| 2013 Utah Bar Journal & Articles back to top |
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| January - February |

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- Letter to the Editor
- President’s Message: Who We Are
by Lori W. Nelson
- Commission Message: The Purposes of the Utah State Bar and How You Can Help
by James D. Gilson
- Article: Mandatory eFiling Has Arrived in the Utah State Courts
by Debra J. Moore
- Article: Tenth Circuit Jurisdictional Considerations in Personal Injury Cases
by Kevin J. Simon
- Article: Rehabilitation Act and ADA Discrimination Claims –
Two Birds You Can’t Always Kill With One Stone
by Chris Glauser
- Utah Law Developments: Appellate Highlights – October 2012
by Rodney R. Parker and Julianne P. Blanch
- Article: Volunteer Court Visitors in Guardianship Cases
by Karolina Abuzyarova and Michaelle Wells Jones
- Article: Predicting the Future for Your Clients
by Joshua S. Baron
- Article: Justice Sutherland Endures: Sutherland’s Legacy and the Affordable Care Act by Lindsay K. Nash, Bradley D. Masters, and Nathanael J. Mitchell
- Focus on Ethics & Civility: Using Other Peoples’ Money to Finance Litigation
by Keith A. Call
- Book Review: Opening Statements: Winning in the Beginning by Winning the Beginning
by Dominic J. Gianna and Lisa A. Marcy
Reviewed by Andrea Garland
- State Bar News
- Young Lawyers Division: Grappling With Social Media as a Legal Practitioner
by Jaelynn Jenkins
- Paralegal Division: Balance: How to Turn the “Act” Into “Action” by Trina Kenyon
- CLE Calendar
- Classified Ads
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| 2012 Utah Bar Journal & Articles back to top |
| November - December |

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- Letter to the Editor
- President’s Message: How We See Ourselves
by Lori W. Nelson
- Article: Where Many Litigators Still Fear to Tread: Adapting to Mediation
by Stephen D. Kelson
- Article: Guardianships: The Fine Line Between Protection and Exploitation
by Kristin K. Woods
- Article: Cloud Computing: Silver Lining or Rainy Day?
by Peter W. Summerill
- Article: Season’s Greetings by Learned Ham
- Article: Red Mass by Scott R. Sabey
- Article: An Overview of FAA Enforcement Actions
by Peyton H. Robinson
- Article: The Dollars and Sense of Divorce:
The Role of Certified Divorce Financial Analysts in Divorce
by Lorraine P. Brown and Billy Peterson
- Focus on Ethics & Civility: Changes May Be Coming to the RPC – or Are they Already Here?
by Keith A. Call
- Book Review: Winning at Deposition by D. Shane Read Reviewed by Jack T. Nelson
- State Bar News
- Young Lawyers Division: YLD President’s Message
by Katherine A. Conyers
- What Every Lawyer Should Know About Appeals by Noella Sudbury
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| September - October (NEW! Enhanced PDF) |

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- President’s Message: Looking Ahead
by Lori W. Nelson
- Commission Message: Modest Means Lawyer Referral Program: How You Can Make this Program Work for Your Practice
by Hon. Su J. Chon
- Article: Twombly and Iqbal: How the Supreme Court has Radically Redefined Access to the Federal Courts
by Aaron S. Bartholomew
- Article: The New Respect for Justice George Sutherland
by Andrew M. Morse
- Article: Five Proportionality Principles That Can Reduce eDiscovery Costs and Burdens
by Philip J. Favro
- Article: How to Develop and Maintain Good and Lasting Client Relationships With In-House Corporate Counsel
by Virginia Smith & Paul Tyler
- Utah Law Developments: The Limited Scope of the Wrongful Lien Statute
by Michael Barnhill
- Book Review: The Death Penalty: Debating the Moral, Legal, and Political Issues Edited by Robert M. Baird & Stuart E. Rosenbaum
Reviewed by Ralph Dellapiana
- Focus on Ethics & Civility: When it Comes to Ethics and Civility, Don’t Use Your Head
by Keith A. Call
- Article: Looking for the Lorax on Utah’s Capitol Hill: SB 11 and the Re-Balkanization of State Agency Administrative Procedures
by Alvin Robert Thorup
- State Bar News
- Young Lawyers Division: Thinking of Swimming With the Sharks: Lessons Learned While Starting a Practice
by S. Yossof Sharifi
- Paralegal Division: Message from the Chair
by Thora Searle
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| July - August (PDF) |

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- President’s Message: The Jewels on the Hill
by Rodney G. Snow
- Article: Donor Intent and the Failure of the Honor System by David L. Wilkinson
- Focus on Ethics & Civility: Fee Basics
by Keith A. Call
- Article: Founder Dallin H. Oaks’ Visit Spurs Call to Join of Utah-born American Inns of Court Movement by Isaac D. Paxman
- Article: Utah Department of Health Hearing Process by Drew B. Quinn
- Article: I Finally Got My Day in Court by Peg McEntee
- Article: The Utah Territorial Bar Association: Our Forgotten Heritage by Michael S. Eldredge
- Article: Survey Says…Mentors Reap Benefits of Mentoring
by Elizabeth A. Wright
- Article: The Mortgage Lender’s Primer on a TILA Rescission Claim by Aaron B. Millar
- State Bar News
- Young Lawyers Division: Estate Planning: A Practice Management Primer
by Matthew L. Mitton
- Paralegal Division: Letter from the Chair by Danielle Davis
- CLE Calendar
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| May/June |

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- President’s Message: Education on the Fundamentals of Our Government and Democracy is on Life Support: We Can Help by Rodney G. Snow
- Commission Message: “Check Yes” to Lend a “Learned Hand” Utah’s Pro Bono Commission by Judge Michele M. Christiansen and Judge Royal I. Hansen
- Views from the Bench: “Perhaps this will refresh your memory.” Ten Ways to Reduce Judicial Stress by Judge Steven Wallace
- Article: Utah Originalism by Troy L. Booher
- Focus on Ethics & Civility: Helping Clients Talk by Keith A. Call
- Article: Advice on Not Giving Investment Advice by Jason D. Rogers and Brad R. Jacobsen
- Utah Law Developments: Recent Changes to the Lawyer’s Fund for Client Protection by Linda J. Barclay Mount
- Book Review: Reading Your Way to Stellar Legal Writing – A Review of “Building Your Best Argument” by Cecil C. Kuhne III Reviewed by Nicholas Clyde Mills
- Article: Severance Damages Take a Sea-Change With Admiral Beverage by Richard E. Danley, Jr.
