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Grossman, Lisa R.

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“…88 Thus, the lawyer must not only discover the financial history of both parties to represent the client, but also know the law of what constitutes marital property and the tax law implications of any division of assets. 89 The duty to conduct discovery in a divorce action is part of providing diligent and competent representation to the client, 90 whereas the ability to conduct discovery can be limited by its cost in a pro bono context. 91 The pro bono family lawyer is almost always dealing with clients who cannot afford to pay additional counsel/expert fees for additional discovery if needed, let alone ordinary counsel fees.…”

Section: The Cost Of Discovery Increases Exposure Risk For Voluntementioning

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Insuring That Good Deeds Go Unpunished: Instituting State‐Provided Malpractice Protection for Pro Bono Family Lawyers

Prisco¹

2014

Family Court Review

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In the face of an economic downturn, more litigants are attempting to handle family law actions without representation and the consequences could be disastrous for them. Although some legal aid is available, more pro bono services are needed, and many family lawyers who would otherwise volunteer do not do so because they fear becoming defendants in a legal malpractice suit. Most prospective volunteers do not have the right malpractice insurance and are not covered by current state or federal law. This Note proposes that all states recognize the increasing malpractice exposure risk for family lawyers and incentivize them to volunteer by implementing statewide programs that provide free malpractice insurance for volunteer family lawyers modeled after existing programs in Missouri and Texas. Such programs would recognize that volunteer attorneys are doing a good deed, but also protect every client's right to adequate legal representation, by preserving their right to sue for malpractice.Key Points for the Family Court Community:• More litigants in family court actions are deciding to represent themselves due to their inability to pay market rates for legal services. • Although some legal aid is available, more pro bono services are needed. • Many family lawyers do not volunteer due to fear of being sued for malpractice. • A state-implemented malpractice insurance plan for volunteer family lawyers would be a low-cost program that would minimize attorney fears, create incentives to volunteer, and serve as an effective solution to the increasing rate of self-represented litigants in family court actions.

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Section: The Cost Of Discovery Increases Exposure Risk For Voluntementioning

confidence: 99%

Insuring That Good Deeds Go Unpunished: Instituting State‐Provided Malpractice Protection for Pro Bono Family Lawyers

Prisco¹

2014

Family Court Review

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Basic Compensation for the Victims of Climate Change

Farber

2006

SSRN Journal

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current estimate is that a doubling of CO 2 from preindustrial levels would result in a temperature increase between 1.5'C and 4.5'C (2.7'F to 8.1"F) by the end of this century. 3 For this reason, even in the best-case scenario, we will be faced with a number of adverse impacts from climate change-and indeed, we are already experiencing them: [M]any of the climate impacts identified by IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] are likely to occur regardless of the nature of the international policy response. In fact, the IPCC has recently concluded that regional changes in climate, particularly increases in temperature, have already affected a diverse set of physical and biological systems in many parts of the world. Examples of observed changes caused by human releases of GHG include shrinkage of glaciers, thawing of permafrost, later freezing and earlier break-up of ice on rivers and lakes, lengthening of mid-to [sic] high-latitude growing seasons, poleward and altitudinal shifts of plants and animal ranges, declines of some plant and animal populations, and earlier flowering of trees, emerging of insects, and egg-laying in birds. 4 Designing a fair and efficient system of compensation for climate change damage poses great challenges. In this Article, my goal is only to start the process of thinking through these issues. In particular, I will try to show how certain kinds of injuries could be the subject of a workable compensation system. These injuries-involving changes in were adopted. Even if all nations could have stabilized emissions in the year 2002, the concentrations of GHGs would continue to rise and would approach 500 ppm by the year 2100. After that, GHG concentrations in the atmosphere would continue to rise for several hundred years before stabilization would be achieved. Even to stabilize CO 2 at 1,000 ppm will require reductions of emissions below current levels.

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The net doctor will see you now

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Insuring That Good Deeds Go Unpunished: Instituting State‐Provided Malpractice Protection for Pro Bono Family Lawyers

Insuring That Good Deeds Go Unpunished: Instituting State‐Provided Malpractice Protection for Pro Bono Family Lawyers

Basic Compensation for the Victims of Climate Change

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