Don’t Think Yourself into a Loser Don’t let the bad news get to you. As a law student you’d already be aware that an average law student leaves college with an average loan more than $100,000. You already know that the economy is in bad shape and there are inflated positive numbers all around from employment data to advertisements of earning. You know that students taking the LSAT have reduced by a... (6 views)
U.S.-Chinese Writers Sue China for Default Judgment In a very interesting case where censorship, international law, human rights and civil procedure come together to form a legal jumble, a group of New York Chinese resident writers has asked for a default judgment against the People's Republic of China before a federal court in New York. The lawsuit was filed last year on the claims that the government of China had... (6 views)
Indiana Welcomes Lilly Endowment The Indiana University Foundation will receive a record-breaking gift of $69 million from the Lilly Endowment, an organization that donates to foundations in Indiana. The money will be dispersed between the Indiana University School of Law and the IU Jacobs School of Music to ''secure the international standing of the [School of Music], provide its world-class music... (6 views)
NY Bar Reports ‘Immigrant Representation’ in Dire Straits According to a report that has been approved by the house of delegates of the New York Bar Association on this weekend, and has been released on Tuesday, there was a statewide shortage of qualified immigration attorneys. The report suggested remedial steps to ensure the proper representation of immigrants, and in particular of those who fell into the low-income bracket.... (6 views)
Big Data: The New Stratagem for HR Recruiting “Is there an easier way to recruit candidates?” This is the question most HR managers and HR professionals ask themselves today. Another question that worries HR professionals is if there is an easy test that could be developed that could determine which candidates could be successful in an organization in the long run. Such a technique, system, or plan does not seem... (6 views)
Lawyers' Bills Become Thicker From a single sheet of paper to a towering stack, lawyers' bills have grown over time.''Today's bills are as thick as case files, and at least as detailed,'' says an article on www.law.com. (6 views)
Federal Judge Bars Delaware Chancery Court from Hearing Private Arbitrations On Thursday, a federal judge, Mary McLaughlin of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled that arbitration cases amount to nonjury trials and must be open to the public. The ruling barred Court of Chancery judges in Delaware from presiding over arbitration proceedings that are closed to the public. (6 views)
Three Law Students Sign Up With LawMeets Law students don’t have to intern at big law firms over the summer to gain reasonable legal training before they join other attorneys in a bleak job market. Karl Okamoto, a law professor at Drexel University’s Earle Mack School of Law, has produced an ingenious website where law students can fine tune their legal skills without applying to a law firm. The site is... (6 views)
Minnesota Law on Corporate Political Spending Blocked by Appeals Court On Wednesday, a split 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, temporarily blocked the law regulating corporate political spending in Minnesota holding that the current law violated the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. The cited case had removed limits on the money spent by companies and unions on the support or opposition... (6 views)
Don't forget you are an Attorney just because you joined a Board of Directors There seems to be an ongoing debate of perspectives both among businesses that hire corporate counsel and among in-house counsel themselves about their true roles with regard to the business, though there is no doubt as to their functions. There is one camp that views the role of a corporate counsel as a ‘gatekeeper’ with the duty of acting as a voice of caution that... (6 views)
Getting Job Interviews at Law Firms in Different Cities ON MANY INTERVIEWING TRIPS, YOU EXIST IN A CITY FOR THREE days with no focus but the interviews and not much energy in the evenings. This condition is accentuated if the city holds no acquaintances of yours. Because interviewing and traveling exhaust the hardiest applicants, evenings consist often of dinner and sleep. More difficult to fill are long afternoons without an... (6 views)
Resources for Succeeding in Law School This Book Is your springboard, not your ladder. Now that you've seen what the landscape looks like from a distance, you need to take over. Make yourself a success in law school. First of all, do as Carol Counselor did: Look up the rules. Every subject 1 discussed in this book is the subject of more extensive treatment elsewhere. There are books that describe the locations,... (6 views)
New York State Bar Votes against Non-Lawyer Ownership On last Saturday, the New York State Bar Association House of Delegates voted to reaffirm the association’s position against allowing non-lawyers entry into law firm ownership. Though Washington has allowed non-lawyers to have stake in law firm practices, 50 states, including New York, continue to prohibit non-lawyers from having any stake in ownerships of law firms. (6 views)
San Francisco Passes Ban on Being Nude in Public In a historic vote of sorts, San Francisco, a city famous for its open and tolerant attitude towards idiosyncrasies and deviations, voted to ban public nudity on Tuesday. The ordinance brought by Supervisor Scott Wiener won by a narrow 6-5 margin, and brought an end to an era of personal freedom for nudists. (6 views)
