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Rodrigo González Fernández y un grupo de egresados de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad la Republica en Chile ha decidido poner al alcance de todo el mundo de la profesion legal importantes materias en Ingles para ir practicando el trabajo en materia de Tratados internacionales y que nuestra profesión estará en primera linea. Invitamos a todos a opinar, debatir, participar activamente.Es el primer blog legal en inglés de latinoamerica.

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

United Nations Climate Change Conference - Bali, 3 - 14 December 2007

Delegates rise to applaud the decision to adopt the "Bali roadmap" for a future international agreement on climate change

The Conference, hosted by the Government of Indonesia, took place at the Bali International Convention Centre and brought together representatives of over 180 countries together with observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, and the media. The two week period included the sessions of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, its subsidiary bodies as well as the Meeting of the Parties of the Kyoto Protocol. A ministerial segment in the second week concluded the Conference.
Decisions adopted by COP 13 and CMP 3

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News

	Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism passes 100 millionth certified emission reduction milestone Bonn, Germany 18 December 2007 The 100 millionth certified emission reduction (CER) credit under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism has been issued, marking an important environmental, development and carbon market milestone on the road to a low-carbon future. Press release (130 kB)
	UN Breakthrough on climate change reached in Bali Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia 15 December 2007 187 countries meeting in Bali on Saturday agreed to launch negotiations towards a crucial and strengthened international climate change deal. Press release (57 kB) esp (144 kB) fre (151 kB) rus (158 kB) ger (168 kB)
	UN Secretary-General: "Eyes of the world" on Ministers and Heads of State meeting at United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia 12 December 2007 144 ministers and high-level government representatives along with 6 heads of state gathered in Bali on Wednesday to begin the high-level segment of the United Nations Climate Change Conference - Bali 2007, which is expected to launch negotiations on a new global deal on climate change. Press release (131 kB)
	Solid input from businesses indispensable in future climate change talks Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia 10 December 2007 UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer has called for the active engagement of the international business community in the talks on a future climate change deal. "You are the key to a low carbon future. If Bali will do what I hope it will do, we are facing the enormous challenge of shaping a post 2012 climate change deal in only two years time. Your input is indispensable to frame a deal that is not only effective in terms of emission reductions, but also makes economic sense." The call came in an opening statement by Mr. de Boer at the Bali Global Business Day, a joint initiative of the World Business Council of Sustainable Development and the International Chamber of Commerce. Statement (30 kB)
	Important steps taken to expand CDM in Africa, much remains to be done – Nairobi Framework partners Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia 6 December 2007 A good start has been made to extend the benefits of the clean development mechanism (CDM) to Africa, but a great deal more remains to be done, and much more is needed in terms of donor support, say representatives of the five agencies implementing the Nairobi Framework aimed at spreading the benefits of the CDM. Press release (120 kB)
	United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali poised for political breakthrough Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia 3 December 2007 The United Nations Climate Change Conference - Bali, 2007 got underway Monday, poised for a breakthrough in international climate change negotiations. Press release (130 kB) esp (132 kB) fre (153 kB) rus (162 kB) ger (132 kB)
	Press Briefing: Making the Kyoto Protocol work: data, policies and infrastructure and briefing on the expected outcomes of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali Bonn, Germany 20 November 2007 The Climate Change Secretariat presented detailed emissions data provided by the 41 industrialized nations which are Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The information was presented by UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer and by a team of UNFCCC emission data experts. A special focus was given to progress in combating climate change under the Kyoto Protocol, with a close look at emissions data of Kyoto Protocol Parties. Press release (53 kB) ger (56 kB) Fact sheets and presentations from the press briefing National greenhouse gas inventory data for the period 1990-2005. View on-demand webcast

In Focus

New publication
A new publication from the UNFCCC has been released highlighting the concerns and needs of developing countries in adapting to the effects of climate change. pdf-icon Climate change: Impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in developing countries (3176 kB) draws heavily on information provided at the regional workshops on adaptation under decision 1/CP.10.

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CHILEAN National Symbols

National Symbols

In the early days of the Republic of Chile, it became necessary to create official symbols for the new state of Chile. The national symbols would not only promote the international recognition of Chile as a country, but also would have to be commonly identified by the Chilean people.

The current national symbols, such as the Chilean flag, the national hymn and the coat of arms, were only officially approved after undergoing various changes; what they represented underwent some changes as well.

