This Article is available in PDF form here for downloading. The practice of law is changing. Clients now demand quicker, less expensive, and more effective legal services. In fact, clients do not want legal services anymore. They want solutions. This is especially true in family law and divorce matters. Fewer and fewer clients adopt the divorce...
The inevitable trend towards binding arbitration in the family courts of South Carolina – a new path forward for managing yourselves, your caseloads and your clients’ lives This Article is available in PDF form here for downloading. On November 3, 1973, I became licensed to practice law in South Carolina. I vividly remember leaving...
This Article is available in PDF form here for downloading. Introduction & Summary This article discusses the Greensboro Landlord Tenant Dispute Program, a partnership between the Program in Conflict and Peace Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the City of Greensboro’s Human Relations Department. The program was developed through consultation with a...
This Article is available in PDF form here for downloading. “There must be some kind of way out of here, Said the Joker to the Thief; There’s too much confusion. I can’t get no relief.” Jimi Hendrix’s rock classic, “All Along the Watchtower” serves as an apropo prelude to examining the efficacy of S.C....
This Article is available in PDF form here for downloading. Introduction Since the first algebra course was taught, algebra teachers have told their students to “show your work.” Heeding algebra teachers’ instruction would solve an issue currently the subject of a 4-2 split in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. The Circuits are split over...
This Article is available in PDF form here for downloading. “I’m sorry.” These two small words possess the potential to eliminate the creation of conflict altogether or, at a minimum, to facilitate a conflict’s resolution. Why, then, are apologies not offered more frequently and more quickly within the context of an unexpected medical outcome? The purpose...
