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I started this blog as a way of building an online community of current and past Ivy Tech paralegal students, as well as letting people interested in our program know what we're up to. This blog is not sponsored by Ivy Tech. No way, no how.

My name is Linda Kampe, and I'm the program chair of Paralegal Studies in Lafayette, Indiana. My office is in Ivy Hall 1166. Stop by and chat. For best results, make an appointment, so I know to expect you. And if you bring your own cup, I'll make you tea. Because hey, we're not animals.

Friday, August 21, 2015

A Cautionary Tale for the New Semester

If you've ever had me for a class, you'll know why this particular story from the ABA Journal tickles my fancy. And if you haven't had me yet ... you'll learn.

Judge fines himself for ringing cellphone

Posted Aug 21, 2015 05:45 am CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A judge in Hillsboro, Ohio, held himself to the same standards as others in his courtroom Tuesday when his cellphone began to ring.
Judge Rocky Coss fined himself $25 for the infraction, WCPO reports.
Coss has a sign warning all those who enter his courtroom to turn off their cellphones, and he enforces the measure with $25 fines when he hears a ringing phone.
Coss says he left his cellphone in his shirt pocket and forgot all about it until his wife called him. It’s his first offense, he adds.
“I don’t see how I can hold someone else in contempt and fine them for disrupting the proceedings when I do the same thing and not fine myself,” he tells WCPO.
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