- Article: Books From Barristers
- State Bar News
- Young Lawyers Division: Wills for Heroes: Protecting Those Who Protect Us by R. Blake Hamilton
- Paralegal Division: Pick Your Window of Opportunity
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| March/April |

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- Letter to the Editor
- President-Elect & Bar Commission Candidates
- President’s Message:
Lend a “Learned Hand” – Check Yes and Volunteer for a Pro Bono Matter
- Commission Message:
Utah State Bar Member Survey Results
- Views from the Bench:
The Importance of Lawyers and Judges in American Life
- Utah Law Developments:
Young Living Essential Oils, LC v. Marin: Clarifying the Limited Scope
and Content of the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing
- Articles:
Blow the Whistle: The Dodd-Frank Act Creates New Incentives for Whistleblowers –
and Compliance Issues for Utah Businesses
- Focus on Ethics & Civility:
The Civic-Minded Lawyer
- Book Review
The How to Win Trial Manual, Winning Trial Advocacy in a Nutshell, 5th Ed.
- State Bar News
- Young Lawyers Division:
The Green Utah Pledge
DUI Law in a Flash
- Paralegal Division
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| Jan / Feb |
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- Letter to the Editor
- President’s Message:
- Bar Commission Adopts New Policy on Inclusion and Diversity:
It is No Longer Black and White
- A Judicial Invitation
- Views from the Bench:
- The Face of the Judiciary: Utah’s Justice Courts
- Articles:
- Loss of Chance Damages Brought to Life
- Focus on Ethics & Civility:
- E-mail Privacy
Utah Law Developments:
- Helf v. Chevron: A Workers’ Comp and Personal Injury Game Changer
- Used and Useful Principle: Still Relevant in Utah
- State Bar News
- Young Lawyers Division:
- Paralegal Division
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| 2011 Utah Bar Journal & Articles back to top |
| Nov / Dec |
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- President’s Message:
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Baby Boomers Meet Millennials in the Legal Workplace: From Face-lift to Facebook
- Views from the Bench: Referrals to the
- OPC
Articles:
- In Utah, Scanning a Person’s Face or Iris to Determine Identity
is a Search Justified Only in Limited Circumstances
- Focus on Ethics & Civility:
- Litigators Beware Utah Law
- Developments:
- Preconstruction Service Liens: A New Chapter in Utah’s Mechanics’ Lien Law
Location-Based Electronic Discovery in Criminal and Civil Litigation – Part 2
- Bankruptcy Filings and Civil Litigation – Judicial Estoppel in Action
Young Lawyers
- Division:
- A Primer to the New Utah Rules of Civil Procedure
- State Bar News
- Paralegal Division:
- 5 Reasons for Taking the CP Exam
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| Sept / Oct |
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- Letters to the Editor
- President’s Message: Practicing Law, a Profession or a Business?
- Views from the Bench: To Persuade a Judge, Think Like a Judge
- Articles:
Utah House Bill 260: Not Your Father’s Mechanics’ Lien Law
This Is the Place
Counseling Individual Trustee Clients
Location Based Electronic Discovery in Criminal and Civil Litigation – Part 1
- Focus on Ethics & Civility: Client Communication
Use it or Lose It – How To Effectively Impact the Utah Legislature
Disasters: Are You Prepared Personally and Professionally?
- State Bar News
- Young Lawyers Division: President’s Message and Invitation
- Paralegal Division: Message from the Chair
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| July / August |
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- Letter to the Editor
- President’s Message
- Articles:
- Staub v. Proctor Hospital – Extending the Cat’s Paw
- Ethics and Professional Networking
Groups: Worth the Gas?
- Toward Better Communications Between Executives and Lawyers
- The Primitive Lawyer
- Focus on Ethics & Civility:
- Personal Bias
- Objecting to Subpoenas in State and Federal Cases Pursuant to Rule
- Views from the Bench:
- John Adams, David Frakt, and Other Lawyers of Courage
- State Bar News
- Young Lawyer Division:
- Paralegal Division:
Paralegal of the Year
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| May / June |
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- Views From the Bench:
- What Do Jurors Say?
- Utah Law Developments:
- Ewing v. Department of Transportation:
When the Savings Statute Provides No Safety
- Articles:
- A Business School Model for Presenting Your Case
- Focus on Ethics & Civility:
- Confessions of a Facebook Sleuth
- The Power of Law: How One Law Student Is a Force for Good
in Utah’s Human Trafficking Cases
- Book Review:
- The Dark Side of The Bluebook
- State Bar News
- Young Lawyer Division:
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| March / April |
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- President-Elect & Bar Commission Candidates
- President’s Message: Civility Matters
- Articles:
- Writing to Persuade
- Settle Down Now: Insurer and
- Policyholder Roles in Resolving Liability Claims
- Taking and Defending Effective Depositions under Rule 30(b)(6)
- Focus on Ethics & Civility: Avoid Missing Deadlines by Using the Triple Play
- Stop Wasting Time: Client Engagement Procedures
- The Family Law Clinic: A Critical Service to Pro Se Litigants in Utah
- Views from the Bench: Professionalism and Civility
- Book Review: Legal Beagles: Danny’s Yo-Yo Adventure
- State Bar News
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| January / February |
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- President’s Message: Get Involved!
- Articles:
- Utah Standards of Appellate Review
- Business Valuation Applications to Economic Damages for Lost Profits
- In Defense of Sales to Defective Grantor Trusts
- Utah Law Developments:
- The 2010 Medical Malpractice
- Amendments: A Summary of Major Changes
- New Lawyer Training Program: Helping Lawyers through The Great Recession 3
- Focus on Ethics & Civility:
- Avoiding Ethical Landmines: A Review of the 2010 OPC Annual Report
- State Bar News
- Young Lawyer Division:
- Who Needs Pro Bono?
- Paralegal Division:
- Upcoming Events
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| 2010 Utah Bar Journal & Articles back to top |
| January / February |
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- President’s Message: Don’t Tax Justice
- Articles: The Slope of Utah Ski Law 10
- The Utah Minority Bar Association and Ripples of Hope
- Ethical Conundrum? Try Asking the Ethics Advisory Opinion Committee
- Utah Law Developments: A Plaintiff Attorney’s View of Sorenson v. Barbuto
- Should Utah Lawyers Stop Forming Utah LLCs?
- Online Judicial Performance Evaluation Survey: Why You Shouldn’t be Afraid
- The Not-So-Secret Crucible of Bankruptcy
- Book Review: Samurai Lawyer
- State Bar News
- Young Lawyer Division: Tuesday Night Bar: A Model Pro Bono Program
- Paralegal Division: UDVC, Not Just Another Abbreviation
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| March / April |
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- Letters to the Editor
- President-Elect & Bar Commission Candidates
- President’s Message: Helping Unemployed/Underemployed Lawyers
- Articles:
- Domestic Asset Protection Trusts: A Comparison of the Laws of Utah and Wyoming
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures with IRS Appeals
- Attorney Volunteers in Court
- Services for Attorneys at the Utah State Law Library
- Evaluating Judicial Performance: 28
How Judges Can Earn High Marks Even
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| May / June |
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- President’s Message: The Dreaded Letter from OPC 8
- Articles:
- Advising Your Clients (and You!)
