In the Vermont House Judiciary section of the legislative website, two bills dealing with competency are listed. H.251 was ...

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Claudia Bunch Dallas walked into an Alachua County courtroom one recent morning, ready to listen as several people once again debated her mental state. At issue was whether she was competent to stand ...

Well, let’s start with some plain English, shall we? Webster’s Dictionary says that competency is the “possession of sufficient knowledge or skill.” To do what, it doesn’t say. Insanity, on the other ...

Lawyers very often feel that their competency as attorneys is sufficient to protect their practice from errors and omissions liability claims. Actually, and unfortunately, the two elements are often ...

Editor’s note: This is an updated version of an article that rain in the October, 2014 edition of Law Technology News magazine (“Pedal to the Medal.) Legal Technology Core Competencies Certification ...

The long-offered and frequently invoked justification for the bar exam is that the public must be protected from legal incompetence. That is a legitimate, worthy, and necessary concern. Incompetent ...