tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26949816200977487912011-04-21T15:00:00.081-04:00A Blog Resource for Paralegals.David Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196119715073360775noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694981620097748791.post-219749793437388592008-03-31T23:59:00.002-04:002008-04-01T00:01:54.893-04:00I have found a good blog resource for intellectual property rights law.<br /><a href="http://www.intellectualpropertylawblog.com/">Intellectual Property Law Blog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2694981620097748791-21974979343738859?l=urlaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196119715073360775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694981620097748791.post-25973277293536975602008-01-25T07:44:00.000-05:002008-01-25T07:46:35.094-05:00The top law schools in 2007 <a href="http://www.top-law-schools.com/rankings.html">ARE:</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2694981620097748791-2597327729353697560?l=urlaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196119715073360775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694981620097748791.post-55761511341982208272008-01-07T20:56:00.000-05:002008-01-07T21:10:50.269-05:00I recently became a member of the Legal Writing Institute, an organization that serves as a forum for discussion and scholarship about legal writing, analysis and research. Features of interest here include:<br /><br />Web site for <a href="http://www.lwionline.org/">LWIOL</a><br /> * Free access to The <a href="http://www.lwionline.org/publications/seconddraft.asp">Second Draft,</a> the LWI's newsletter featuring articles on legal writing.<br /> * Free access to The <a href="http://www.journallegalwritinginstitute.org/">Journal </a>of the Legal Writing Institute, its scholarly publication.<br /> * <a href="http://www.lwionline.org/resources/jobsearch.asp">Job listings</a> for legal writing positions.<br /> * A <a href="http://www.lwionline.org/publications/advanced.asp">syllabus bank</a> for legal writing teachers.<br /><br />If you wish to become a member visit <a href="http://www.lwionline.org/about/membership.asp">join LWI</a>. Membership is free.<br /><br />Additional Resources for Legal Writing are:<br /> <ul><li><a href="http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legalwriting/">Legal Writing Pro Blog</a></li><li><span style=""><a href="http://www.utexas.edu/law/faculty/wschiess/legalwriting/">Wayne Schiess's legal-writing blog</a></span></li><li><a href="http://legalwriting.net/"><span style="">Legalwriting</span></a></li></ul><span style=""><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2694981620097748791-5576151134198220827?l=urlaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196119715073360775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694981620097748791.post-23695539814844803292007-12-30T09:02:00.000-05:002007-12-30T09:09:06.214-05:00<a href="http://theparalegal.wordpress.com/">Wordpress link to "Whatever Paralegal Should Know."</a><br /><br />Click on the above link; I believe it is a very good reference for paralegals.<br /><br /><p><strong>WordPress is</strong> a semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.<br /></p> <p>WordPress is what you use when you want to work with your blogging software.</p> <p>Visit WordPress to get started, <a href="http://wordpress.org/hosting/">set it up on a web host</a> for the most flexibility or <a href="http://wordpress.com/">get a free blog on WordPress.com</a>.</p><p>Another tool for Bloggers.<br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2694981620097748791-2369553981484480329?l=urlaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196119715073360775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694981620097748791.post-65746720254744589222007-12-29T17:00:00.000-05:002007-12-29T17:05:19.942-05:00I like this blog on <a href="http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/trusts_estates_prof/">wills, trusts and estates</a>.<br /><br />What is your opinion?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2694981620097748791-6574672025474458922?l=urlaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196119715073360775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694981620097748791.post-16170985733482833522007-12-17T21:17:00.000-05:002007-12-17T21:48:22.465-05:00In July 1888, more than 100 attorneys met in Virginia Beach to form the Virginia State Bar Association. Led by Francis H. McGuire of the Richmond Bar Association, which was then three years old, they organized to address their goal of "improving the law and the administration of justice, and upholding the standard of honor and integrity in the legal profession."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Presidents of The Virginia Bar Association</span><br />1896-97 <a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/mss/text/wirt.html">William Wirt Henry</a>, Richmond<br />1899-1900 William J. Leake, Richmond<br />1900-01 Lunsford L. Lewis, Richmond<br />1907-08 Wyndham R. Meredith, Richmond<br />1910-11 George L. Christian, Richmond<br />1915-16 Eppa Hunton, Jr., Richmond<br />1923-24 George Bryan, Richmond<br />1924-25 Robert B. Tunstall, Richmond<br />1925-26 John Randolph Tucker, Richmond<br />1932-33 James W. Gordon, Richmond<br />1938-39 Lewis Catlett Williams, Richmond<br />1942-43 George E. Haw, Richmond<br />1946-47 Thomas B. Gay, Richmond<br />1951-52 Alex W. Parker, Richmond<br />1953-54 T. Justin Moore, Richmond<br />1958-59 David J. Mays, Richmond<br />1961-62 William T. Muse, Richmond<br />1966-67 A.C. Epps, Richmond<br />1971-1972 John S. Davenport, III, Richmond<br />1973-75 W. Gibson Harris, Richmond<br />1982 John F. Kay Jr., Richmond<br />1985 <a href="http://www.lawyers.com/Virginia/Richmond/Evans-B.