Vol. 96, No. 1 - National Association of Women Lawyers
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Vol. 96, No. 1 - National Association of Women Lawyers
WOMEN LAWYERS JOURNAL 2011 VOL. 96 NO. 1 IN THIS ISSUE 10 Top Ten Time Management Mistakes by Kendra D. Brodin, MSW, JD 12 Creating a Brand Identity by Jennifer E. Gillespie, Esq. 13 Doing Business in Puerto Rico: Complying with Local Sex Discrimination, Maternity and Breastfeeding Law s by Maritza I. Goméz, Esq. NAWL’S MID-YEAR MEETING IN MIAMI, FLORIDA At NAWL’s Mid-Year Meeting in Miami, Florida, the panel entitled: “Leadership in the Courtroom and Beyond: A Judicial Roundtable,” was moderated by The Honorable Peggy A. Quince of the Florida Supreme Court (third from left) with panelists, from left to right: The Honorable Cecelia M. Altonaga, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida; The Honorable Ellen Leesfield, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida; Justice Quince, The Honorable Laurel M. Isicoff, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida; The Honorable Jacqueline H. Scola, Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida; and The Honorable Barbara Lagoa, Florida Third District Court of Appeal. 2011 VOL. 96 NO. 1 WOMEN LAWYERS JOURNAL TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT WOMEN LAWYERS JOURNAL EDITOR Deborah S. Froling Washington, DC [email protected] EDITORIAL POLICY Women Lawyers Journal is published for NAWL members as a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. Views expressed in articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect NAWL policies or official positions. Publication of an opinion is not an endorsement by NAWL. We reserve the right to edit all submissions. ARTICLES PAINTING A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR WOMEN Book reviews or articles about current legal issues of general interest to women lawyers are accepted and may be edited based on the judgment of the editor. Editorial decisions are based upon potential interest to readers, timelines, goals, and objectives of the association and the quality of the writing. No material can be returned unless accompanied by a selfaddressed, stamped envelope. About NAWL ................................................................ 3 Editor’s Note ................................................................ 5 President’s Letter ......................................................... 6 Event Highlights ........................................................... 8 Top Ten Time Management Mistakes ................................. 10 by Kendra D. Brodin, MSW, JD Creating a Brand Identity ............................................... 12 by Jennifer E. Gillespie, Esq. Doing Business in Puerto Rico: Complying with Local Sex Discrimination, Maternity and Breastfeeding Laws .................................. 13 by Maritza I. Goméz, Esq. NAWL News ................................................................. 14 TO ADVERTISE Contact NAWL headquarters for rate information. Publication of an advertisement is not an endorsement of the product or company by NAWL. NAWL Recognition ........................................................ 19 New Member List ......................................................... 21 TO SUBSCRIBE DLA Piper salutes the National Association of Women Lawyers for its devotion to the interests of women lawyers and women’s rights. When it matters to our communities, it matters to us. Annual dues include a subscription to the Women Lawyers Journal. Networking Roster ........................................................ 24 Additional subscriptions or subscriptions by nonmembers are available for $55 in the U.S. and $75 international. Back issues are available for $15 each. CONTACT National Association of Women Lawyers American Bar Center, MS 21.1 321 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60654 t 312.988.6186 f 312.988.5100 [email protected] www.nawl.org ©2011 National Association of Women Lawyers. All Rights Reserved. www.dlapiper.com | DLA Piper LLP (US) Women Lawyers Journal (ISSN 0043-7468) is published quarterly by the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL)® 321 North Clark Street, MS 21.1, Chicago, IL 60654. Mid-Year Meeting photos taken by Byron Carlson. Journal designed by Caroline Caldwell Design. Heidi Levine, 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 27th Floor, New York, NY 10020 | Stefanie Fogel, One Liberty Place, 1650 Market Street, Suite 4900, Philadelphia, PA 19103 DLA Piper is an international legal practice including DLA Piper LLP (US) and its affiliated entities. | Attorney Advertising WLJ : Women Lawyers Journal : 2011 Vol. 96 No. 1 1 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS EXECUTIVE BOARD President Dorian S. Denburg Atlanta, GA Advancing Women in the Legal Industry EXPERIENCE LEADERSHIP. Dickstein Shapiro is widely regarded for its commitment to advancing women’s issues in the legal marketplace. The Firm actively works to foster an environment that is consistently employee- and family-friendly and maintains focused efforts to attract the most talented female attorneys. In 2009, Dickstein Shapiro topped the Project for Attorney Retention survey with 67% of its new partner promotions going to women in the Firm. The Managing Partners of the New York and Los Angeles offices, the Deputy General Counsel, two members of the Executive Committee, and four of its five C-level officers are women. For the past 18 years, the Firm has been an avid supporter of NAWL, and its attorneys have served in various leadership positions. Dickstein Shapiro partner Katherine Henry is a former NAWL President, and partner DeAnna Allen currently serves on the NAWL executive board. Working together with NAWL and other like-minded organizations, Dickstein Shapiro continues to improve the professional lives of women attorneys by encouraging their development and retention. To learn more about our Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI), contact WLI Co-Leader Elaine Metlin at (202) 420-2263 or [email protected] About NAWL Founded in 1899, NAWL is a professional association of attorneys, judges and law students serving the educational, legal and practical interests of the organized bar and women worldwide. Both women and men are welcome to join. Women Lawyers Journal®, National Association of Women Lawyers®, NAWL, and the NAWL seal are registered trademarks. Vice President Beth L. Kaufman New York, NY By joining NAWL, you join women throughout the United States and overseas to advocate for women in the legal profession and women’s rights. We boast a history of more than 100 years of action on behalf of women lawyers. For more information about membership and the work of NAWL, visit www.nawl.org. Treasurer-Elect Lisa M. Passante Wilmington, DE © 2009 Dickstein Shapiro LLP. All Rights Reserved. Treasurer Deborah S. Froling Washington, DC Corresponding Secretary Marsha Anastasia Stamford, CT Members-at-Large BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP DeAnna Allen Washington, DC • Avoiceonnationalandinternationalissuesaffectingwomenthrough leadership in a national and historical organization Angela Brandt St. Paul, MN • NetworkingopportunitieswithwomenlawyersacrosstheUnitedStates Holly English Roseland, NJ • Accesstoprogramsspecificallydesignedtoassistwomenlawyersin their everyday practice and advancement in the profession Patricia Gillette San Francisco, CA Sarretta McDonough Los Angeles, CA • AsubscriptiontothequarterlyWomenLawyersJournalandtheability to be kept up to date on cutting edge national legislation and legal issues affecting women Leslie Richards-Yellen Chicago, IL • The opportunity to demonstrate your commitment and the commitment of your firm or company to support diversity in the legal profession. Wendy Schmidt New York, NY CONTACT NAWL WASHINGTON, DC | NEW YORK | LOS ANGELES President-Elect Heather C. Giordanella Philadelphia, PA National Association of Women Lawyers American Bar Center, MS 21.1 321 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60654 t 312.988.6186 f 312.988.5100 [email protected] www.nawl.org WLJ : Women Lawyers Journal : 2011 Vol. 96 No. 1 Col. Maritza Ryan West Point, NY Anita Wallace Thomas Atlanta, GA Immediate Past President Lisa Gilford Los Angeles, CA Past President Lisa Horowitz Washington, DC Executive Director Vicky DiProva Chicago, IL 3 EDITOR’S NOTE Hopefully you were able to attend NAWL’s Mid-Year Meeting in Miami, Florida. Miami in February is definitely the place to be if you are from the Northeast or Mid-Atlantic (or anywhere else for that matter). The weather was beautiful, the company divine and the panel presentations were outstanding. Lisa Passante, Chair of the Mid-Year Meeting, and DeAnna Allen, Vice Chair of the Mid-Year Meeting, did an incredible job along with the entire Planning Committee (see their picture on page 9). The theme of the meeting was leadership and we heard from all different types of leaders as well as varying ways to lead. We had judges and general counsels as well as those who lead organizations outside the law firm and corporate world – those who give back to the community in a myriad of ways. We also heard from Raquel Libman, the Executive Vice-President and General Counsel of The HEAT Group and American Airlines Arena. What an interesting job she has! In this issue we have some interesting articles, including an article on time management mistakes we all make (myself included), an article on creating a brand identity which we can all benefit from and one on doing business in Puerto Rico and issues you need to be aware of if you anticipate doing business there. The pictures included in this issue are from the NAWL Mid-Year Meeting in beautiful, sunny and warm Miami, Florida. It was a lovely setting for some really spectacular panels and networking opportunities. I love hearing from our members and readers about what they like and don’t like about the Women Lawyers Journal. If you have suggestions or want to write an article, please drop me an email. I hope you enjoy the issue! I hope all of you will attend NAWL’s Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon at the historic Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in New York City on July 21, 2011 and the various programs that are being presented in conjunction with the meeting. The honorees this year are truly inspiring and I hope to see many of you there. Warm wishes, Deborah S. Froling, Editor Arent Fox LLP Washington, D.C. [email protected] WLJ : Women Lawyers Journal : 2011 Vol. 96 No. 1 5 PRESIDENT’S LETTER The Annual Smithsonian Craft Show tells America’s story through the art of contemporary craft. The accomplished artists demonstrate vision, creativity and work ethic; their work is innovative and expertly executed. The exhibitors show basketry, ceramics, fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, paper, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art and wood. As I walked the rows of the