Blast from the Past
Past articles published in the January / February issues of The Atlanta Lawyer in previous decades .
January 2000 Bard Auditions : One Last Change to Join the Fun The Atlanta Bard - a committee of the Atlanta Bar Association - has scheduled two performances , March 16-17 , 2000 , at the 14th Street Playhouse . The Bard ' s performance of " A Courthouse Line " last March played before a sold-out audience and received rave reviews in the Fulton County Daily Report .
January 2000 Atlanta Bar helps Strike Out Hunger The Atlanta Bar Association helped raise $ 67,800 for hunger relief with its sponsorship of the 12th Annual Harvest Gala . All proceeds benefited Atlanta ' s Table , a project of the Food Bank which rescues prepared and perishable food from local restaurants and delivers it in refrigerated trucks to not-for-profit agencies feeding those in need .
February 2003 Under the gun : What to Do With 15 Minutes of Voir Dire Bill Clineburg writes : " I would be interested in your thoughts on how to focus voir dire in those increasingly frequent situations in federal court where the judge gives each party 15 or so minutes to conduct voir dire . How do you suggest balancing the need to get to know the jurors with assuring you ask all the hot button questions ?"
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February 2003 Foundation News : Truancy Intervention Project Each year , TIP hosts the program with the goal to adopt not just the children who are involved with the Project , but also their siblings and other school age children living in the home .
February 2011 Relationship Building : Tilting at Windmills In a recent case , the lawyer I was assisting kept referring to the defendant as an evil wrongdoer . I asked , " Why are we talking about evil and intent ? Isn ' t this just a simple negligence case ?" He countered , " Well , yes but I really think this defendant is a bad guy . And don ' t you think the jury will award more money if they are angry ?"
February 2011 How to Not Behave : Perspectives from Your Favorite Staff Attorneys Everyday staff attorneys interact with members of the Bar on a variety of matters , and by acting as the Judge ' s gatekeeper , they are afforded a bird ' s eye view of unethical , unprofessional behavior .
January 2016 Equal Justice in law Enforcement Symposium On January 14 , 2016 , national and local leaders from law enforcement , citizen advocate groups , academia , the legal community participated in our EJLE Initative .