Michael Cohen’s alma mater has long been a punchline in the legal world.
Source: Trump’s Lawyer Went to the Worst Law School in America
SUBTLE ABUSIVE BEHAVIOUR – Stonewalling, Gaslighting, Duplicity, Guilt, Memory Loss and Sarcasm. Learn to recognize them.
Much is written about overt abusive behavior, the kind of in-your-face actions that are easily recognizable to virtually anyone. Those more obvious forms of abusive behavior include behaviors such as yelling, screaming, name calling, threatening and intimidating as well as physical forms of violence such as hitting, kicking, pushing, shoving and strangulation up to stabbing […]
Source: The Six Strategies of Subtle Emotional and Psychological Abuse
WHAT IS THE AGE OF CONSENT? – Let’s be clear. The age of legal ability to consent for sexual purposes is 16 years of age EXCEPT if you pay in any respect for any sexual purpose or service, THEN the age of consent is 18 years of age. Make sure you know the difference.
A Charlottetown man who promised to pay a girl big money for a photo shoot at the beach has been sentenced to six months in jail, after coaxing the 17-year old youth into sending nude photos of herself.
Source: 6 months jail for man who lured teen into sending nude photos | CBC News
CONSTABLE JAMES FORCILLO – AN UPDATE
The panel of judges unanimously dismissed Const. James Forcillo’s appeal of both his conviction in the 2013 shooting death and his six-year prison sentence.
Source: Court of Appeal upholds conviction for Toronto cop who shot Sammy Yatim | The Star
THE INCEL REBELLION – Why are ‘incels’ so angry? A short primer on this violent misogynistic movement.
Men no longer have unfettered access to women’s bodies. Not everyone is happy about that.
KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT – Be smart. Don’t be like Donald. Donald is not smart. When your lawyer tells you to say nothing and keep your mouth shut, take that advice. We advise clients of that for good reason.
Trump voluntarily called into Fox and Friends and somehow managed to make everything worse for himself.
Source: Trump Goes On Television, Destroys Two Legal Cases, Will Blame ‘Fake News’
THAT’S A LOT OF PHONES – Be smart. Don’t be like Michael. Michael is not smart. Get rid of your old phones
This doesn’t look good.
UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS AND THE DUNNING-KRUGER EFFECT – We’re not as smart as we think we are. Why Some Lawyers Need To Admit They’re Incompetent
We all want to think we are better than average, stars in fact, but the harsh, cold truth is that we aren’t — far from it.
There’s nothing like a bonfire.
Taking the sexual assault victim’s perspective into account – A good brief review of the development of the law in terms of sexual assault and an exploration of legal options.
We need to explore alternatives to criminal trial in sexual assault cases and find approaches that consider the victim’s point of view.
Source: Taking the sexual assault victim’s perspective into account