Elder Law

Seeking: Principal Counsel, Health Law and Medical Center Services, University of California

Posted on March 01, 2010
Reporting directly to Max Reynolds, Deputy General Counsel ? Health Law and Medical Center Services, this position will focus on Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement and operations. The incumbent?s clients will include attorneys and senior executives at each of the University?s medical centers...

Elder Financial Protection Network hosts 6th annual conference and awards ceremony

Posted on February 26, 2010
The Elder Financial Protection Network?s 6th annual Call to Action conference, luncheon and award ceremony will be held on March 25 in San Francisco.The keynote Speaker will be Philip Marshall, Grandson of Brooke Astor. The featured panel presentation will be...

New on SSRN: Elder Law Studies Journal abstracts

Posted on February 26, 2010
The Elder Law Studies Journal is sponsored by Syracuse University College of Law, which offers a certificate in Gerontology in cooperation with the Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs. Table of Contents Policy Learning and Cross-National Diffusion in Social...

Informational site addresses hospital-acquired infections

Posted on February 26, 2010
HAIWatch.com is a website devoted to providing information about health-care acquired infections, which can be very serious due to the super-bacteria that they often involve. Here's an excerpt from the site: When someone develops an infection at a hospital or...

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Positions Available at Legal Counsel for the Elderly

Posted on February 24, 2010
Please see below for two position announcements at Legal Counsel for the Elderly. For inquiry purposes, Amy Mix (amix@aarp.org) is the hiring manager for the Consumer position and I (jberger@aarp.org) am the hiring manager for the Brief Services Unit position...

Larry "the Dude" Frolik, inventor of Elder Law, receives Chancellor's Distinguished Service Award

Posted on February 23, 2010
Larry Frolik (Pitt) recently received the Chancellor's Distinguished Service Award at the Univeristy of Pittsburgh. Frolik, the co-author of an elder law casebook that is much more widely used than my own, was characteristically humble about the award, stating: "As...

Marquette's annual Elder's Advisor CLE is March 26

Posted on February 23, 2010
The Push to Institutionalize Prevention: We Win, We Lose Friday, March 26, 2010 Hyatt Regency Milwaukee 333 West Kilbourn Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin Tel: (414) 276-1234 Fax: (414) 276-6338 The conference fee is $40?this includes continental breakfast, lunch, and reception...

Lawyers, Drugs & Money: A Prescription for Antitrust Enforcement in the Pharmaceutical Industry Online Proceedings

Posted on February 22, 2010
In cooperation with The University of San Francisco School of Law and the Rutgers Law Journal, the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN) is pleased to announce the Lawyers, Drugs & Money: A Prescription for Antitrust Enforcement in the Pharmaceutical Industry Online...

AoA announces RFP for regional Pension Counseling and Information Projects

Posted on February 19, 2010
The Administration on Aging (AoA) will award grants for up to six Regional Pension Counseling & Information Projects and one Pension Counseling Technical Resource & Assistance Center. The Federal government?s share for each of the six Pension Counseling & Information...

NAELA announces 2010 Student Elder Law Writing Competition

Posted on February 17, 2010
The National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA) is sponsoring the Fifth Annual NAELA Elder Law Writing Competition ? a writing competition designed to focus students on the legal issues affecting seniors or people with disabilities. NAELA offers a $1,500...

News of the Old: King Tut died of malaria, ho hum.

Posted on February 17, 2010
Scientists from Egypt, Germany and elsewhere, including Zahi Hawass of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, compiled results from genetic and radiological testing performed on the mummi es between 2007 and 2009. The results clarify details about the 155-year-long 18th Dynasty...

'Indiana Laws of Aging' handbook available for minimal fee

Posted on February 17, 2010
The Indiana State Bar Association and the Indiana Bar Foundation are pleased to announce that the Indiana Laws of Aging handbook, formerly known as the Legal Reference for Older Hoosiers, is available for purchase at a minimal price! Members of...

10 law review articles you should have read but probably didn't

Posted on February 15, 2010
Via SSRN: Law Review Articles You Should've Read (But Probably Didn't) in 2009 Bridget J. Crawford Pace University School of Law Tax Notes, p. 397, January 18, 2010 Abstract: This short column highlights for estate and gift tax practitioners 10...

Books: Oscar the Cat Knows When Death is Near

Posted on February 15, 2010
PROVIDENCE, R.I. ?The cat?s uncanny. It knows when death approaches. At first this was just a curious observation. Now it?s an undeniable conclusion, first published two years ago in a medical journal and now in a new book that came...

