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The ABA Young Lawyers Division's Disaster Legal Assistance Committee has offered assistance to victims of Hurricane Andrew, which struck Florida on Aug 24, 1992. The division's disaster assistance program has been in existence since 1980 and worked together with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide free legal help at federal disaster centers nationwide. More than 800 lawyers nationwide have undergone training in the legal aspects of disaster assistance using material from the Division.
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Lawyers must respond to their firms' Year 2000 computer problems now as failure to do so or of not advising clients to do so could cause malpractice liability. Systems problems for such failure are many and could include year 2000 problems infecting conflict-of-interest systems and trial attorneys missing trial dates and file dates for 2000 and beyond because the electronic docketing systems cannot provide the necessary ticklers. Other potential Year 2000 problems are listed.
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Mediators must negotiate through many layered ethical rules. Some states apply similar codes of conduct to mediation services as are applied to law firms while other states treated mediation separately. Attorneys practicing in mediation should be aware of the need to understand the codes of conduct applicable in their jurisdictions.
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