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October 26, 2020
Continued from Part 1.Black's Law Dictionary defines affirmative action as follows:"When an employer must consider(link is external) employing any race or minority that applies for a job." Cornell School of Law defines affirmative action as follows:"A set of...
A fellow mediator posted the following discussion topic on his personal Facebook page yesterday:"My observation, do you really think there is equal opportunity? It's a myth."The comments to that simple question revealed a great deal about the commentators...
Continued from Part 2.One of many other points Cardi made in his article was set forth as follows:"Professor Daniel W. Shuman points out(link is external) studies showing that delays in the litigation process are a particular cause of psychological harm to...
Over the years, I have written a great deal about how our personal biases, beliefs, assumptions, expectations and values shape our worldviews and decision-making, among other things.In his article titled "Resolving a Dispute is like Traveling", Michael A. Zeytoonian...
Is Willful Ignorance a Good Quality in an Attorney?The empirical research supports a facilitative approach in family law matters.Posted Apr 21, 2017SHARETWEETEMAILMOREAccording to Black's Law Dictionary, "In the most general sense this term [attorney](link is...
Continued from Part 1:After learning all this, they asked me whether I felt I could be impartial, and I said I could. I explained that empathy is about deep understanding of all perspectives and open-mindedness. It wasn't at all surprising that I was...
On April 6, 2017, I was called in for jury service and was sent to a courtroom along with approximately sixty other potential jurors for jury selection on a case involving the death of a thirteen month old child resulting from corporal punishment at the hands of his...
Last night, we had a couple with whom we're close friends over for dinner. After we finished dinner and before we played a game called Mexican Train, we engaged in a political discussion. When I mentioned that Rachel Maddow was doing a phenomenal job with...
Continued from Part 1.There has been a great deal of speculation that Trump intended to use the Presidency to enact policies that would benefit him to the detriment of the country. This tax return, along with the knowledge that Trump wants to kill the Alternative...
When you look at the picture of the young man that is used in conjunction with this article, what thoughts come to mind, if any, with regard to his nationality? If such thoughts didn't initially come to mind, please look at the picture and try and assess the...
Continued from Part 1.As Jonathan Capehart said in his article titled Franklin Graham’s detestable anti-gay statements(link is external) that was published by the Washington Post, “Such backward thinking about gay men and lesbians from someone who calls himself a...
On March 2, 2017, Christian evangelist leader Franklin Graham “called for a boycott of Disney”(link is external) because “Disney has aired a cartoon with same-sex couples kissing(link is external). It has also been announced that their new movie ‘Beautyand the...