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In this episode of Today in YGK, Broadcast Journalist Christena Lawrie dives into the growing partnership between Queen’s Law and the Kingston Native Centre and Language Next, recently bolstered by a $179,000 grant from The Law Foundation of Ontario. Campus Reporter Abyaz Auntorip Karim recaps the current state of negotiations between Queen’s workers and the university as a possible strike looms on the horizon. Sports Reporter Isabella Garrido dives into the latest updates in Queen’s Athletics. Tune in for these stories and more, including your weekly concerts and events calendar presented by CFRC History Intern Henry Walker.

Erin Nguyen Neff You may be fortunate enough to live somewhere where strong advocacy by tenant groups has taken away a landlord's ability to throw you out of your home for any reason whatsoever.  It's called “Just Cause Protection.” Sonoma County and Antioch recently adopted Just Cause ordinances and Alameda County has had Just Cause protection for many years. But, even with this protection, evictions still happen. Someday you may be the person who wakes up to a three-day eviction notice tacked to your door. If that happens, we want you to be prepared. That's why, today, we're covering the procedure known as an Unlawful Detainer. That's another piece of paper that may land on your door. This one offers you a day in court after you get a 3-day eviction notice. Our guest, Erin Neff, is an expert in these court hearings. They have defended families at risk of eviction from some of the worst landlords in New York City. They are an experienced attorney in housing law in support of the disability community, and they work for the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, known as DREDF. Erin Neff will explain what it means for a person with a disability to have their day in court. And, we'll also spend some time exploring the legal situation for someone with a Section 8 voucher. This program is hosted and produced by Eddie Ytuarte. More about Erin Nguyen Neff: As a Senior Staff Attorney at DREDF, Erin Nguyen Neff primarily focuses on civil rights cases, impact litigation, and policy advocacy for people with disabilities. They began their career as a tenant lawyer for the Legal Aid Society in Brooklyn. Erin has also worked at California Rural Legal Assistance and the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, where she was the Lead Policy Attorney for their Housing Program. With housing rights and policy as a predominant focus throughout Erin's career, they believe housing is a human right – and the decommodification of housing is necessary to uphold that right. They completed their undergraduate degree in psychology at George Mason University and their law degree at the American University, Washington College of Law, where they were an editor for the Journal of Gender, Social Policy, and the Law. Erin is licensed to practice law in both the state of New York and California. The post Eviction: Your Day in Court – Pushing Limits – November 15, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

COLLEEN QUINN Discusses the Virginia Law Foundation full 849 Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:03:00 +0000 7TRLt8pw1epiHfw4gRmw9MjnvcdsMQIv news Richmond's Morning News with John Reid news COLLEEN QUINN Discusses the Virginia Law Foundation On Richmond's Morning News, John Reid discusses the top stories of the day from around the world, nationally, in Virginia, and right here in the Richmond area.  Listen to news you can use, newsmakers, and analysis of what's happening every weekday from 5:30 to 10:00 AM on NewsRadio 1140 WRVA and 96.1 FM!   2024 © 2021 Audacy, Inc.

In the next episode of the Council of Firsts, Amanda Arriaga, first Latina president of the Austin Bar, talks with Afsoon Khatiboo-McClellan, Director, Global Associations for LexisNexis. This episode was recorded at the American Bar Association/National Conference of Bar Presidents meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. To learn more about the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, visit https://www.lexisnexisrolfoundation.org/ For more information on the LexisNexis Rule of Law Corporate Page, visit https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/rule-of-law/default.page For information on Law360 – Access to Justice, visit https://www.law360.com/access-to-justice To learn more about NCBP, visit https://ncbp.org Listen on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/discussion-with-afsoon-khatiboo-mcclellan-director/id1681607368?i=1000651178508 Watch on YouTube https://youtu.be/EtRKi9YfOs8?si=6b34yAnH7j87SDBN

Originally Aired: November 6 This episode has been digitally remastered in high definition and completely re-edited to  enhance the viewer experience.  Our valued patrons are receiving a 7-day early release of this content as an added value for supporting Narativ's productions.  Thank you! This episode focuses on exploring the rising influence of Christian nationalism in America and its potential connection to China. The hosts discuss the relationships of key figures such as Ivanka Trump, Wendy Deng Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch, and Jared Kushner. They also elaborate on the potential roles played by proxies such as Saudi Arabia, Russia, Israel, the UAE, and Egypt. A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to analyzing the influence of individuals like Michael Flynn and Steve Bannon, as well as organizations such as the Federalist Society and Rule of Law Foundation. The episode concludes with a warning about the crucial upcoming elections and the imperative to resist potential outside influences threatening America's democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    This episode has been digitally remastered in high definition and completely re-edited to  enhance the viewer experience.  Our valued patrons are receiving a 7-day early release of this content as an added value for supporting Narativ's productions.  Thank you! This episode focuses on exploring the rising influence of Christian nationalism in America and its potential connection to China. The hosts discuss the relationships of key figures such as Ivanka Trump, Wendy Deng Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch, and Jared Kushner. They also elaborate on the potential roles played by proxies such as Saudi Arabia, Russia, Israel, the UAE, and Egypt. A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to analyzing the influence of individuals like Michael Flynn and Steve Bannon, as well as organizations such as the Federalist Society and Rule of Law Foundation. The episode concludes with a warning about the crucial upcoming elections and the imperative to resist potential outside influences threatening America's democracy.

La historia detrás de los silencios de Dina y Otárola ante la Fiscalía. Un exministro ha dado el testimonio que más los hunde en el caso de las masacres. MIENTRAS TANTO: Se fugó sospechoso del asesinato en la juerga de Amuruz. Es otro de los hermanos Valdivia, implicados en todos los casos famosos. ADEMÁS: La próxima víctima del régimen es el Procurador Daniel Soria. Y... Guatemala vuelve a convertirse en el futuro del Perú. Un golpe desde la fiscalía está en marcha. Explica la situación Úrsula Indacochea, de la Due Process of Law Foundation.

La historia detrás de los silencios de Dina y Otárola ante la Fiscalía. Un exministro ha dado el testimonio que más los hunde en el caso de las masacres. MIENTRAS TANTO: Se fugó sospechoso del asesinato en la juerga de Amuruz. Es otro de los hermanos Valdivia, implicados en todos los casos famosos. ADEMÁS: La próxima víctima del régimen es el Procurador Daniel Soria. Y... Guatemala vuelve a convertirse en el futuro del Perú. Un golpe desde la fiscalía está en marcha. Explica la situación Úrsula Indacochea, de la Due Process of Law Foundation. **** ¿Te gustó este episodio? ¿Buscas las fuentes de los datos mencionados hoy? Entra a http://patreon.com/ocram para acceder a nuestros grupos exclusivos de Telegram y WhatsApp. También puedes UNIRTE a esta comunidad de YouTube aquí https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP0AJJeNkFBYzegTTVbKhPg/join **** ¿Quieres que tu emprendimiento sea mencionado en La Encerrona? Regístrate aquí para postular: https://encerroners.club

The knowledge that has been given to us from Ms. Adkins is amazing to creating programs to help bridge the gap in Generational Wealth, AQUME Gala, and more. AQUME Enterprise Links: http://www.aqumelaw.com/https://www.aqumefoundation.org/https://www.linkedin.com/in/ciarra-c-adkins-jd-101363198?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base_contact_details%3BxUapSmBWQz%2B929gzlCue2g%3D%3D Unapologetic Links: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/a3d... https://anchor.fm/mel-johnson0 https://www.breaker.audio/un-at-polog... https://overcast.fm/itunes1510696709/... https://pca.st/hud62u72https://radiopublic.com/unpologetic-W... https://open.spotify.com/show/0QZof2y... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-unapologetic-1-podcast-111272307/https://linktr.ee/unapologeticpodcast1 Social Media Links: Hit that Follow, Share, Like IG: @unapologeticpodcast_101 FB:@U1podcast Twitter: @U1podcast TikTok: @unapologetic1podcast Pinterest: @unapologeticpc https://www.linkedin.com/in/unapologetic-podcast-llc-35ba77232/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mel-johnson0/support

These gems don't stop in this conversation. Ms. Ciarra Adkins talks to us about AQUME Properties LLC, the Gala, and a lot more. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mel-johnson0/support

We have Ms. Ciarra Adkins dropping gems on us about how she is empowering the black community, what free services that her enterprise is giving out and more. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mel-johnson0/support

Brianna Joaseus and Edrius Stagg are two law students at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, La., who spent nine months earlier this year tackling systemic racism in the legal system. On the latest LawNext, they join host Bob Ambrogi to discuss their projects and how their work impacted their goals for their legal careers.  Joaseus and Stagg were two of 18 law students from six law schools who participated this year in the second year of a fellowship program sponsored by the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation and the LexisNexis African Ancestry Network, in partnership with the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Law School Consortium. (Two students from the program's first year were featured on this podcast in July 2021.) The project Joaseus designed focused on the problem of racial bias in real estate appraisals. Her proposal would reduce appraisal bias by creating a digital checklist for appraisal professionals, developed using LexisNexis resources, that would help identify “red flag” situations in which the appraisal process may be unfair or biased.  Stagg's project focused on the problem of jury pools that are not racially diverse or representative of their communities. His proposal was to create a “Jury Wheel 2.0” data visualization dashboard that would leverage available technology to ensure that a jury-duty summons is sent to the correct address and represents the demographic make-up of the community.  Both students stand as inspiring examples of those who are shaping the future of the legal profession and their schools are examples of how law schools can do more to drive change in their communities. Of course, credit also goes to LexisNexis, which organized this program and committed $180,000 in funds plus the time and mentorship of numerous employees.  In addition Southern University Law Center, the schools that participated this year were: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University College of Law, Howard University School of Law, North Carolina Central University School of Law, Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University, and the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law.   Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, MerusCase and LollyLaw; the e-payments platform Headnote; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks. If you enjoy listening to LawNext, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.

To mark the launch of our third series of Unique Contributions, our host, YS Chi, explores the issue of the Rule of Law and how to make it universal and relevant for everyone. YS Chi asks Ian McDougall, general counsel of LexisNexis Legal & Professional and president of LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, if there's a Rule of Law crisis? And if so, how do we maintain trust, the glue that keeps it all together. In a further conversation, YS Chi talks to Alison Manchester, vice president of product management at LexisNexis Legal & Professional. In the context of a loss of confidence in the voting system in the US, Alison talks about the LexisNexis US Voting Laws and Legislation Center, a free resource that allows everyone to see first-hand all voting law activities that are happening at state and federal levels, without relying on rumour or social media. This podcast is brought to you by RELX.

Our very exciting guest on this episode is Erin Scott.Erin Scott is FVLC's Executive Director. She has extensive experience as a domestic violence and sexual assault advocate, a family law attorney, and a nonprofit manager. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of UnCommon Law and previously served on the Board of Director of the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence and the Family Violence Appellate Project  Prior to joining FVLC, she was the Directing Attorney of Legal Advocates for Children & Youth, a program of the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, and the Director of Foundation Support at the ACLU Foundation of Northern California. She has a J.D. from New York University School of Law and a B.A. from Swarthmore College.If you would like to find out more about the Family Violence Law Center visit their website at  https://fvlc.orgIf you are being abused, please find a safe place to call The National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233.