-Brasfield-1748355-a.html?">Evans B. Brasfield,</a> Richmond<br />1987 <a href="http://www.mcguirewoods.com/lawyers/index/R_Gordon_Smith.asp">R. Gordon Smith</a>, Richmond<br />1990 <a href="http://www.troutmansanders.com/claiborne_johnston/">F. Claiborne Johnston Jr</a>., Richmond<br />1991 <a href="http://www.hunton.com/Bios/bio.aspx?id=15015">Allen C. Goolsby</a>, Richmond<br />1996 <a href="http://www.sandsanderson.com/attorneys/douglas_rucker_jr.html">Douglas P. Rucker Jr</a>., Richmond<br />1999 <a href="http://www.hunton.com/bios/bio.aspx?id=14847&amp;tab=0013">David Craig Landin</a>, Richmond<br />2002 <a href="http://www.cblaw.com/lawyers/betts_j.html">J. Edward Betts</a>, Richmond<br />2005 <a href="http://www.williamsmullen.com/news/news_detail/2007_01_18.htm">James V. Meath,</a> Richmond<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">John Marshall</span> began his legal education by reading lawbooks and by studying law in 1780. In 1785 Marshall settled in Richmond and on February 2, 1801 accepted the appointment as the Chief Justice to the United States Supreme Court. The Marshall court established the principle of judicial review, in which the court ruled that the Supreme Court had the power to declare invalid any act of Congress that was in conflict with the U.S. Constitution.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">George Wythe</span> became Judge of the Chancery Court of Virginia in 1789. He was the first professor (William and Mary) of law in America, earning him the title of "The Father of American Jurisprudence.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2694981620097748791-1617098573348283352?l=urlaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196119715073360775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694981620097748791.post-44192027985357163222007-12-17T21:16:00.002-05:002007-12-17T21:17:34.029-05:00The best ethics blog in Richmond is the “<a href="http://ethicsguru.blogspot.com/">Ethics Guru</a>” hosted by James M. McCauley, Ethics Counsel for the Virginia State Bar.<br /><br />You can visit his blog at: http://ethicsguru.blogspot.com<br /><br /><br />Also visit <a href="www.vacle.org/leo.htm">Virginia CLE </a>at: www.vacle.org/leo.htm<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2694981620097748791-4419202798535716322?l=urlaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196119715073360775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694981620097748791.post-3146965377840384982007-12-17T21:16:00.001-05:002007-12-17T21:29:24.997-05:00Michael Vick formally pleaded guilty in Richmond's Eastern U.S. District Court to federal dogfighting charges. District Judge Henry E. Hudson presided over the celebrity case reminded Vick that he is not bound by the federal sentencing guidelines.<br /><br />Federal Sentencing Guidelines are located at <a href="http://www.ussc.gov/guidelin.htm">www.ussc.gov/guidelin.htm</a>.<br /><br />Hudson set Vick's sentencing for Dec. 10 on the single federal conspiracy charge,<br /><br />Please limit your comments to legal issues of Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Personal comments and opinions will be deleted from this blog.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2694981620097748791-314696537784038498?l=urlaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196119715073360775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694981620097748791.post-1837377635288281342007-12-17T21:15:00.000-05:002007-12-30T14:23:53.274-05:00A University of Richmond blawg for <a href="http://lawblogs.richmond.edu/ipi/">Intellectual Property Law</a>.<br /><br />A good educational resource for IP law.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2694981620097748791-183737763528828134?l=urlaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196119715073360775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694981620097748791.post-19008433679564035122007-12-17T21:12:00.000-05:002007-12-30T14:22:19.841-05:00Source for searching <a href="http://blawgsearch.justia.com/resources.aspx">Legal BLAWGS </a>is<br />http://blawgsearch.justia.com/resources.aspx<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2694981620097748791-1900843367956403512?l=urlaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196119715073360775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694981620097748791.post-58523920810994877982007-08-27T17:00:00.000-04:002007-12-30T14:26:04.477-05:00My first entry is the hot topic in Richmond, Virginia today is the Michael Vick Plea.<br /><br />Michael Vick formally pleaded guilty in Richmond's Eastern U.S. District Court to federal dogfighting charges. District Judge Henry E. Hudson presided over the celebrity case reminded Vick that he is not bound by the federal sentencing guidelines.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.ussc.gov/guidelin.htm">Federal Sentencing Guidelines </a>to review these guidelines.<br /><br />Hudson set Vick's sentencing for Dec. 10 on the single federal conspiracy charge,<br /><br />Please limit your comments to legal issues of Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Personal comments and opinions will be deleted from this blog.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2694981620097748791-5852392081099487798?l=urlaw.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>David Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196119715073360775noreply@blogger.com0