Your daily ration of civil justice rationing
With the “law year” ending on June 30, this weekend offers a two-for-one as many communities also hose Law Day events (it was Thursday). As they note in the Washington, D.C. Bar Association “… in the tradition ofLaw Day, each year the WBA and the WBALF hosts the Annual Law Day Dinner on the first Saturday of May. That event is a highlight of the legal calendar, drawing about 500 people to the formal dinner.
So be sure to, as they say, check your local listings.
May 1 is, of course, Law Day. It was set aside to honor the idea that our nation embraces the rule of law, even in an era when reduced funding has some contending that access to civil courts has become a civil rights issue. If you want to check out the history or some of the cool activities, a good place to start is with one of the country’s senior courts management groups, the National Center for State Courts.
Sara Warner, publisher of the California Courts Monitor, has a national Huffington Post column outlining how a North Carolina bankruptcy case might uncover enough scandal to become a Democratic political liability. In particular, she says the legal system is thinking in terms of “claimants” instead of thinking in terms of “victims.” She even calls for a Senate investigation. See the story here.