- Utah Law Developments: So Now What is My Deadline?
Timing Changes to the Federal Rules
- Book Review: The Guantánamo Lawyers
Edited by Mark P. Denbeaux and Jonathan Hafetz
- State Bar News
- Young Lawyer Division: Upcoming Events
- Paralegal Division: The Law School Dilemma
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| July / August |
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- Letters to the Editor
- President’s Message
Articles
- Utah Standards of Appellate Review
- Damages Resulting From a Lost
- Opportunity
- Views From the Bench
- Book Review:
- State Bar News
- Paralegal Division
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| September / October |
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- Letters to the Editor
- President’s Message
- Articles
- Civil Crimes
- Addicted Employees
- Small Claims Courts
- Focus on Ethics & Civility
- Declining Representation
- Book Review
- Utah Auto Law
- State Bar News
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| November / December |
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- Letters to the Editor
- President’s Message:
The Pro Se Quandary
- Articles:
Utah Standards of Appellate Review
Raising a Successful Batson Challenge in Jury Selection New Lawyer Training Program
The Evolution and Future of theAccredited Investor Standard for Individuals
Tribute to Bob Henderson
- Focus on Ethics & Civility
- Book Review
The Creative Lawyer
- State Bar News
- Young Lawyer Division
- Paralegal Division
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| 2009 Utah Bar Journal & Articles back to top |
| January / February |
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- President’s Message: Challenging Times
- The Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust: An Underutilized Tool
- On Beyond GRAMA and the Open Meetings Act – The Proposal for Greater
Transparency, Openness, and Inclusion in Salt Lake City Government
- Workers’ Compensation & Liability Lawyers Beware: Section 111 of the MMSEA Imposes Significant New Penalties for Failing to Protect Medicare’s Interests
- Researching and Using Utah Appellate Briefs and Other Appellate Resources
- Lawyers are Needed to Clean up Wall Street’s Mess and Rebuild the Economy
- Book Review: Cultural Issues in Criminal Defense – 2nd Edition, Linda Friedman Ramirez, Editor
- Paralegal Division: Salary Survey 2008: Highlights and Analysis
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- President-Elect & Bar Commission Candidates
- President's Message: Change
- President Elect's Message: Group Health Insurance Options
- Recent Changes to Federal Employment Laws Will Affect Utah Companies: Examining the ADA Amendments and New FMLA Regulations
- Living With Twombly
- Utah's Justice Court System, a Legal Charade
- Got Trade Secrets? No? Guess Again
- ERISA and Plan Administrator Conflicts - Analysis and Best Practices of the U.S. Supreme Court's Decision in Glenn
- Researching Utah Administrative Law
- UPDATE: Workers' Compensation & Liability Lawyers Beware: Section 111 of the MMSEA Imposes Significant New Penalties for Failing to Protect Medicare's Interests
- State Bar News (Attorney Discipline)
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| May / June |
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- Letters to the Editor
- President's Message: Engage in Mentoring
- Judging the Judges
- Looking at the Stars: Why Being a Lawyer Matters
- Are Medical Records Now Off Limits? An Examination of Sorenson v. Barbuto
- Do Insurance Companies Buy Insurance?
- Serving the Client Who Is Deaf
- Small Claims Mediation: Thoughts for Practitioners
- Web 2.0 Tools for Utah Attorneys
- Enforcing Civility in an Uncivilized World
- State Bar News: Attorney Discipline
- Paralegal Division: Pay It Forward: Community Service Opportunities in the Paralegal Division
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| July / August |
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- President's Message: Looking Back, Looking Forward
- Family v. Institution - Advising Clients on the Selection of a Successor Trustee
- Utah Law Developments - Decisions from the Utah Court of Appeals, 2008
- Judge David K. Winder: A Model Mentor and Judge
- Twenty Years of Bar Operations
- Never Litigate as a Matter of Principle - Unless, of Course, You're Being Accused of Speeding on a Bicycle
- In Defense of the Collection Lawyer
- Preparing for Future Development: Government Entities and Developers Should Take Time to Solve Problems that Arose During the Recent Market Boom
- Utah Law Developments: Noteworthy Laws Passed During the 2009 Legislative Session
- State Bar News: Attorney Discipline
- Young Lawyer Division: Thank You to the 2008-2009 Young Lawyer Division Executive Council
- Paralegal Division: 20th Anniversary of Paralegals' Day - Recipient of Utah's 2009 Distinguished Paralegal of the Year Award
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| September/October |
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- President's Message: Protection the Critical Role of our Fair and Impartial Courts
- Judicial Independence and Civics Education by Sandra Day O'Connor
- Utah Law Developments: Summary of Significant Utah Supreme Court Cases 2008-2009 by Justice Ronald E. Nehring
- Should We Put the Death Penalty on the Chopping Block? by Ralph Dellapiana
- Analyzing Mechanics' Lien Claims: A Few Suggestions by Spencer Macdonald
- Utah LLCs vs. Other State LLCs: When Should Attorneys Consider Forming LLCs Outside Utah? by Justin J. Atwater and Russell K. Smith
- Before the Utah Bar Journal by Mari Cheney
- State Bar News
- Young Lawyer Division: Young Lawyer Division Celebrates Pro Bono Opportunities
- Paralegal Division: Propagating Paralegal Punditry by Aaron L. Thompson
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| November/December |
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- President’s Message:
Welcoming 320 New Lawyers Into Our Fold:
A Force of 10,000 Problem Preventers and Solvers
by Stephen W. Owens
- Articles:
Maintaining Good Client Communication:
An Ethical Responsibility and Practical Imperative
by Aaron Bartholomew and Carolyn E. Howard
- Metadata Minefield, Utah Rules
by Steven L. Nichols
- Father of the Bride
by Rev. Learned Ham
- Indigent Defense in Utah: Constitutionally Adequate?
by Marina Lowe
- Warning: Your Name Might Be Listed Here
by Joanne C. Slotnik
- Researching the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
by Mari Cheney
- State Bar News
- Paralegal Division:
2009–2010 Paralegal Division Board of Directors
by Aaron L. Thompson
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| 2008 Utah Bar Journal & Articles back
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| January / February |
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- President's Message: Lawyer Assistance in Utah - Let Us Help
- A Friend in Need
- What to Expect When You Call Lawyers Helping Lawyers
- LHL: Reflecting the Principles of the ABA Model
- Why Are So Many Lawyers Depressed?
- "Ain't Stress Grand?"
- A Sober Look Back
- Stress in Practicing Law and How to Minimize it from the
Perspective of a Family Law Practitioner
- Lessons from Recent Utah Legal Malpractice Cases
- Stress Management for New Lawyers, Or "You Can Do It!"
