This extremely powerful piece from the Justice Leah Ward Sears, former Chief Justice of the GA Supreme Court, on the importance of fixing our society's acceptance of divorce is a must read for every lawyer. Her commentary is personal, insightful, and driven… maybe even calling out the destiny of potential family law attorneys.
Commentary: Let's end disposable marriage - www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/07/02/sears.family.divorce/index.html
Passing Legislation is Just the Beginning of Combatting Human Trafficking
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By: Jillian Frauli This semester, I learned that the work does not end when
the legislation is passed. The Human Trafficking Clinic was built to help
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http://www.news-record.com/content/2010/03/17/article/the_price_of_an_affair_9_million_judgment
ReplyDeleteHome-wreckers operate with impunity in 41 out of 50 states, but not in North Carolina. Alienation of affections and criminal conversation are still valid causes of action in the Tarheel state, along Hawaii, Illinois and six other states. Elizabeth Edwards, cancer-stricken wife of adulterous former U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, has threatened an Alienation of Affections suit against her husband's co-adulterer. The viability of the Alienation of Affections cause of action was confirmed recently when a wife won a $9 million judgment against her husband's seducer, a college administrator and academic.