by Marshal S. Willick | Nov 1, 2019 | Newsletter
A legal note from Marshal Willick concluding (for now) a series about Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) of Lawyers in Nevada: how it got here, what just happened, and where it is likely to go in the future – including a startling admission from the folks running the...
by Marshal S. Willick | Oct 17, 2019 | Newsletter
A legal note from Marshal Willick about the most recent proposal to move Nevada to a merit selection system for picking judges, and how and why it should be implemented in the next Legislature. The Nevada Legislature missed an opportunity to put beneficial reforms...
by Marshal S. Willick | May 25, 2018 | Newsletter
A legal note from Marshal Willick about how Nevada’s CLE system has been made destructive to both education and scholarship while increasing dramatically in cost, and why only the Nevada Supreme Court – which ultimately is responsible for this mess – can do anything...
by Marshal S. Willick | Jun 2, 2017 | Newsletter
A legal note from Marshal Willick about a particularly pernicious practice being pushed blindly by certain Mental Health Professionals (“MHPs”) who should know better, to the damage of innocent children and their parents. I. BACKGROUND MHPs in Family Court have a...
by Marshal S. Willick | May 10, 2017 | Newsletter
A legal note from Marshal Willick about the federal government injecting itself into state divorce law by enacting changes to the Uniformed Service Former Spouses Protection Act (“USFSPA”) that impede the property rights of former spouses of military members, make the...
by Marshal S. Willick | Feb 10, 2017 | Newsletter
A legal note from Marshal Willick about the impact of approval of “Question 2 – Initiative to Regulate and Tax Marijuana” on child custody matters in Nevada. In 2001, Nevada voters approved the “Nevada Medical Marijuana Act.” In 2017, possession of less than 1 ounce...