expansive floor of the National Building Museum (itself a work of art), these artists transformed my thinking, as did Christo when he wrapped the islands of Biscayne Bay in Miami in billowing pink and hung The Gates in Central Park. These artists, from across the country, from different backgrounds, working in different media, came together, under one roof. Some worked individually, some collaborated with others, but they all began with a vision, they all took action, and they all had the results in hand. Like these artists, NAWL and its members from across the country, from different backgrounds, working in practices with different employers, come together, under one virtual roof. NAWL generates best practices top-down and bottom-up to advance women in the profession, annually surveys and compares the careers and compensation of women and their male peers, produces quality programs, provides tools to implement change, offers mentoring, affords networking, is a significant voice for women practicing law, and is heard and consulted on issues facing women under the law. NAWL also collaborates, sharing with like-minded organizations, such as the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession, the Project for Attorney Retention, the Center for Women in Law, Ms. JD, and the WBA of DC, among others. There is tremendous engagement and enthusiasm among our membership and sister organizations to advance women in the profession. There is great vision, creativity and work ethic and, yet, we need more action before we will have the results in hand. We must take action – less talk and a lot more action. If we keep on doing what we’ve done, we’ll keep on getting what we’ve gotten. If we each take one action individually and in collaboration with others, in whatever area we choose (business development, leadership, retention and promotion, mentoring, sponsoring, inclusion initiatives) and, like the artists, expertly execute, we can transform the status quo. We need to transform the status quo. As the President proclaimed recently on National Equal Pay Day, obstacles to equality continue to exist and women continue to earn less than men in comparable positions. Women, who have higher graduation rates than men at all academic levels, who are nearly half the labor force and the primary or co-breadwinner in two-thirds of American families still earn less—a lot less—and it impacts our children, our families and our future. When the Equal Pay Act was signed into law in 1963, women earned 59 cents for every dollar earned by men. Today, it is approximately 77 cents nationally (85 cents for AmLaw 200 equity partners according to the 2010 NAWL Survey). It shocks the conscience that nearly 50 years later, the wage gap still exists and still impacts generations of women. Like the crafts of artists who transform our thinking, equal pay for women and men will be transforming and all society will benefit. 6 National Association of Women Lawyers : the voice of women in the law Please join NAWL at our Annual Luncheon on July 21 as we honor lawyers who acted on their vision with transforming results for our profession: Arabella Babb Mansfield Award: Jamie Gorelick, Partner, Wilmer Cutler LLP President’s Award: Prudential Financial, Inc. Legal Department, Susan Blount, Senior Vice President and General Counsel M. Ashley Dickerson Award: Michele Coleman Mayes, Senior VP/General Counsel, Allstate Public Service Award: Brooksley Born, Retired Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP Lead By Example Award: Honorable Harold Baer, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; and Marc Firestone, Executive VP, Corporate & Legal Affairs and General Counsel, Kraft Foods, Inc. Thank you for heeding the call, reaching out and extending your hand so that NAWL can continue to be a healthy, financially stable and vibrant organization which is continuing its mission as the home for all who seek to advance women in the profession and under the law. Thank you for the privilege of serving as your President. Best wishes and regards, Dorian Denburg NAWL President 2010-2011 AT&T [email protected] WLJ : Women Lawyers Journal : 2011 Vol. 96 No. 1 7 EVENT HIGHLIGHTS EVENT HIGHLIGHTS NAWL Mid-Year Meeting NAWL Mid-Year Meeting February 16-17, 2011 in Miami, Florida February 16-17, 2011 in Miami, Florida At NAWL’s Mid-Year Meeting in Miami, Florida¸ NAWL honored The Honorable Peggy A. Quince, Florida Supreme Court with its Leadership Award. Justice Quince graduated in 1970 from Howard University with a B.S. Degree in Zoology; she received her J.D. Degree from the Catholic University of America in 1975. In 1993, Justice Quince became the first AfricanAmerican female to be appointed to one of the district courts of appeal with her appointment by Governor Lawton Chiles to the Second District Court of Appeal to a term effective January 4, 1994. She was retained in office by the electorate in November 1996. On December 8, 1998, Justice Quince was appointed by the late Governor Lawton Chiles and Governorelect Jeb Bush to the Florida Supreme Court. In addition, NAWL awarded its Challenge Award to Office Depot’s Legal Department, and it was accepted by Elise D. Garcia C., its Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. In addition to the Leadership and Challenge Awards, the NAWL Mid-Year Meeting was filled with panel presentations and networking opportunities. Panel presentations included “Leadership in the Courtroom and Beyond: A Judicial Roundtable,” “Leading the Way to Economic Success: Compensation Models for the 21st Century,” “Leading for Good: Inspiration from Outside the Box,” and “Leading ‘Courtside’” featuring Raquel Libman, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, The HEAT Group and American-Airlines Arena. Lisa Lehner, NAWL President Dorian Denburg, Joyce Slocum, General Counsel, National Public Radio, and NAWL Executive Board Member Lisa Passante enjoy some of the wonderful networking opportunities and beautiful Miami weather. Front Row: Lorraine Koc, former NAWL President, Teresa Sebastian, Kathy Tayon. Back Row: Hilarie Bass, Edith Osman and Gretta Rusanow presented a panel on new compensation models for the 21st century. NAWL President-Elect Heather Giordanella presented the NAWL Leadership Award to The Honorable Peggy A. Quince. NAWL President Dorian Denburg with ABA President Stephen N. Zack. 8 National Association of Women Lawyers : the voice of women in the law The panel presentation on accomplishments and leadership outside the legal world, front row panelists from left to right were: Jacqueline Arango, Dean Patricia White and Cheryl Little. Back row: Lettie Bien, moderator Jane Mallor McBride and Victoria Méndez. The Mid-Year Planning Committee worked extremely hard to put together a fantastic program for all attendees. From left to right: Vicky DiProva, NAWL Executive Director, DeAnna Allen, NAWL Executive Board and meeting vice chair, Sandra Cassidy, NAWL President-Elect Heather Giordanella, Terry Vento, Kathy Tayon, NAWL President Dorian Denburg, Elicia Blackwell, Jane Mallor McBride, Kristy Johnson, NAWL Executive Board member and meeting chair Lisa Passante, Linda Leali, April Boyer and Angie Puentes-Leon. NAWL Executive Board Member Leslie Richards-Yellen, NAWL Executive Board Member Deborah Froling and NAWL Past President Lorraine Koc enjoy the beautiful Miami sunshine. The beautiful view by the pool at the Epic Hotel in Miami, Florida where Mid-Year Meeting attendees enjoyed wonderful food, beautiful weather and great networking. WLJ : Women Lawyers Journal : 2011 Vol. 96 No. 1 9 Top Ten Time Management Mistakes getting started is the hardest part of completion. Tell yourself that you will work for a certain amount of time and then take a break. Keep your tasks manageable, and break down larger projects into bite-size pieces which you can complete without completely overwhelming yourself. by Kendra D. Brodin, MSW, JD If you are prone to saying “yes” too often, remember that every time 5. Saying “yes” to everyone and everything Kendra Brodin, MSW, JD, is a coach and consultant for women lawyers and their law firms and the Founder and Creator of www.WomenLawyersOnline.com. Kendra is dedicated to helping women attorneys become “Happy In Law.” With a powerful background as a social worker, lawyer, and coach, Kendra supports women attorneys and their law firms in professional development areas such as work/life balance, career satisfaction, leadership, conflict resolution, and time and stress management through individual coaching, law firm consulting, home study programs, and a variety of Continuing Legal Education courses. Kendra lives in St. Paul, Minnesota with her husband, Rev. Ryan Brodin, and two young daughters, and she is an active member of Minnesota Women Lawyers and the Minnesota State Bar Association, serving as co-chair of its Life & the Law Committee. Kendra earned a Masters Degree in Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania and a Law Degree from the University of Minnesota School of Law, as well as coaching instruction from The Institute for Life Coach Training. More information about Kendra’s work is available at www.HappyInLaw.com. Decide what you need to do. Get the information you need. Make Do you sometimes feel like everyone else must have more hours in the day than you do? Do you wonder how others seem to get so much done while you are barely scratching your to-do list? Here are the ten most frequent time management mistakes that I see in the work and lives of my clients. When you can overcome these hurdles, you’ll be well on your way to mastering the minutes in your hours and the hours in your days. an informed, but quick, decision. Then take action. Be mindful of the invitations or commitments you accept or decline. If you are prone to saying “yes” too often, remember that every time you say “yes” to something, you are saying “no” to something else. That means that if you agree to go with a colleague to a networking event, you are declining a project at work, a trip to the gym, or more time with your family. Get very clear on your priorities and goals. Each time you are thinking of making a commitment, test it to see if it moves you closer to or farther from your objectives. If it will move you away from your goals, politely decline it if at all possible and focus on using your time in ways that support you and the person you want to be. 6. Enduring inefficient and meaningless meetings Meetings can be an incredibly productive and leveraged use of time, or meetings can be a horrible waste of time and energy. For meetings to serve a purpose, be sure that there is a clear and manageable agenda for the meeting. Support the person running the meeting in keeping to the agenda and the timing. At the end of every discussion, ask “What is the next action?” Make sure everyone knows what their next step is and when they need to take it. 7. Allowing phone interruptions When you need to focus and move through your daily goals quickly and smoothly, turn your phone off, place it on “do not disturb,” or notify your assistant that you are not taking calls. Phone calls can pull the most focused person off task very quickly. Instead, allow your assistant or voice mail to collect any incoming messages and return them after your focused time is complete. For the most part, people can wait a couple of hours for a return call. If you must take a call, keep it as brief and focused as possible. 