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November | December 2013 The Pennsylvania Lawyer 3 63 Ad Index 12 Discipline 56 Ethics Digest 54 Lawyer Lit 8 Letters 62 Marketplace 60 On the Hill 5 PBA Dates 4 People 2 Side Bar 64 To Wit 10 ‘War Stories’ 58 Writing Tips 16 Your PBA FEATURES 18 | Odd vs. Even? Is low retention-election turnout due to odd-year scheduling? By Albert J. Klumpp 24 | Ratings of 2013 Appellate Court Candidates One contested race and four retention candidates on the ballot PBA Judicial Evaluation Commission 28 | Commentary: Mind the Gap A review of steps being taken to bridge the gap in access to civil legal services By Thomas G. Wilkinson Jr. 34 | Uncle Sam Might Help You Play Santa The tax implications of holiday gift-giving By Mark E. Battersby 37 | ‘See’ What You Want to Remember Interview with memory maven Harry Lorayne By Richard Frumer 2013 Fiction Contest Winners 41 | First Place: Cream of the Crop By Paul F. Recupero 46 | Second Place: A Confession By Steven R. Ryan 49 | Third Place: Keeper By Michael D. Reed The Pennsylvania Lawyer (ISSN 01934821) is published six times a year in January, March, May, July, September and November by the Pennsylvania Bar Association, 100 South Street, PO Box 186, Harrisburg, PA 17108-0186. Subscription rates: $30 per year for non-members. Periodicals Postage Paid at Harrisburg, PA, and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Pennsylvania Lawyer, PO Box 186, Harrisburg, PA 17108-0186. Copyright 2013 by the Pennsylvania Bar Association; feature articles and columns available to PBA members online at www.pabar.org. Cover Art: Design by Kelly C. Vanek, Cassidy Communications, Inc., www.cassidycommunications.com

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November | December 2013 The Pennsylvania Lawyer 3

63 Ad Index12 Discipline56 Ethics Digest54 Lawyer Lit8 Letters62 Marketplace60 On the Hill5 PBA Dates4 People2 Side Bar64 To Wit10 ‘War Stories’58 Writing Tips16 Your PBA

FEATURES

18 | Odd vs. Even?Is low retention-election turnout due to odd-year scheduling?By Albert J. Klumpp

24 | Ratings of 2013 Appellate Court CandidatesOne contested race and four retention candidates on the ballotPBA Judicial Evaluation Commission

28 | Commentary: Mind the GapA review of steps being taken to bridge the gap in access to civil legal servicesBy Thomas G. Wilkinson Jr.

34 | Uncle Sam Might Help You Play SantaThe tax implications of holiday gift-givingBy Mark E. Battersby

37 | ‘See’ What You Want to RememberInterview with memory maven Harry LorayneBy Richard Frumer

2013 Fiction Contest Winners

41 | First Place: Cream of the CropBy Paul F. Recupero

46 | Second Place: A ConfessionBy Steven R. Ryan

49 | Third Place: KeeperBy Michael D. Reed

The Pennsylvania Lawyer (ISSN 01934821) is published six times a year in January, March, May, July, Septemberand November by the Pennsylvania Bar Association, 100South Street, PO Box 186, Harrisburg, PA 17108-0186.Subscription rates: $30 per year for non-members.Periodicals Postage Paid at Harrisburg, PA, and at additionalmailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes toThe Pennsylvania Lawyer, PO Box 186, Harrisburg, PA17108-0186.

Copyright 2013 by the Pennsylvania Bar Association; feature articles and columns available to PBA membersonline at www.pabar.org.

Cover Art: Design by Kelly C. Vanek,Cassidy Communications, Inc., www.cassidycommunications.com

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