- My Mentors
- Reducing Stress
- Book Review: The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere,
and Join the New Rich by Timothy Ferriss
- Book Review: Law & Mental Health Professionals
- Utah by
Leslie Pickering Francis and Linda F. Smith
- Paralegal Division: Medical Expert Testimony: A View From
the Utah Supreme Court
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| March / April |
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- President-Elect and Bar Commission Candidates
- The Ethical Utah Lawyer: What Are the Limits in Negotiation?
- Bankruptcy Exemption Planning: Counseling in Shades of Gray
- Dealing with Metadata in the Non-Discovery Context
- Interpreting Rules and Constitutional Provisions
- Utah Law Developments: Ellis v. Estate
of Ellis: The Unequivocal
Death of Interspousal Immunity in Utah
- Views from the Bench: Senior Attorneys for Low-Income Litigants
- Book Review: Blind Justice? A Review of Missing
Witness by
Gordon Campbell
- Book Review: Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts, Second Edition Edited by Robert L. Haig
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| May / June |
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- President-Elect and Bar Commission Candidates
- Utah Supreme Court Establishes Professionalism Counseling Program
- Well, What Did You Expect? The Utah Supreme Court Discusses "Accidents"
- Going Green in a Red State
- Utah Law Developments: 2007 Case Summaries
- Young Lawyers Division: Wills for Heroes - Providing Valuable Community Service to First Responders
- Paralegal Division: Notary Public Issues
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| July / August |
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- President's Message: Giving Generously
- Drawing the Short Straw - Mortgage Fraud and Straw Buyers
- The Commercial Loan Guaranty - Types & Techniques
- An Enigmatic Degree of Medical Certainty
- Winning Arguments Supporting the "Made Whole" Doctrine
- Utah Law Developments: Skeptics at the Gate - The 2007 Revisions to Rule 702, Utah Rules of Evidence
- Utah Law Developments: Highlights from the 2008 Legislative Session
- Book Review: No One Makes it Alone by Andrew A. Valdez
- Book Review: With Hope Across America, A Father-Daughter Journey by Bob Braithwaite
- Paralegal Division: Congratulations Deb Calegory: Recipient of Utah's 2008 Distinguished Paralegal of the Year Award
- Paralegal Division: Making a Difference in the Legal Profession and the Community
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| September / October |
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- President’s Message: Professional Relationships by Nathan D. Alder
- Riding High With Your Mediator: The Do’s and Don’ts of Effective Mediation Advocacy by Tracy L. Allen
- ERISA: License to Cheat, Lie, and Steal for the Disability Insurance Industry by Loren M. Lambert
- A Primer on the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program by Christopher J. Rogers
- An Open Letter to the Newly Established Utah Supreme Court Professionalism Counseling Program Board by Eric K. Johnson
- John Hill, Public Defenders’ Long-Time Leader, Retires
- Views from the Bench: Report from 7500 Feet by Justice Michael J. Wilkins
- Views from the Bench: Statements of Material Fact: Increasing Effectiveness and Avoiding Pitfalls by Judge Anthony B. Quinn and Joanna E. Miller
- Book Review: Convictions: A Prosecutor’s Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves by John Kroger
Reviewed by Ralph Dellapiana
- Book Review: How to Build and Manage an Estates Practice, Second Edition by Daniel B. Evans, Esq. Reviewed by Nathan C. Croxford and Andrew L. Howell
- Paralegal Division: Introducing the Paralegal Division’s New Officers and
Directors for 2008-09 by Julie L. Eriksson, Chair
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| November / December |
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- President’s Message: The Bar is Looking for a Few Good Mentors by Nathan D. Alder
- Does the Wrongful Lien Statute Apply to Mechanics’ and Other Types of Liens? by R. Spencer Macdonald
- Utah Law Developments: Unbundled in Utah by Virginia Sudbury
- Utah Law Developments: A Notary Primer for Utah Attorneys by Scott M. Ellsworth
- The Spider to the Fly by Just Learned Ham
- Utah Legislative History Research Tips by Mari Cheney
- Utah Law Developments: Legislative Update: Senate Bill
- “Check Cashing and Deferred Deposit Lending Registration Act” by Jill O. Jasperson
- Paralegal Division: When Witnesses Attack: Dealing With Third-Party Harassment and Threats
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| 2007 Utah Bar Journal & Articles back
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| January / February |
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- President's Message: A Mid-Term Report
- Blind Guides: The Difficult Task of Comprehending the Law
- Going Dark - An Alternative to Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
- Keep Dreaming
- Attorney Fee Discrimination for Solo Practitioners?
- Going to Court in Babylon
- A Precious Birthright or Federal Porridge: Which Should Utah
Lawyers Choose?
- Electronic Filing in Federal Court: Where are We Now?
- Utah Law Developments: The Paperless Deposition
- Standards of Professionalism and Civility: Standard 19
- Views from the Bench: Judge Disqualification Rules in Action
- The Young Lawyer: The Young Lawyer Division in 2007
- Paralegal Division: Nonlawyers Help Keep Lawyers out of the
"Discipline Corner"
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| March / April |
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- President's Message: Access to Justice - We Are Not There Yet
- President-Elect & Bar Commission Candidates
- Veni, Vidi, Vici: The Brave New World of E-Discovery
- Net Operating Losses: Preserving What You Never Wanted in the
First Place
- When Lawyers Become Pre-Law Advisors
- The Rapid Evolution of Climate Change Law
- The Justice Gap: The Unmet Legal Needs of Law-Income Utahns
- Practicing to Practice: Scholastic Debate as Law-Related Education
- Review: Sundance 2007
- Standards of Professionalism and Civility: Standard #10
- Paralegal Division: What Is Paralegal Work? - The Utah Supreme
Court Offers a Three-Pronged Test
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| May / June |
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- President's Message: Make a Difference, Be a Mentor
- The Utah Court of Appeals - Twenty Years Later
- BYU Alumni Women's Law Forum Survey on Maternity/Paternity
Leave and Flexible Schedule Policies for Lawyers
- Utah Law Developments: Utah Department of Commerce Answers
Call for Electronic Images of Uniform Commercial Code Filings
- Utah's Parental Involvement Law: Minors' Access to Abortion
- Laying the Foundation
- How to Advise Employers on Immigration Issues
- Mediation Confidentiality and Enforceable Settlements: Deal
or No Deal?
- The Strength is in the Research
- Update: The Utah State Law Library
- Standard #1 - Principles that Span the Generations
- Beyond Civility for Paralegals
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| July / August |
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- President's Message: A Few Parting Thoughts
- Advance Health Care Planning in Utah
- Utah Law Developments: Noteworthy Laws Passed During the
2007 Legislative Session
- When Does a Skier Become a Trespasser?
