Gender Pay Gap In 2008, according to United States census statistics, women in the United States were making an average of 77 cents to the man's dollar and female attorneys at law firms are not excluded from the pay equity gap. If you look specifically at African American women, that number drops down to 68 cents followed by Latinas making 58 cents. It is illegal to discriminate based... (5 views)
Legal Marketplace Puts Onus on Law Schools to Provide More Practical Experience According to the August 5th Wall Street Journal blog, 'New York State Bar Prez Says Law Students Need Better Training', the position that lawyers need more practical experience upon graduation is an issue that's been gaining steam since the recession. (5 views)
Sin, Redemption and Salvaged Careers This past Sunday, Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter took to the airwaves and expressed his disappointment that President Obama's State of the Union Address failed to mention last summer's massive explosion that killed eleven men and resulted in a shut down of activity along the Gulf Coast. This week, we take a look at the career and scandal that has defined the... (5 views)
The Honorable Roger Vinson ''If they decided that everybody needs to eat broccoli because broccoli is healthy, they would mandate that everybody has to buy a certain amount of broccoli each week''. With that analogy, Judge Roger Vinson entered the highly charged Obamacare health care debate. (5 views)
Common Cause and Justice Thomas The nonpartisan advocacy organization, Common Cause, is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas should have recused themselves from a landmark Supreme Court case, due to a conflict of interest. The ruling on the Citizens United v Federal Election Commission case removed a long-standing ban that blocked... (5 views)
Can The State Senate Detain AWOL Senators? One of the biggest legal battles going on in the United States today is happening in the state legislature in Wisconsin. With the blessing of Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin and the unanimous vote of all Republican state senators in Wisconsin, the State Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Wa) signed an order that the 14 Democratic senators, who fled the state... (5 views)
Florida Paralegals Request State Licensing New legislation in Florida may set a new precedent for paralegals looking to practice in the state. (5 views)
Supreme Court Orders Release of California Inmates In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court upheld a 2009 ruling that supports the release of more than one-fourth of California's prison population over the next two years. Strangely though, the actual number of prisoners set to be released seems to vary depending on which justice and which political party advocate you talk to. According to conservatives, 46,000 inmates will... (5 views)
Reducing Loan Debt for Law Students It comes as no surprise that many law students are steeped in loan debt upon graduation, as the price of a legal education continues to only increase. (5 views)
Suing to Prevent Prosecution Ever since the 2010 airing of the TLC reality television show, ''Sister Wives,'' Kody Brown and his four wives have been under investigation in their home-state of Utah. Initially the family responded by picking up and moving to Nevada, but just last week, they made a move to fight back. (5 views)
The Career Services Office (CSO) at the Chicago-Kent College of Law The Career Services Office (CSO) at the Chicago-Kent College of Law gives students comprehensive assistance with their career objectives. The CSO staff is diverse, experienced and knowledgeable, both about the practice of law and career counseling, and works closely with students to help them become successful in their careers. (5 views)
EHRs and Legal Liability In today's digital age, the use of electronic health records (EHR) only continues to increase, as does the legal questions and issues surrounding their use. (5 views)
Recent Raid by U.S. Justice Department on Gibson Guitar Company Over Wood Shipment Raises Questions about Lacey Act The Lacey Act is a conservation law passed in 1900 to protect wildlife, fish, and plants, and that was most recently amended in 2008 to combat activities in relation to illegal logging. The act applies to a wide range of wood products that includes lumber, paper and other items such as hand tools, billiard tables and revolvers. The amendment requires companies to exercise... (5 views)
TN Supreme Court Proposes 'Gun for Hire' Arrangement for Indigent Legal Cases In an attempt to control its indigent defense fund - a fund that's nearly doubled in the last five years, from almost $20 million to nearly $38 million - the Tennessee Supreme Court is considering implementing a 'gun for hire' arrangement; in other words, it would adopt the practice of garnering bids from, and awarding contracts to, lawyers and/or firms for fixed fees. (5 views)