1. Failing to focus on truly important tasks Before you leave work at the end of the day, take a few minutes to identify the top 3-5 things you want to complete the following day. Start the new day with the biggest task or the one you dread most. Once it’s complete, you’ll feel lighter and more motivated the rest of the day. 8. Incessant checking of email Turn off the audible reminder that you have new mail messages and cut back to checking email at regular intervals during the day. Some people only check it in the morning, over the lunch hour, and toward the end of the day. Others check it once an hour. Regardless of what system you choose, don’t be a slave to your inbox. 2. Taking too long to make decisions Many people waste time by thinking too much about their options. They think about what to tackle first, what restaurant to eat at, and what person to call. Their indecision wastes precious time. Instead, decide what you need to do. Get the information you need. Make an informed, but quick, decision. Then take action. 9. Too much socializing Connecting with your colleagues is very important to office morale, but it can also be an unproductive use of your work time. Try to concentrate your time spent socializing to lunch times or other break times. While remaining polite and caring, keep conversations that come up during the day as brief as possible. Simply tell others you are focused and on a deadline. They will understand. 3. Attempting Perfection As attorneys, many of us are hard-wired to be perfectionists. This tendency can keep us from starting, working on, or completing projects. Of course, we must do excellent, accurate work for our clients. Yet we cannot, and should not, let the fear of making a mistake keep us from moving steadily and swiftly through our tasks. 10. A messy desk and cluttered work area 4. Procrastinating It’s amazing how much time we waste each day looking for lost papers, business cards, office supplies, and the like. A disorganized desk not only forces you to waste time looking for things, but it also drains your mental energy and focus. Your work and your mind will be much more efficient and effective when not cluttered with unfiled paperwork and dirty coffee mugs. Sometimes born out of the aforementioned time traps (failing to focus and perfectionism), procrastination keeps us from getting things done because it prevents us from getting to the tasks at all. Take a good hard look at yourself and your work. What are you avoiding? Why? Simply get started and let momentum move you forward. Often Time is a truly non-renewable resource. Treasure it and be deliberate about how you choose to use it. Soon, others will start to wonder how you get so much done each day. 10 WLJ : Women Lawyers Journal : 2011 Vol. 96 No. 1 National Association of Women Lawyers : the voice of women in the law 11 you say “yes” to something, you are saying “no” to something else. Creating a Brand Identity: Learn a Niche Practice of Law By Jennifer E. Gillespie, Esq. Doing Business in Puerto Rico: Complying with Local Sex Discrimination, Maternity and Breastfeeding Laws By Maritza I. Gómez, Esq. To discover these Jennifer E. Gillespie is an attorney niches within a in Montclair, New Jersey, where she represents plaintiffs in workers’ compensation and personal injury cases. She can be reached at 908.463.2706 or [email protected]. larger practice area, lawyers should not shy away from the meritorious but (potentially) low-value, timeconsuming cases that other firms reject. After handling a number of similar cases, the attorney will find hidden within convoluted facts, multiple players, and pro bono or pro se litigants, patterns emerging and will become an “expert” at handling those specific types of cases. You hear it all the time: You need to create a brand identity to succeed in this ever-increasingly competitive market for legal services. But how do you create a brand identity? One way is by learning a niche practice of law. Some niches are based on practice area: the attorney may only handle criminal defense or bankruptcy cases, for example. Within these larger practice areas, however, are “sub-niches” that an attorney can use to focus his or her practice on and create a brand identity. For example, in criminal law, the attorney may only handle serious felonies. Or, furth er focused, the lawyer may only handle death penalty cases involving claims of actual innocence. In the bankruptcy realm, the lawyer may only handle personal bankruptcies. Or, more specifically, the attorney may only handle personal bankruptcies where there is no real property involved and the petitioner has been the victim of consumer fraud. To discover these niches within a larger practice area, lawyers should not shy away from the meritorious but (potentially) low-value, time-consuming cases that other firms reject. Most likely, even in this distressed economic climate, there won’t be a lot of competition for these particular clients, which will allow the attorney to garner a larger share of that particular market. After handling a number of similar cases, the attorney will find hidden within convoluted facts, multiple players, and pro bono or pro se litigants, patterns emerging and will become an “expert” at handling those specific types of cases. For example, when I started my solo practice, I decided to focus on personal injury claims. More specifically, I focus my practice on the litigation of workers’ compensation cases and only represent injured workers. More specifically still, I routinely handle workers’ compensation cases where the employer does not have 12 workers’ compensation insurance (despite state laws mandating that all employers obtain such insurance). Because the burden of proof can be more cumbersome in uninsured employers cases (compared to cases where there is an insurance company involved), other practitioners with a broader practice tend to refer these cases to colleagues, like me. After handling several uninsured employers cases, I noticed similarities between the factual scenarios, the issues that arise during discovery and pre-trial conferences, and the problems encountered when attempting to enforce judgments against employers. These similarities make the prosecution of my cases more straightforward and less cumbersome and ultimately, benefit my clients. My willingness to take on these sometimes challenging cases has resulted in a greater number of referrals overall from my colleagues (for cases involving both uninsured employers and cases where the employer has insurance). Handling these types of claims has also created a brand identity for me, at an early stage in my career. Granted, handling only potentially time-consuming, low-value cases is fatally flawed: the attorney must balance these cases with other, less time consuming and higher value cases to make the finances of his or her practice work. But, most important, focusing in on these types of cases will enable the lawyer to create a brand identity, which can then be used to expand into more profitable areas of the practice. Taking on challenging cases early on in the attorney’s career not only creates a brand identity, it also creates a reputation for that lawyer as someone who’s willing to stand up for what’s right, work hard to fight for the clients’ rights, and isn’t afraid to get his or her hands dirty. These qualities will further develop the attorney’s brand identity. Finally, focusing on meritorious claims, where the litigants cannot afford counsel or the costs of litigation, serves a higher purpose: it provides legal services for the people who need lawyers the most. To me, there is no better “brand identity” for an attorney than devoting at least a portion of your practice to the rights of the indigent or those who otherwise cannot obtain counsel for their legitimate claims. National Association of Women Lawyers : the voice of women in the law Maritza I. Gómez, Esq. is a Partner at the law firm of Goldman, Antonetti & Córdova, P.S.C. in San Juan, Puerto Rico and a member of the National Association of Women Lawyers. Her practice focuses on labor & employment issues. She can be reached at [email protected]. Federal labor and employment legislation such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000, et seq. and the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 28 U.S.C § 2601, et seq. are fully applicable to Puerto Rico. Additionally, the Puerto Rican Legislature has enacted labor and employment laws that are also applicable, such as Law No. 100 of June 30, 1959, 29 L.P.R.A. § 146, et seq., which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sex, religion, race, and social condition, among others, and Law No. 69 of July 6, 1985, 29 L.P.R.A. § 1321, et seq., which specifically prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sex. Law No. 17 of April 12, 1988, 29 L.P.R.A. § 155, et seq. prohibits sexual harassment in the workplace. If an employer is found liable under these laws it may be responsible for double damages. The Working Mothers’ Protection Act, Law No. 3 of March 13, 1942, 29 L.P.R.A. §467, et seq. (the “WMPA”) protects pregnant employees from discrimination in the workplace and grants them the right to enjoy maternity leave with full pay for four (4) weeks before and four (4) weeks after childbirth. The pregnant employee may choose to shorten her prenatal leave period to one (1) week before the scheduled childbirth date, and consequently extend her post-partum leave to seven (7) weeks. In that case, the employee must provide the employer with a medical certificate evidencing that there is no risk to her health, that she is able to and that she continues to work up to one (1) week before childbirth. The WMPA also provides for an extension of the post-partum leave if the employee gives birth prior to the completion of her prenatal leave, for a period of time equal to that which she failed to enjoy during the prenatal period. The WMPA also protects pregnant employees from dismissal without just cause. Under the WMPA, dimin- WLJ : Women Lawyers Journal : 2011 Vol. 96 No. 1 ished performance at work due to pregnancy will not be just cause for termination. Diminished performance applies both to the quality as well as the quantity of the work done. Under Law 100, if an employer is found liable for violating the WMPA for pregnancy discrimination, double damages are mandatory against the employer plus 25% for attorneys’ fees. Law No. 427 of November 2, 2000, 29 L.P.R.A. § 478a, et seq. provides working mothers who return to work after maternity leave the opportunity to nurse their children for an hour each full-time working day, which may be divided into two (2) thirty (30)-minute sessions or three (3) twenty (20)-minute sessions, and includes the ability of the nursing mother to either go to where the child to be breastfed is being cared for if the employer has a child care center at the workplace, or to express breast milk in a place provided for such purposes in the workplace. For small businesses, the time period is reduced to one half (1/2) hour instead of one (1) hour. Any nursing mother that is denied the time period granted by Law No. 427 by her employer “may resort to the pertinent forum to demand that her rights be upheld. The forum with jurisdiction may impose a fine to the employer who refuses to uphold the right herein established for the damages suffered by the employee. Said fine may be equal to [3] three times the salary paid to said employee for each day she was denied the period to nurse or express breast milk.” See 29 L.P.R.A. § 478h. Consequently, it is important to comply with these laws and other civil laws that have been enacted by the Puerto Rican Legislature when doing business in Puerto Rico. Failing to do so may result in costly civil liability and protracted litigation. 