Here, you can get to know the origins of these emblems and how they have changed over the years.


The Flag	The Coat of Arms	The Anthem

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Sunday, December 09, 2007

Welcome to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali

Welcome to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali

The Conference, hosted by the Government of Indonesia, is taking place at the Bali International Convention Centre and brings together representatives of over 180 countries together with observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, and the media. The two week period includes the sessions of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, its subsidiary bodies as well as the Meeting of the Parties of the Kyoto Protocol. A ministerial segment in the second week will conclude the Conference.

What is needed is a breakthrough in the form of a roadmap for a future international agreement on enhanced global action to fight climate change in the period after 2012, the year the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol expires. The main goal of the Bali Conference is threefold: to launch negotiations on a climate change deal for the post-2012 period, to set the agenda for these negotiations and to reach agreement on when these negotiations will have to be concluded.

8 December
Participants swap views at the conference venue	Media covering the conference on-site
Summary of daily press briefing
Yvo de Boer - COP 13, Bali, 8 December 2007 Optimism at halfway stage in negotiations Download as Podcast	As negotiations on a future climate deal reached the halfway stage in Bali, there was optimism that progress was being made on the main building blocks which will shape the agreement. After what he described as a busy week of talks, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Yvo de Boer, spoke of a "strong willingness" by Parties for an outcome at the conference, which has attracted more than 10.000 participants, including delegates, NGO's, international organizations and the media. Mr. de Boer explained that the two-week conference needs to deliver on ongoing issues of particular importance to developing countries. This means moving forward on adapation, transfer of technology and deforestation, as well as strengthening capacity-building. What the conference also needs to do is launch a process on action beyond 2012, when the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol ends. Mr. de Boer reiterated that no final deal on a future climate regime will be concluded at Bali, and that the goal is to launch negotiations, set an agenda on the main building blocks of a future agreeement and set an end date for conclusion of the negotiations. Read full summary
7 December
IPCC Briefing on the Fourth Assessment Report, with emphasis on its synthesis report	Presentations
Participants receive the awaited 2008 Rio Conventions Calendar at the Convention Centre.	Children from Sunrise School, Kerobokan, Bali handing over "Green Footprints" to UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer on behalf of more than 128,000 children from around the world.
Summary of daily press briefing
Yvo de Boer - COP 13, Bali, 7 December 2007 Financing the response to climate change Download as Podcast	As formal talks continued at the climate negotiations in Bali, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Yvo de Boer, said that the process on shaping a roadmap for a post-2012 climate agreement was continuing to go well. The contact group on the future had "substantive discussions on objectives and principles that should guide the negotiating process beyond Bali," he said, while useful discussions had also taken place on mitigation - one of the main building blocks of a future agreement. He added that the need to give developing countries emission reduction incentives had come up very strongly, as well as recognition of what they are doing now. The focus of today's press briefing was on financing the response to climate change. Mr. de Boer stated that economic and financial instruments form an important part of the solution to climate change, and described the financial component of the debate as "the key to success as we move into the future." Read full summary
6 December
UNFCCC's Climate Change Kiosk at the BICC	Balinese batik sarungs displayed in the Convention Centre
Summary of daily press briefing
Yvo de Boer - COP 13, Bali, 6 December 2007 State of play and Kyoto mechanisms Download as Podcast	As the first meetings of the contact groups got under way today, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Yvo de Boer, spoke of "a good mood in the air " and said the meetings were "going well." The work of the special group on the future, which began yesterday and continued today, is generating "a huge amount of interest, " he said. Brazil (on behalf of the G77), China, the United States, Japan and the European Union have all come forward with suggestions on what the Bali roadmap should look like and what needs to be included in a long-term climate change policy. He described the fact that many countries have come prepared with their own proposals on how the process should move forward as "encouraging." On the recurring subject of emissions targets, Mr. de Boer emphasized that "what is clear to everyone is that industrialized countries must continue to take the lead and must reduce their emissions by 25-40% by 2020. That is the agreed range for industrialized countries." Read full summary
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Friday, December 07, 2007