On this special episode of LawTech Talks, produced in partnership with LexisNexis, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with LexisNexis executive vice-president and general counsel Ian McDougall about how technology, in general, is proving to be as much of a challenge to the rule of law as a support to it. Mr McDougall details how and why there is an intersection between the rule of law and the advancement of legal technological platforms and processes. Are lawyers losing sight of the importance of the rule of law amidst the mainstreaming of legal tech? He discusses the practical steps that lawyers must take to ensure the rule of law is not lost in the shuffle, why the rule of law is not a competing priority in the wake of myriad market disruption and turbulence, and the benefits that will flow — both for lawyers and their clients — should the rule of law be promoted in one's use of tech. For more information about the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation at their efforts, click here. If you like this episode, show your support by rating us or leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (The Lawyers Weekly Show) and by following Lawyers Weekly on social media: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. If you have any questions about what you heard today, any topics of interest you have in mind, or if you'd like to lend your voice to the show, email editor@lawyersweekly.com.au for more insights!  

A new report launched today calls for a radical overhaul of ACC - and a new integrated system to cover all impairments...whether from illness or accident. The ACC scheme was established in 1974 as a no-fault system that covers people who are injured in an accident and cannot work, or need rehabilitation. It does not cover people who are unwell or disabled. Warren Forster is a lawyer and researcher who has been working in the ACC sector for many years. He says the current system is discriminatory, arbitrary and a negative experience for many, and New Zealand could and should have a single system that covers all impairments. The report he's published today, with the support of the Law Foundation, is the culmination of seven years of research - reflecting thousands of cases he's either been involved with or which have been shared with him by claimants.

¿Por qué la elección de los nuevos magistrados del TC fue tan controversial? En este podcast especial, nuestro curador Kenneth Sánchez conversa sobre la reciente elección de los miembros del Tribunal Constitucional con la abogada Úrsula Indacochea de The Due Process of Law Foundation y con el abogado y politólogo Javier Albán. En este episodio, Úrsula y Javier analizan el proceso, la elección y lo que viene después de esta controvertida elección.

Recent reports about gangs and an upswing in gun crime echo a similar panic 25 years ago which prompted a political backlash and hasty changes in the law. A new report looking back at that says most changes didn't work - and the media was part of the problem. 

Recent reports about gangs and an upswing in gun crime echo a similar panic 25 years ago which prompted a political backlash and hasty changes in the law. A new report looking back at that says most changes didn't work - and the media was part of the problem. 

24th January 2022 - National Girl Child Day Special Talk with Dr. Hema Karthick - Director - Women and Child Protection of International Law Foundation, Additional Director General - National Crime Investigation Bureau, Legal Advisor for Public Vigilance Council - Tamilnadu, Senior Psychologist, Counseling Specialist, Psychotherapist, Hypnotherapist, Advocate, State President of Peace of India, National Legal Advisor and TamilNadu State Principal Secretary of TUJ, IPMA, IPW and PWHRC. Get Inspired with Manjalvanam Podcast ! Stay Tuned with GK ..! Manjal Vanam believes Social media plays essential role to spread the requirement of the needy, So that we can work coloboratively towards volunteering and contribution. Please follow our social media updates *Like-Share-subscribe* Website: www.mvlct.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Manjal-Vanam-Life-Charitable-Trust-MVLCT-113196993667149/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/manjalvanamlifecharitabletrust Twitter: (@manjalvanam) https://twitter.com/manjalvanam Instagram: https://instagram.com/manjalvanam LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/manjalvanam Podcast: https://anchor.fm/manjalvanam For More details Contact - +91 944582 1717 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/manjalvanam/message

This January marks the 30th anniversary of El Salvador's peace accords between the government and left-wing guerrillas, which ended a decade-long civil war that claimed at least 75,000 lives. On January 20, USIP and the Due Process of Law Foundation held a discussion that examined what the 1992 peace agreement achieved, where and why it fell short, and what both domestic and international actors can do to help El Salvador address ongoing struggles with violence, polarization and impunity. Speakers Keith Mines, moderator Director, Latin America Program, U.S. Institute of Peace Leonor Arteaga Program Director, Due Process of Law Foundation Douglass Cassel Former Legal Advisor, U.N. Commission on the Truth for El Salvador; Professor Emeritus, School of Law, University of Notre Dame Gino Costa Former Advisor, U.N. Observer Mission in El Salvador; Member of the Peruvian Congress Alvaro de Soto Former U.N. Representative for the Central American Peace Process; Professor, Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po   For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/30-years-later-el-salvadors-peace-accords  

QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit's failure to apply the Supreme Court's forum doctrine to the First Amendment challenge of a private religious organization that was denied access to briefly display its flag on a city flagpole, pursuant to a city policy expressly designating the flagpole a public forum open to all applicants, with hundreds of approvals and no denials, conflicts with the Supreme Court's precedents holding that speech restrictions based on religious viewpoint or content violate the First Amendment or are otherwise subject to strict scrutiny and that the establishment clause is not a defense to censorship of private speech in a public forum open to all comers; whether the 1st Circuit's classifying as government speech the brief display of a private religious organization's flag on a city flagpole, pursuant to a city policy expressly designating the flagpole a public forum open to all applicants, with hundreds of approvals and no denials, unconstitutionally expands the government speech doctrine, in direct conflict with the court's decisions in Matal v. Tam, Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. and Pleasant Grove City v. Summum; and  whether the 1st Circuit's finding that the requirement for perfunctory city approval of a proposed brief display of a private religious organization's flag on a city flagpole, pursuant to a city policy expressly designating the flagpole a public forum open to all applicants with hundreds of approvals and no denials, transforms the religious organization's private speech into government speech, conflicts with the Supreme Court's precedent in Matal v. Tam, and circuit court precedents in New Hope Family Services, Inc. v. Poole, Wandering Dago, Inc. v. Destito, Eagle Point Education Association v. Jackson County School District and Robb v. Hungerbeeler. Date                   Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding)Jun 21 2021 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 26, 2021)Jul 23 2021 | Brief of respondents City of Boston, et al. in opposition filed.Jul 26 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation, et al. filed.Aug 11 2021 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.Sep 17 2021 | Reply of petitioners Harold Shurtleff, et al. filed. (Distributed)Sep 30 2021 | Petition GRANTED.Oct 27 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Harold Shurtleff, et al.Nov 02 2021 | Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, City of Boston, et al.Nov 12 2021 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners Harold Shurtleff, et al.Nov 15 2021 | Brief of petitioners Harold Shurtleff, et al. filed.Nov 16 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Foundation for Moral Law filed.Nov 17 2021 | ARGUMENT SET FOR Tuesday, January 18, 2022.Nov 17 2021 | Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit.Nov 17 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Liberty, Life and Law Foundation filed.Nov 19 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.Nov 22 2021 | Motion to dispense with printing the joint appendix filed by petitioners GRANTED.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Bronx Household of Faith filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of American Cornerstone Institute filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of United States filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Initiative filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The American Legion filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of The Rutherford Institute filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Thomas More Society filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation, et al. filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Protect the First Foundation filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of CatholicVote.org Education Fund filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Advancing American Freedom and Faith & Freedom Coalition filed.Nov 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Kentucky, et al. filed.Nov 30 2021 | The record from the U.S.D.C. Dist. of Massachusetts is electronic and located on Pacer.Nov 30 2021 | The record from the U.S.C.A. 1st Circuit is electronic and located on Pacer.Dec 14 2021 | CIRCULATEDDec 15 2021 | Brief of respondents City of Boston, et al. filed. (Distributed)Dec 20 2021 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument filed.Dec 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, et al. filed. (Distributed)Dec 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Massachusetts, et al. filed. (Distributed)Dec 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action, et al. filed. (Distributed)Dec 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Local Government Organizations filed. (Distributed)Dec 22 2021 | Brief amici curiae of Freedom From Religion Foundation and Center for Inquiry filed. (Distributed)Dec 22 2021 | Brief amicus curiae of Anti-Defamation League filed. (Distributed)Jan 07 2022 | Motion of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae, for divided argument, and for enlargement of time for oral argument GRANTED.Jan 07 2022 | Reply of Harold Shurtleff, et al. not accepted for filing. (Corrected version submitted)(January 11, 2022)Jan 07 2022 | Reply of petitioners Harold Shurtleff, et al. filed. (Distributed)Jan 18 2022 | Argued. For petitioners: Mathew Staver, Orlando, Fla.; and Sopan Joshi, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. (for United States, as amicus curiae.) For respondents: Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Washington, D. C.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

