Legal Services Publications

LSSS produces the following two publications:

Legal Services Key Contacts (Now Online! - Legislators and Staff only)

-- This roster provides the key legal services contacts in all 50 states. An online version of this roster is forthcoming.

Provides key legal services contacts in each state including name, title and organization.
Classifies contacts according to their professional responsibilities.

The Legislative Lawyer

-- This newsletter is published periodically. It describes legal services activities in the states and litigation that involves state legislatures and state government. To submit articles for the Legislative Lawyer contact Jery Payne, Newsletter Editor at jery.payne@state.co.us Telephone: (303) 866-2157 Mail: State Capitol, Room 091, Denver, CO 80203. The deadlines for submission are: March 15th, June 15th, and October 15th.

Current Issues of the Legislative Lawyer

Some topics of interest in recent issues include:

Colorado's Budget War: The Power to Appropriate and Administer the Public Fisc
By Edward T. Ramey

On Loopholes
By Jerry Payne

Health Reform in Massachusetts
By Christie L. Hagar

Advice for Legislators: From Legislative Lawyer to Legislator
By Bruce Feustel

NCCUSL: What’s New & What’s Ahead
By John M. McCabe

The Conservation of Ambiguity
By Jery Payne

Drafting Errors
By Jack Stark

A Nonpartisan Approach to Redistricting
By Ed Cook, IA

Centralized Administrative Law Judge Panels
By Bob Boerner, NCSL

The Drafting Critique
By: Jery Payne, Colorado

NCCUSL Gears Up For Legislative Action On Uniform Acts In 2003
By John M. McCabe, Legislative Director and Legal Counsel, NCCUSL

Shall or Must?
By Jack Stark

Plain Language and Accurate Language
By Jack Stark

Legislative Drafting Resources
By Thomas Morris

NCCUSL Anticipates Broad Legislative Activity In 2004
By John M. McCabe, Legislative Director and Legal Counsel, NCCUSL

Colorado’s Legislative Term Limits — Good Reform or Goofy Idea?*
By
John A. Straayer, Colorado State University
Jennie Bowser, National Conference of State Legislatures

10,363,732 Immigrants — The Melting Pot At Full Boil
By Julie Hoerner, Colorado

Gay Marriage in Massachusetts
Louis Rizoli, Massachusetts

The Place of State Legislatures Under State Constitutions
Professor G. Alan Tarr, Director of the Center of State Constitutional Studies

Administrative Rule Review: The Role of the Colorado General Assembly
By Charles P. Brackney, Colorado

NCCUSL Begins Active Legislative Year Over 130 Uniform Acts Already Introduced
By John M. McCabe, Legislative Director and Legal Counsel, NCCUSL

A Test Case
By Jack Stark
(Conceptions about drafting and the strategies one uses influence the way that a drafter thinks about the drafts being produced.)

For more information:
contact Kae Warnock, NCSL Liaison to the Legal Services Staff Section. Phone: 303/856-1553
E-mail: lsss-info@ncsl.org