Special Report WARTON

Special Report
The Power of Knowledge-Based Partnerships
As China, India and other emerging economies continue to grow by leaps and bounds, business leaders, academics and government officials recently met at the University of Delaware to discuss new strategies to reinforce U.S. competitiveness. At a conference titled, "Creating Knowledge-Based Partnerships: Challenges and Opportunities," speakers -- including DuPont CEO Chad Holliday -- called for a new emphasis on engineering, education and investment in research and development to stimulate scientific discovery and business growth in Delaware and across the nation. Knowledge@Wharton offers an overview of the conference and the kinds of partnerships it will take to succeed in the global economy.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/weblink/359.cfm
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Booking Time
Whatever the season, curling up with a good book -- or a good e-book reader -- is an appealing prospect. To encourage that process, we offer another of our special book sections covering a variety of topics and disciplines. You can learn how to better manage the identity of your company, how to create innovative products by tapping into the 'global brain,' and how to more accurately predict, analyze and deal with financial crises. You can also read about the ways in which prosperity has transformed America, why the debate over the corking of wine bottles has assumed near-epic proportions (for some), why it's important to bring out your 'inner economist,' and how the wisdom of crowds can help your business become more profitable. We hope you enjoy the knowledge and insights these books offer.
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The Soul of the Corporation: Managing Your Company's Identity
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McDonald's operates the biggest restaurant chain in France. The company's franchisees are French, as are their employees, and they also source their supplies from France. And yet, most people in that country regard McDonald's as an American firm that is undermining the French way of life. That is a good example of how the question of corporate identity has become complex and confused today because of globalization, according to Hamid Bouchikhi, professor of management and entrepreneurship at ESSEC, and Wharton management professor John Kimberly. The two are authors of a new book titled, The Soul of the Corporation: How to Manage the Identity of Your Company (Wharton School Publishing). How can a company cut through this confusion and use the notion of identity as a source of competitive advantage? Kimberly answers that question and others in an interview with Knowledge@Wharton.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/1858.cfm

Want to Create Innovative Products? Tap into the 'Global Brain'
In their quest to harness new sources of creativity, companies are reaching beyond their R&D labs to tap individuals and organizations outside their corporate boundaries. In their new book titled, The Global Brain: Your Roadmap for Innovating Faster and Smarter in a Networked World (Wharton School Publishing), Satish Nambisan, a professor of technology management and strategy at the Lally School of Management at the Rensselaer Institute of Technology, and Mohanbir Sawhney, a professor of technology at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, explore the rise and implications of this network-centric approach to managing innovation. Nambisan spoke with India Knowledge@Wharton recently about how companies can work with outsiders to enhance their own efforts to create new products and services.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/india/article.cfm?articleid=4244

The Anatomy of Financial Crises: Understanding Their Causes and Consequences
Crises have been a feature of the financial landscape for hundreds of years. They often appear with little warning, as the sub-prime mortgage crisis of 2007 and the Asian crisis of 1997-1998 illustrate. It's not always clear what causes crises, whether they can be avoided and how their impact can be reduced. A recent book, titled Understanding Financial Crises (Oxford University Press), by Wharton finance professor Franklin Allen and Douglas Gale, a professor of economics at New York University, tackles this subject from a number of different angles. The authors review the history of financial crises in addition to offering their own approach to examining the underlying causes. Allen and Gale also discuss asset price volatility, the interaction between banks and markets, bubbles and financial contagion, among other topics. Knowledge@Wharton offers an excerpt from the book.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/1856.cfm

How America's 'Age of Abundance' Has Paved the Road to the 'Pursuit of Happiness'
Forty years after the Summer of Love, the 1960s are still in style. The Grateful Dead have their own ice cream flavor and young Americans are still into peace, love and pot. But what we tend to forget is that during that same summer, 18,000 people converged on Tulsa, Okla., for the formal dedication of Oral Roberts University, a ceremony that marked the success of modern evangelical Protestantism. Although we tend to see ourselves as emerging from one or the other of these histories, Brink Lindsey argues in his book, The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America's Politics and Culture (Collins), that we are all descendants of both. His thesis is centered on the American economy, and suggests that our country's thriving market has become an engine for a vibrant new culture of choice and opportunity.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/1853.cfm