QUESTION PRESENTED:Whether the Supreme Court should issue a stay of OSHA's vaccine-or-testing regime for all businesses with 100 or more employees.Date                   Proceedings and Orders Dec 17 2021  | Application (21A244) for a stay, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.Dec 20 2021 | Response to application (21A244) requested by Justice Kavanaugh, due by 4 p.m., Thursday, December 30, 2021.Dec 20 2021 | Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by Washington Legal Foundation.Dec 22 2021 | Application (21A244) referred to the Court.Dec 22 2021 | Consideration of the applications (21A244 and 21A247) for stay presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court is deferred pending oral argument. The applications are consolidated, and a total of one hour is allotted for oral argument. The applications are set for oral argument on Friday, January 7, 2022.Dec 22 2021 | Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief filed by Former OSHA Administrators Charles Jeffress, David Michaels, and Gerard Scannell. VIDED.Dec 23 2021 | Because the Court has consolidated these applications for oral argument, future filings and activity in 21A244 and 21A247 will now be reflected on the docket of No. 21A244. Subsequent filings in No. 21A244 and/or 21A247 must therefore be submitted through the electronic filing system in No. 21A244. Any document submitted in connection with either of these applications must include on its cover the application number and caption for each application in which the filing is intended to be submitted. Where a filing is submitted in only one application, the docket entry will reflect that; a document filed in both applications will be noted as “VIDED.”Dec 23 2021 | Motion for divided argument filed by applicants. VIDED.Dec 23 2021 | Replies, if any, shall be filed by 10 a.m., Monday, January 3, 2022. VIDED.Dec 23 2021 | Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by Constitutional Accountability Center. VIDED.Dec 27 2021 | Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief filed by National Employment Lawyers Association and Jobs With Justice Educational Fund. VIDED.Dec 28 2021 | Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by Tore Says LLC. VIDED.Dec 28 2021 | Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by Liberty, Life and Law Foundation. VIDED.Dec 29 2021 | Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed byDefending The Republic, Inc. VIDED.Dec 29 2021 | Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by Standard Process Inc. VIDED.Dec 30 2021 | Motion for divided argument filed by applicants GRANTED. VIDED.Dec 30 2021 | Motion for Leave to File and Brief of Amici Curiae of Members of Congress not accepted for filing. (January 03, 2022)Dec 30 2021 | Response to application from respondents Occupational Safety and Health Administration, et al. filed. VIDED.Dec 30 2021 | Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief filed by American Public Health Association, et al. VIDED.Dec 30 2021 | Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief filed by Local Unions 1249 and 97 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. VIDED.Dec 30 2021 | Response to application from respondents American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations filed. VIDED.Dec 30 2021 | Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by America's Frontline Doctors. VIDED.Dec 30 2021 | Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by We The Patriots USA, Inc. VIDED.Dec 30 2021 | Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief filed by American Medical Association, et al. VIDED.Dec 30 2021 | Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief filed by Center for Medical Freedom, et al. VIDED.Dec 30 2021 | Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by Advancing American Freedom. VIDED.Dec 30 2021 | Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief filed by National Disability Rights Network, et al. VIDED.Dec 30 2021 | Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief filed by Small Business Majority, et al. VIDED.Dec 30 2021 | Motion for leave to file amicus curiae brief filed by the IU Family for Choice, not Mandates, Inc. VIDED.Jan 03 2022 | Reply of applicant National Federation of Independent Business, et al. filed.Jan 03 2022 | Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief filed by Texas Values, et al. VIDED.Jan 03 2022 | Motion for leave to file amici curiae brief filed by Members of Congress. VIDED.Jan 03 2022 | Reply of Ohio, et al. in support of application submitted.Jan 05 2022 | Motion of Jason Feliciano , et al.Jan 06 2022 | Motion of Alsco, Inc. for Leave to File Brief as Amicus Curiae in Opposition to Emergency Applications for a Stay or Injunction Pending Certiorari Review; For Leave to File Without 10 Days' Notice; and For Leave to File in Paper Format of Alsco, Inc. submitted.Jan 06 2022 | Motion of 400 Physicians, Surgeons, Nurses, and Medical Professionals Opposing OSHA's Unconstitutional Overreach Leave to File Attached Brief as Amicus Curiae in Support of Applicants of 400 Physicians, Surgeons, Nurses, and Medical Professionals Opposing OSHA's Unconstitutional Overreach submitted.Jan 06 2022 | Motion for Leave to File; and Amici Brief of Two Unnamed Workers in Support of Application for Stay, Grant of Certiorari, and Reversal of Two Unnamed Workers submitted.Jan 06 2022 | Motion for Leave to File Amicus Brief and Brief of American Commitment Foundation, Inc. submitted.Jan 07 2022 | Argued. For applicants in 21A244: Scott A. Keller, Washington, D. C. For applicants in 21A247: Benjamin M. Flowers, Solicitor General, Columbus, Ohio. For respondents: Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. VIDED.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The city of Mountain View is prohibiting oversize vehicle parking on streets that are 40 feet wide or, which more than 80 percent of the city's streets are. While the ordinance is described as a traffic safety measure, according to local reporting, the ban primarily affects homeless people living in vehicles. Last week, a group of civil rights organizations filed suit against the city over that ordinance, describing it as unconstitutional and inhumane. Michael Trujillo, an attorney with the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, one of the organizations bringing the suit, and Yesica Prado, a photojournalist who has documented the lives of vehicle dwellers for the San Francisco Public Press and who herself lives in her RV, give some regional context for the ordinance and explain what the lawsuit is about.

En este podcast especial, la abogada Úrsula Indacochea de The Due Process of Law Foundation nos acompaña para explicarnos lo que está pasando con la elección de magistrados del TC y los paralelos regionales de este proceso.

The past year has laid bare, in shockingly explicit detail, the racial inequities of the justice system. Now, LexisNexis and the Historically Black Colleges and University Law School Consortium have partnered to launch a fellowship initiative for 12 law students to spend nine months working to end this systemic racism and further the rule of law.  On this episode of LawNext, we discuss this initiative with two of the fellows who are participating in it, as well as with the president of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, which is providing $120,000 to support each fellow with a $10,000 stipend. LexisNexis is also providing each fellow with dedicated mentorship and recurring professional development sessions to enhance their skills in technology, data analytics, and leadership. Joining host Bob Ambrogi are:  Ian McDougall, executive vice president and general counsel of LexisNexis and president of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation.  Kailyn Kennedy, a fellow from North Carolina Central University School of Law, who received a fellowship to create webinar programs that offer a space for communication, questions, knowledge, and solutions to be shared about the racial discrepancies in legal employment.  Oscar Draughn, a fellow from Florida Agricultural And Mechanical University College of Law, who received a fellowship to create a database of pro se litigant resources in Florida via a digital app with step-by-step tutorials.  Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about.  A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

My guest today is Christa Gannon. Christa is the Founder of Fresh Lifelines for Youth, Inc. (“FLY”). As a Stanford Law student in 1995, Christa volunteered with boys who were faced with spending most of their teenage years, and for some their entire lives, behind bars. She asked them what would prevent other youth from ending up like them, and their ideas became the basis for FLY. In 1998, Christa received the prestigious George Soros Foundation award, a two-year fellowship, to take the kids’ ideas, bolster them with best practices in youth development and crime prevention, and start a pilot program. The pilot was so successful that when the fellowship ended in 2000, Christa incorporated the project into a nonprofit. Today, Fresh Lifelines for Youth is an award-winning Bay Area nonprofit that each year serves approximately 2,500 youth ages 11-24 who are involved the juvenile justice system in 3 Bay Area counties.  FLY educates young people about the law, supports them to become leaders among their peers, and gives them positive mentors and role models. Providing services at less than one tenth the cost of incarceration, FLY helps young people out of the pipeline to prison and onto a new path toward healthy, productive lives. FLY also helps local juvenile justice systems become more just, humane, and equitable. Christa has received numerous awards – no less than 34! - for her work at FLY, including the James Irvine Leadership Award, the Human Rights Award for the City of San Jose, Stanford Law School’s Inaugural Alumni Public Service Award, the Law Foundation’s Youth Advocate of the Year Award, a Bay Area Women of Influence Award, and induction as an Ashoka Fellow, one of the first in the field of Juvenile Justice in the United States. After serving as CEO of FLY for its first two decades, Christa now serves in a formal Founder role as an advocate and ambassador for FLY, helping with fundraising and investor relations, and working on special projects for FLY’s strategic plan, “Imagine 2030.” Christa holds a B.S. in sociology and law and society, graduated with honors from Stanford Law School, and is a member of the California Bar. Christa is also a wife, mother of two children, and basketball coach. Here’s what to expect during the episode: Nonprofit executive transitions are not necessarily thoughtful, planned, nor strategic. How does one deal with succession planning? Dividing the work between a CEO and a COO. It’s all about playing to your strengths! Constantly listening to the whispers of the soul. What would that look like (or sound like) for leaders? The lessons Christa learned after taking a sabbatical. What’s the value in “stepping away” as a founder in light of executive transitions?   ~   You can see Christa on her website https://flyprogram.org/ Check her out on Twitter (https://twitter.com/flyprogram_org) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/flyprogram)   Her email is Christa@flyprogram.org and her YouTube is on https://www.youtube.com/user/FLYprogram   Get Mary’s free guide: Six Steps You Must Know to Unleash the Potential of Your Board, by going to https://www.hilandconsulting.org/6stepsreport     Be sure to subscribe to Inspired Nonprofit Leadership so that you don’t miss a single episode, and while you’re at it, won’t you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated!     Let us know the topics or questions you would like to hear about in a future episode. You can do that, and follow us, on Facebook.   Connect with Mary! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryhiland Inspired Nonprofit Leadership Facebook Group: https://tinyurl.com/inspirednonprofitleadership Company Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hilandconsulting Website: https://www.hilandconsulting.org

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Consumer NZ wants an overhaul of the multi-billion dollar retirement village sector and its regulations to protect around 45,000 residents from unfair terms.Jon Duffy, chief executive at Consumer NZ, said a review of contracts found terms which unfairly favoured villages and risked costing residents money."Retirement villages promise the good life in your golden years. However, the agreements consumers must sign before they move into a village can have a nasty financial sting. Some also risk breaching consumer law," Duffy said.Terms which made residents responsible for the costs of maintaining and repairing items in their unit - even though they didn't own them - were one worry.The review examined contracts from Arvida, Bupa, Metlifecare, Oceania Healthcare, Ryman Healthcare and Summerset.Most retirement villages offer a licence to occupy, which gives the resident the right to live in their unit but no ownership rights to the property. Despite this, some contracts made the resident liable for repairing the operator's chattels, Duffy said.Jessica Wilson, Consumer NZ research head, said Metlifecare had a wide-ranging clause in its contracts which gave residents only a month after agreements began to advise the company of any repairs needed.After then, the resident was required to meet all costs, including paying for repairs to the unit's stove, garage doors, plumbing and electrical fittings, she said."In our view, these terms conflict with residents' rights under the Consumer Guarantees Act to expect goods and services of a reasonable standard. If the oven in your unit fails, the village should wear the repair cost," she said.Comment has also been sought from Metlifecare chief executive Glen Sowry.Wilson said many residents also faced significant financial losses when their unit was sold because they didn't receive any capital gains, despite paying towards the property's upkeep.Villages' retention of the capital gain was a major cause of complaint. In a Consumer NZ survey of 1680 residents, 63 per cent were unhappy their agreement didn't allow them to get any capital gain when their unit was sold.Consumer NZ's review of village contracts also found terms that gave the village wide discretion to decide what residents could and couldn't do.Several contracts restricted residents' rights to raise objections about village developments. Metlifecare and Summerset contracts included terms stating residents weren't allowed to object to any dust, noise or other nuisance caused by the development.Wilson said these kinds of clauses ignored residents' rights to raise legitimate concerns.Retirement Commissioner Jane Wrightson, responsible for monitoring the sector, will get the review, supported by a grant from the Law Foundation.John Collyns, Retirement Villages Association executive director, acknowledged the issues Consumer NZ had identified were important, but claimed they did not reflect village residents' views."More than 45,000 New Zealanders choose to live in retirement villages and this number is rapidly growing, which is unsurprising given research by UMR has showed approximately 87 per cent of residents were satisfied," Collyns said today.The sector was committed to continuous improvement."Individual operators have different policies but clearly the industry does not support the inclusion of any unfair conditions and we encourage anyone with any concerns to get in touch with the association directly," he said."Under the law, prospective residents must seek independent legal advice before moving in and we're very clear on that with them and their families. The retirement villages sector continues to grow and evolve, particularly with the increasing focus on care, and there is competition between operators so Kiwis have more choice than ever before.In December, Wrightson's office released a discussion paper on the Retirement Villages Act 2003, its regulations and code of practice, noting a lack of signifi...

This week on Legaltech Week, Stephen Embry, former trial lawyer and author of TechLaw Crossroads, sits in on the panel. Among the top stories our panelists discuss: The LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation partners with National Bar Association to advance the rule of law, ALSP UnitedLex hit with a $128M suit over the demise of law firm LeClairRyan, and the world’s wealthiest law firm lays off staff. Also on the table: Intapp goes all in on the cloud, the ABA publishes its Legal Technology Survey Report, new developments in litigation analytics, and a $6.3 million raise for legal marketplace Priori Legal.  In addition to Embry, this week’s panelists are: Nicole Black, legal technology columnist and legaltech evangelist at MyCase; Victoria Hudgins, reporter for Legaltech News; Victor Li, assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal; and Zach Warren, editor in chief of Legaltech News. Bob Ambrogi of LawSites blog and LawNext podcast moderates. 

