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Washington Lawyer: February 2012
Washington Lawyer: February 2012


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 Volume 26 No. 6

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Contents
From the President
By Darrell G. Mottley
Bar Happenings
By Kathryn Alfisi
Bar Counsel
By Gene Shipp
Legal Beat
By Kathryn Alfisi
and Thai Phi Le
Books in the Law
By Joseph C. Goulden
and Ronald Goldfarb
Attorney Briefs
By Thai Phi Le
Legal Spectator
By Jacob A. Stein
Features
Mind Over Murder?
Violent attacks by seemingly unstable individuals in recent years have ramped up the debate on whether stricter involuntary commitment laws are needed to protect society at large, as Thai Phi Le details.
 
From Despair to Hope
For many low–income residents in desparate situations, the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Program has become their lifeline. Thai Phi Le reports on how just 14 hours of pro bono work might save one man’s life.
 
Legends in the Law: Judith L. Lichtman
Kathryn Alfisi sits down with the legal legend who has spent nearly four decades of her career on the front lines of the country’s long battle for civil rights and gender equality.
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