Be prepared! The Supreme Court is presently deliberating and will soon adopt new Rules (as compared to the present Code) of Professional Conduct. The Rules will present a signifiant change to the way we practice law. Most commentors focus on the Rules relating to client confidentiality or conflict of interest. However there are other changes [...]

There are some children’s stories which leave a lasting impression on the adult reader. I remember one such story from my daughter’s childhood.
It was a folk tale about a watchdog who barks during the night to warn his owner of the approach of goblin-like creatures who seek to destroy the family home, dispatch the adults [...]

Nick Critelli has been invited to present a paper at the Gibraltar Human Rights Conference on 2nd and 3rd of September 2004. Over 170 delegates are expected to participate. Nick’s presentation will cover the civil aspects of international child abduction.
In attendance at the Symposium will be Chief Justices, senior judges, lawyers and law teachers from [...]

Those of you attending the ABA/YLD Spring Conference in New Orleans, LA, (May 15 – 18, 2003) may have heard panelist N. Tre Critelli’s presentation on the transatlantic practice of law, “Opposite Sides of the Litigation Pond.” More information concerning Barristers can be found at the website of The General Council of the Bar. The [...]

The February 2003 issue of the ABA YLD magazine, The Young Lawyer, featured the following article by N. Tre Critelli concerning his studies at the English bar entitled “Have Wig Will Travel: Being a Lawyer and a Barrister“:
Throughout the world the barrister wig is known as the mark of courtroom excellence. That skill in advocacy [...]