- Unsworn Declarations in Lieu of Affidavits: Increasing Efficiency
of Practice Under the Utah Rules of Criminal and Civil Procedure
and the Utah Rules of Evidence
- Synopsis of Recent Criminal Case Law Pertaining to Fourth
Amendment Issues and Incredible Evidence
- Juvenile Defense in Utah
- Arbitration - In Trouble Again?
- Book Review: Thunder Over Zion: The Life of Chief Judge Willis
W. Ritter by Parker Nielson and Patricia Cowley
- Utah Bar Foundation: The Utah Supreme Court IOLTA Program
Announces 2007-2008 Grant Awards
- Standard #5: Proceed With Caution in Seeking Sanctions
- The Paralegal Division Supports Access to Justice and Recognizes
its Distinguished Paralegal of the Year
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| September / October |
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- President's Message: Greetings
- Ten Ways the Bar Can Be Improved
- An Open Discussion of 10 Ways
- The Supreme Court Decision in Twombly: a New Federal Pleading
Standard?
- Implementing Flat Fees in Your Practice
- WiFi in Utah: Legal & Social Issues
- Book Review: Later in Life Lawyers: Tips for the Non Traditional
Law Student
- The Paralegal Division: Introducing the Paralegal Division's
New Officers 7 Directors for 2007-2008
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| November / December |
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- President's Message: Professinally Insured...To Be or Not
To Be
- The Diversin Process in Disciplinary Cases: Utah Rule 14-533
- The First Decade: The Consumer Assistance Program Has Proven
Itself to Be a Valuable Program
- Helping Our Clients Tell the Truth: Rule of Professional
Conduct 2.1 in Criminal Cases
- SEC Recievers: What Are They and What Do They Do
- Utah Control Shares Acquisitions Act
- Book Review: The Ministry of Special Cases
- The Young Lawyer: The Young Lawyers Division Update
- The Paralegal Division: The How To Guide for Membership in
the Paralegal Division: What Are the Requirements and Career
Benefits of Membership?
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| January / February |
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- Update on the End-of-Life Issues in Utah
- The Estate Planner / Insurance Salesman and the Fiduciary
Duty of Loyalty
- The Road Ahead for the Practice of Elder Law
- Why a Private Conservator?
- Private Care Management - Professional Assistance for the
Care of Elderly and/or Disabled Clients
- Assisted Living in Utah: A Brief Overview for Consumers
- The Bible of Elder Law
- A Conservative View of the Originalist View of the Bill of
Rights
- The Dangers of Overreacting to "Judicial Activism"
- Views from the Bench: Lessons from Kindergarten
- Standards of Professionalism & Civility: Standard 14 -
Professional Courtesy
- Paralegal Division: The Unauthorized Practice of Law
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| March / April |
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- President-Elect & Bar Commission Candidates
- Commissioner's Report: Free, Statewide, Confidential, 24 Hour
Mental Health Help Added to Bar's Lawyers Assistance Program
- Utah State Bar Unveils the Lawyers Assistance Program (LAP)
- The First 50: "Celebrating Diversity in the Law"
- The Utah Office of Guardian ad Litem: How You Can Help A Child
In Need
- Phishing and Pharming and Trojans - Oh My!
- SPYWARE: Living in a Cyber-Fishbowl
- Finding a Solution to the Problem With Finders in Utah
- A Guide to the Administrative Safeguards of HIPAA's Security
Rule
- Utah Law Developments: There's a new Lien Law in Town: Are
Your Lien Rights Protected?
- Standards of Professionalism & Civility: Standard 12
- Young Lawyer Division: 2005 Year in Review - Looking Ahead
to 2006
- Paralegal Division: The "How to Guide" for Membership
in the Paralegal Division
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| May / June |
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- Along for the Ride?: Warrant Checks and the Status of Passengers
During Traffic Stops in Utah
- Preserving State Constitutional Issues in the Trial Court
- Special Masters, Receivers, and the Duty to Marshal Evidence
- Henriod, Dissenting
- Geologic Hazard Disclosure Laws: Why They Make Sense
- Utah Law Developments: Gallegos ex rel Rynes V. Dick Simon
Trucking
- Views from the Bench: First Impressions
- Standards of Professionalism & Civility: Standard 17
- Paralegal Division: Message from the Chair
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| July / August |
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- Violence Against the Utah Legal Profession - a Statewide Survey
- Separating Powers: Judiciary's Constitutional Claim on Procedural
and Evidentiary Matters
- Separation of Powers
- Constitutional Adjudication
- Fee Arbitration
- "Max 25" is Retiring - the End of an Era in Utah
Law Enforcement
- "A Relatively Simple Matter" - Navigating the Utah
Discovery Rule
- Utah Law Developments: Parduhn Me: the Utah Supreme Court
and the Insurable Interest Requirement
- Standards of Professionalism & Civility: Standard 15 -
of Calendars, Courtesy, and Holiday Weekends
- Book Review: "Saviors" by Paul Eggers
- Paralegal Division: Message from the Chair
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| September / October |
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- Mr. Gray Goes to Washington
- Why Lawyers Matter
- Tax Matters: Statute of Limitation
- Bankruptcy Alternatives in the Face of Recent Bankruptcy Abuse
Prevention and Consumer Protection Act
- Utah Enacts the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act ("UECA")
- Crimes, Truth and Videotape: Mandatory Recording of Interrogations
at the Police Station
- Utah Law Developments: Recent Developments in Criminal Investigation
and Discovery: Access, Disclosure and Use of Information in
the Criminal Defense Realm
- Utah Law Developments: Antitrust Immunity for Utah's Political
Subdivisions: The Utah Supreme Court's Opinion in Summit
Water v. Summit County
- Standards of Professionalism & Civility: Standard 20 -
Just Doing the Right Thing
- Paralegal Division: Message from the Chair
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| 75th Anniversary Special
Issue |
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- President's Message: The Past, the Present, and the Future
of our Bar
- Best Wishes and Many Thanks from the Chief Justice
- Separate Branches, Balanced Powers: Governing the Judicial
Branch
- Seventy Five Years and Four EDs Later
- Richard L. Bird, Jr. - Utah's Most Senior Practicing Attorney
- From the Desk of the General Counsel
- The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Investigating
and Prosecuting Allegations of Attorney Misconduct
- Utah Minority Bar Association Receives Prestigious Honors
- Thanks Utah State Bar and Bar Members for Support
- Women Lawyers of Utah: How it All Started
- Small Claims Court: A Conversation with Scott Sabey and Tim
Shea
- Questions You Might Ask About the History of the Utah
Bar Journal
- The Utah State Bar Presents Lifetime Achievement Awards at
75th Anniversary Celebration Dinner
- The Young Lawyers of the Utah State Bar
- Paralegal Division: Congratulations on 75 Years!