To Cork or Not to Cork: The Wine Industry's Battle over the Bottleneck
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Anyone who has popped open a bottle of wine will agree with George Taber that it is one of the few sounds in the world that brings true joy to the listener. But if the opponents of cork have their way, that sound might disappear, as Taber, a veteran business journalist and author, explains in his new book, To Cork or Not to Cork: Tradition, Romance, Science, and the Battle for the Wine Bottle (Scribner). As Taber tells it, although cork has been used to seal virtually every bottle of wine for nearly three centuries, that dominance is now under attack by other forms of closure, including screw caps, plastic seals and glass stoppers. Taber talks with Knowledge@Wharton about the battle and his book.
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/1857.cfm

Economics for Humans: Tyler Cowen on Using Incentives for a Better Life
Tyler Cowen wants to help you live a richer, more rewarding life -- and no, he's not an executive coach, televangelist or diet guru. Rather, he is the latest in a series of economists applying academic insights to everyday life. In his new book, Discover Your Inner Economist: Use Incentives to Fall in Love, Survive Your Next Meeting, and Motivate Your Dentist (Dutton Adult), Cowen, a professor of economics at George Mason University, argues that by understanding the power of incentives -- rather than just the power of money -- you can better accomplish your goals. In an interview with Knowledge@Wharton, Cowen talks about Adam Smith's inner drive, why optimistic CEOs may be a bad bet, and blogging. Cowen is trying, he says, "to make economics more human."
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/1854.cfm

We Are Smarter Than Me: How the Wisdom of Crowds Can Help Businesses Succeed
In We Are Smarter Than Me (Wharton School Publishing), authors Barry Libert and Jon Spector -- and a community of more than 4,000 people who contributed insights to the book -- illustrate how businesses can profit from the wisdom of crowds. Using case studies from product development, manufacturing, marketing, customer service, finance and management, the book, whose subtitle is How to Unleash the Power of Crowds in Your Business, shows what works, and what doesn't, when managers try to build community into their decision making. Knowledge@Wharton excerpts parts of Chapter Two, titled "Go from R&D to R&We."
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

from legal blog watch

Should Biglaw Be Representing Small Clients?

For the second time in just over a month comes news of another large firm overcharging a small client. Back at the end of October, I posted about former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik's dispute with Fulbright & Jaworski over a $200,000 bill that Kerik claims was unexpected. Now, Reed Smith faces a lawsuit by a non-profit client arguing that it was excessively charged for legal representation (Law.com, 12/4/07) to the tune of $1 million.

According to the article, the Bair Foundation a Christian charitable foundation sued Reed Smith for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, legal negligence and unjust enrichment. The Foundation alleges that Reed Smith estimated the cost of the suit at around $50,000 but that the total tab for the litigation (which the Foundation lost) came to $960,409. The Foundation also asserts that Reed Smith's time records are vague and that it did not properly document its fees. In some ways, then, the Foundation's claims resemble those of Kerik, a standard "bait and switch," wherein clients were told that the case would cost one thing and later charged much more than they'd expected.

But there's an added dimension to the Foundation's case. The Foundation has also argued that Reed Smith's fealty global clients and PPP (profits per partner) lead the firm to charge more than what is appropriate for a smaller client which lacks financial resources. To me, these claims invoke Reed Smith's fiduciary duty to its clients and a duty to the Foundation to explain its fee structure and why that structure was not suitable for a smaller client.

I'm not sure why Reed Smith is fighting this one. Refunding several hundred thousand dollars may be a costly way to make this case go away, but it seems that cost of litigating it (and divulging its billing records) are even higher.

Posted by Carolyn Elefant on December 4, 2007

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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

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*A Tribute to Yip Harburg 75 Years After "Brother Can You Spare a Dime" and 60 Years After "Finian's Rainbow"*

His name might not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world. Today a journey through the life and work of Yip Harburg, the Broadway lyricist who wrote such hits as "Brother Can You Spare a Dime" and who put the music into the Wizard of Oz. Born into poverty on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Yip always included a strong social and political component to his work, fighting racism and poverty. A lifelong socialist, Yip was blacklisted and hounded throughout much of his life.

Taking us on today's trip through the music and politics of Yip is his son, Ernie Harburg. First, we're going to go through Yip's early life, his collaboration with the Gershwin's, through "Brother Can You Spare A Dime." Then we'regoing to take an in-depth look at the Wizard of Oz. And finally, we'll hear a medley of Yip Harburg's Broadway songs and the politics of the times in which they were created. [includes rush transcript]

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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

'Colombia: Pictures of Senator with FARC Leaders'

'Colombia: Pictures of Senator with FARC Leaders'
by Juliana Rincón Parra

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is meeting with members of the FARC and Colombian envoys to arrange a humanitarian exchange, where Colombian hostages like former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and Clara Rojas who have been captive for more than 10 years would be released in exchange of certain actions the Colombian government would have to take. Some pictures taken during the humanitarian exchange discussions stuck like a thorn in many bloggers' sides.

