer Department […]
Cogswell, Joseph Green in United States Cogswell, Joseph Green COGSWELL, Joseph Green, American librarian and bibliographer: b. Ipswich, Mass., 27 Sept. 1786; d. Cambridge, Mass., 26 Nov. 1871. He was graduated at Harvard in 1806 and practised law for a few years in Belfast, Me. He was a […]
Polk, James Knox in United States Polk, James Knox POLK, James Knox, 11th President of the United States; b. Mecklenburg County, N. C., 2 Nov. 1795; d. Nashville, Tenn., 15 June 1849. He was of Scotch-Irish ancestry and was reared near the North Carolina frontier amid the hard, simple […]
Louis Dembitz Brandeis in the United States Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941), American lawyer and jurist, was born in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 13 1856. He was educated in the public schools of his native city and at the Annen Realschule, Dresden, Germany. He graduated from the Harvard Law […]
Blaine, James Gillespie in United States Blaine, James Gillespie BLAINE, James Gillespie, American statesman: b. West Brownsville, Pa., south of Pittsburgh, 31 Jan. 1830; d. Washington, D. C., 27 Jan. 1893. His father was a Presbyterian of Scotch-Irish blood; his mother was a Catholic. He […]
Harrison, Benjamin (president) in United States Harrison, Benjamin (president) HARRISON, Benjamin, 23d President of the United States: b. North Bend, Ohio, 20 Aug. 1833; d. Indianapolis, Ind., 13 March 1901. He was a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison, signer of the Declaration of […]
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard 2 in United States Hayes, Rutherford Birchard 2 See: Hayes, Rutherford Birchard The Republican State Convention of Ohio named him as its choice for President in the Republican National Convention. When the latter body met, at Cincinnati, 14 June 1876, his […]
Hayes, Rutherford Birchard in United States Hayes, Rutherford Birchard See: Hayes, Rutherford Birchard 2. HAYES, Rutherford Birchard, 19th President of the United States: b. Delaware, Ohio, 4 Oct. 1822; d. Fremont, Ohio, 17 Jan. 1893. He was the third son of Rutherford and Sophia […]
Hadley, Arthur Twining in United States Hadley, Arthur Twining HADLEY, Arthur Twining, American college president: b. New Haven, Conn., 23 April 1856. A son of James Hadley (q.v.), he was graduated from Yale in 1876, and took graduate studies in political science at Yale and the University […]
Fuller, Richard in United States Fuller, Richard FULLER, Richard, American Baptist clergyman: b. Beaufort, S. C., 22 April 1804; d. Baltimore, Md., 20 Oct. 1876. In 1820 he entered Harvard University, but was obliged, on account of feeble health, to leave during his junior year. He then […]
Sanborn, John Benjamin in United States Sanborn, John Benjamin SANBORN, John Benjamin, American military officer: b. Epsom, N. H., 5 Dec. 1826; d. 1904. He was educated at Dartmouth College, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1854, and in that year removed to Saint Paul, Minn., where […]
Harry Augustus Garfield in United States Harry Augustus Garfield Harry Augustus Hal Garfield (1863-1942), American educator, son of James A. Garfield, 20th president of the U.S., was born at Hiram, O., Oct. 11 1863. After graduating from Williams College in 1885, he taught for a year in St. […]
Astor, John Jacob (capitalist) in United States Astor, John Jacob (capitalist) ASTOR, John Jacob, American capitalist and soldier, son of William B.: b. New York, 10 June 1822; d. 22 Feb. 1890. He was educated at Columbia University and at Göttingen; he then took the full course at the […]
Schenck, Robert Cumming in United States Schenck, Robert Cumming SCHENCK, Robert Cumming, American diplomat: b. Franklin, Ohio, 7 Oct. 1809; d. Washington, D. C, 23 March 1890. He was graduated at Miami University in 1827, and remained there as tutor until 1830. In that year he became a […]
Wheaton, Henry in United States Wheaton, Henry WHEATON, Henry, American jurist: b. Providence. R. I., 27 Nov. 1785; d. Dorchester, Mass., 11 March 1848. He was graduated from Rhode Island College (now Brown University) in 1802, and studied law at Poitiers, France; he then took up the […]
Rutledge, John in United States Rutledge, John RUTLEDGE, John, American jurist: brother of Edward Rutledge (q.v.): b. Charleston, S. C., 1739; d. there, 23 July 1800. He studied law in England, returned to Charleston in 1761 and there established himself in law practice. From the outset of […]
Brooks Adams in United States Adams, Brooks ADAMS, Brooks, American writer on sociological themes: b. Quincy, Mass., 2 June 1848. He is a son of Charles Francis Adams (1st), was graduated from Harvard University in 1870 and followed the law for the succeeding year. He is a member of the […]
Steiner, Bernard Christian in United States Steiner, Bernard Christian STEINER, st?’n?r, Bernard Christian, American educator: b. Guilford, Conn., 13 Aug. 1867; prepared for college at the Frederick (Md.) Academy; was graduated at Yale A.B. 1888, A.M. 1890; was a Fellow in history at Johns […]