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| November / December |
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- President's Message: Civility, the Hallmark of our Profession
- Promoting the Standards of Professionalism and Civility
- Utah Standards of Professionalism and Civility
- Honest Lawyers Make Good Lawyers Thoughts on Ethics and Civility
in the Legal Profession
- Enforcing the Standards of Professionalism and Civility
- Civility and Chivalry
- Need Help on Professionalism Training in Your Office? Call
Us.
- Civility in the Practice of Law: A Young Lawyer's Perspective
- A Professionalism Quiz: How Does Your Conduct Measure Up?
- Views from the Bench: What I Know Now that I Wish I Had Known
When I Was Practicing
- Paralegal Division: Civility for Paralegals
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| January / February |
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- Managing Pandora's Box: Recognizing and Handling the Privacy
Risks Associated with Electronic Access to Court Records
- Justice Courts - the People's Court
- Improving our Profession, and Theirs, Too, I Guess
- Standards of Professionalism & Civility: Standard 18 -
Deposition Conduct
- The Young Lawyer: Young Lawyers Continue in Their Commitment
to the Community
- Paralegal Division: Mentoring Legal Professionals
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| March / April |
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- President's Message: Dear Bar Members:
- Bar Commission Candidates
- Take the Oath, it Doesn't Matter Anyway
- Practice Pointer: Common Misconceptions About the Office of
Professional Conduct and the Disciplinary Process
- New Highways Under an Old Law? R.S. 2477 and its Implications
for the Future of Utah's Federal Public Lands
- Valuing Intangible Assets in Bankruptcy Cases
- The High Court in Cyberspace: A Preview of MGM Studios
v. Grokster
- Views from the Bench: Speaking Objections
- Standards of Professionalism & Civility: Standard 2 -
Civility, Courtesy and Fairness
- Paralegal Division: Pilot Electronic Filing of Debt Collection
Complaints
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| May / June |
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- Why Don't They Like Us? Why Don't They Respect Us?
- Standards for Standards' Sake: Questioning the Standards of
Professionalism and Civility
- Outsourcing - for Easy, Effective Data Protection
- Some Thoughts Concerning Trustee Selection
- Utah Law Developments: New Laws Every Lawyer Should Know
- Standards of Professionalism & Civility: Standard 11 -
Ex Parte Communications
- Paralegal Division: Paperless? Hah! Less Paper - Absolutely
Basic Records Management Concepts
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| July / August |
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- "Making Law" and "Finding Facts" - Unavoidable
Duties of an Independent Judiciary
- Get Ready for the Bankruptcy Amendments of 2005
- Bankruptcy Litigation: Some Practical Pointers
- A Guide to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Practice Pointer: Avoiding Fee Disputes and the Bar Complaints
That Sometimes Accompany Them
- Federal Appeals: The Scoop on Electronic Submission and Filing
- Views from the Bench: Learning Professionalism and Civility
- Thoughts for New Members of the Bar
- Standards of Professionalism & Civility: Standard 8
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| September /
October |
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- President's Message: Many Hands Make Light Work
- Commissioner Report: Why the Bar Might Mandate Disclosure
of Uninsured Practice
- Commissioner Report: Is Mandating Disclosure in Your Fee Letter
That You Do Not Carry Malpractice Insurance a Sound Idea?
- Considerations in Purchasing and Using Malpractice Insurance
- ERISA Standards of Review and the Administrator's Conflict
of Interest
- Migrating the Utah State Bar to VoIP: Motivations and Lessons
Learned
- Maneuvering Through Mediation: The Tricks, Twists and Turns
of Finding Untracked Powder - Resolution
- Standards of Professionalism & Civility: Standard 6 -
Adherence to Promises & Commitments
- Utah Bar Foundation
- Book Review: Overcoming The 6-Minute Life: How and Why The
Legal Profession Should Free Itself From Billable Hours
- Paralegal Division: Why Paralegal Certificate Counts
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| November /
December |
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- Practice Pointer: Ethical Considerations for Office Sharing
- The Tyranny of the Courts
- An Analytic Approach to Defining the "Practice of Law"
- Utah 's New Definition
- Reflections on Poverty, Bankruptcy, and Heresy
- Applying the Standards of Professionalism and Civility to
the Practice of Criminal Justice
- Utah Law Developments: Utah's Newest Anti-Spam Law: The Child
Protection Registry
- Standards of Professionalism & Civility: Standard 3 -
Baby Steps. . . Toward Civility
- Book Review: Life in the Law: Answering God's Interrogatories
Galen L. Fletcher and Jane H. Wise, editors
- Paralegal Division: Results of the Beta Test of the Utilization/Salary
Survey - 2005
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| January / February |
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- Contingency Fees: Should They Be Limited in Personal Injury
Cases That Settle Early?
- The Proposed Contingent Fee Restrictions Are Unfair, Unreasonable,
Unworkable and Wrong
- Utah's New OneStop Business Registration Website
- Diversity Pledge Marks New Chapter in History of Utah State
Bar
- What is an Agricultural Cooperative, Anyway? COOP 101
- Private Income Withholding for Collections of Child/Spousal
Support NON IV-D Collection Services
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| March |
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- President's Message: "AND JUSTICE FOR ALL" Nominated
for ABA National Public Service Award
- Utah Law Developments: Spoliation in Utah - A Problem in Search
of a Remedy
- Digital Photograph as Evidence in Utah Courts
- Practice Pointer: Disengagement Letters
- A Problem of Perception: Race and the Legal System in Utah
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| April |
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- President's Message: By Creating Safe Harbors For Non-Lawyers,
the Proposed UPL Rule Will Increase Access to Legal Services
- President-Elect & Bar Commission Candidates
- Practice Pointer: Training and Supervising Non-Lawyer Assistants
- Making Appeals More Child Friendly
- Attorneys and Child Abuse Reporting Statute
- Utah Law Developments: Significant Utah Criminal Law Decisions
In 2003
- Utah State Bar Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the Brown
v. Board of Education Supreme Court Decision
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| May
ProBono Special |
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Creating Access to Justice: Moving Toward
Success A View From the Trenches
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Utah State Bar Pro Bono Program
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Why & Where Utah Attorneys Volunteer &
Provide Public Service
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Building a Tibetan Family’s Home –
Pro Bono and Quite by Accident
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The Multi-Cultural Legal Center
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The Salty Soup: Some Thoughts on Access to
Civil Justice
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Community Lawyering
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Needs of Elderly Committee Pro Bono Project
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| June
/ July |
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- President’s Message: That Went Fast!
- Views from the Bench: The View from the Electronic Bench
- My Evolution from Paper-pusher to Key-clicker
- Ten Reasons You May Just Like CM/ECF
- Roska and the Warrant Requirement in Utah Child
- Protection Law
- Practice Pointer: The Snitch Rule
- Enlightened Self-Interest
- Utah Law Developments: 2004 Legislative Update
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| August / September |
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- Practice Pointer: When Can a Lawyer End an Attorney-Client
Relationship?