A photo gallery of the pictures in question can be found at the Bolivarian Press Agency's site.

For a bit of background, Kate, in A Colombo-Americana´s perspective, writes:

The humanitarian exchange [is] to be realized between the Colombian government and the FARC terrorists. Colombians have been divided on this topic; some feel that the negotiation is good, in that FARC will have a chance to prove itself to be trustworthy, with a more long-term goal being that they will become a formal political actor; others have condemned this mediation as a way in which the FARC will make lofty promises without fulfilling their end of the bargain, as their past track record, coupled with the way they have viciously affected thousands of Colombian families, leaves much to be desired.

One of the mediators, chosen by Colombia's president Álvaro Uribe Velez, is the opposition´s Senator Piedad Córdoba, and the polemic pictures from APB (Bolivarian Press Agency) have leaders of the terrorist group FARC arm in arm with Senator Córdoba, who is wearing a matching beret and holding a flower bouquet with a slight smile in her face.

El Observador Solitario [es], in his post titled "Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer" writes about how this decision to have Piedad Córdoba from the opposition sent to discuss the humanitarian exchange, is futile. He supports his theory with two points, mentioning that not only are the FARC´s conditions for the exchange ludicrously high at this point, but that the FARC is currently divided. This agreement would only take place with a fraction of the insurgent organization, and that currently the FARC has the upper hand now that they've expanded into Venezuela and have found a safe haven there.

According to blogger Víctor Solano, Piedad Córdoba has mentioned that the pictures were taken out of context, [es] that she had just snatched the beret from one of them as a joke and that she was surprised with the bouquet between her hands.

Ricardo Buitrago [es] writes sharply in his post "Piedad's offensive hug":

La foto del emotivo abrazo de la senadora Piedad Córdoba con los jefes de las FARC, en su reciente reunión en el palacio Miraflores constituye una nueva bofetada del grupo insurgente, que con la indolencia y permisividad de quienes se proclaman defensores del pueblo, han hecho del dolor de los familiares de la victimas del conflicto y del pueblo colombiano, rey de burlas. No se le podía olvidar a quien abraza efusivamente a los subversivos, que estos fueron los que cometieron el atroz crimen de los 11 diputados, los mismos que han efectuado cualquier cantidad de atentados con numerosas victimas en el país, los que trafican con drogas y los que tienen a numerosas personas retenidas en condiciones de cautiverio infrahumanas.

The photographs of the emotive hug between Senator Piedad Córdoba and the FARC leaders, in their recent meeting in the Miraflores palace [in Venezuela] represents the newest slap in the face from the insurgent group, which with the indolence and permissiveness of those who proclaim themselves defenders of the people, have made the pain of the families of all the victims of the conflict and the Colombian people in general, a laughing matter. She shouldn't have forgotten that she was effusively hugging the subversives, those are the ones who committed the heinous crime of the 11 deputies, the same who have orchestrated countless attacks with numerous victims in the country, those who traffick in drugs and who have held numerous people as hostages in inhumane conditions.

Puerto Rican Nelson del Castillo in ABP defended the pictures and the gesture they portray in an article titled: Piedad Cordoba´s smile is an antidote to despair. [es]

¡Vaya error de Piedad Córdoba! Sonreír en medio de conversaciones conducentes, esperamos, a la liberación de prisioneros y, además, colocar en su cabeza una boina que posiblemente simboliza la siembra de confianza.

What a mistake for Piedad Córdoba! Smile in the midst of conducive conversations, or so we hope, for the liberation of prisioners, and besides, placing a beret on her head may possibly symbolize the sowing of trust.

Some, like Víctor Solano in Desnudos (untying knots) [es] stand on a wary middle ground, waiting to see what happens, and hoping it´ll all be worth it in the end. He writes that the pictures raise his suspicions of Cordoba's work with Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez and the FARC. Nevertheless, they are the only concrete actions that have been taken to reach the humanitarian exchange which would allow hostages to return to their homes and it is up to Senator Piedad Córdoba to prove that all this fraternization with Chavez and las FARC will be conducive to firm actions.Víctor closes his separate article in ¿Comunicación? [es] with the following phrase:

Si Córdoba quiere fortalecer su gestión debe tener claro que comunica tanto lo que dice como lo que no dice; lo que muestra como lo que esconde.

