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25 Prac. Law. 3 (1979)

handle is hein.ali/praclaw0025 and id is 1 raw text is: THE ~R~PRACTICAL LAWYE R VOLUME 25 JANUARY 15, 1979 NUMBER I CONTENTS 13 How To Defend an Employment Discrimination Case considers the problems facing the defense, the jurisdictional prerequisites, the possible pretrial motions, the class action, discovery strategy, the role of experts, the preparation of statistics and documents, the changing attitude of the courts towards the concept of disparate impact, the recourse to computers, and the value of an appeal. Jane McGrew is a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm of Steptoe & Johnson. She has served as Vice-President and Director of the Washington Council of Lawyers and Consultant to the Drug Abuse Council and the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse, and is a member of the Women's Legal Defense Fund and the District of Columbia Bar. Kenneth I. Jonson is also a partner in the firm of Steptoe & Johnson. He served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, United States Army, and is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the Minnesota State and American Bar Associations. 35 The New Bankruptcy Code (Part 1) offers an overview and a brief history of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, which will go into effect on October 1, 1979, and describes the provisions of Chapter 13 that deal with the adjustment of the debts of individuals with regular incomes. Martin I. Klein is affdiated with the New York City firm of Kramer, Lowenstein, Nessen, Kamin & Soil. He is