May 25, 2017 | Family Law, Uncategorized
Dual diagnosis is a term for when someone experiences a mental illness and a substance abuse problem simultaneously. A person experiencing a mental health condition may turn to drugs and alcohol as a form of self-medication to improve the troubling mental health...
May 18, 2017 | Family Law, general law, Uncategorized
One recurring problem that I observe in the practice of family law is when a person who suffers from mental illness stops taking medication. With this problem in mind, I began to search for solutions. This is what I found: About one-third of people with...
May 4, 2017 | general law, Uncategorized
Keeping a secret is hard. As a matter of professional ethics, lawyers are required to keep a client’s confidences. These confidential communications can be understood as secrets. In a recent study, Michael Slepian of Columbia University, addressed the question...
Apr 27, 2017 | general law, Uncategorized
For decades, Stephen Bright has worked to provide the quality of legal representation to the powerless and impoverished that only the wealthiest clients could afford. All the while, he has done so on a shoestring, forsaking the riches his profession could bring....
Apr 13, 2017 | government, Uncategorized
“Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained.” – Aaron Burr Aaron Burr was the third vice president of the United States, serving under President Thomas Jefferson. Burr fatally shot his rival, Alexander Hamilton, during a duel. As a...
Apr 6, 2017 | general law, Uncategorized
“Three generations of imbeciles are enough.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes One of the worst Supreme Court decisions in history, according to journalist Adam Cohen, was the 1927 decision upholding a state’s right to forcibly sterilize a person considered unfit to...