If Córdoba wishes to strengthen her mission she must be clear in what she is communicating, both in what she says and doesn't say, what she shows and what she hides.

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FROM LEGAL BLOG WATCH

A Personal Perspective on Paulose

As Orin Kerr observed at The Volokh Conspiracy, "That was fast." No sooner was Michael Mukasey confirmed as attorney general than the Justice Department announced the departure of Minnesota's controversial U.S. Attorney Rachel K. Paulose, who will return to Washington to work in the department's headquarters there. Bloggers are sure to dissect this development in depth, but in a lengthy post at Minnesota Lawyer Blog, Mark Cohen, editor of Minnesota Lawyer newspaper, offers a personal perspective on Paulose's controversial tenure as U.S. attorney, one colored by his having met and come to know her.

She was, Cohen says, "neither the Wicked Witch of the West that some of her detractors made her out to be nor the 'St. Rachel' of some conservative blogs." He writes:

I found Paulose to be a highly driven and even at times charming individual who also is a fallible human being. She is definitely conservative, but not very political. (Ironically, had she cared more about politics, she might have been able to rally some political support when she needed it so badly.) She is a brilliant woman with encyclopedic knowledge. Most surprising of all was the fact that Paulose has a keen sense of humor –- albeit a wryly dry one.

But her subordinates apparently never saw this side of her, Cohen notes, in part because of her poorly developed management skills that caused her to come across as aloof and condescending and "busy being defensive." Yet despite the controversy that surrounded her, Paulose's tenure was not without achievement, believes Cohen (who was an associate of mine many years ago at Lawyers Weekly newspaper in Boston).

Despite the internal problems, the office did some great work in investigating and prosecuting child-porn and human trafficking cases. I would not have that forgotten due to the recent turbulence. Minnesotans can truly be grateful to Paulose and the entire staff of the U.S. Attorney's Office for their Herculean efforts in those areas. It's a legacy worth having.

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

10 Things You Must Understand About

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Marketing Fundamentals:

10 Things You Must Understand About

Your Prospects

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1. Your prospects need you. Do you imagine that by promoting yourself, you are intruding on or interrupting your prospect? Are you thinking, "They won't want what I have," or "They've probably already got someone." Well, as Stock Photography Guru, Rohn Engh, likes to say, "At this very moment, your prospects are waiting for you." Whether it's true about a specific prospect is irrelevant; if you approach each prospect with that frame of mind, you'll make a better presentation.

2. Your prospects want to look good. Things are kind of scary out there. No matter the industry, from construction to graphic design, things aren't the way they used to be -- not for you and not for them. So what they want from you, over and above what they're asking for, is that you make them look good; that's your real job.

3. Your prospects are, well, lazy. That means you have to do some of their work: help them find you, help them contact you and then, of course, help them work with you. The fewer obstacles they have to surpass, the more likely they are to follow through, and the more likely you are to get the work.

4. Your prospects have got a lot going on. Don't lose sight of their big picture. In the office, there are interruptions galore. They can't get anything accomplished, their desk is a disaster area, their voice mailbox is jammed, their e-mail is stacking up. In a word, things are out of control. You are just one of the many things they are trying to focus on. Now try to ask: why aren't they calling me back?

5. Your prospects act on impulse. We all do this: we see something interesting, we get excited, we call for information and when it comes, we put it in a pile. Determine as quickly as possible if you're dealing with an impulse inquiry and waste as little time as possible with them. But don't write them off entirely; just put them on your quarterly mailing list and let them come back to you. Real needs and desires will stand the test of time.

6. Your prospects need to pigeonhole you. Although you hate it, let them do it; in fact, help them. Give them a box to put you in, and a label to put on your box. (I'm speaking figuratively here.) There's plenty of time to tell them more later about your full range of services.

7. Your prospects may not know what they need. Listen to them and provide a solution to their self-defined needs. Offer a few alternatives for them to choose from. If necessary, explain, without trying to persuade, why what they say they want might not be the best thing for them. Then, let them decide.