Chris Newbold:                Hello and welcome to episode six of the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being Podcast Series, “The Path to Well-Being in Law.” I'm your cohost Chris Newbold of ALPS Malpractice Insurance. And our goal here is simple, to introduce you to cool people doing awesome work in the space of lawyer well-being, and in the process build and nurture a national network of well-being advocates intent on creating a culture shift within the legal profession.                                         I'm joined today by my friend and fellow co-chair of the National Task Force Bree Buchanan. Bree, welcome.Bree Buchanan:              Absolutely. Welcome everybody. Glad you're here joining us today.Chris Newbold:                Good. And today we're going to start a move down into the states, and I think our first five or six speakers have really been driven more by some of the national outlook and some of the research that's been done into the lawyer well-being space. And as we know, movements generally are driven by those at the grassroots level who live it day-to-day, who are trying new ideas. In other words, serving as laboratories of democracy or laboratories of new ideas. And in any movement, you need a few leaders, a few examples to jump out in front. And that's exactly what we've seen out of our friends in the Commonwealth of Virginia.                                           Across the country we've seen a swelling of task forces, work groups, round tables coming out of state bars and state supreme courts, and there are some lessons to be learned from the Virginia experience and their roadmap. And there are no two better guests than our duo today, Margaret Ogden who's the wellness coordinator for the Virginia Supreme Court and Tim Carroll who's executive director of the Virginia Judges and Lawyers' Assistance Program.                                           Bree, would you be so kind as to introduce our guests?Bree Buchanan:              Absolutely. Great. Just so excited. Margaret and Tim, thank you for joining us today. What's going on in Virginia really is a shining light for the rest of the states across the country. So we're delighted to have you as the first group of state national task force people on our show.                                           So Margaret Ogden, as Chris said, she's the wellness coordinator in the Office of the Executive Secretary, the Supreme Court of Virginia, which is one of the new positions that's being created by the Lawyer Well-Being Movement. And we have a few other states that are doing that as well. A lawyer by training, Margaret began her career in the Roanoke City Commonwealth Attorney's Office prosecuting criminal cases and then went on to defend criminal cases throughout the Roanoke and New River Valleys.                                           Prior to joining her job where she currently is now, I think this is so interesting, Margaret, you served as the staff attorney for the Pennsylvania Interbranch Commission for Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Fairness. What an interesting position.                                           And then Tim has probably one of the most unusual backgrounds I have seen for a Lawyers' Assistance Program director, and it's been brilliant. I met Tim five, six years ago, and immediately identified him as somebody who has a special kind of knowledge that he brings to the Lawyer Assistance Program that has really enabled them to just take off with the program they have in Virginia.                                           So he's the executive director of the JLAP there. He grew up in Virginia, and then joined the US Air Force after high school. And after 28 years of service and assignments around the world, he retired at Anchorage, Alaska where he became the chief executive officer of a fisheries related business. Fish and lawyers, I don't know. I'm sure you've made a connection there at some point.                                           In 2014, he returned to Virginia and assumed his current role in 2015. Mr. Carroll has an undergraduate degree in history from the University of Alaska and a masters degree in business administration from Virginia Commonwealth University.                                           So Margaret and Tim, welcome. We are so glad you're here. Chris and I always start off our program asking our guests a question about what brought you into this space? Because we really have seen the people that do so much of the work have a passion for it. And so we're really curious about what drives that passion.                                           So Margaret, what brought you to the Well-Being Movement? What experience in your life is a driver behind your passion for this work?Margaret Ogden:            That is a wonderful question, and thank you so much, Bree, for having us just as a preliminary matter. And thank you for that introduction. As you touched on, my last position was a policy position working for the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. And I got very interested in how court policy shapes not just the practice of law but access to justice, a court user experience, and really the lived promise of equal justice under law and how court policy, which might seem on its face kind of neutral and bland, can have a huge impact on that.                                           So the Pennsylvania Interbranch Commission is kind of cool because they appoint from all three branches of state government to look at racial, ethnic, and other marginalized people who may have bias against them in our court system and how policy can be used to combat that. It's a great organization, and it works out of a Supreme Court report from Pennsylvania from 2005.                                           And so when here, the Virginia Supreme Court had put out a report on wellness in our legal profession, I just think it's a fascinating institutional response to seeing how the regulation of our profession, how court and bar policy impacts those people who are actively involved in it. And the wellness of lawyers is so important.                                           I don't mean to only talk about policy. I have what I call a recreational interest in mental health and well-being. I was first diagnosed with anxiety when I was in law school, and working with cognitive behavioral therapy, medication, diet, exercise, creative outlets, I've managed to kind of handle that to varying quality within my law school and early professional career. So I love to talk about this with my friends. This is something that I've been very open with and I think young people... I still consider myself young people. I'm still a young lawyer by the Virginia State Bar's definition of that.                                           So I think that we're seeing a culture shift that is just happening with age in terms of talking about mental health and substance use. I'm also the granddaughter of two alcoholics, so I'm very lucky that I have... I don't mean to say I'm lucky that I have this that runs in my family because certainly these are major issues that face our profession. But I'm lucky that I was raised with an awareness of them. So that when I started to experience these issues within my own life, I could seek expert help because they're really not things that you can deal with on your own, especially if you're in a profession of public trust, like the law. And so that's why selfishly I'm very interested in this.                                           And being a Virginia lawyer, seeing our courts write about this with the level of product that came out of these court reports, the level of thought, research, really data-driven best practices that have been generated, for me it's the perfect intersection of policy wonk and anxiety brain.Bree Buchanan:              That's great. That's great, Margaret. Thank you for sharing that about your life. We really appreciate adding to the story.                                           So Tim, what brings you to the Well-Being Movement and to the LAP, the Lawyers' Assistance Program world? What drives your passion to this work? Because I know you have a passion for it.Tim Carroll:                      Well, first off, Bree, I want to thank you and Chris for inviting us to join in this. And I can't tell you what a joy it is to work with Margaret as we carry this mission forward. We really do have a great team here in Virginia, and I'm very proud of the team and the great work that's happening here.                                           As you said, my path to a lawyer assistance program was a little bit unorthodox if you will. When I came back to Virginia, I was basically retired and I wasn't looking for a job anywhere. And this opportunity crossed my path, and I saw the middle name. So Virginia, the program used to be called Lawyers Helping Lawyers. And somebody put this in front of me, and I thought, "Lawyers Helping Lawyers, what do I know about that? What do I know about the law? What do I know about lawyers?" And as we talked, I got really focused on the middle name of that organization, and that was helping. And I'm at a place in my life where I want to help others, and this is certainly a place to do that.                                           What really drove me towards the wellness, basically harkens back to my Air Force career. When I first joined the Air Force and I won't date myself anymore to say it was in the post-Vietnam era. The Air Force was really in a state of flux from post-Vietnam. And what I saw around me were a lot of people who were drinking, a lot of people who were smoking. I'd go to the chow hall and see the really, quite honestly, not the most healthy food choices that were available. And a good number of my friends who were still involved in drug use while in active duty. I saw a lot of my friends who were falling victim to those vices, and really I lost a few friends as a result of those things.                                           Over the course of my career, the Air Force really transformed itself and really moved more into a well-being and a wellness posture with smoking cessation, deglamorizing alcohol, really taking a hard stand on the drug use, and really transforming the chow halls to basically have a wider variety of healthy choices than unhealthy choices. We saw fitness centers having a newfound focus on the equipment and the programs that were being offered. And I saw a institution, the United States Air Force go from that post-Vietnam era to a wellness era, and that really effected the readiness of the Force, which we needed, as you know for the conflicts that we had in the '90s and beyond. So I saw a massive worldwide institution like the United States Air Force that could make that change in culture and transforming itself.                                           So when I joined the Lawyers Helping Lawyers organization, I saw us as a larger reactive organization. We would kind of play Bop-It. Someone would come to us for help, and we would help them. But we weren't really doing a tremendous amount of outreach and really trying to change why people were coming to us because we were so small. When I joined, I started part-time, had a full-time counselor. And with a staff of 1.5, all's we could do was be reactive. And I saw the proactive side was one that we'd have to embrace the well-being. And I was thrilled when I heard that the ABA was undertaking the National Task Force on Well-Being because I really saw that as an opportunity to transform the culture of the legal profession.                                           And to say that I'm passionate about it would be an understatement. I've lost friends to suicide. I've lost friends to poor eating habits. I've lost friends who were drinking and ultimately cost them their lives. For a profession as critical as the law, something as critical as what we have right here, it wasn't a large leap for me to get passionate about helping our lawyers, our judges, our law students, the entire legal profession in any way that I can.                                           So I'm honored to be here. I'm just a little piece of the puzzle, but that's really how I got here.Chris Newbold:                Yeah, great, Tim. But an important piece of the puzzle. Tim and I have had conversations. My father was career Air Force. So again, I think there are some examples out there for shifts in cultures that need to be studied and evaluated as we think about our path forward in the legal profession.                                           But let's turn our attention to Virginia, and I am a firm believer that leadership really starts at the top. And we've been really I think blessed in Virginia with folks who have seen the need for this issue to come to the forefront. Bree and I, as original kind of members of the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being, it was your Chief Justice Don Lemons who really brought the judicial powerhouse I think to the discussion. And I know the reason that we have Margaret in the positions that we do is because some folks I think in Virginia saw a need and then started to develop a plan, bring together the right parties.                                           So Margaret, maybe if you could kind of walk us through how did the Virginia Supreme Court ultimately find its way into launching the Well-Being Committee, and how did that ultimately came some revenue opportunities that created the infrastructure necessary to flow down to the things of the world and other programs in the state? So I'd just love for our listeners to hear about the journey of how Virginia got to where it is today.Margaret Ogdan:            Yeah, of course. And I'm kind of late to the party in this journey because I started in my position on October 25th of 2019, and I will keep that date in my mind forever because five months later our whole profession changed. But we need to back track it up because I am the culmination of many people's efforts, far smarter minds than me, and far larger levers of power needed to be pulled before we even get there. So what you have, as you mentioned, our Chief Justice Donald Lemons sitting on the National Task Force seeing these numbers coming out of these national studies. And I can't thank you all enough for highlighting not just the statistical data but this call to action that goes down to the states. We have some very preliminary data. We want more data, and we also recognize that this might look different in different states. This might look different in different practice areas. Let us empower states to go out and investigate how their state is regulating the profession and what can be done to shift the culture within these laboratories of democracy.                                           So that call was heated in Virginia, and Justice William Mims headed up the Virginia State Supreme Court Committee for Lawyer Well-Being. And that committee drew not just from the judiciary, although all levels are represented there. In fact, a court of appeals, which is our intermediate court of limited jurisdiction. We have the circuit courts, which are our higher level trial courts, and then the general district courts, which traffic, misdemeanors, preliminary hearings. We're recognizing that all of those court actors are facing different occupational risk and seeing different pieces of really lawyer unwellness.                                           So all of those folks we have the law schools. There are eight in Virginia, and all eight of the deans participated in the first law school summit that came out of this report. So it was a ground swell effort amongst academia. And then you also have the regulators, the state bar, ethics council, the disciplinary board coming to bring their expertise to the table and talk about the way the rules of professional conduct and our ethical obligations are playing out with lawyer empowerment.                                           And then finally, you have the private sector attorneys. This incredible organization of folks from bar organization, from employers, representing small firms, large firms, that are all kind of doing their own wellness thing before this even started. They're doing this at a volunteer level. They're taking this on on their own because they've seen these problems. The statistics didn't really come as a shock to people.                                           I think if anything, just anecdotally, we're waiting for the other shoe to drop for people to get more comfortable talking about these problems, and the numbers will probably go up as we destigmatize more of these conversations. But that means that more people will get help, and Virginia did a great job of bringing all these stakeholders together to put out a report that focuses on real tangible recommendations. Things that can be done that signals to the profession that this is a priority and that it's not a burden that you need to add to your already busy life to take care of yourself. That this is a foundation upon which your professionalism and your ethics are based. So much to the point that it's now been added as a comment to Rule 1.1 in our Rules of Professional Conduct that governs competency, that lawyers need to have the physical, emotional, and mental competency to practice law.                                           To see all of these different stakeholders really grasp onto this, and say, "Yes, we think this is important. Yes, we can make changes to our rules and our policies. We're going to hold up the mirror of self reflection. We don't like what we see, and rather than go to despair, we will be called to action." Because here's the other thing, it then required going in front of the General Assembly to get a state bar's due assessment to every active member of the Virginia State Bar. It's $30 a year. It started to be assessed in July 2019, and just because of the way our state government is structured, that required an act of the General Assembly.                                           To me, I love all branches of state government equally. But if someone says, "Margaret, you have to go to the General Assembly and get us money," that's the worst hill to try to climb. But if anything, that shows you how much belief there was in Lawyers Helping Lawyers because that is where the bulk of that funding was dedicated to go. It wasn't just, "Oh, we're going to assess a fund, and who knows what will happen." No. There was a really roadmap in this report that said, "Lawyers Helping Lawyers has been doing this forward since 1984. We believe in them because they're using evidence-based best practices. They have volunteers throughout the Commonwealth who have gone through these issues that have turned their careers around, and all they need is the money to expand." If they build it, they will come. To the point where you convince the General Assembly to do that, I think really shows a strong momentum.                                           And I'm also biased in favor of this because that also funded my position. So if we have Lawyers Helping Lawyers existing as a separate nonprofit, it's not part of the court system. And that's important because confidentiality is prime with these issues. We want people to be comfortable calling up Tim and they know they don't get me. But also it's important that the court bring the weight of its institutional gravitas to say, "Hey, go seek help. Let's destigmatize help seeking behavior. Seek it proactively."                                           So I'm excited to be living in the court and talking about institutional policies, talking education outreach. We've been putting out a bunch of CLEs. Our virtual judicial conferences now have a wellness component. I say virtual. They were virtual this year. Hopefully that will not continue into the future. But more of this kind of generalized health and wellness from an institutional level is what this ground swell of specific recommendations worked up to build.Tim Carroll:                      Margaret, remind me when the report... I'm pretty certain that you were the first state to produce a comprehensive report on well-being, right?Margaret Ogdan:            One of the early ones. I don't want to step on any toes. I know Utah and Vermont put out early ones too.Bree Buchanan:              You guys were first.Margaret Ogden:            Yeah.Bree Buchanan:              Take it. Take it. It's yours.Tim Carroll:                      Remind me of the date there because a lot of our listeners will be tuning in from other state task forces, and I want them to kind of understand. What is so unique I think about what Virginia has done is there's a lot of reports that come out of study and saying, "We need to do this. We need to do that." Really what everyone in Virginia should be so proud of is the fact that you took words and you translated it into action. And oftentimes it doesn't happen with task forces and so forth. Sometimes it's you write, author a report, and you maybe check off some low hanging fruit. But you guys have really systemically changed the playing field of this particular issue as it relates to Virginia.                                           So the report comes out in 2018. You got to think that the most substantive impacts of the reports were... And you already mentioned it. Rule change to the rules of professional conduct, that includes well-being, and a comment to the duty of competence, right?Margaret Ogden:            Mm-hmm (affirmative).Tim Carroll:                      You basically set in play, and we know generally, and Bree and Tim can speak to this firsthand, that lawyer assistance programs around the country are generally underfunded. ALPS is a malpractice carrier we give a good chunk of money to, what was formally Virginia Lawyers Helping Lawyers. But across the country, there's just not enough fuel in the tank for Lawyers' Assistance Programs to have enough impact and really take on not just the safety net but also the big picture realm of well-being. So explain for our audience then, report comes out in 2018. Justice Mims, who is really an unsung hero in all of this, but even Justice Mims, the Virginia State Bar and its leadership, and Lynn Heath produced an occupational risk report that's really critical as well. Kind of talk us through when did the money discussion start? When does it pass the General Assembly? And what ultimately does it do to transform the revenue side that enables us now to do so much more?Margaret Ogden:            I think you're exactly right. I mentioned Justice Mims briefly as the head of this committee, but I want to sing about this hero because I really do think that not only is he just an excellent human being, he's someone with an incredibly nuanced understanding of our Virginia state government. He is one of the few people in the history of our Commonwealth who's held highest positions at the top of each of our branches of government. He served in our state house. He was the Attorney General. So this man understands what it takes to create a culture shift within state government. And I don't know when exactly it goes to the General Assembly. I am still back in Pennsylvania in 2018. But in enough time to get the first bar dues funding assessed in July of 2019 on our annual state bar assessment. And part of this is also very good timing with the Client Protection Fund. That had been doing very well, and so those dues were lowered, which I think makes it more palatable to slightly increase and establish this fund entirely.                                           And then finally, there's this other piece that I want to touch on too is the Virginia Law Foundation and Virginia CLEs contributions because this all works much better when well-being is recognized as a key part of lawyer education, and in Virginia, we have mandatory continuing legal education. And that CLE board was very quick to change their... Well, amend an opinion, Opinion 19, to make it more clear that well-being programming should be approved for CLE credit. And the Virginia Law Foundation, Virginia CLE is one of our largest state providers. They signed on to say, "Hey, we're going to provide a well-being library that we're going to replenish every year online, and we're going to offer two of these free to every lawyer, judge, and law school student in the Commonwealth every year."                                           