- Possible Defense Responses to Plaintiff’s “Experts”
Mental Illness, Addiction and Attorneys
- Facsimile Advertising and the Requirement to Get Signed,
Written Consents
- The Utah Marshaling Requirement: An Overview
- Objectives of Revocable Trusts
- Utah Law Developments: Can You Amend That Revocable Trust?
- Utah Estate Planning Lawyers Face a Trap for the Unwary
- Views from the Bench: Remember, for Every Case
Won at Oral Argument, the Other Side Loses
- Book Review: Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nafisi and
The Last Summer of Reason, by Tahar Djaout
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| October |
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- Practice Pointer: Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender
- Cracking the Computer Forensics Mystery
- Judicial Disqualification in Utah
- An Overview of State Sovereign Immunity in the Federal System
- Casemaker Coming Soon
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| November
- Special Water Law Issue
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Parched: The Future of the Glen Canyon Dam
in a Drier West
-
Miccosukee: Can the Mere Transport of Unaltered
Water Violate the Clean Water Act?
-
Utah Law Developments
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Let It Flow: Wading Through Utah’s Instream
Flow Statute
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Targeting Runoff: Storm Water Permitting &
Enforcement
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Look Before You Fill! Dredge and Fill Permitting
under § 404 of the Clean Water Act - by H. Michael Keller
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| December |
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- Practice Pointer: Managing Your Trust Account
- I Will Not Take The Oath (Unless I Really Have To)
- The Construction Attorney's Toolbox - Building Solutions
- Utah Law Developments: Employment Law Update: November 2002
- November 2004
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| January / February |
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- President's Message: Who Are We? The Demographics of the Utah
State Bar
- A Look at Lawyers Helping Lawyers
- Stress Management
- Disaster Plans and Other Unpleasant Subjects for Attorneys
in Private Practice
- The Single Most Profitable Technology?
- The Unsolicited Email Act and Anti-Spam Litigation
- Views From the Bench: Reflections and Observations
- In Memoriam: Robert Wayne Swenson, University of Utah College
of Law
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| March |
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- President's Message: Multijurisdicational Practice Rule Approved
- Rule for Admission of Lawyers Licensed in Other States or
Territories of the United States or the District of Columbia
to Practice Law in Utah
- A View From the Other Side of the Fence
- Practice Pointer: An Attorney's Duty to Maintain Confidentiality
of Information Relating to Representation of a Client
- What's That on the Runway
- Unbundle Your Practice: Increase Profits by Coaching Clients
- Views From the Bench: Real World Descriptions of Legal Terms
- Reversible Errors
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| April |
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- President's Message: Marbury v. Madison
- President Elect & Bar Commission Candidates
- Demotion and Discharge of Municipal Employees in Utah
- Practice Pointer: Using "& Associates" in a
Firm's Name
- Views From the Bench: Practices of Successful Lawyers Appreciated
by Trial Judges
- Utah Law Developments: Important Utah Decisions, 2002
- The Dollars and Sense of Utilization of Legal Assistants
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| May |
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- President's Message: Substitute House Bill 349 and the Definition
of the Practice of Law
- Practice Pointer: Fee Agreements
- The Final Judgment Rule: Appealability and Enforceability
Go Hand in Hand
- Getting Past the Name Calling: A Framework for Analyzing Affirmative
Action Plans
- Free Online Legal Research as a Bar Benefit: The CaseMaker
Option
- Views From the Bench: The Constitutional Guarantee of an Independent
Judiciary
- Utilizing Legal Assistants in Your Family Law Practice
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| June / July |
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- President's Message: The Year in Review
- Practice Pointer: Sex, Lies and the OPC
- Weapon-Free Courthouses and the Gun Locker Dilemma
- Community Property Issues Can Arise Where Least Expected
- Law and Unity on Main Street
- M&A Transactions Under Utah's New "Fairness Hearing"
Statute
- Views From the Bench: Freedom and Independent Courts
- Book Review: An Accidental Soldier - Memoirs of a Mestizo
in Vietnam
- Legal Assistants Division: Legal Assistant Utilization May
Optimize Client Services in Litigation Practice
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| August / September |
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- President's Message: New Bar Programs on the Horizon
- That Frayed Rope
- Views from the Bench: We Are All In This Together
- Darkest Before Dawn
- Relapse Prevention
- My Mother, My Father, and Me - A Story About a Childhood and
the Effects of Suicide and Substance Abuse
- Effective Stress Management
- Lower Your Stress with these Law Management Tips
- Bottom of the Totem-Pole Blues
- The History and Purpose of Lawyers Helping Lawyers
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| October |
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- President's Message: Utah State Bar Members Give $8.9 Million
to Legal Services for the Poor
- Mandatory Binding Arbitration of Medical Malpractice Claims
in Utah
- Lawyers and the Rule of Law
- Ten Traps to Avoid on the Internet
- Before the Bench: The Utah Senate and Judicial Confirmation
- Practice Pointer: Things to Consider in Drafting a Yellow
Pages Ad
- Utah Law Developments: 10 Changes to the Law Every Lawyer
should Know From the 2003 Utah Legislative Session
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| November |
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- President's Message: Adopt the Diversity Pledge
- Electronic Discovery: New Power, New Risks
- Obtaining Medical Records After HIPAA: New Federal Privacy
Protections Change the Rules for Attorneys
- USERRA: Navigating Uncharted Legal Territory
- Utah Law Developments: Obtaining and Maintaining State Trademarks
in Utah
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| December |
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- President's Message: "Unbundling" Legal Services
in Utah
- Practice Pointer: Representing a Client With Diminished Capacity
- Fair Value in Utah
- Making Your Case at the Legislature
- Helpful Employment Law Websites
- Utah Law Developments: Utah's Revised Uniform Arbitration
Act: A Makeover for the Face of Arbitration
- Views From the Bench: Supreme Court Adopts Professionalism
Standards
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| January / February |
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- The President's Message: A Prayer for the Professions
- Avoiding Legal Malpractice Claims
- Aspirational Morality: The Ideals of the Professionalism
- Judicial Independence and the Blame Game: The Easiest Target
is a Sitting One
- Views From the Bench: The View From Here
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| March |
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- The President's Message: Is the Office of Professional Conduct
the Grand Inquisitor? What Lawyers Need to Know if Faced with
a Bar Complaint
- Nexus & Remote Sellers: The Taxation of Electronic Commerce
- Only Until Payday: A Primer on Utah's Growing Deferred Deposit
Loan Industry
- How the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act of 2001 Affects
Basic Estate Planning Strategy - Tax and Non-Tax Considerations
- Views From the Bench: 15th Anniversary of the Utah Court of
Appeals
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| April |
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- The President's Message: Lionel Frankel
- Revised UCC Articles 9: Utah "Filing Office" Update
- Trademarks 101
- Aspirational Morality: The Ideals of Professionalism - Part
II
- Utah Law Developments: Seven Cases That Shaped the Internet
in 2001, or the First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Lawyers
- Part I
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| May |
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- Response to the President's Message: The Price We Pay (or,
Two Fortunes for Bob)
- Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: Determining the Appropriate Fair Market
Value
- Me? A Collection Attorney? Hardly! I Am a Litigator With High
Visibility Clients. The FDCPA is for 'Debt Collectors'!
