Legal Commentary

It's not always possible that this blog will jump on major news events, but I'm a bit sorry we haven't had more discussion on the devastation in Haiti or what to do, if anything.

For what it's worth, Wendi, Benjamin, and I want to make some effort to alleviate the suffering and at least right now, we intend to do so financially. With this post, we're issuing a challenge. For now, our family will match contributions until they sum up to total of $1200. So please make a donation between now and the end of January to one of the organizations below and send me some kind of confirmation from the entity via email (markel at law.fsu.edu)  and we'll match it.

Feel free to issue your own charity challenge in the comments with information on how people can reach you, and whether you'll adopt the same charities or different ones.

Below the fold are the charities we've selected; feel free to give to any of those 3 for our charity challenge. Of course, you can find and select others for your own challenge up on the NYT site.

AMERICAN RED CROSS

Text ?HAITI? to ?90999? to make a $10 donation.

2025 E Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20006

(800) REDCROSS (733-2767)

AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE

JDC Haiti Earthquake Relief

P.O. Box 530

132 East 43rd Street

New York, NY 10017

212-687-6200

PARTNERS IN HEALTH

P.O. Box 845578

Boston, MA 02284-5578

(617) 432-5256