To me, that shows not just the funding coming from attorneys and going through the General Assembly, but also stakeholders saying, "We're going to be sure that attorneys see the value for their funds hopefully so that it is an easier sell to everyone who is in the bar to take this on collectively." Look, you're getting something out of this even if you yourself are not going to seek the services of Lawyers Helping Lawyers.Bree Buchanan:              So let's bring Tim in on this, and Tim, I was listening to Margaret's earlier answer about what all the work and support for the Lawyers' Assistance Program there in Virginia and with my ears of a former LAP director, and it must be so wonderful to work as an ally with somebody who so gets what an LAP is about.                                           So Tim, what I wanted to ask you is talk about this process of what happened in Virginia from the Lawyers' Assistance Program perspective. How did this come about and how did you all fit into this process?Tim Carroll:                      Yeah. So after the ABA Hazelden Betty Ford, after that survey came out, that was really the call to action. I know the ABA responded to that with the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being. But we didn't sit on our haunches here in Virginia. We said, "What can we do about that?" And we took the numbers out of that survey and overlaid it on Virginia. With our population, we could assume that if the ABA Hazelden study was accurate, that we have upwards of 12,000 attorneys in Virginia who are operating from some level of impairment. And when you can use that as a talking point, you really get people's attention.                                           I'll just insert real quick, thanks to ALPS back in 2014, the College of William and Mary Law School did a survey of Virginia attorneys. And while it wasn't peer reviewed and it wasn't published, I've seen it. And I can tell you that the numbers track very closely in Virginia to what the national report said.Bree Buchanan:              Wow.Tim Carroll:                      So I can speak with confidence so that we have upwards of 12,000 who for one reason or another are operating from some level of impairment. And we looked at what we were doing, what was the LAP doing? And we had on average about 100 new clients a year with our staff of 1.5 and one counselor. That doesn't even begin to scratch the surface. So of course we went with our hat in hand and asked for more money so we could get some more staff. Dollars are tight. You can't expect everybody to just open up their coffers. So we built a business plan based on best practices that we saw around the country with other LAPs, based on what we saw the needs of Virginia being. We didn't put a dollar figure on it until after we had built the plan, and then we said, "What would something like this cost?" Because we wanted to be a best practice lawyer assistance program.                                           We took that to the state bar. We took that to the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. We took it to the Law Foundation. We pretty much paraded that all over anybody who would listen, and everybody said, "Yeah, that looks really good. That's really nice, but there's not a pathway for funding for that." So when Chief Justice Lemons came back from the National Task Force and he challenged or tasked Justice Mims to head up the committee in Virginia, that committee was... I hope you'll be able to provide a link to the report. It's a profession at risk. It'll outline who all was on that, but take my word for it, it was the key stakeholders in the legal profession around the Commonwealth of Virginia. Some real movers and shakers.                                           The very first briefing that that committee got, after Chief Justice Lemons tasked them, was our business plan. That was the first thing they heard. And gave us the opportunity to pitch the need, to pitch the studies that had been done, and what we proposed to do about it. So that committee really took off with the challenge from the chief to study the National Task Force report and look at ways to implement that in Virginia. And they were armed with our business plan sitting on the side.                                           So it was very fortuitous timing for us, but if you also look at the composition of that committee, there are several former and active board members from the Lawyers' Assistance Program who served on that committee as well. So they knew what they were talking about. They knew the issues at hand and were very obviously, very well-versed in the legal profession of Virginia to be able to make the recommendations that they did.                                           So to say that we were on the sidelines would be wrong. To say that we were in there with our sleeves rolled up would be correct, and that was only because Chief Justice Lemons and Justice Mims invited us to play an active role in that committee. I didn't serve on the committee, but I was an advisor to each one of the subgroups of that committee. They could reach out. We could give them our two cents. We could help guide them through their discussions. And we weren't doing that with a parochial view towards the Lawyers' Assistance Program. We did it with a parochial view towards what's best for the legal profession in Virginia.Chris Newbold:                Yeah. Well, this is a good probably break point here because I think it kind of sets the tone for revenue source in hand, action plan in hand, and kind of where things come with Margaret coming onboard. Let's take a quick break, and we'll come back and hear the rest of the Virginia story.Advertisement:               Your law firm is worth protecting and so is your time. ALPS has the quickest online application for legal malpractice insurance out there. Apply, see rates, and buy coverage, all in about 20 minutes. Being a lawyer is hard. Our new online app is easy. Apply now at applyonline.alpsnet.com.Chris Newbold:                All right. Welcome back. And we are talking about Virginia and some of the trailblazing work that Virginia has done on lawyer well-being. Margaret, let's shift the conversation back to you. So the assessments made on Virginia lawyers and that generally, roughly creates about $1 million in revenue annually. I'd be curious as the first wellness coordinator for the Commonwealth, what do you work on? How do you think about your day? And ultimately, what's the game plan? What do you hope to achieve as you think about the allocation of those resources relative to making a difference?Margaret Ogden:            Right. It's smart to think about it in terms of allocation of funds. We have the Lawyers' Assistance Program, formerly Lawyers Helping Lawyers, getting the bulk of that funding allocation every year to expand their staffing. And this doesn't just allow them to provide direct services. It also allows them to really beef up these education and outreach efforts, and that's where my position comes in. Because we recognize that even though impairment is a very large problem in our profession, statistically the majority of lawyers will not themselves become impaired over the course of their career. But we can all do a little better. Even if we are not at the level of relying on substances to get through our day to the detriment of our clients, because of the unique occupational stressors of our profession, we are at greater risk for things like burnout, and that means we need to kind of take on more protective habits on our daily basis to ensure that we're meeting these higher standards.                                           And I think that's where my position comes in is looking at education and outreach on more general health and well-being. I love the Six Areas of Well-Being from the National Task Force report. That's a really great way for me to talk about it to attorneys because I think past workplace well-being efforts kind of have all focused on step challenges or weight loss, really physical fitness, and that can be isolating for a lot of people, particularly attorneys and particularly with an aging population. So I want to be sure that we're talking about wellness holistically, and we're talking about it on an institutional level.                                           I think of Tim and Jim and Barbara and Angeline and Janet, the staff over at the Virginian Judges Lawyers' Assistance Program, five people now, as really having the individuals covered. And I think of my role as the institutions and the stakeholders. Making sure that the associate deans of all of the law schools are talking to each other every month about trends in well-being among their students and what programs are working. This is my favorite monthly conference call, and I just sent out the agenda before this. So I'm very excited about talking. We talk every month, me and the associate deans of the law schools about what they're seeing.                                           In terms of coordinating judicial response, so my position very smartly I think was housed in the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court. In Pennsylvania, our version of that was called the Administrative Office of the Courts. Think of it as the administrative arm. So HR lives there, court IT. And thinking that wellness is so pervasive that it needs to be part of our administrative function I think is very forward looking.Bree Buchanan:              Absolutely brilliant.Margaret Ogdan:            Yeah. Specifically I'm within our educational services department, and that's the group that puts on our yearly judicial conferences for all of our judges and then a bunch of other groups that the court has some education responsibilities for, like clerks, magistrates, other court personnel. And this is really exciting because having wellness on the judicial conference agenda blows my mind. When we were going to initially be in-person this year, I had an entire Wednesday afternoon of wellness activities. Justice Mims was going to be leading a jogging group. This was really fun to plan activities for the judges because they don't have necessarily the same strict CLE requirements that lawyers do, but showing them that wellness can be something they can incorporate into their conferences, that they take it on almost like a perk. And that it's led by their colleagues, not only does that help us just in terms of budgeting, we're not bringing in really expensive outside experts. But I think things are more exciting when you see your buddies doing them.                                           So we were able to transition that virtually, have a booklet made, and still do a couple Zoom sessions. And it's having the funding and the staffing in place before the pandemic I think was super key because it's much easier to adapt when you already have a person who's working in that space.                                           So law students, judges, and then of course lawyers, they make up the bulk of my outreach efforts, and the court is never going to be entirely taking over continuing education for lawyers. Thank goodness. No, I would never be able to do that on my own. But working with the folks who are doing that. So the Conference of Local and Specialty Bar Associations, presenting to them, and enabling and empowering our local and affiliation bars to incorporate wellness education into their programs. Working with CLE providers to... Especially when we do virtual programming, take into account some well-being. Not back-to-back-to-back in front of a screen, acknowledge Zoom fatigue, build in spaces for people to walk around and get moving.                                           So every day is a little different, which is fun because I am serving a few different audiences, and we are talking about organizational and institutional response to support healthy habits.Bree Buchanan:              Margaret, I love how you're able to come in because you've got that position there, and you're thinking about this obviously every day, and are able to put so much energy in it. And the conference, I looked at the agenda, I read the booklet. It was really impressive and that you have... This is so key, you have this very visible support from the top of the legal profession in the Commonwealth, and that's so key. You guys are so blessed to have that.                                           Tim, I wanted to ask you, what can you share with others, anybody who's working on this, and especially the Lawyer's Assistance Programs, if they want to start some sort of statewide, multi-stakeholder committee, commission, task force, what advice would you give to them?Tim Carroll:                      Yeah, that's a great question. I've actually talked with some of the other directors who have called and asked, "How did you do that?" And I really had to think about, but I didn't have to think very far because it was such a upfront activity that we were involved in. I guess the key to the LAPs is really to accept that for people to trust you, they have to know you. They're not just going to pick up a phone and call 1(800)LAP. They could call 1(800)ADDICTION CENTER. They could call wherever they want, but they have to know us if they're going to trust us. They have to trust that we are competent in what we do. They have to trust that we will hold their confidentiality. And they have to trust that we can help. So that's really the cornerstone of the LAP.                                           We built our business plan from that cornerstone. How do we get out, and how do we get known enough to be trusted? The first step is to have a plan. No one is going to throw money at the LAP if the LAP doesn't demonstrate what they're going to do with it. So the very first step is to build a plan, build a business plan, build a plan. The second step is to engage the stakeholders at every level. At the top, the middle, the grassroots, wherever it is, engage all of the stakeholders so that they buy into that plan. And then of course, have a champion. Our champion was Chief Justice Lemons. I'm going to say our co-champion was Justice Mims. Having those two at the very top of the profession in Virginia looking out for the LAP and looking for how could they make the biggest difference to the entire legal profession and seeing that we were ready to do it, that was really the key to our success.                                           So just basically to summarize it. If you want to do what Virginia do, build a plan, engage the stakeholders, and... Excuse me. Build a plan, engage the stakeholders, and make sure you have a champion somewhere, preferably at the top.Chris Newbold:                Can you spend just a minute on your program has really been transformed through the additional funding. So I want to give our listeners some insight into when you have a... I don't even know how much more revenue you had from before, but obviously you had a plan. Where are you at in your plan, and how has this fuel from Margaret's office and the State's Supreme Court done to transform your program?Tim Carroll:                      Yeah. If we're going to hire people, we have to have money. We have volunteers. Let me get that out there first. The foundation of our program is volunteers. We have not been successful since 1984 up to 2019 without our volunteers. You can't do it with a staff of one; you can't do it with a staff of 1.5. So the way we've transformed what we do includes the volunteers. That piece is constant. It has never changed. What we've done though, volunteers have full-time jobs most often. As any nonprofit has found, getting the time from a volunteer. They're willing to do it, but sometimes they just don't have the time.                                           So what we did was established a... If you're familiar with the geography of Virginia, there's Northern Virginia, which is sometimes referred to as another country. There's Southwest Virginia that really is another country. And if you're going to work in Southwest Virginia, you've got to understand the culture, you've got to understand the geography, you've got to understand what it means to be a lawyer or a judge in Southwest Virginia. When we say Southwest, and if you want to pull out a map and look, that's not Roanoke. Get that clear. It's farther out.                                           So we hired a licensed professional counselor with the moneys that we were given. That I said when I came onboard, the very first dollar that I would spend would be on somebody in Southwest Virginia. So we got Angeline out...Chris Newbold:                Oh, looks like we might have lost Tim. Margaret, you aware of kind of the three areas around Virginia [crosstalk 00:46:14]-Margaret Ogden:            Oh yeah. Definitely. And this is actually kind of a little fun story on my first week of work, I went to far Southwest Virginia. And I say far Southwest because I started my practice in Roanoke, and I made the mistake of saying Roanoke was Southwest Virginia. And the folks out in Grundy, at Appalachian School of Law quickly corrected me because that's another three hours past Roanoke. Virginia is enormous, and Angeline is very cool. She's out there in Rural Retreat. She's from that area. So she's been working very closely with Appalachian, the law school there and also just with serving the population of attorneys there. Because of the nature of the geography, the population is really under resourced area when it comes to mental health and substance use. So I think just having a presence there of someone who is from there and understands that area has been immensely helpful for cultivating that relationship, not just with the law school but with the bar and with the courts there as well.Chris Newbold:                So sounds like the strategy that Tim's organization is employing is more licensed professionals closer to the ground with broader geographic focus on-Margaret Ogden:            Exactly. And having folks who are there who are building those connections with these stakeholders who are already in place. So we have our eight law schools around the Commonwealth. They're great and not just for their education but for their alumni networks and for their educational programming that they send out with their law students.                                           The other piece is bar associations locally and then building relationships with treatment providers locally too. Making sure that mental health professionals are comfortable treating lawyers so that there's this really strong referral network. A lot of people have started calling JLAP not to be in a longterm, monitored, formal relationship. I get to see these numbers in the aggregate every month as part of our reporting. I never see any individual clients of JLAP. This is the great thing about them remaining a separate, independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit. But they are very transparent in their aggregate numbers, so we can see that people call them all the time to just ask, "Hey, I need a therapist in my area who will work with me as an attorney," or, "I need a marriage counselor," or, "Do you have the number for rehab place for my kid?" It doesn't need to always been an intense relationship. JLAP is there for whatever struggle a legal professional is having where they are, and they're developing those local relationships so that they can give people resources in those locations.Chris Newbold:                Excellent. Again, Virginia is such a cool story, right? And it looks like Tim is joining us back for hopefully the final question here. Tim, we successfully passed the baton onto Margaret. We're still rolling. She did great. Let me just ask you one final question, which is you guys are now a year, year and a half, two years into your plan and starting to probably really see results. And I'm sure there have been stumbling blocks and some things that have really surprised you. Just would be curious on lessons learned either the hard way or lessons that you think that are worthwhile for our listeners to hear in terms of things that have been really successful.Tim Carroll:                      Well, I'll piggyback. Don't let your power fail and take your internet with it. Sorry, my apologize for that. I think the lessons that we've learned are to get all of the stakeholders engaged. Really Margaret has been an amazing, amazing addition to our team. From day one, Margaret came down and talked to us about what she viewed her role was, about how we could work together. We do have that clear line of separation in terms of the client load, but we do have an incredible collaboration in terms of outreach, in terms of getting the word out, in terms of being present and support around the Commonwealth. I guess I didn't have a vote in Margaret being in that position, but whoever did hit the gold mine. So if there is a lesson to be learned, make sure that you hire the right person to be your wellness coordinator at the very top.                                           Make sure that you've got constant communication with your stakeholders. The various bar associations, the top level bar associations, the local bar associations continually engage with them to make sure that you're carrying the same message and that you're supporting the needs of their constituency is. I think that those are the most critical things to the success that we have.                                           Of course, our amazing team that I hope Margaret was able to talk about. We just have an amazing group of people. It's a joy to work with and top to bottom, all of the bar associations, the court, state bar, this is just a perfect world here in Virginia.Chris Newbold:                Feels a little bit like a symphony with Margaret as the conductor and when every piece comes together, you can really make some pretty sweet music.Tim Carroll:                      Absolutely, absolutely.Chris Newbold:                Yeah. Well, again, thank you both so much for joining us on the podcast. I'm sure there are listeners who might be interested in contacting you. With your permission, I think we'd like to include your contact information when we post the podcast so the people can contact you directly and hear firsthand the stories. And we certainly will be keeping our eyes on your successes as we continue to move forward because again, we need states like yours to be leaders up front and to be able to kind of demonstrate the type of change that can occur. As somebody who watches Virginia lawyers quite closely, me on the malpractice side, I know that there's a lot of pride in the legal profession in Virginia. And I think that that probably also speaks to why this has become an issue that folks have been about to rally around. There's just a high quality of lawyering that goes on in Virginia, and I think the focus on well-being is a natural compliment.Margaret Ogden:            Oh yeah. Lawyers from Virginia started our country. I'm always proud to be a Virginia lawyer, and I'm also always proud to talk to lawyers from other states and Commonwealths about what we're doing. And also, we'll talk about failures too. The important part of this conversation is honesty and vulnerability. So please share our information, and we will Zoom into courtrooms around our fair country.Bree Buchanan:              Thank you, Margaret.Tim Carroll:                      I would say just unlike my last two jobs, we do not have trade secrets. We are willing to share anything that we have with anyone at anytime. So yes, spread our contact information out. We're at the other end of the phone or the other end of the email. We can help anybody. We're here to be a partner.Chris Newbold:                Excellent. Well, again, thank you both for joining us today. We'll be back with the podcast in a couple weeks. Until then, be well. 