13 The Working Mothers’ Protection Act protects pregnant employees from discrimination in the workplace and grants them the right to enjoy maternity leave with full pay for four (4) weeks before and four (4) weeks after childbirth. NAWL NEWS NAWL NEWS Upcoming NAWL Meetings and Programs Upcoming NAWL Programs JULY 20, 2011 Join NAWL for this philanthropy and networking event benefitting the Young Women’s Leadership Network, an organization that enables low-income students to achieve their highest educational potential and to break the cycle of poverty. Please visit www.nawl.org for more details. JULY 21, 2011 > For more information contact NAWL at 312.988.6729 or [email protected] 301 PARK AVENUE NAWL’s Networking Night of Giving EPSTEIN BECKER & GREEN, P.C. LOCATION TBD NAWL’s Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon WALDORF=ASTORIA NEW YORK, NY JULY 21, 2011 Join NAWL for a panel presentation: NAWL’s Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon The Invisible Barrier – Unconscious Bias in the Legal Profession WALDORF=ASTORIA 301 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM JULY 21, 2011 NAWL’s Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon WALDORF=ASTORIA 301 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AFTERNOON SESSIONS Keynote Speaker: Jerry Kang, Professor of Law and Asian American Studies, UCLA School of Law Panelists: Susan Blount, Prudential Financial, Inc. Legal Department; Lisa Horowitz, Director of Professional Development, McDermott Will & Emery LLP; Hon. Delissa A. Ridgway, U.S. Court of International Trade. 2:15 PM TO 3:15 PM SESSION Getting to Win/Win – Strategies for Employers to Overcome Unconscious Bias and Empower the Success of Women Attorneys. Moderated by: Michele Coleman Mayes, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Allstate Insurance Company Panelists: Luis J. Diaz, Director and Chief Diversity Officers, Gibbons P.C.; Sylvia James, Diversity Counsel, Baker Botts LLP; Lauren Stiller Rikleen, President, Rikleen Institute for Strategic Leadership and Executive-in-Residence, Boston College Center for Work and Family. 3:30 PM TO 4:30 PM SESSION It Starts With You – Practical Steps You Can Take Now to Achieve Success and Advance Women in Law. > Register at [email protected]. Cost $35 members/$45 non-members. Moderated by: Leslie Richards-Yellen, Partner and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Hinshaw & Culberston LLP The 2011 Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon will honor the following individuals: Panelists: Sharon I. Caffrey, Partner and Chair of Women’s Initiative at Duane Morris LLP; Marc Firestone, Executive Vice President, Corporate and Legal Affairs and General Counsel, Kraft Foods Inc. President’s Award: Prudential Financial, Inc. Legal Department, Susan Blount, Senior Vice President and General Counsel Arabella Babb Mansfield Award: Jamie Gorelick, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP M. Ashley Dickerson Award: Michele Coleman Mayes, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Allstate Insurance Company Public Service Award: Brooksley Born, Retired Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP > Register at [email protected]. Cost for both sessions: $35 members/$45 non-members. JULY 21, 2011 The Fifth Annual Firm to Firm Conversation on Women’s Initiatives NAWL’s Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon Presented by Karen Kahn and Marci Wilf, Threshold Advisors LLC. WALDORF=ASTORIA 301 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY Lead by Example Award: Honorable Harold Baer, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; and Marc Firestone, Executive Vice President, Corporate and Legal Affairs and General Counsel, Kraft Foods, Inc. BY INVITATION ONLY > For more information contact NAWL at 312.988.6729 or [email protected] 2:30 PM TO 5:00 PM NAWL Outstanding Member Awards: Dominica Anderson, Partner, Duane Morris; Laurie Charrington, Senior Associate, Jones Day; Stephanie Cohen, Partner, McCarter & English LLP; Nancy A. Lottinville, Counsel, Gibbons P.C.; Jane Mallor McBride, Principal and General Counsel, Optimus Legal Management and Consulting; Anne O’Neill, Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP; Randi Engel Schnell, Partner, Bondurany Mixson & Elmore LLP > Register at [email protected]. 14 National Association of Women Lawyers : the voice of women in the law WLJ : Women Lawyers Journal : 2011 Vol. 96 No. 1 15 NAWL NEWS NAWL NEWS Recent NAWL Programs Recent NAWL Programs MAY 25, 2011 APRIL 6-8, 2011 The NAWL Networking Night of Giving-Hartford Benefitted My Sisters’ Place. West Point Center for the Rule of Law 2011 Conference Hartford Night of Giving HARTFORD, CT U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY MAY 18, 2011 Women Partners Workshop Series: 2011-2012 House of the Association NEW YORK, NY Negotiating For the Life You Want The Committee on Women in the Profession offered a series of morning workshops for women partners. In these interactive workshops led by renowned consultants who specialize in women lawyers’ professional development, gain skills, knowledge and techniques that will enable you to make your contributions visible, valued, and rewarded. These programs are designed to provide you with unique, hands-on learning experiences while you connect and network with other women partners. Women partners are skilled at negotiating on behalf of others but often fall short when they negotiate for themselves. Led by Carol Frohlinger, this interactive session provides essential guidance you can use to reframe what you do and how you do it. More specifically, you will learn: • W hybeinga“nicegirl”willholdyouhostagetoothers’needsattheexpense of your own • howtobuildtherelationshipsthatmatter • howtosetboundariesandmanageexpectations • howtoprepareforandhandlepush-back WEST POINT, NY 10996 MARCH 3, 2011 NAWL Presented Appellate Advocacy in the New Jersey Supreme Court NEW JERSEY LAW CENTER NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ FEBRUARY 16-17, 2011 NAWL Mid-Year Meeting EPIC HOTEL 270 BISCAYNE BLVD. WAY MAY 10, 2011 Connect, Listen & Learn Series FACILITATED BY KAREN KAHN ED.D. PCC This Is NOT the Career I Ordered: Empowering Strategies from Women Who Recharged, Reignited, and Reinvented Their Careers by Caroline Dowd-Higgins NAWL Networking Night Of Giving: Taking A Stand Against Human Trafficking This Night of Giving featured a panel discussion on recognizing and combatting human trafficking in the Washington Metropolitan Area and an opportunity to get together to support local survivors. MCDERMOTT, WILL & EMERY, LLP Connect, Listen & Learn Series FACILITATED BY KAREN KAHN ED.D. PCC Women and Power: Getting Ambitious About Ambition HYATT REGENCY HOTEL ATLANTA, GA 16 National Association of Women Lawyers : the voice of women in the law On the evening of March 3, 2011, NAWL hosted a panel of all sitting and retired female Justices of the New Jersey Supreme Court at the New Jersey State Bar Association, including retired Justice Marie L. Garibaldi, the first woman appointed to the Court, retired Chief Justice Deborah T. Poritz, the Court’s first and only woman Chief Justice, and current Justices Virginia Long, Jaynee LaVecchia, and Helen E. Hoens and moderated by NAWL Executive Board member Holly English. 2011 Mid-Year Awardees Challenge Award: Office Depot Legal Department Elisa D. Garcia C., Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Leadership Award: Florida Supreme Court Justice Peggy A. Quince FEBRUARY 11, 2011 WASHINGTON, DC This Conference, with support of the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL), presented the many facets of international and domestic gender justice issues, including those related to the military. This is undertaken by the Center to promote understanding of the importance of equality to achieving the rule of law. Topics included: equal protection under the Constitution; gender justice as an integral part of our foreign policy and national security goals; leadership challenges and opportunities for women; the scourge of human trafficking; war crimes against women; women and Islam; domestic violence (with a focus on its impact on military families); and the experience and future of women in the military. MIAMI, FL FEBRUARY 8, 2011 APRIL 14, 2011 Gender Justice: Toward Achieving Equality LAW & REORDER: Legal Industry Solutions for Restructure, Retention, Promotion & Work/Life Balance by Debbie Epstein Henry Based on their numbers, women lawyers are positioned to exercise power and influence and effectuate change. Women constitute a significant percentage of the lawyers in law firms, corporate legal departments, and government. Women have also represented approximately 50% of law school graduates for more than 25 years. Yet most women lawyers are not exercising power. Women lawyers still represent a very small percentage of law firm leaders, general counsel, law school deans and government leaders. Women lawyers earn considerably less than male colleagues even though they are just as productive. Many are reluctantly relinquishing their ambitions. WLJ : Women Lawyers Journal : 2011 Vol. 96 No. 1 17 NAWL NEWS RECOGNITION Member News NAWL Recognizes Holly English, formerly Of Counsel with Post, Polak, LAW FIRM MEMBERS Goodsell, MacNeill & Strauchler, P.A., has joined NukkFreeman & Cerra, P.C. as a Partner and will continue to practice in all areas of employment law. Prior to her work at PPGMS, she worked as a consultant in the U.S. and internationally with a wide variety of organizations, helping to align core values for maximum performance. Ms. English is the author of Gender on Trial: Sexual Stereotypes and Work/Life Balance in the Legal Workplace, and has written numerous articles for NJ Law Journal and other publications. She has been interviewed as an expert in her field by CBS Evening News, New Jersey Monthly and more. Leonard, Street & Deinard Stites Harbison, PLLC Dykema Gossett Lowenstein Sandler Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Alston + Bird LLP Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP Magdich & Associates Swetman Baxter Massenburg, LLC Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP Taber Estes Thorne & Carr PLLC Mayer Brown LLP Tatum Hillman Hickerson & Powell, LLP Arent Fox LLP Axiom Baker & McKenzie LLP Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell, & Berkowitz, PC Beery, Elsner & Hammond, LLP Bodyfelt, Mount, Stroup, Et Al Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C. Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Brune & Richard LLP Bryan Cave LLP Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd LLP Butler Snow Cahill Gordon Chamberlain Hrdlicka Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. Faegre & Benson LLP Fine, Kaplan and Black, R.P.C. Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Gibson Dunn Giffen & Kaminski, LLC Goldman Antonetti & Cordova, P.S.C. McCarter & English LLP McCarthy Tetrault LLP McDermott Will & Emery LLP McDonald Law Group, LLC McDonnell & Associates McGuireWoods LLP McKool Smith Goodwin Procter LLP McNair Law Firm, P.A. Gordon & Polscer, LLC Michigan Auto Law Greenberg Traurig, LLP Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Griffith, Sadler & Sharp, P.A. Hall Estill Haynes and Boone, LLP Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP Hirschler Fleischer, P.C. Hodgson Russ LLP Hollingsworth LLP Huron Consulting Group Inc Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP Troutman Sanders Trusted Counsel, LLC Vedder Price P.C. Vinson & Elkins LLP White and Case LLP WilmerHale Wolfe, LPA Yoss, LLP Nixon Peabody O’Brien Jones, PLLC Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Parsons, Lee & Juliano, P.C. Peckar & Abramson Phillips Lytle LLP LAW SCHOOL MEMBERS Chapman University School of Law Hofstra Law School Lewis & Clark Law School Pierce Stronczer Law LLC Loyola University Chicago Law School Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C. Northeastern University Proskauer Rose LLP Oklahoma City University Phoenix School of Law Kaye Scholer Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti LLP Kilpatrick Stockton Sachitano Strent Hostetter LLC Temple University Beasley School of Law Kirkland & Ellis LLP Schmoyer Reinhard LLP University of Idaho College of Law Schoeman Updike & Kaufman Day Pitney LLP Kuchler Polk Schell Weiner & Richeson, LLC University of Miami School of Law Sidley Austin LLP Dickstein Shapiro LLP Kutak Rock LLP University of Minnesota Law School DLA Piper Labaton Sucharow, LLP Dorsey & Whitney LLP Larson King Spencer Crain Cubbage Healy & McNamara PLLC Dow Lohnes PLLC Lash & Goldberg, LLP Starnes Davis Florie Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP Latham & Watkins LLP Steptoe & Johnson LLP Chapman and Cutler LLP Chester Willcox & Saxbe, LLP Cooper & Walinski, L.P.A. Cox & Osowiecki, LLC Crowell & Moring Davis & Gilbert LLP Davis & McGrath LLC Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP National Association of Women Lawyers : the voice of women in the law Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Duane Morris LLP Carlton Fields 18 Lebow, Malecki & Tasch, LLC A. Kershaw, P.C. Andrews Kurth In addition to being named to the Super Lawyer’s list for 2009 and 2010, Ms. English is a past President of the Board of the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL), remains a current Board member and is also on the Board of the NAWL Foundation. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Women Lawyers’ Association and the Board of the New Jersey Women’s Forum. Holly English may be reached at 973-564-9100 or [email protected] Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Jackson Walker LLP Johnston Barton Jones Day K&L Gates WLJ : Women Lawyers Journal : 2011 Vol. 96 No. 1 Slate Carter Comer PLLC University of Missouri-Columbia Wake Forest University School of Law Western New England College School of Law 19 RECOGNITION NEW MEMBER LIST NAWL Recognizes BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS CORPORATE LEGAL DEPARTMENT MEMBERS Arizona Women Lawyers Association Allstate Arkansas Association of Women Lawyers California Women Lawyers Florida Association for Women Lawyers AT&T Inc. NAWL THANKS 2011 PROGRAM SPONSORS From January 1, 2011 through April 30, 2011, the following have become NAWL individual members. Thanks for your support of NAWL. PREMIER SPONSORS DLA Piper LLP (US) Jones Day Cox Communications, Inc. Diageo NA / Legal Department GOLD SPONSORS Alston + Bird LLP McCarter & English LLP Andrews Kurth LLP Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. Fidelity Investments Hawaii Women Lawyers General Mills International Bar Association Hellerman Baretz Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP ITechLaw Henry Schein Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Minnesota Women Lawyers Intel Corporation National Asian Pacific American Bar Association John Deere Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Formica Corporation North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys WNC Chapter Merck & Co., Inc. Ohio Women’s Bar Association Prudential Financial, Inc. MetLife Oregon Women Lawyers Ryder Systems, Inc. South Carolina Women Lawyers Association The Clorox Company Legal Department Virginia Women Attorneys Association United Parcel Services Legal Department Washington Women Lawyers Valero Energy Corporation Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Legal Department Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP White & Case LLP Divitta Alexander Phillips Lytle LLP Buffalo, NY Candace D. Armstrong Armstrong Law Offices Brook, IN Nancy Baran Prudential Newark, NJ SPONSORS AT&T Larson • King, LLP Allstate Insurance Company Latham & Watkins LLP Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP LexisNexis Carlton Fields P.A. Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Crowell & Moring LLP Marsha Redmon Communications Duane Morris LLP Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. Faegre & Benson LLP General Mills Inc. Haynes and Boone, LLP Hellerman Baretz Communications Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP Hodgson Russ LLP Johnston Barton Proctor and Rose LLP JPMorgan Chase & Co. McDermott Will & Emery LLP New York Life Insurance Company Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Phillips Lytle, LLP Prudential Financial, Inc. 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Westover Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Washington, DC Jessica Wildt Chicago, IL Aarti Khanolkar Wilson Irell & Manella LLP Los Angeles, CA Ian Wright Conversation Communications Washington, DC Deborah A. Wysni Law Offices of Deborah Wysni LLC White Oak, PA T Susan Tanner Indiana Uuniversity Bloomington, IN Kathy Tayon Fowler White Boggs P.A. Fort Lauderdale, FL Z Lauren Zerbinopoulos Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP Miami, FL Isabel Tepedino Miramar, FL Carol E. Thorstad-Forsyth Fox Rothschild LLP West Palm Beach, FL Laura Trenaman-Molin Andrews Kurth, LLP Houston, TX Angelica R. Shepard K&L Gates LLP Pittsburgh, PA WLJ : Women Lawyers Journal : 2011 Vol. 96 No. 1 23 NETWORKING ROSTER NETWORKING ROSTER Networking Roster ALABAMA The NAWL Networking Roster is a service for NAWL members to provide career and business networking opportunities within NAWL. Inclusion in the roster is an option available to all members, and is neither a solicitation for clients nor a representation of specialized practice or skills. Areas of practice concentration are shown for networking purposes only. Individuals seeking legal representation should contact a local bar association lawyer referral service. Jennifer Rose The Rose Law Firm, LLC 205 20th Street North, Suite 915 Birmingham, AL 35203 T: 205.323.1124 [email protected] FAM, DIV, ADO, T&E ARIZONA PRACTICE AREA KEY ACC Accounting ADO Adoption ADR Alt. Dispute Resolution ADV Advertising ANT Antitrust APP Appeals ARB Arbitration BDR Broker Dealer BIO Biotechnology BKR Bankruptcy BNK Banking BSL Commercial/ Bus. Lit. CAS Class Action Suits CCL Compliance Counseling CIV Civil Rights CLT Consultant CNS Construction COM Complex Civil Litigation CON Consumer COR Corporate CRM Criminal CUS Customs DOM Domestic Violence EDU Education EEO Employment & Labor ELD Elder Law ELE Election Law Kimberly A. Demarchi Lewis and Roca LLP 40 North Central Avenue, Suite 1900 Phoenix, AZ 85004 T: 602.262.5728 [email protected] BSL, ELE, LIT ENG Energy MEA Media ENT Entertainment MED MedicalMalpractice EPA Environmental M&A Mergers & Acquisitions ERISA ERISA MUN Municipal EST Estate Planning NET Internet ETH Ethics & Prof. Resp. NPF Nonprofit EXC Executive Compensation OSH Occupational Safety & Health FAM Family PIL Personal Injury FIN Finance PRB Probate & Administration FRN Franchising PRL Product Liability GAM Gaming RES Real Estate ARKANSAS GEN Gender & Sex RSM Risk Management GOV Government Contracts SEC Securities GRD Guardianship SHI Sexual Harassment HCA Health Care SPT Sports Law HOT Hotel & Resort SSN Social Security Niki Cung Kutak Rock LLP 234 E. 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He must be sensible how much will depend upon his conduct in the infancy of a study, which is now first adopted by public academical authority; which has generally been reputed (however unjustly) of a dry and unfruitful nature; and of which the theoretical, elementary parts have hitherto received a very moderate share of cultivation. He cannot but reflect that, if either his plan of instruction be crude and injudicious, or the execution of it lame and superficial, it will cast a damp upon the farther progress of this most useful and most rational branch of learning; and may defeat for a time the public-.{Fe}* Read in oxford at the opening of the Vincrian lectures; 25 Oct. 1758. .{Fe} A a spirited. P 4 On the STUDY of the LAW. INTROD. §. 