Katy and I wandered through the ‘Op Shop’ – always on the look out for a surprise. We both enjoy old books and so it was with joy when Katy picked up a 1960’s edition of an old elementary school book on physical education. It seems only yesterday – the […]
Law and Legal
A Series on Principles for Successful Parent Advocacy – Principle One – Knowledge and Research
I have had some interesting discussions lately with some “super parents”. They are parents that don’t take no for answer. Some do it in a peaceful way, some with a little more of a militant flavor and some exceeding most of us by becoming medical research leaders in the area […]
Pre-prepared Legal Documents – Why “Canned” Documents Can Get You Canned
Watching the commercials on late-night TV can be quite an education for the estate planning lawyer. It seems every channel has a commercial hawking pre-prepared, or “canned”, legal documents in order to “save you the costs of hiring a high-priced lawyer”: “Save thousands of dollars with our easy-to-fill-in (insert type of document: wills, […]
Book Summary: “Transformational Leadership” by Randy Dobbs
I was thrilled when I learned that Randy Dobbs, a friend and mentor from my days at General Electric, was writing a book about his leadership experiences. In the early 1990s I worked with Randy at GE Motors in Ft. Wayne, Indiana and then again at GE Medical Systems when […]
Problems In Managing Government Publications In Academic Libraries In Sierra Leone
INTRODUCTION In Sierra Leone the terms ‘official publications’, official documents’, and ‘public documents’ are synonymous with government publications. Government publications, simply put, are documents created by government and local and quasi-government bodies explaining and integrating views and polices. They represent the historical and current development authorities of government and provide […]
What Are the Different Business Legal Structures?
There are several common legal structures that you can set your business up under. Which one you chose is going to depend on what kind of business you are setting up, who else is involved in this plan with you, your own personal preferences, among several other factors. Here is […]
Business Law Attorneys
This professional offers legal advice to persons who are involved in all aspects and stages of any business. Some of the things that business law attorneys do include: • Make sure that there is compliance with all local business laws. If they do business internationally, they will make sure they […]
Rights and Duties of an Advocate
Introduction An Advocate in this sense is an expert in the field of law. Distinctive nations’ lawful frameworks utilize the term with fairly varying implications. The wide proportional in numerous English law-based wards could be an advocate or a specialist. In any case, in Scottish, South African, Italian, French, Spanish, […]