I've interviewed and learned from a lot of people over the years, but this latest podcast guest has an interesting perspective and an engaging way. This is one of my 10 timer episodes – you will want to listen at least 10 times to unpack everything Sheila Burns has to say.  I first saw Sheila at a Conference in Northern Ontario. She tells me her background in children's mental health, women's health, and community development has informed the emerging vision for FASD prevention and improved intervention in her province of Ontario (Canada). To build capacity, she developed tools to guide and reinforce best practices.  One of these tools is the My Kind of Mind booklet which we delve into later.  Sheila has held leadership roles to address individual and systemic issues related to FASD in Ontario since 1998 including FASD Ontario Network of Expertise – Network Chair and Leads on the Diagnostic and Justice Action Groups. She held a fellowship with the Law Foundation of Ontario and is a member of the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services FASD Expert Group.  After attending her first workshop presentation on FASD she had an epiphany:  “When I heard about the impact of alcohol on the developing fetus, I saw the overlap it had with the women who came to the programs that I managed, and I thought we are doing a really poor job of telling women that they should avoid alcohol during their pregnancies.”  This realization was a “sucker-punch” - ½ her career had been spent missing the disability. We talk about how that impacted her, her work, and:  The grief and loss she experienced and why it was necessary to reframe her guilt – which is unhelpful, into regret – which builds momentum; What her guiding principles for service provision are that led her to develop a provincial network to collaborate and cooperate with a shared vision for FASD; Her desire to simplify a very complex disability for caregivers to empower not only them to talk to professionals but to provide a roadmap for success for their children and families; and Her curious and intuitive nature that led her to develop My Kind of Mind – a resource to help caregivers and individuals with FASD understand how their mind works.“We are expecting individuals with some known vulnerabilities to manage and cope and I want us to give them the words and the framework for all of us to support them better. And that's what My Kind of Mind is designed to do.” There are so many quotable pieces and interesting insights in this podcast. You are just going to have to listen and listen again. And let me know what you think.  Show Notes: https://www.braindev.ca/Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/FASDSUCCESS)