- Utah Law Developments: Legislative Update: 2002 General Legislative
Session
- Book Review: Letters to young Contrarian
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| June / July |
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- President's Message: Read this Please! (at least read some
of it)
- Arbitration Advocacy: Preparing the Case
- Pro Bono Legal Services: The Bigger Picture
- Admitting Child Hearsay Statement's of Child Sexual Abuse:
Can Courts Determine Reliability?
- When Gunzilla (Federal Gun Control Act of 1968) Meets Queen
Cong (Utah's Domestic Violence Statutes) Your Client Could Get
Stepped On
- Utah Law Developments: Recent Changes and Developments in
the Utah Rules of Evidence: Definitive Evidence Rulings, Character
Evidence, Expert Testimony, and Business Records
- The History and Contemporary Content of Constitutional Mandates
for Public Education: Obligations of the Judicial Branch
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| August / September |
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- President's Message: Dialogue on Freedom - An Opportunity
for Utah Lawyers to Make a Difference
- Commissioner Report: Commission Recommends Modification of
Bar Exam by Adding MPT
- The Judges' Benchbook - ww.utlitsec.org
- The Appointment of Special Masters in High Conflict Divorces
- Probate Mediation in Utah: Where did it Come From, Where is
it Now, Where is it Going?
- Utah Law Developments: Seven Cases That Shaped the Internet
in 2001 or the First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Lawyers,
Part II
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| October |
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- President's Message: The Community Legal Center Becomes a
Reality Through the Efforts and Generosity of Many
- Truth or Dare: Assessing the Reliability of Financial Statements
in a Post-Enron World
- Lip Service and Diversity in the Legal Profession: Time for
a Reality Check
- Common Errors in Cross-Examination, or Five Bad Habits of
Highly Ineffective Cross-Examiners
- Utah Law Developments: Recent Changes to Utah's Trust Deed
Statutes
- Views From the Bench: In Discharge of a Self-Imposed Sentence
- Book Review: Strangers in the House: Coming of Age in Occupied
Palestine and Revenge: A Story of Hope
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| November |
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- President's Message: Dialogue on Freedom - A Resounding Success
- Contaminated Property Transactions After 2002 Superfund Brownfield
Amendments
- Arbitration Advocacy Part Two: The Arbitration Hearing
- The New New New Thing Web Services on the Horizon
- Appendix A
- Utah Law Developments: Employment Update: Recent Decisions
From the Utah State Courts
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| December |
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- President's Message: Supreme Court Committee on Delivery of
Legal Services Submits Its Report
- Commissioner Report: Utah State Bar Explores Delivery of Legal
Services to Middle Class
- Practice Pointer: The Rule Against Threatening Criminal Prosecution
to Gain an Advantage in a Civil Matter
- A Few Words of Caution About Computer Presentations
- Are You Riding a Fine Line? Learn to Identify and Avoid Issues
Involving the Unauthorized Practice of Law
- Utah Law Developments: Seven Cases That Shaped the Internet
in 2001 or "The First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Lawyers"
Part III
- In Memoriam: Remembering Ron Boyce - Teacher, Judge and Friend
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| March |
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- President's Message: Sharing, Selecting and Supporting
- An Increasingly Violent Profession
- The Exaggerated Death of the Subchapter S Corporation - Part
II
- A Cash Flow Primer for Attorneys
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| April |
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- The Executive Director's Message: We Are Not Alone
- Utah Zoning Law: The Zoning Ordinance
- Utah's "New" Tax Court - An Important Step in Leveling
the State Law Playing Field
- The Case Against MDPs: The Soul of Our Profession is at Stake
- The MDP Question: Should We Board the Train to the Future
or Lie Down in Front of It?
- From the Get-go to the End of the Day
- Legislative Highlights
- Law School Pro Bono Initiative
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| May - Special
Elder Law Issue |
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- The President's Message: Choosing for the Future of the Bar
- Overview of Elder Law
- Social Security Changes. . . As We Do
- Determining Capacity: Is Your Older Client Competent
- Medicaid, An Incredibly Brief Overview
- Views From the Bench: Some Current Causes for Popular Dissatisfaction
With the Administrative of Justice
- Case Summaries
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| June / July |
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- The President's Message: Preparing for Practice in 2010
- New Revisions to Utah's Limited Liability Company Act - The
LLC Revolution Rolls On
- Utah Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act
- Utah Zoning Law: Enforcement
- Mediator Focus: Mediation Advocacy in a Nutshell
- Views From the Bench: Civility and Advocacy
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| August / September |
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- The President's Message: Show Me the Money!
- New Revisions to Utah's Limited Liability Company Act - The
LLC Revolution Rolls On
- Guardianships and Conservatorships
- Utah Zoning Law: Appeals
- Justice Court, Fairness and the Law
- Views From the Bench: A Life Celebrated
- Utah Law Developments: Recent Amendments to the Federal Rules
of Civil Procedure for Utah Practitioners
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| October |
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- The President's Message: The Bar, the Courts, the Legislature
and the Unauthorized Practice of Law
- Affirming the Untested - Affirming a Trial Court Based on
Issues Raised Sua Sponte
- LDS and Judicial Perspectives on Stories from Jewish Tradition
- New Revisions to Utah's Limited Liability Company Act - The
LLC Revolution Rolls On
- Office of Public Guardian
- Utah Law Developments: Update on Environmental Law
- Book Review: The Genesis of Justice
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| November |
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- The President's Message: What Lawyers Can Do in Times Such
as These
- The Bar, the Courts, Criminal Justice and the Olympics: Handling
the Impact of the Olympic Games on the Courts, Law Practice
and Criminal Justice in Utah
- Fighting Back on the Internet: A Primer on the Anticybersquatting
Consumer Protection Act
- Practice Pointers for Effective Lawyering
- Consumer Assistance Program
- Mediator Focus: Early Neutral Evaluation
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| December |
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- The President's Message: The Saying of D. Frank Wilkins
- INS v. St. Cyr: The Supreme Court and Draconian Congressional
Criminal-Immigration Laws
- Utah's DNA Actual Innocence Bill
- Justice Court, Fair and Legal
- Views From the Bench: Education for Justice in Utah
- Mediator Focus: Paths to Mediation, with Sample Clauses
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