1. spirited design of our wife and munificent benefactor. And this he must more especially dread, when he feels by experience how unequal his abilities are (unassisted by preceding examples ) to complete, in the manner he could wish, so extensive and arduous a task; since he freely confesses, that his former more private attempts have fallen very short of his own ideas of perfection. And yet the candour he has already experienced, and this last transcendent mark of regard, his present nomination by the free and unanimous suffrage of a great and learned university, (an honour to be ever remembered with the deepest and most affectionate gratitude ) these testimonies of your public judgment must entirely supersede his own, and forbid him to believe himself totally insufficient for the labour at least of this employment. One thing he will venture to hope for, and it certainly shall be his constant aim, by diligence and attention to stone for his other defects; esteeming, that the best return, which he can possibly make for your favorable opinion of his capacity, will be his unwearied endeavours in some little degree to deserve it. THE science thus committed to his charge, to be cultivated, methodized, and explained in a course of academical lectures, is that of the laws and constitution of our own country: a species of knowledge, in which the gentlemen of England have been more remarkably deficient than those of all Europe besides. In most of the nations on the continent, where the civil or imperial law under different modifications is closely interwoven with the municipal laws of the land, no gentleman, or at least no scholar, two of lectures, both upon the institutes of Justinian and the local constitutions of his native foil, under the very eminent professors that abound in their several universities. And in the northern parts of our own island, where also the municipal laws are frequently connected with the civil, it is difficult to meet with a person of liberal education, who is destitute of a competent knowledge in that science, which is to be the guardian of his natural rights and the rule of his civil conduct. NOR .P 5 On the STUDY of the LAW. INTROD. §. 1. NOR have the imperial laws been totally neglected even in the English nation. A general acquaintance with their decisions has ever been deservedly considered as no small accomplishment of a gentleman; and a fashion has prevailed, especially of late, to transport the growing hopes of this island to foreign universities, in Switzerland, Germany, and Holland; which, though infinitely inferior to our own in every other consideration, have been looked upon as better nurseries of the civil, or (which is nearly the fame) of their own municipal law. In the mean time it has been the peculiar lot of our admirable system of laws, to be neglected, and even unknown, by all but one practical profession; though built upon the soundest foundations, and approved by the experience of ages. FAR be it from me to derogate from the study of the civil law, considered (apart from any binding authority) as collection of written reason. No man is more thoroughly persuaded of the general excellence of it's rules, and the usual equity of it's decisions; nor is better convinced of it's use as well as ornament to the scholar, the divine, the statesman, and even the common lawyer. But we must not carry our veneration so far as to sacrifice our Alfred and Edward to the manes of Theodosius and Justinian: we must not prefer the edict of the praetor, or the rescript of the Roman emperor, tour own immemorial customs, or the sanctions of an English parliament; unless we can also prefer the despotic monarchy of Rome and Byzantium, for whose meridians the former were calculated, to the free constitution of Britain, which the latter are adapted to perpetuate. WITHOUT detracting therefore from the real merit which abounds in the imperial law, I hope I may have leave to assert, that if an Englishman must be ignorant of either the one or the other, he had better be a stranger to the Roman than the English institutions. For I think it an undeniable position, that a competent knowledge of the laws of that society, in which we live, is .P 6 On the STUDY of the LAW. INTROD. §. 1. is the proper accomplishment of every gentleman and scholar; an highly useful, I had almost said essential, part of liberal and polite education. And in this I am warranted by the example of ancient Rome; where, as Cicero informs us a, the very boys were obliged to learn the twelve tables by heart, as a carmen necessarium or indispensable lesson, to imprint on their tender minds an early knowledge of the laws and constitutions of their country. BUT as the long and universal neglect of this study, with us in England, seems in some degree to call in question the truth of this evident position, it shall therefore be the business of this introductory discourse, in the first place to demonstrate the utility of some general acquaintance with the municipal law of the land, by pointing out its particular uses in all considerable situations of life. Some conjectures will then be offered with regard to the causes of neglecting this useful study: to which will be subjoined a few reflections on the peculiar propriety of reviving it in our own universities. AND, first, to demonstrate the utility of some acquaintance with the laws of the land, let us only reflect a moment on the singular frame and polity of that land, which is governed by this system of laws. A land, perhaps the only one in the universe, in which political or civil liberty is the very end and scope of the constitutions. This liberty, rightly understood, consists in the power of doing whatever the laws permits; which is only to be effected by a general conformity of all orders and degrees to those equitable rules of action, by which the meanest individual is protected from the insults and oppression of the greatest. As therefore every subject is interested in the preservation of the laws, it is incumbent upon every man to be acquainted with those at least, with which he is immediately concerned; left he incur the censure, as well as inconvenience, of living in society without knowing the obligations which it lays him under. And thus much .{FS} a De Legg. 2. 23. b Mentefq Efp. L. l. 11. c. 5. c Facultas ejus, quod cuiqur facere libet, mf quid vi, aut jure probibetur. Lnft. 1.3. 1. .{FE} may .P 7 On the STUDY of the LAW. INTROD. §. 1. may suffice for persons of inferior condition, who have neither time nor capacity to enlarge their views beyond that contracted sphere in which they are appointed to move. But those, on whom nature and fortune have bestowed more abilities and greater leisure, cannot be so easily excused. These advantages are given them, not for the benefit of themselves only, but also of the public: and yet they cannot, in any scene of life, discharge properly their duty either to the public or themselves, without some degree of knowledge in the laws. To evince this the more clearly, may not be amiss to descend to a few particulars. LET us therefore begin with our gentlemen of independent estates and fortune, the most useful as well as considerable body of men in the nation; whom even to suppose ignorant in this branch of learning is treated by Mr Locked as a strange absurdity. It is their landed property, with it's long and voluminous train of descents and conveyances, settlements, entail, and inject of legal knowledge. The thorough comprehension of these, in all their minute distinctions, is perhaps too laborious a task for any but a lawyer by profession: yet still the understanding of a few some check and guard upon a gentleman's inferior agents, and preserve him at least from very gross and notorious imposition. AGAIN, the policy of all laws has made some forms necessary in the wording of last wills and testaments, and more with regard to their attestation. An ignorance in these must always be of dangerous consequence, to such as by choice or necessity compile their own testaments without any technical assistance. Those who have attended the courts of justice are the best witnesses of the confusion and distresses that are hereby occasioned in families; and of the difficulties that arise in discerning the true meaning .{FS} d Education. §. 187. .{FE} of .P 8 On the STUDY of the LAW. INTROD. §. 1. of the testator, or sometimes in discovering any meaning at all: so that in the end his estate may often be vested quite contrary to these his enigmatical intentions, because perhaps he has omitted one or two formal words, which are necessary to ascertain the sense with indisp utable legal precision, or has executed his will in the presence of fewer witnesses than the law requires. BUT to proceed from private concerns to those of a more public consideration. All gentlemen of fortune are, in consequence of their property, liable to be called upon to est ablish the rights, to estimate the injuries, to weigh the accusations, and sometimes to dispose of the lives of their fellow -subjects, by serving upon juries. In this situation they are frequently to decide, and that upon their oaths, questions of nice importance, in the solution of which some legal skill is requisite; especially where the law and the fact, as it often happens, are intimately blended together. And the general incapacity, even of our best juries, to do this with any tolerable propriety has greatly debased their authority; and has unavoidably thrown more power into the hands of the judges, to direct, control, and even reverse their verdicts, than perhaps the constitution intended. BUT it is not as a juror only that the English gentleman is called upon to determine questions of right, and distribute justice to his fellow -subjects: it is principally with this order of men that the commission of the peace is filled. And here a very ample field is opened for a gentleman to exert his talents, by maintaining good order in his neighbourhood; by punishing the dissolute and idle; by protecting the peaceable and industrious; and, above all, by healing petty differences and preventing vexatious prosecutions. But, in order to attain these desirable ends, it is necessary that the magistrate should understand his business; and have not only the will, but the power also, (under which must be included the knowledge) of administering legal and effectual justice. Else, when he has mistaken his authority, through passion, through ignorance, or absurdity, he will be the object of cont empt .P 9 On the STUDY of the LAW. INTROD. §. 1. contempt from his inferiors, and of censure from those to whom he is accountable for his conduct. YET farther; most gentlemen of considerable property, at some period or other in their lives, are ambitious of representing their country in parliament: and those, who are ambitious of receiving so high a trust, would also do well to remember it's nature and importance. They are not thus honourably distinguished from the rest of their fellow-subjects, merely that they may privilege their persons, their estates, or their domestics; that they may lift under party banners; may grant or wit h-hold supplies; may vote with or vote against a popular or unpopular administration; but upon considerations far more interesting and important. They are the guardians of the English constitution; the makers, repealers, and interpreters of the English laws; delegated to watch, to check, and to avert every dangerous innovation, to propose, to adopt, and to cherish any solid and well-weighed improvement; bound by every tie of nature, of honour, and of religion, to transmit that constitution and those laws to their posterity, amended if possible, al least without any derogation. And how unbecoming must it appear in a member of the legislature to vote for a new law, who is utterly ignorant of the old ! what kind of interpretation can he be enabled to give, who is a stranger to the text upon which he comments ! INDEED it is really amazing, that there should be no other state of life, no other occupation, art, or science, in which some method of instruction is not looked upon as requisite, except only the science of legislation, the noblest and most difficult of any. Apprenticeships are held necessary to almost every art, commercial or mechanical: a long course of reading and study must form the divine, the physician, and the practical professor of the laws: but every man of superior fortune thinks himself born a legislator. Yet Tully was of a different opinion: “It is necef- B “fary, .P 10 On the STUDY of the LAW. INTROD. §. 