| BAR/BRI, Kaplan Face Anti-trust Lawsuit | By Stony Olsen |
 |
 |
Description:
BAR/BRI, a subsidiary of West Publishing Corporation, and Kaplan, Inc. are <a xhref="http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDetail&ID=20088">facing a class action</a> lawsuit in California over allegations they illegally divide test business.Ka... |
|
|
| Dean Hits Road in Quest for Student Jobs | By Stony Olsen |
|
 |
Description:
If you are at a so-called lower-tier law school, most people guffaw at your chances of getting a good law job. What to do? At University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, Dean Mark Gordon has done a proactive approach. Whether it is worth it or not, who knows? What Dean Gordon has do... |
|
|
| Seven Law Schools in Danger of Losing Accreditation? | By Stony Olsen |
|
 |
Description:
The ABA is <a xhref="http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1201864410365">considering raising </a>the required bar passing rate for law schools at it's next meeting in February. This may put up to seven separate law schools at risk of losing their accreditat... |
|
|
| Dress for Success | By Stony Olsen |
|
 |
Description:
On the Wall Street Journals Law blog today, they <a xhref="http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2008/01/31/are-associates-too-freewheeling-with-fashion/">discuss whether associates are not dressing for success.</a> It's an interesting question--do you plan on dressing up, or will... |
|
|
| Knights of the legal table? | By Stony Olsen |
|
 |
Description:
The company Lyondell Chemical has a slightly--okay, more than slightly-- unusual practice or award for it's outside counsel. It knights them. Or at least holds a ceremony, complete with swords and proclamations. This past December, 17 attorneys were "knighted" into th... |
|
|
| Grade anxiety | By Stony Olsen |
|
 |
Description:
It's that time of year again: grades are starting to come in for the fall semester. This is definitely a nerve racking time, and the wait to find out how you did only stretches you out on the rack even more. So what do you do about it? Remember, 90% of you will not be top... |
|
|
| NASALSA's 10th Annual Conference | By Stony Olsen |
|
 |
Description:
Today, I'd like to highlight an upcoming event that I've received; an event for law students. This is NASALSA's 10th conference, and I'll let the organizer explain it:Reflecting Back, Reaching Forward: Building
on a Decade of ProgressWhere: Los Angeles, CaliforniaWhen:
Pres... |
|
|
| Balancing career and family | By Stony Olsen |
|
 |
Description:
Over on<a xhref="http://http://www.law.com/jsp/law/sfb/lawArticleSFB.jsp?id=1200594602540" title=" Law.com"> Law.com</a>, there's an article today about women in the firm. It's long been an age old question: can you have a family and a career? For ... |
|
|
| Lawyer who keyed Marines car arrested, fined |By Stony Olsen |
|
 |
Description:
Perhaps you've heard about this one: Attorney Jay Groder either was having a really bad day, or just flat out hates the military. On December 1st, 2007, Marine Sgt Mike McNulty was about ready to leave for Iraq, on his second tour. He stopped off to see a friend. While standing on the doorste... |
|
|
| Judge Posner calls for "everyday English" in briefs | By Stony Olsen |
|
 |
Description:
In a recent opinion, famous Jude Posner called for briefs to be written in everyday English, not highly specialized vocabularies. Judge Posner mentioned that most Judges are generalists, not specialists--so they have little time to learn the special lingo of the industry at trial. This is what leg... |
|
|
Free Market Evaluation - Send us your resume and we will give you free feedback