New research into public perceptions of surrogacy and the laws surrounding it have uncovered some surprising changes. Debra Wilson, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Canterbury, has led a three year research project with funding from the Law Foundation, to find out what the public thinks and whether attitudes are changing. Her research is being used to inform law changes in the United Kingdom and may impact on a private members bill in the ballot here. Debra Wilson says she was surprised by some of the findings, particularly regarding who the legal parents of the child should be.

In this episode, I am joined by Ian McDougall, the General Counsel for LexisNexis. He is also the President of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation. McDougall is also the Chair of the Global Marketing Committee, where responsible for Professional Association relationships and responsible for Global Rule of Law development. McDougall has a uniquely wide ranging and high-level experience in the delivery of legal advice to substantial corporations at board level (both as a board member and as adviser to the board). Finally, he has presented to and made speeches at the highest international levels; including the International Bar Association, the General Assembly of the United Nations Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation, and ministers from various governments internationally. In this podcast, you will learn how and why McDougall is so passionate about the Rule of Law. Some of the highlights include: Why McDougall is so passionate about the Rule of Law. What are McDougall’s 4 principles for defining the Rule of Law? What is the difference of the Rule by Law and the Rule of Law? What are three reasons why McDougall believes the Rule of Law is even more crucial at this point in time? How does the Rule of Law lead the discussion around the areas of the profession of Law, Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship? Resources Text of Ian McDougall speech on The Rule of Law to IBA Annual Conference Rule of Law Symposium – Rome 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With countries around the world in quarantine or lockdown mode to deal with the Wuhan coronavirus or CCP virus pandemic, what can we expect in terms of economic fallout? What evidence has emerged showing the Chinese Communist Party is culpable? What will happen to the US, Chinese, and Hong Kong economies as the pandemic wanes? And why is Hong Kong’s situation particularly perilous? In this episode, we sit down with Kyle Bass, the founder and chief investment officer of Hayman Capital Management, a Dallas-based hedge fund. Bass is a founding member of the Committee on the Present Danger: China, and he is also Chairman of the Board of The Rule of Law Foundation. This is American Thought Leaders

Decoupling From ChinaKyle Bass: US & China Fallout & Recovery from the CCP Virus.https://youtu.be/exASOIXH8So American Thought Leaders - The Epoch Times

Welcome to season 5, and our 50th episode! This week we focus on the future: Julie and Dayna discuss Julie’s upcoming induction into the Order of Canada (!), and what comes next, both for her and for the NSRLP. We have some big changes coming, and a lot of work to do, but we’re excited to forge ahead! Also in this episode, we hear from some wonderful friends of the organization, speaking about why our work with self-represented litigants matters (a huge thank you to Jennifer, Rob, Jeff, Kaila, and Shannon), and we end with a plea to you, our loyal listeners, to consider how you can support the NSRLP over the coming year. Thanks for joining us on our journey! In other news: NSRLP is growing! Thanks to the Law Foundation of British Columbia, NSRLP has launched “NSRLP West”, located in Kamloops, British Columbia, at the Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law; the NSRLP blog is still going strong – since the end of our last podcast season we’ve put out 16 new posts on our collaborative platform; and finally, Braunte Petric, our wonderful producer/editor, has directed a documentary short film (“Defender”) covering Julie and her social justice work – the film was one of 10 finalists in TV Ontario’s Short Doc contest in September! For related links and more on this episode, visit our website: https://representingyourselfcanada.com/national-self-represented-litigants-project-2020/ Jumping Off the Ivory Tower is produced and hosted by Julie Macfarlane and Dayna Cornwall; production and editing by Brauntë Petric and Brandon Fragomeni; Other News produced and hosted by Ali Tejani; promotion by Moya McAlister and Ali Tejani.

With Saanich schools closed for a third week as a result of a strike, 2019 amendments to the Labour Relations Code are discussed. These amendments removed a specific provision that declared “the provision of educational programs for students and eligible children under the School Act” to be an essential service. This change was an example of the labour relations changes made each time the NDP is elected, or defeated, in British Columbia. This same legislation, Bill 30, would also have included a provision removing the right to a secret ballot for union certification, however, the British Columbia Green Party advised the NDP that they would not support the other changes if that was included so it was removed.While the language that remains in the Labour Relations Code dealing with strikes or lockouts that “poses a threat to the health, safety or welfare of the residents of British Columbia” has previously been interpreted by the Labour Relations Board to include education, in some circumstances, this would be more contentious. In order to engage any of the essential service provisions of the Labour Relations Code, action is required by the Minister of Labour: Harry Bains. He is the minister who introduced the legislation to remove the express provision designating education as an essential service. His background includes 15 years as an officer of a steelworkers-IWA union local. Unsurprisingly, he has not acted to engage the remaining provisions of the Labour Relations Code in order to end the strike. Other legal news discussed include the announcement by the province of $2 million in funding to open 8 poverty law clinics.The provincial funding will be provided through the Law Foundation, which will afford some degree of separation from the province as the poverty law issues the clinics will assist with could involve the provincial government as a party. Prior to a 40% cut to legal aid funding in 2002, British Columbia had more than 40 legal aid offices, that assisted more than 40,000 people a year with poverty law issues. These issues often related to housing or disability claims. Since that time, no legal assistance was available for issues like these. Finally, a donation of $30 million by a graduate of the UBC Law School is discussed. That donation included an agreement to rename the law school the “Peter A. Allard School of Law” and to include this name on degrees issued by the law school. Unfortunately, for Mr. Allard, it turns out that postgraduate degrees, such as LLM and PhDs, are not granted by the faculty of law, but rather the faculty of graduate and postdoctoral studies. These degrees never had the name of the law school on them and so, don’t include the new name of the law school. In an attempt to force UBC to include his name on these degree, Mr. Allard took the matter to arbitration. He was unsuccessful and is now going to court in an attempt to overturn the arbitrator’s decision. Unfortunately, this has created the appearance of transforming a generous gift into a contractual dispute over the sale of naming rights.Follow this link for a transcript of the show and links to the cases and legislation discussed.

Lord Thomas was called to the bar in 1969 and after a long and distinguished career became Chief Justice of England and Wales between 2013 and 2017.  In this interview we talk about his early career and what led him to that role and what he is involved in today and what it is like being a peer in the House of Lords.  We also talk about the place of the Judiciary and role of the Judge.  He was the New Zealand Law Foundation’s 2019 Distinguished Visiting Fellow and visited New Zealand in September 2019 where he spoke at the Canterbury University Law School. In this interview we talk about a variety of topics including constitutional reform, being somewhere where something happens, having a young family and a busy career, changes to the practise of law since he began working, being in Chicago in the late 1960s, what it is like to be a Judge, digitising of the Courts and being involved in Constitutional changes, the role of law schools of the future, as well as joining the House of Lords. Seeds is all about hearing diverse and varying perspectives and life journeys, which is why this interview fits so well with others even if they cover the life story of a Nun, someone who has been trafficked or someone who is 6 years old.  There are many dozens of interviews in the back catalogue now at www.theseeds.nz  A very big thanks to The Law Foundation as well as Canterbury University Law School for arranging this interview (in particular, Stephen Todd, Ursula Cheer, Elizabeth Toomey and Julie Scott). Full Bio: https://arbitratorsinternational.com/arbitrator/lord-thomas-of-cwmgiedd/ Information about the trip: https://www.lawfoundation.org.nz/?p=9731&e=1 From The Law Foundation description: "Lord Thomas read law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and the University of Chicago Law School and was called to the bar by Gray’s Inn. He practiced at the Commercial Bar in London from 1972 to 1996, becoming a QC in 1984. He was appointed to the High Court of England and Wales in 1996. He was successively a Presiding Judge in Wales, Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court, the Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales, a Lord Justice of Appeal, President of the Queen’s Bench Division and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (2013 - 2017). He was a founder of the European Network of Councils for the Judiciary and its President from 2008-2010. He is currently Chairman of the Commission on Justice in Wales, Chairman of the London Financial Markets Law Committee and President of the Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre. He also sits in the House of Lords. He has returned to Essex Court Chambers where he practices as an arbitrator. He is Chancellor of the Aberystwyth University and is an honorary fellow of several universities. He is a founder member of the European Law Institute and is currently a member of its Executive Committee."  