1. “fary, says hee, for a senator to be thoroughly acquainted with “the constitution; and this, he dec lares, is a knowledge of the “most extensive nature; a matter of science, of diligence, of “reflexion; without which no senator can possibly be fit for his “office.” THE mischiefs that have arisen to the public from inconsiderate alterations in our laws, are too obvious to be called in question; and how far they have be en owing to the defective education of our senators, is a point well worthy the public attention. The common law of England has fared lik e other venerable edifices of antiquity, wh ich rash and unexperienced workmen have ventured to new-dress and refine, with all the rage of modern improvement. Hence frequentl y it's symmetry has been destroyed, it's proportions distorted, and it's majestic simplicity exchanged for speci ous embellishments and fantastic novelties. For, to fay the truth, almost all the perplexed questions, almost all the nice ties, intricacies, and delays (which have sometimes disgraced the Eng lish, as well as other, cou rts of justice) owe thei r original not to the common law itself, but to innovations that have been made in it by acts of parliament; “overladen (as fir Edward “Coke express es it f) with provisoes and additi ons, and many “times on a sudden penned or corrected by men of none or very “little judgment in law.” This great and well -experienced judge declar es, that in all his time he never kn ew two questions made upon rights merely depending upon the common law; and warmly laments the confusion introduced by ill-judging and unlearned le gislators. “But if, he subjoins, act s of parliament were “after the old fashion penned, by such only as perfectly knew “what the common law was before the making of any act of “parliam ent co ncerning that matter, as also how far forth former statutes had provided remedy for former mischiefs, and “d efects discovered by experience; then should very few quef- .{FS} e De Legg. 3. 18. Eft. Fenatori necessarium fine quo para tus esse senator nullo pacto potey no ffe rempublicum; icque la te patet: - genus bor omne scientiae, dilig entiat, memoriae eft; fine quo para tus effe fonator nullo pacto pofef. f 2 Rep. Pref. .{FE} “tions .P 11 On the STUDY of the LAW. INTROD. §. 1. “tions in law arise, and the learned should not so often and so “much perplex their he ads to make atonement and peace, by “co nstruction of law, between insens ible and disagreeing words, “sentences, and provisoes, as they now do.” And if this incon venience was so heavily felt in the reign of queen Elizabeth, you may judge how the evil is increased in later times, when the statute book is sw elled to ten times a larger bulk; un less it should be found, that the penners of our modern statutes have proportionably better informed themselves in the knowledge of the common law. WHAT is said of our gentlemen in general, and the propriety of their appli cation to the study of the laws of their country, will hold equally strong or still stronger with regard to the nobility of this realm, except only in the article of serving upon juries. But, inst ead of this, they have several peculiar pro vinces of far greater consequence and con cern; being not only by birth here ditary counsellors of the crown, and judges upon their honour of the lives of their brother-peers, but also arbiters of the property of all their fellow -subjects, and that in the last resort. In this their judicial capacity they are bound to decide the nicest and most criti cal points of the law; to examine and correct such errors as have escaped the most exper ienced stages of the profession, the lo rd keeper and the judges of the courts at Westminster. Their sentence is final, decisive, irrevocable: no appeal, no correction, not even a re view can be had: and to their determination, whatever it be, the inferior courts of justice must conform; otherwise the rule of prope rty would no longer be uniform and steady. SHOULD a jud ge in the most fubor dinate jurisdiction be deficient in the knowledge of the law, it would reflect infinite contempt upon himself and disgrace upon those who employ him. And yet the consequence of his ignorance is co mparatively very trifling and small: his jud gment may be examined, and his errors rectified, by other courts. But how much more serious and B 2 affecting .P 12 On the STUDY of the LAW. INTROD. §. 1. affecting is the cafe of a fup erior judge, if without any skill in the laws he will boldly venture to decide a question, upon which the welfare and subsistence of whole families may depend ! where the chance of his judging right, or wrong, is barely equal; and where, if he chances to judge wrong, he does an injury of the most alarming nature, an injury without possibility of reg rets. YET, vast as this trust is, it can no where be so properly reposed as in the noble ha nds where our excellent constitution has placed it: and therefore placed it, because, from the independence of their fortune and the dignity of their station, they are perfumed to employ that lei sure which is the consequence of both, in attaining a more extensive knowle dge of the laws than persons of inferior rank: and because the founders of our polity relied upon that delicacy of sentiment, so peculiar to noble birth; whi ch, as on the one hand it will preve nt either interest or affection from interfe ring in questions of right, so on the other it will bind a peer in honour, an obligation which the law esteems equal to another's oath, to be master of those points upon which it is his bi rthright to decide. THE Roman pan dects will furnish us with a piece of history not unapplicable to our present pur pose. Servius Sulpicius, a gentleman of the patrician order, and a celebrated orator, had occasion to take the opinion of Quintus Mutius Scaevola, the orac le of the Roman law; but for want of some knowledge in that science, could not so much as understand even the te chnical terms, which his friend was obliged to make use of. Upon which Mutius Scaevola could not forbear to upbraid him with this memorable reproofs, “that it was a shame for a patrician, a nobleman, and an orator of cau ses, to be ignorant of that law in “wh ich he was so peculiarly concerned.” This reproach made so deep an impression on Sulpicius, that he immediately applied himself to the study of the law; wherein he arrived to that pro- .{FS} g Ff. 1. 2. 2. §. 43. Turpe effe patricio, & caufas oranti, jus in quo verfaretur ignorare. .{FE} ficiency,.P 13On the STUDY of the LAW. INTROD. §. 1. ficiency, that he left behind him about a hundred and fourscore volu mes of his own compiling upon the subject; and be came, in the opinion of Ciceroh, a much more complete lawyer than even Mutius Scaevola himself. I WOULD not be thought to recommend to our English nobility and gentry to become as great lawyers as Sulpicius; though he, together with this character, su stained likewise that of an excellent orator, a firm patriot, and a wife indefatig able senator; but the inference which arises from the story is this, that ignorance of the laws of the land hath ever been esteemed dishonorable, in those who are entrusted by their country to ma intain, to administer, and to amend th em. BUT surely there is little occasion to enforce this argument any farther to persons of rank and distinction, if we of this place may be allowed to form a general judgment from those who are under our inspection: happy, that while we lay down the rule, we can also prod uce the example. You will therefore per mit your professor to indulge both a public and private satisfaction, by bearing this open testimony; that in the infancy of these studies among us, they were favoured with the most dilig ent attendance; and pursued with the most un wearied application, by those of the noblest birth and most ample patrimony: some of whom are still the ornaments of this feat of learning; and others at a greater distance continue doing honour to it' institutions, by compar ing our polity and laws with those of other kingdoms abroad, or exerting their senatorial abilities in the councils of the nation at home. NOR will some degree of legal knowledge be found in the least superfluous to persons of inferior rank; especially those of the learned prof effions. The clergy in particular, besides the common obligations they are under in proportion to the ir rank and fortune, have also abundant reason, con sidered merely as clergy- .{FS} h Brut. 41. {FE} men. .P 14 On the STUDY of the LAW. INTROD. §. 1. men, to be acquainted with ma ny branches of the law, which are almost peculiar and appropriated to themselves al one. Such are the laws relating to advowfons, institutions, and indu ctions; so simony, a nd simoniacal contracts; to uniformity, reside nce, and pluralities; to tithes and other ecclesia stical dues; to marriages (more especially of late) and to a variety of other subjects, which are consigned to the care of their order by the provisio ns of particular statutes. To understand these ari ght, to discern wha t a warranted or enjoined, and what is forbidden by law, demands a fort of legal apprehension; which is no otherwise to be acquired than by use and a familiar acquaintan ce with legal writers. FOR th e gentlemen of the faculty of physic, I mu st frankly own that I see no s pecial reason, why they in particular should apply themselves to the study of the law; unless in common with other gentlemen, and to complete the character of general an d extensive knowledge; a character which their profession, beyond others , has remarkably deserved. They will give me leave however to suggest, and that not ludicrously, that it might frequently be of use to families upon sudden emergencies, if the physician were acqua inted with the doctrine of last wills and testament s, at least so far as relates to the formal part of their execution. BUT those gentlemen who intend to profess the civil and ecclesias tical laws in the spiritual and maritime courts of this kingdom, are of all men (next to common lawyers) the m ost indispensably obliged to apply themselves seriously to the study of our municipal laws. For the civil and canon laws, considered with resp ect to any intrinsic obligation, have no force or authority in this kingdom; they are no more binding in England than our laws are binding at Rome. But as far as these foreign laws, on acc ount of some peculiar propriety, have in some particular cafes, and in some particular courts, been intro duced and allowed by our laws, so far they oblige, and no farther; their authority being wholly founded upon that permission and adoption. In which we are not singular in our notions; for even in Holland, where the imperial .P 15 On the STUDY of the LAW. INTROD. §. 