Trading places; journalists and judges take on each other's roles in a conference designed to increase understanding

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The National Judical College held a National Conference on Media and the Courts in May 1996 to discuss issues of confidentiality, responsibility and access. As they discussed the issues, both professions showed how unaware they were of the other's procedures and priorities. The conference came up with 10 recommended practices for judges, lawyers and journalists on court-media issues. The recommendations provided, in general, that judges should not impose gag orders and should have strong reasons for barring cameras in courts.

United States, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Journalists, Free press and fair trial, Pretrial publicity, Right to fair and impartial trial, National Judicial College

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Lawyers hope strife over: horrors of war show no concern for social class

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Lawyers and judges in Sarajevo who persevered through the worst of its seige and the surrounding conflict remain hopeful for the new legal system, but are cautious regarding the extensive work and change still to come. The war made maintaining a practice nigh-impossible, with courts and offices often hit by bombs or looted by thieves, and the lack of money and resources often left lawyers without even paper. Now housing and divorces are the top legal topics, but few new lawyers are around to help construct a legal system.

Social aspects, Attorneys, Lawyers, Judges, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia-Herzegovina

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