Ian McDougall is the General Counsel for LexisNexis, as well as the President of LexisNexis' Rule of Law Foundation. According to the Foundation, The Rule of Law is made up of four parts: Equality Under the Law Transparency of Law Independent Judiciary Accessible Legal Remedy For there to be a true existence of Rule of Law, all four parts must be present in the governments which rule the people. McDougall says that no country has mastered the Rule of Law, and that ideals like democracy and justice can cause significant barriers to the Rule of Law. Without the Rule of Law, there is no true access to justice. Without the Rule of Law, commerce doesn't flow. McDougall is working with partners, including NGOs and corporate operations to establish stable environments, for people, as well as commerce. Information Inspirations: We live in an age of massive data, analytics, business intelligence tools which allow industry leaders to gain insights on their organizations, industry, and competition. With all these resources, data, analytics, and insights at their fingertips, Deloitte's recent survey of over 1,000 industry leaders exposes that a majority of these leaders still desire the simplicity of spreadsheets. To borrow from Henry Ford, they desire a faster horse. Perhaps, like Greg, you are not a fan of cockroaches. Science, however, is making cockroaches useful, and may even save lives during disasters. But even insects aren't immune from technology. Eventually, those roaches with electronic backpacks may still be outsources by their eventual robot replacements. Patrick McKenna's book excerpt, The Rise of the Legal COO, isn't just for COOs who find themselves reporting to a new Managing Partner. There's a number of questions, and adjustments which McKenna suggests, which will work for practically anyone who finds themselves with a new boss. While Gen X'ers should be in the prime of their professional careers, Harvard Business Review's recent report may show that companies, and maybe law firms, are going to find themselves with a Gen X problem. Boomers are staying, and Millennials are advancing faster. It's a squeeze on both ends of the generational tube. Listen, Subscribe, Comment Contact us anytime by tweeting us at @gebauerm or @glambert. Or, you can call The Geek in Review hotline at 713-487-7270 and leave us a message. We'd love to hear any ideas you'd like us to cover in future episodes. Also, subscribe, rate, and comment on The Geek In Review on your favorite podcast platform.As always, the great music you hear on the podcast is from Jerry David DeCicca, thanks Jerry!

Freedom of thought, conscience and religion is not only an unalienable, fundamental right; it is essential to the protection of all human rights. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) cites man’s endowment with both conscience and reason as evidence of human dignity, the basis of universal human rights.However, in the seven decades since the United Nations General Assembly adopted and proclaimed the UDHR, the human rights movement has come unmoored from its foundation in natural law. This has led to two dangerous trends: 1) the proliferation and devaluation of human rights and 2) conflicts between fundamental rights like religious freedom and newly asserted rights based on membership in special identity groups.For civil society leaders, government officials and victims who seek to strengthen protection of all human rights; restoring the natural law foundation of the right to thought, conscience and religion is essential. Please join us for this important conversation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today’s episode features a conversation with Jayce Carver, founder and Executive Director of Windsor-Essex Trans Support, the first ever transgender drop-in and resource centre in Canada. Since starting the organization in 2018, Jayce has become increasingly lauded and sought out as an advocate for and expert on trans rights and issues, and among many other speaking engagements, she recently addressed the federal Status of Women Committee at the House of Commons. In their moving conversation, Julie and Jayce discuss her personal story and experience as a trans woman, her ground-breaking work with W.E. Trans Support, and the ways in which everyone can become both more knowledgeable and more empathetic of the challenges faced by those who are trans, gender questioning, and/or transitioning. In other news: a new article by Jean-Paul Boyd for Lawyer’s Daily reflects on how family justice was an invisible issue in the recent Alberta election; the Justice for All report by the Task Force on Justice was recently published, and it shares some shocking realizations on the state of access to justice around the world; a citizen advocacy group has received a grant from the Law Foundation of P.E.I. to do research on access to justice for individuals who have an intellectual disability; and finally, the Nova Scotia Legal Aid Commission is taking steps to provide better access to justice for the Black community through the creation of its first African Nova Scotian social worker position. For related links and more on this episode visit our website: https://representingyourselfcanada.com/opening-our-eyes-to-trans-rights/ Jumping Off the Ivory Tower is produced and hosted by Julie Macfarlane and Dayna Cornwall; production and editing by Brauntë Petric; Other News produced and hosted by Ali Tejani; promotion by Moya McAlister and Ali Tejani.

This week Julie talks to David Eby, Attorney-General of British Columbia; Minister Eby has a broad policy mandate, encompassing improving and supporting legal aid (including services to First Nations communities), and expanded poverty law services to increase Access to Justice. This conversation took place shortly after he had commissioned a new review of Legal Aid, led by Pro Bono Access Executive Director Jamie McClaren, which has since reported on how best to spend the stretched legal aid purse. Minister Eby makes it clear that he expects the legal profession in B.C. to step up to the challenge of Access to Justice, both by approving alternative service providers, and by providing pro bono services. How far will he go to make this happen? And this just in: in the last few days, Minister Eby has offered BC’s Legal Aid lawyers a pay raise to avert a threatened strike. In other news: Specific recommendations from the BC Report on Legal Aid Service Delivery; Law Foundation of Ontario launched new website for Ontario’s Family Law Limited Scope Services Project; New NSRLP Primer on how to access court transcripts across the country; and a Go Fund Me campaign to support Julie’s legal battle around NDAs. For related links and more on this episode see our website: https://representingyourselfcanada.com/carrot-or-stick-moving-forward-in-bc/ Jumping Off the Ivory Tower is produced and hosted by Julie Macfarlane and Dayna Cornwall; production and editing by Brauntë Petric; Other News produced and hosted by Ali Tejani; promotion by Moya McAlister and Ali Tejani.

El Salvador is inaugurating a new president amid a severe security crisis. Tens of thousands of Salvadorans are abandoning their homes each year—most displacing internally and many moving to other countries—due to gang violence. Despite incipient recent reform efforts, government institutions have been either too absent or too corrupt to protect people. This podcast features Cristian Schlick, a lawyer with the Human Rights Institute of the Central American University ([[IDHUCA]]) in El Salvador. He will be speaking at [[an event on “Violence and Hardline Citizen Security in El Salvador,”]] hosted by WOLA and the Due Process of Law Foundation, this Thursday March 14 at 4:30PM.

Lynne Haultain is the Executive Director of the Victoria Law Foundation, Chair of the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture (Foundation House), a former Victorian Law Reform Commissioner, a highly respected broadcaster and a communications expert. In this episode of Lawyer By Day I speak to Lynne about the Law Foundation's new Law Week podcast about investigative podcasts (have a listen at https://victorialawfoundation.podbean.com) and why storytelling is more important than ever when communicating about the law. This episode was made in support of Law Week 2018. To learn more about Law Week visit https://www.victorialawfoundation.org.au.

This week Julie talks to our three graduating research assistants about what they've learned working for NSRLP, and how it will affect their legal careers. Lidia Imbrogno has worked for NSRLP throughout her law school career, on a multitude of different projects; most recently she has developed and expertly managed the Case Law Database project and team. Lidia will be articling at Willis Business Law in Windsor. Becky Robinet has worked for NSRLP since her 2L year, on the Legal Coaching Project, and the Transcripts Project, and has taken on the vast responsibility of responding to SRL enquiries, with great empathy. Becky will be articling at Miller Canfield in Windsor. Sandra Shushani has also worked for NSRLP since her 2L year, providing meticulous research and writing for the Case Law Database, and assisting Lidia in managing that ever-growing team. Sandra will be articling at the City of Windsor. We wish to take this opportunity to thank the University of Windsor Law School, and the Law Foundation of Ontario, for funding our research assistant program at the NSRLP. The efforts of these wonderful students are integral to the work we do, and we are grateful for this financial support. In other news: Canadian Lawyer Magazine takes an intelligent look at the controversy surrounding the expanding role of paralegals in family law matters in Ontario; and Julie was interviewed by Michael Enright on CBC’s Sunday Edition last weekend about the SRL crisis – why it’s happening, what the response has been from the profession, and what it takes to address the issues. More on this episode on our website: https://representingyourselfcanada.com/graduating-srl-certified/

The episode features Vu-Bang Nguyen, program officer for SVCF, Nadia Aziz from the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley and Maria Martinez from the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park. They describe the struggle to save a small, low-income community in Palo Alto. Access the full show notes at siliconvalleycf.org

Human Rights Violations of Nicaraguan Indigenous and Afro-Caribbean Communities in the Expropriation of Their Ancestral Lands for the Development of an Environmentally Disastrous Canal Linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Nicaragua.Discussion with Professor Thomas Antkowiak on the development of the Nicaragua Canal which would link the Pacific and Atlantic oceans through Nicaragua and the concessions provided to the Chinese company HKND over the traditional lands of Afro-Caribbean communities without their informed consent and in denial of their human rights. We discuss their pending petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, indigenious rights as interepreted by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and their development in international law. Thomas teaches international public law and international human rights law at Seattle University's Law School. He is the Director of its Latin America Program and its International Human Rights Clinic and is currently arguing on behalf of Nicaragua's indigenous and Afro-Caribbean communities in various human rights fora, including submitting their petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Thomas’s previous positions include being the Senior Attorney at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights of the Organization of American States and Director of the Access to Justice Program at the Due Process of Law Foundation.For More Info:International Human Rights Clinic joins fight to stop Nicaragua canal Rights, Resources, and Rhetoric: Indigenous Peoples and the Inter-American Court

On our final 2015 program, Chris kicks off the subject on every Victorians mind over the last week, the weather, what's happening in Geelong over an alarming increase of rider/driver interactions and a new study from Johns Hopkins University about data could help policy makers boost cycling as sustainable transport. This weeks interview is with Joh Kirby, Executive Director with the Victorian Law Foundation about recently published Bike Law guide to road laws in Victoria. Quick bit of local news includes BikeRave Melbourne in February 2016 and stay tuned for our YarraBUG summer special with Sarah Imm from Veloaporter over the next four weeks talking about cycling in the city, staying stylish, e-bikes and riding with kids.