Prof. Pietsch (Hawaii) quoted in article on financial abuse of elderly

Posted on February 14, 2010
Prof. Jim Pietsch of the University of Hawaii was quoted in the February 14 issue of the Honolulu Advertiser. Here's an excerpt: The ease at which powers of attorney can be drawn up ? blank forms can be downloaded from...

?Vulnerable Populations, Economic Realities? Conference

Posted on February 12, 2010
On Friday and Saturday, March 19-20, SALT and Golden Gate University School of Law are co-sponsoring the ?Vulnerable Populations, Economic Realities: an inter-discliplinary approach to law teaching. Registration is now open. Registration fees have been waived for conference presenters...

Register for Equal Justice Conference

Posted on February 11, 2010
Join the Equal Justice Community for the 2010 Equal Justice Conference sponsored by the American Bar Association and National Legal Aid & Defender Association Get away to Phoenix, AZ for the 2010 Equal Justice Conference, the nation's premier conference for...

Heat wave in Brazil kills 32 elderly persons

Posted on February 11, 2010
Thirty-two elderly people died in a southeastern Brazilian city this week because of a heat wave that has pushed temperatures to unseasonably high levels, a health official said Wednesday. All of the fatalities in the coastal city of Santos near...

Funding Opportunity: Wider Opportunities for Women Elder Economic Security Initiative

Posted on February 09, 2010
Wider Opportunities for Women Elder Economic Security Initiative Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) is pleased to announce the release of our Request for Proposals for the Elder Economic Security Initiative tm (Initiative). The Initiative's core components include: coalition building, research,...

Nominate someone 60+ for a $100,000 "Purpose Prize"

Posted on February 09, 2010
The Purpose Prize is a $100,000 award to people in their encore careers who are inventing new ways to solve social problems. Ten people over the age of 60 will win in 2010. Nominate yourself or someone you know. Deadline:...

Seeking Materials for a Senior Law Clinic

Posted on February 08, 2010
The law school at Campbell University is this semester inaugurating its Senior Law Clinic where students will represent lower income elders. Would anyone be willing to share a role play scenario with background information that could be used to help....

Gene variants may hold key to aging

Posted on February 08, 2010
Gene variants that might show how fast people's bodies are actually aging have been pinpointed by scientists. Researchers from the University of Leicester and Kings College London say the finding could help spot people at higher risk of age-related illnesses...

Rep. John Murtha, a voice for veterans, dies after surgery

Posted on February 08, 2010
Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. The Pennsylvania Democrat had been...

Nina Kohn (Syr.) and Ned Spurgeon (McGeorge) on Elder Law teaching and scholarship

Posted on February 07, 2010
Elder Law Teaching and Scholarship: An Empirical Analysis of an Evolving Field Nina A. Kohn Syracuse University - College of Law Edward D. Spurgeon University of the Pacific (UOP) - McGeorge School of Law Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 59,...

What are Estate Planners Doing these Days?

Posted on February 05, 2010
A Look Inside the Estate Planning Industry The 3rd Annual Industry Trends Survey The Complete Findings from a Nationwide Survey of Estate Planning Attorneys The 2009 Industry Trends Survey provided unique insight into the challenges facing today's estate planning attorneys...

EEOC sues Kelley, Drye & Warren for age discrimination and retaliation

Posted on February 04, 2010
Kelley Drye & Warren, an international law firm with its primary office in New York City, violated federal age discrimination law through its compensation system, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today...

New Web-Based Resource for Elders and Elder Law Attorneys

Posted on February 03, 2010
The Administration on Aging, along with a number of non-profit organizations, has created a new legal resource web site that is available to consumers, attorneys and advocates alike. It is a good starting point for anyone researching the legal rights...

Feng Shui master won't inherit eccentric billionaire's estate

Posted on February 02, 2010
A judge in Hong Kong ruled Tuesday that the estate of the billionaire known as Little Sweetie will not be going to her feng shui master, who also claimed to have been her lover. Tony Chan, a feng shui master...

1 in 5 nursing homes fails quality ratings system

Posted on February 01, 2010
"One in five of the nation's 15,700 nursing homes have consistently received poor ratings for overall quality, a USA Today analysis of new government data finds. More than a quarter-million patients live in homes given another set of low scores...

Seeking Ideas for Elder Poverty Law Courses

Posted on February 01, 2010
Anyone doing anything fantastic in their clinic or seminar on issues that relate to representing elderly and low-income clients? To get the ball rolling, here are some ideas from Christine Sgarlata Chung at Albany: We brought in a social worker...

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