Resumes: Responsibilities vs. Accomplishments For many people, resume writing is like going to the dentist. Thinking about it is stressful, so you postpone the task as long as you can. And as time goes by without action, anxiety and consequences increase. With teeth, you may lose them. With your resume, you may forget all the great things you accomplished, hastily make grammatical errors, and/or fail to construct a... (473 views)
Tips on how to effectively manage a new start up business Whether you have just graduated from law school or have been working at a law firm for decades, starting your own practice is always an option. Although it is scary to consider putting on the pilot's hat and flying your own plane, if you follow some of these guidelines, there is no reason why you cannot learn to fly successfully. (289 views)
The Life and Career of Jeremy Blachman: Author, Anonymous Lawyer Jeremy Blachman, the brains behind the hit Blogspot blog Anonymous Lawyer, recently went a step further in documenting the exploits of his mysteriously anonymous main character. In his brand-new book, Anonymous Lawyer, Blachman elaborates on the life and times of Anonymous Lawyer, bringing in new characters and events while throwing in plenty of the sarcastic humor that... (303 views)
Office Party Etiquette A senior partner's retirement. The annual holiday bash. No matter what the occasion, remember that a work party is still all about business. You may be on the fast track to a full partnership today; but after an evening of putting not only the hors d'oeuvres, but also your foot into your mouth, your promising career can be derailed in a hurry. (314 views)
The case of providing evidence of defendant being mentally deranged Almost a century has passed since an eccentric New York millionaire, John Armstrong Chaloner, published his remarkable autobiography. Committed by his family to a mental hospital, he cleverly talked his way to freedom in Virginia. From his refuge, he asked, ''Who's looney now?'' (12 views)
It's Soap Time Soaking in a hot bath with nothing to do, we envision a television on the wall right in front of our bubbly suds. Fantasizing about our favorite soap stars, we wonder what they are up to right now. Well, daydream no more, because AQUAVISION is a waterproof television created just for you. (96 views)
Chevy's Mr. Big: Much-improved Suburban improves (a bit) on mileage Anyone who has ever slammed the hood of an old Chevy truck will realize how far GM truck construction has improved with the 2007 Chevrolet Suburban. (46 views)
Whiskey tasting a go-go My friend Malachy, a devotee of Scotch, gets misty-eyed over single malts, a passion I try hard to understand. (15 views)
Emergency! Surely you've heard that it's a good idea to have two or three months worth of salary tucked away in an emergency fund. Such rules of thumb can be useful, but do you really think it would help much to have two months of salary on hand if, say, your basement flooded? What if you were disabled? What if you were out of work for a year? How do you really know what you'll need... (14 views)
A different kind of law school for different type of students Street Law, Inc. has taken law schools by storm; and as law students participate in the program, they become instrumental in changing lives. (72 views)
Summer 2006 State of the Market Report Summer 2006: State of the Market Reports for U.S. and International Regions. (29 views)
Laura Ahtes: Paralegal, Potter Anderson Corroon, LLP, Wilmington, DE For Laura Ahtes, education was the lucky charm that launched her career. After obtaining her degree from Goldey-Beacom College and graduating with honors from the ABA-approved Paralegal Certificate Program through the Legal Education Institute (LEI) at Widener University, she has never looked back. Widener University has a long-standing reputation for providing quality... (400 views)
Benjamin Shapiro: Co-President, George Washington University Law School's Street Law Organization, Washington, DC Currently interning at the Children's Law Center in Washington, DC, Benjamin Shapiro is going into his 2L year at George Washington University (GWU) Law School. Shapiro, who attends classes in the evenings, said he decided to become a lawyer because he feels that it is the best way to ''make a difference.'' (81 views)
The Life and Career of Brandt Goldstein: Author, Storming the Court Once upon a time, there was a group of Yale Law School students who took on the U.S. government and won. Those students were Brandt Goldstein's fellow classmates; and in his book Storming the Court, Goldstein tells their tale. (1096 views)
Blogging at Work: Can it Cost You Your Job? While one-third of Internet users say they have read one, the other two-thirds say they do not know what one is. And a new one pops up about every six seconds. What are they talking about? The latest trend in self-expression: the weblog! (7 views)
Domestic partner benefits growing in popularity Big companies don't often get credit for being smart and progressive, but some are being smarter and more progressive than the nation's political forces who continue to bicker over gay rights. (38 views)
'Tea bagging' and the case of the case against school sports coach Having recently botched one opportunity to clarify the free speech rights of public employees, the Supreme Court now is looking at a second chance. The pending case stems from a nasty incident at a high school in upstate New York. It potentially affects public employees everywhere. (1680 views)
Laundry Time Whites. Colors. Towels. Sheets. Cottons. Denim. Sometimes doing laundry can be a real headache; and as if sorting it weren't draining enough, there's the loading and unloading and switching and folding to deal with too. However, help is on the way—at least for the loading and unloading parts. (20 views)
Mustang Magic: It's new, better - and packed with memories of old The new Mustang is a memory machine: retro done right. (68 views)
London restaurants today lead the world in style The jokes about British food are history. (12 views)
Insurance schemes and problems the Senior citizens face thereof You may know that elderly folks are often pushed into making bad investments or downright conned out of their money. But you may not know exactly how it happens. As I've learned in recent years, it's often not a case of a confused 90-year-old doing something you and I would never do. (28 views)
The Discrimination Code Christian groups fight for their right to discriminate in law schools The Christian Legal Society (CLS), a national organization of Christian attorneys, judges, academics, and law students, is suing the University of California Hastings College of the Law for denying the group recognition as an official campus organization. (124 views)
July 31 2006 Legal Blog Roundup As Sen. Ted Stevens pointed out, the Internet is little more than a series of tubes. Sometimes those tubes get clogged and nothing can get through. Think of this column as the Liquid-Plumr that eats away at the content of the Internet, destroying everything in its path so that commerce can thrive. Every week, we take the latest news from our favorite law blogs and chat... (7 views)
Ohio's New Paralegal Certification Program The Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) announced at the end of June that it was implementing a new paralegal certification program. The program will not only make it easier for attorneys to hire well-trained legal staff, but will also bring professional esteem to paralegals in the state. (457 views)
The Life and Career of Dorothy W. Nelson: Senior Judge, United States Court of Appeals 9 Circuit and Chair and Founder of Western Justice Center Foundation, Pasadena, CA Judge Dorothy Nelson has set the legal world ablaze, excelling in a number of different areas of law. However, she didn't originally plan to make a career in the legal field. Her decision to go into law happened unexpectedly and was motivated by a desire to help others. (3708 views)
Conversational skills pave the ways to gain success in business and social life Name the number-one skill that leads to personal and professional success. Survey says: the ability to converse! (131 views)
Ethical behavior in workplace is desirable, necessary Compensation expert Anne Ruddy likes to tell the story about the employee who missed a deadline to file for her company's stock options. (4391 views)
Gambling with Casino's nickel and the big prize winning judgement. On a Tuesday morning five years ago, Stella Romanski set out to have lunch with her girlfriends. Now she's in the U.S. Supreme Court defending a judgment in her favor of $600,779. And 5 cents. (159 views)
Amphibious Vehicles Like something straight out of a James Bond flick, the amphibious vehicle is the coolest thing to hit both water and land. (399 views)
Honda's 8th-generation Civic is all grown up The Honda Civic coupe seems all grown up now, ready to please adults with its confidence and style. (215 views)