1. Imperial law is much cultivated and it's decisions pretty generally followed, we are informed by Van Lee uweni, that, “it receives “it's force from custom and the consent of the people, either tacitly or expressly given: for otherwise, he adds, we should no “more be bound by this law, than by that of the Almains, the “Franks, the Saxons, the Goths, the Vandals, and other of the “ancient nations.” Wherefore, in all points in which the different systems depart from each other, the law of the land takes place of the law of Rome, whether ancient or modern, imperial or pontificial. And in those of our English courts wherein a reception has been allowed to the civil and canon laws, if either they exceed the bounds of that reception, by extending themselves to other matters, than are permitted to them; or if such courts proceed according to the decisions of those laws, in cafes wherein it is controlled by the law of the land, the common law in either instance both may, and frequently does, prohibit and annul their proceedings: and it will not be a sufficient excuse for them to tell the king's courts at Westminster, that their practice is warranted by the laws of Justinian or Gregory, or is conformable to the decrees of the Rota or imperial chamber. For which reason it becomes highly necessary, for every civilian and canonist that would act with safety as a judge, or with prudence and reputation as an advocate, to know in what cafes and how far the English laws have given sanction to the Roman; in what points the latter are rejected; and where they are both so intermixed and blended together, as to form certain supplemental parts of the common law of England, distinguished by the titles of the king's maritime, the king's military, and the king's ecclesiastical law. The property of which enquiry the university of Oxford has for more than a century so thoroughly seen, that in her statutes she appoints, that one of the three questions to be annually diffused at the act by the jurist-inceptors shall relate to the common law; subjoining this reason, “quia juris civilis ftudiofos decet baud imperitos effe juris municipalis, & difforentias ex- .{FS} I Dedicatto ceorpris juris civilis. Edn. 1663. k Hale. Hift. C. L. c. 2. Selded in Fftlari. 5 Rep. Caudrey's Cafe. 2 Inft. 599. l Tu VII. Sect. 2. §. 2. .{FE} “ter, .P 16 On the STUDY of the LAW. INTROD. §. 1. “teri patriique juris notas habere.” And the statutes of the university of Cambridge speak expressly to the fame effect. FROM the general use and necessity of some acquaintance with the common law, the inference were extremely easy, with regard to the property of the present institution, in a place to which gentlemen of all ranks and degrees resort, as the fountain of all useful knowledge. But how it has come to pass that a design of this fort has never before taken place in the university, and the reason why the study of our laws has in general fallen into diffuse, I shall previously proceed to enquire. SIR John Fortefcue, in his panegyric on the laws of England, (which was written in the reign of Henry the sixth) puts a very obvious question in the mouth of the young prince, whom he is exhorting to apply himself to that branch of learning; “why the “laws of England, being so good, so fruitful, and so commondious, are not taught in the universities, as the civil and canon “laws are ?” In answer to which he giveso what seems, with due deference be it spoken, a very jejune and unsatisfactory reason; being in short, that “as the proceedings at common law “were in his time carried on in three different tongues, the “English, the Latin, and the French, that science must be necessarily taught in those three several languages; but that in “the universities all sciences were taught in the Latin tongue “only; and therefore he concludes, that they could not be conveniently taught or studied in our universities. But without attempting to examine seriously the validity of this reason, (the very shadow of which by the wisdom of your late constitutions is entirely taken away) we perhaps may find out a better, or at least a more plausible account, why the study of the municipal laws has been banished from these feats of science, than what the learned chancellor thought it prudent to give to his royal pupil. .{FS} m Doctor legum mox a doctoratu dobit operam legibus Angliae, ut non fit imperitus carum legum quas habet fna patria, et differentias exteri patriique juris nofcat. Stat. Eliz. R. c. 14. Cowel. Inftittut. In proemio. n c. 47. o c. 48. .{FE} THAT .P 17 On the STUDY of the LAW. INTROD. §. 1. THAT ancient collection of unwritten maxims and customs, which is called the common law, however compounded or from whatever fountains derived, had fubfifted immemorially in this kingdom; and, though somewhat altered and impaired by the violence of the times, had in great measure weathered the rude shock of the Norman conquest. This had endeared it to the people in general, as well because it's decisions were universally known, as because it was found to be excellently adapted to the genius of the English nation. In the knowledge of this law consisted great part of the learning of those dark ages; it was then taught, fays Mr. Seldenp, in the monasteries, in the universities, and in the families of the principal nobility. The clergy in particular, as they then engrossed almost every other branch of learning, so (like their predecessors the British druidsq) they were peculiarly remarkable for their proficiency in the study of the law. Nullus clericus nifi caufidicus, is the character given of them soon after the conquest by William of Malmsburyr. The judges therefore were usually created out of the sacred orders, as was likewise the cafe among the Normanst; and all the inferior offices were supplied by the lower clergy, which has occasioned their successors to be denominated clerks to this day. BUT the common law of England, being not committed to writing, but only handed down by tradition, use, and experience, was not so heartily relished by the foreign clergy; who came over hither in shoals during the reign of the conqueror and his two sons, and were utter strangers to our constitution as well as our language. And an accident, which soon after happened, had nearly completed it's ruin. A copy of Justinian's pandects, being newly discovered at Amalfi, soon brought the civil law intointo .{FS} p in Fletam. 7. 7. q Caefar de bello Gal. 6. 12. r de geft. reg. l. 4. t Les juges font fages perfonnes & autentiques, -ficome les archevefques, evefques, les chanoines les eglifes catbedraulx, & les autres perfonnes qui ont dignitez in faincte eglife; les abbex, les prieurs conventauls, & les gouverneurs des eglifes, &c. Grand Couftumier, ch. 9. u circ. A. D. 1130. .{FE} C vogue .P 18 On the STUDY of the LAW. INTROD. §. 1.vogue all over the weft of Europe, where before it was quite laid in a manner forgotten; though some traces of it's authority remained in Italy and the eastern provinces of the empire. This now became in a particular manner the favorite of the popish clergy, who borrowed the method and many of the maxims of their canon law from this original. The study of it was introduced into several universities abroad, particularly that of Bologna; where exercises were performed, lectures read, and degrees conferred in this faculty, as in other branches of science: and many nations on the continent, just then beginning to recover from the convulsions consequent upon the overthrow of the Roman empire, and settling by degrees into peaceable forms of government, adopted the civil law, (being the best written system then extant) as the basis of their own seodal customs, in some places with a more extensive, in others a more confined authority. NOR was it long before the prevailing mode of the times reached England. For Theobald, a Norman abbot, being elected to the fee of Canterburya, and extremely addicted to this new study, brought over with him in his retinue many learned proficients therein; and among the rest Roger surnamed Vacarius, whom he placed in the university of Oxford, to teach it to the people of this country. But it did not meet with the fame easy reception in England, where a mild and rational system of laws had been long established, as it did upon the continent; and, though the monkish clergy (devoted to the will of a foreign primate) received it with eagerness and zeal, yet the laity who were more interested to preserve the old constitution, and had already severely felt the effect of many Norman innovations, continued wedded to the use of the common law. King Stephen imme- {FS} w LL. Wifigofh. 2. 1. 9. x Capitular. Hludov. Pii. 4. 102. y Selden in Fletam. 5. 5. z Domat's treatise of laws. c. 13. §. 9. Epifiol. Innocent. IV. in M. Paris. ad A. D. 1254. a A. D. 1138. b Gervaf. Dorobern. Act. Pontif. Cantuar. col. 1665..{FE} diately.P 19 On the STUDY of the LAW. INTROD. §. 1. diately published a proclamation c, forbidding the study of the laws, then newly imported from Italy; which was treated by the monks d as a piece of impiety, and, though it might prevent the introduction of the civil law process into our courts of justice, yet did not hinder the clergy from reading and teaching it in their own schools and monasteries. FROM this time the nation seems to have been divided into two parties; the bishops and clergy, many of them foreigners, who applied themselves wholly to the study of the civil and canon laws, which now came to be inseparably interwoven with each other; and the nobility and laity, who adhered with equal pertinacity to the old common law; both of them reciprocally jealous of what they were unacquainted with, and neither of them perhaps allowing the opposite system that real merit which is abundantly to be found in each. This appears on the one hand from the spleen with which the monastic writers e speak of our municipal laws upon all occasions; and, on the other, from the firm temper which the nobility shewed at the famous parliament of Merton; when the prelates endeavoured to procure an act, to declare all bastards legitimate in cafe the parents intermarried at any time afterwards; alleging this only reason, because holy church (that is, the canon law) declared such children legitimate: but “all the earls and barons (fays the parliament rolls) “of England, which had hitherto been used and approved.” And we find the fame jealousy prevailing It’s more than just knowing the law. It’s thinking-outside-of-the-box-to-find-a-better-solution law. jpmorganchase.com © 2011 JPMorgan Chase & Co. At Johnston Barton Proctor & Rose LLP, we think about things a little differently. 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