8. Your prospects need time. It's not always a put off. Believe them when they say they have to think about it, or that they have to sell the idea to someone else. We all need time to think, time to get ready, to adjust, to clear our plate. Give them the time they ask for, and then keep in touch, reminding them that they were interested. And remember that some things will never come to fruition. That's life.

9. Your prospects are people. Your relationships are not with companies; like it or not, they're with human beings. And relationships are more important now than ever because, with everyone moving around, you better believe they're taking the Rolodex (or Wizard) along.

10. Your prospects are just like you and me. Don't forget: you are a prospect to someone out there too. Which defenses do you use? How do you want to be treated when someone is marketing to you? How often do you want someone calling? How much freedom and time would you like to have to think about a product, to ask questions and to make your decision? How do you want to feel about the process when it is over?

Self Promotion Specialist, Ilise Benun, is a national speaker, the publisher of The Art of Self Promotion, a quarterly newsletter, and the author of two easy-to-read handbooks, including 133 Tips for Promoting Yourself and Your Business, from which this article was taken. To sign up for Benun's FREE Quick Online Marketing Tips, send her an e-mail or call(800)737-0783.

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ember 19, 2007

Return to Sender Coffin

So you find the idea behind the Kiss Kasket appealing, but you're really more of an Elvis fan? No worries, it seems customized coffins truly are available for all tastes.

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Monday, November 19, 2007

FROM LEGAL BLOG WATCH

Déjà Vu All Over Again at FBI Lab

I expected to find the blawgosphere abuzz this morning over yesterday's joint investigative report by 60 Minutes and The Washington Post revealing that hundreds of defendants remain incarcerated even though their convictions came about with the help of a discredited FBI forensic tool known as comparative bullet-lead analysis. Even though the FBI discarded the test two years ago as having no scientific validity, it never notified the affected defendants or courts. As I write this, response so far among legal bloggers has been muted, but it is still early the morning after the 60 Minutes broadcast.

One blogger who has commented is Andrew Cohen, author of the Washington Post blog Bench Conference. It is déjà vu all over again, Cohen suggests, conjuring up the memory of FBI whistleblower Frederick Whitehurst, who a decade ago identified systemic problems within the FBI crime lab and helped expose the agency's cover-up when cornered. "Somewhere, Frederick Whitehurst is saying: See? I told you so," Cohen writes. And he could not be more prescient, because Whitehurst's Forensic Justice Project put out a statement this morning saying, in so many words, We told you so. The statement indicates -- and the Washington Post report confirms -- that the work of the project and of the affiliated National Whistleblower Center helped expose the weaknesses in bullet-lead analysis. For Cohen, there is a lesson in all this that Whitehurst might well agree with:

Remember this story -- and the ones like Whitehurst's that have preceded it -- the next time government lawyers stand up in court and vouch for the accuracy and reliability of federal 'experts' offering conclusions about the import of evidence. Remember it, too, when a Justice Department lawyer tells a federal judge that the executive branch is worthy of trust and deference in the legal war on terrorism because law enforcement officials have deemed someone to be a terror suspect.

Another blogger to comment on the report is Mark Obbie at LawBeat. Obbie dons his journalism-professor hat to find fault with the over-hyping of the Washington Post piece written by reporter John Solomon. The story, says Obbie, "suffers from excessive hype" and left him "feeling I was hoodwinked." The trouble comes, in part, from the FBI's preemptive strike: It released a statement on Friday promising to do everything the report on Sunday would criticize it for failing to do. "Solomon's revelation of this 'problem-solved' turn in his story comes too late, in the 13th graf, after 12 grafs that seem to say the problem persists and is being addressed for the first time publicly in this story," Obbie complains. Another problem: It is not until the 21st paragraph that the piece mentions the role of the Forensic Justice Project in exposing this injustice. "The chest-thumping tone of the report suggests a level of originality that, it turns out, is lacking," he says.

One footnote to the story, on this very day that The American Lawyer publishes its Summer Associates Survey, is that four summer associates at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York played a central role in helping compile this report. The Post and 60 Minutes conducted a nationwide review of cases in which this tainted evidence played a role. As part of that review, the four associates picked through electronic court filings in search of cases.

