Legal Advisor

Most, particularly attorneys do not like to admit a weakness nor do they like to give direct answers. Specifically, the strength of our police legal office is the fact our PLA is not generally involved personnel matters so officers tend to pay attention to him and do not carry a personal grudge against him. This allows him to get the most out of his presentations and conversations with officers. At the same time, it leaves our PLA in the dark when it comes to personnel matters unless civil service is involved. The disadvantage is that he does not know what type of discipline is appropriate for types of infractions, nor can he provide guidance early in the action. Recommendations for improvement of services: Overall, the legal office provides advice and suggestions for the administration of each division to assist in policy creation and discipline actions. The biggest complaint from others is the length of time it takes the legal office to respond to draft and review policies. That said, when it comes to the PLA, our current attorney is very responsive. He keeps an open door policy, which is a welcome change and has built a relationship with members of the police department. The consequence of this relationship is officers email Mr. Knoll routinely requesting opinions without…

The ABA Model Rules likewise did not have a meaning of that term until August 2012, when the Comment to ABA Model Rule 7.3 was altered to state: "A sales is a focused on correspondence started by the legal counselor that is coordinated to a particular individual and that offers to give, or can sensibly be comprehended as offering to give, lawful administrations. Conversely, an attorney's correspondence regularly does not constitute a sales on the off chance that it is coordinated to the…

Legal Issues Case Study for Nursing Case 2 Nursing Situation: Cindy Black (fictitious name), a four-year-old child with wheezing, was brought into the emergency room by her mother for treatment at XYZ (fictitious name) hospital at 9:12 p.m. on Friday, May 13. Initial triage assessment revealed that Cindy was suffering from a sore throat, wheezing bilaterally throughout all lung fields, seal-like cough, shortness of breath (SOB), bilateral ear pain. Vital signs on admission were pulse rate 160,…

I spent the first week scouring the course catalog and talking to a transfer and an undergraduate advisor. They were both supportive of my newfound dedication to the law and encouraged me to give it a shot. The transition to UT was a struggle. I was taking four government and law classes and was I more academically challenged than I’d been my whole life. About halfway through the semester, though, I felt confident in my decision to pursue law. I enjoyed the parts and procedures involved in the…

Most people and including this writer, probably have never given a lot of thought about organ donation, aside from checking ‘yes’ box for DMV. A far amount of people believe that once a person is dead, that using what is left of the body so another can benefit from the donation or, perhaps, even save another human being’s life. However, what about selling a kidney not donating one? The essay “Organ Sales Will Save Lives” written by Joanna McKay, delves a lot deeper into the hot topic of human…

For example, alcohol has many of the same side effects of marijuana. Alcohol buffers the central nervous system and is known to kill brain cells. A joint of marijuana is known to produce more tar than a cigarette, but on the average marijuana users do not consume enough marijuana to surpass the tar build up of a person who smokes a pack of cigarettes a day. June Crown and W.D.M. Paton state that "Further, one should realize that different cannabis smokers select different levels of…

deliberately withhold evidence of a person’s innocence. It is this egregious misconduct which leads to the conviction of innocent people. What does the prosecutor have to gain by this misconduct? Unfortunately, all too often prosecutors fall under the spell of conviction-seeking no matter what. They become focused on conviction rates. They forgot that their judicial duties are to guard the rights of the accused and protect the innocent. Prosecutorial misconduct has become a nationwide problem.…

Organ donation, and the ethical issues surrounding it, has become a topic of discussion in recent years. Most ethical issues involve patients and family, but it can also affect nurses and physicians. The article Organ Donation after Circulatory Death, the authors highlight the ethical dilemmas of organ donation due to “non-heart beating” death. In such cases the patient must die within 60 minutes after being removed from life support to be eligible for organ donation. With the shortage of…

factors in their lives as well that can be a very hefty burden. It is an event in the couple’s lives where conflict can be sparked by anything. Every divorce is different and posesess its own outcomes, but one thing that stays consistent is that it is a difficult time for both parties. This can be a long exaserbated process that can increase the possible amount of conflict. In their journal, High-Conflict Divorce Solutions: Parenting Coordination as an Innovative Co-Parenting Intervention,…

They sit in the front facing the judge and court clerk. Defendants that are the accused have lawyers who are also referred as attorneys. Lawyers represent the accused to ensure that they are proved innocent. They must evaluate the evidence and defend their clients. The lawyers role is “not to criticize anyone as an individual; rather it is to assess the validity and reliability of the evidence and testimony used by the prosecutor” (Goffman 2014, p. 264). During this, a lawyer must also be able…