Features PAGE THE CONTINUING CASE FOR MERIT SELECTION OF JUDGES IN ARKA 'SAS by Lawrence H. Averill, Jr., Guest Columnist Another side to last issue's article by Justice Robert L. Brown On the Cover: The artwork on the cover was created by David D. Wilson, a partner in the Littte Rock law firm of Friday, Eldredge & Clark. Wilson is a 1990 graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law.
How TO WRITE A LOSING BRIEF
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by Coleen M. Barger A unique offering of rules to make the judges' decision in your next appeal easier... write the losing brief.
NOTICE OF ApPEAL: TIMING IS EVERYTHING by John J. Walkins Why it is imperative to File a timely appeal.
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How ONE OUGHT TO WRITE
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by Judge William R. Wilson, Jr. An excerpt from the 1993 publication The Scribes Journal oj Legal Writing
THE CLIENT SECURITY FUND FULFILLING OUR OBLIGATION TO THE PUBLIC by Justice Andree Roaf A review of the efforts Arkansas lawyers have made to protect clients from losses caused by the dishonest conduct of members of the State Bar of Arkansas.
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THE GAMING AMENDMENT Pro by Janne Giroir Siegel and Can by Larry L. Page
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A Pro/Con piece on the gaming amcndmcnl
In Every Issue by Carolyn Witherspoon EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REpORT, by William A. Martin LAW OFFICE TECH OLOGfES, by David G. Nixon CLE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, by Charlotte Morrison Greer ApPELLATE PROCEDURE, by D. P. Marshall, Jr. LAW, LITERATURE AND LAUGHTER, by Vic Fleming PRESIDENT'S REPORT,
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DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS/ADVISORY OPINIONS
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IN MEMORIAM
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