Stolen Identities? 07/02/07 The University of California Davis recently informed about 1,000 veterinarians-to-be that a hacker may have collected their names, birthdates, and Social Security numbers—all pieces of information given during the application process, says an article on www.informationweek.com. (6 views)
Stage for Collecting Legal Fees All of the marketing tools we have discussed are designed only to provide the lawyer with the opportunity to close a "sale." Marketing brings inquiries. After that, you have to get the representation, and set the stage for collecting a fee. Different techniques will work in different situations. There is no one rule, nor a single style of selling legal services. (6 views)
Ex-Partner of New Jersey Law Firm Admits Embezzling $885,000 On Wednesday, attorney Timothy Provost, 57, pleaded guilty to mail fraud before U.S. District Judge Michael A. Shipp in Trenton federal court. The identity of the law firm is not known and it has been referred to in documents, and in the statement released by the U.S. District Attorney’s office only as ''Law Firm.'' (6 views)
Beginning Your Search for a Career in a Non-Legal Field By now you probably have a feeling that obtaining a non-legal position that will allow you to utilize the skills you have acquired in law school is going to require a different approach than you would use if you were seeking a position in legal practice. You are right. However, in both areas, more positions are probably lost through failure to do adequate homework than for... (6 views)
Long-Term Planning For a Successful Non-Legal Career Search Once you have tested your ideas about your job search through the networking process, you will want to put together an overall job hunting strategy. (6 views)
Time Management While Working At a Law Firm Dear Lawcrossing, When I graduate, I want a job that comes as close to a 40-hour work week as I can reasonably get. I'm not afraid of hard work, but I have a family and I don't want to be penalized for it. Is there such a thing in the legal field? (6 views)
A Career Audit for Associates In the nine years that I have been in the recruiting business, I have spoken to literally hundreds of associates about their careers. Through these conversations, I have noticed a number of repeating themes (concerns about how to achieve work/life balance, decreasing interest in partnership, etc.). (6 views)
Degrees and Courses Outside Law School Just as the world of legal practice has become ever more specialized, so too have law schools tried to offer multiple courses in every popular (and not so popular) specialty. Whether this means traditional specialties such as labor law, or new ones such as any of the various corporate transactional areas, schools have tried with varying degrees of success to keep pace with... (6 views)
What Attorneys Need to Learn to Manage the Media When media coverage is likely but not desired, the attorney is well advised to be prepared to respond to the media and even to initiate contact with them. The media are not always hostile but will print or broadcast information of interest to its audience. Since accuracy cannot always be ensured, the attorney can protect his or her interests through cooperation. (6 views)
Financial Aid Required For the Training Post-secondary education of any kind can be quite expensive. However, that's no reason not to go to school; if you are determined to get training, there's financial aid available for you. As much as possible, plan ahead to handle your education costs. The federal government offers student loans and grants, and many states offer financial aid as well. This article will help... (6 views)
Raising the practice standards - On clients evaluating attorneys Considerable research has been conducted concerning the criteria used by business and retail clients when evaluating attorneys. Since clients buy legal services from attorneys, not firms, an understanding of clients' evaluation criteria can contribute to shaping a practice development program. In a paper entitled "Business Executive Evaluations of Various Aspects of... (6 views)
How Can I Best Utilize Personal Contacts at Other Firms? How Can I Best Utilize Personal Contacts at Other Firms? (6 views)
What the Study of Law is all about Having successfully surmounted all the hurdles in being accepted at a law school in this highly competitive age, the student has the capacity to succeed at the school he attends. Many students, however, spend their first semester, or first year, struggling to determine exactly what the study of law is all about. Law school presents an inherently different type of challenge... (6 views)
Practical Strategies for Law Interns for Managing Time Nothing sends stress levels spiraling like a deadline that suddenly becomes impossible to meet. This all-too-common phenomenon shows how time management is closely linked to stress management. When time is m naged well, job stress is greatly reduced. This article outlines some practical strategies for managing your time well and-as a direct result-keeping stress at a... (6 views)
Lengthen Your Application List to Get Through a Good Law School The benefits of attending a top law school are so great that it's worth at least trying, even if your numbers make admission unlikely. If you present yourself properly and exploit some of the edge factors, there's always the chance that there's something in your background that the school will feel it needs to make its student body more diverse. It doesn't cost that much... (6 views)
Listening Is A Great Source For Learning: Utilize It There is another form of networking listening - listening for learning. We're talking about listening to audio tapes on subjects pertinent to networking and listening to speakers whose topics address some aspects of the networking process. Some of the time you can use to listen to audio tapes is really free time. It's the time you spend driving - to work, for pleasure or... (6 views)