Posted by Robert J. Ambrogi on November 19, 2007 at 10:46 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Summers are a Happy Lot

Summer associates gave their firms overall good reviews in The American Lawyer's 2007 Summer Associates Survey, and why shouldn't they? After all, what's not to like? Some found exotic adventures abroad, with one traveling four-and-a-half hours by horseback across the Egyptian desert and another put up in a fancy apartment in Paris. Others were treated to skyboxes at baseball games, cooking classes, musicals, symphony concerts, whitewater rafting trips and scavenger hunts. In New York, there was Kobe beef and Picasso at the Museum of Modern Art, while in San Francisco there was helicoptering under the Golden Gate Bridge and debauchery at Half Moon Bay. All that and a paycheck of nearly $3,000 a week.

Not bad work if you can get it. And of the 10,000 law students who did get it, 7,300 responded to the AmLaw survey. Those at smaller firms were generally happier than those at larger firms, but almost all the firms scored at least a four on a scale of one to five, with the average score for all firms 4.513. The top-scoring firm was Boston's 155-lawyer Nutter McClennen & Fish, which earned perfect scores in eight of nine categories. The second-ranked firm, Philadelphia's Fox Rothschild, jumped from a rank of 110 the year before.

What made the difference in firms? "Students craved juicy assignments, friendly offices and lots of attention, and the firms that best satisfied these needs tended to be medium-size shops with relatively small summer programs," writes reporter Paul Jaskunas. One summer associate at Nutter summed up the experience this way: "They go out of their way to make you feel like a part of the family from day one." By contrast, firms that ranked lower on the survey got there because their associates felt neglected. All but one of the 10 lowest-ranked firms scored below 4.0 in training and guidance. "Give the summer associates more real work! I want to write motions, not just research motions," pleaded one associate. Just don't let up on the Kobe and debauchery.

Posted by Robert J. Ambrogi on November 19, 2007 at 10:32 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Equal Opportunity Blawg Review

In 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed Nov. 19 to be Equal Opportunity Day, urging every American to join "in the effort to abolish all artificial discrimination." These 50 years later, what is Eisenhower's legacy in promoting equal opportunity? For Blawg Review #135, Jillian Todd Weiss takes the measure of that question by turning to the blawgosphere. Weiss, author of the blog Transgender Workplace Diversity and associate professor of law and society at Ramapo College, finds that equal opportunity in the U.S. remains elusive. The racial divide remains strong and debate over how to bridge it remains inconclusive, she writes, while the movement for equal opportunity has expanded beyond race, as is illustrated by recent attempts to expand civil rights to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

Two weeks ago, the House took up the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which was introduced to prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. ... Some Democrats, just like those of Eisenhower's day, complained that they were not prepared to support the reference to 'gender identity,' which would have protected transgender Americans, and the bill was passed without it. This move was controversial in the gay community because many gay advocates felt that transgender people are not part of the gay community. ... On the other hand, about 300 organizations protested the removal of 'gender identity' from the bill because it undermined the fairness message of ENDA.

In her survey of the blawgosphere, Weiss found plenty of discussion of other issues related to equal opportunity, including age discrimination, disability discrimination, sex discrimination and veterans' rights. A second part of Blawg Review is slated to continue tomorrow, the 9th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, at the Rainbow Law Center Blog of Denise Brogan-Kator.

Posted by Robert J. Ambrogi on November 19, 2007 at 10:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Delhi Abolishes Lawyer Age Cap

Until this month, lawyers over age 45 could not be newly enrolled to practice as advocates in the Indian state of Delhi. The policy existed, one member of the Delhi Bar Council explained, because, "We have often seen that lawyers above 45 just get into the profession for time pass. They don't contribute anything, engage in malpractice and crowd in." Some post-45 "senior citizen" lawyers disagreed with that policy. Six months ago, a half dozen of them appealed to the Delhi High Court. Earlier this month, before the court could rule, the Delhi Bar Council reversed itself and abolished the age restriction.

As NDTV reports, this is welcome news for lawyers Prem Chand Kashyap, 60, and Sudhi Kumar Bharadwaj, 61. Kashyap, a 1975 law graduate, retired this year after 35 years in banking and hoped to spend his "golden years" as a lawyer. Bharadwaj had earned his law degree in 1979 and retired last year as chief income tax commissioner of Mumbai, likewise wanting to practice law. The Bar Council had turned down both men because of their age.

Read more on this from The Hindu or watch this video of NDTV's report. Meanwhile, I'll ponder the demise of the belief that with age comes wisdom.

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