Better to join small firms in case the big companies stop campus recruitments It's not a great time to be a law student looking for a job. On-campus interviews, in particular, have dwindled. (5 views)
State Pork Producers Threaten to Sue Over Prison Meal Offerings When Muslim death row inmate Abdul Awkal accused the Ohio state prison system of infringing on his religious freedoms by refusing to provide halal meals, officials responded by removing pork products from the prison menus altogether. However, instead of calming the situation, this “resolution” only served to escalate the problem. First of all, Awkal has no intention of... (5 views)
Financial Meltdown — The Legal News By now, you've most likely heard the news. Over the past weekend, the US banking industry and financial sector descended into chaos as two more Wall Street icons teetered on the brink of collapse. (5 views)
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Prisoner’s Have Right to Privacy On Wednesday, members of the US Supreme Court were asked to determine what privacy rights an individual maintains or possesses when in jail. The question stems from a case involving Albert Florence, who was detained in 2005 for allegedly failing to pay a fine. During his time in custody, Florence claims that he was subjected to two invasive strip searches, despite the fact... (5 views)
ACLU of Ohio Takes Bullying by the Horns Sadly, bullying continues to be a growing problem among students and has garnered national attention in recent years. One need only Google the term to find hundreds of sites devoted to the issue, and how to stop it. You can just drive by a local school to see signage decrying the abuse, so what’s going on? Why can’t it be stopped? (5 views)
Sterilization Program Leaves 7,600 with Scars in North Carolina Even as late as the 1970s North Carolina’s Eugenics Board touted sterilization as a “progressive” family planning measure that would ultimately serve to improve society’s gene pool. Under the state’s eugenics laws, individuals with epilepsy, mental illness, or an IQ of less than 70 were candidates for sterilization. (5 views)
Legal Staff Hiring Set To Increase There is good news for legal personnel according to a new report in from Robert Half Legal, a legal staffing firm. (5 views)
Business Leader Magazine Honors Florida Attorney In recognition of her substantial contributions to the local business community, Florida-based attorney Kelley Geraghty Price has been named to the 2011 Women Extraordinaire list by Business Leader Magazine. Price, who was honored at a December 12th ceremony, will be featured in a future edition of Business Leader Magazine. (5 views)
Trying to get some experience by working after the exams are over It's that time again: exams are almost over, and then it's summertime. Sadly, that really doesn't mean much in terms of a break for most law students. For first years there are the journals to write on for, co-curricular activities to try to get involved with (such as moot court), and then that first job — if you are lucky enough to be summering somewhere. (5 views)
Supreme Court on EPA Case: Government Reasoning 'Very Strange' Is the EPA throwing its weight around? The U.S. Supreme Court might think so. (5 views)
This Millennium's McCarthyism: SOPA and PIPA In recent days, mass online protests have swept the nation as millions have taken a stand against proposed SOPA and PIPA legislation, which, on many fronts, appears to shaping up as this millennium’s brand of McCarthyism. (5 views)
Washington House Approves Same-Sex Marriage Bill Just one day after a court of federal appeals in California said that the state's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional, the lawmakers from Washington state approved gay marriage. The House voted in favor of passing the bill, 55-43, after the Senate approved the bill last week. The law should be signed into effect by Governor Chris Gregoire within the next week or so.... (5 views)
Exploration of the Legal Job Market Once you can articulate your strengths, skills, motives and goals, you need to find out who would be interested in the "product" you are selling. (5 views)
California: A Major Player in the Legal Arena It's no wonder that the state of California, which represents the world's ninth largest economy, and is home to an estimated 37 million people, is a major player when it comes to trends in a variety of areas - including the law. (5 views)
Workplace Discrimination Remains Strong In an ideal world, we would have reached a point in the modern workplace where discrimination issues no longer exist. However, as evidenced by the ongoing need for agencies such as the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Labor Department, this is far from true. (5 views)
Macey & Aleman, Largest Bankruptcy Practice in U.S., Creates Focus on FDCPA Violations by Collection Agencies Macey & Aleman, which owns Macey Bankruptcy Law, the largest U.S. practice helping consumer debtors in bankruptcy since 1994, is putting greater focus on Fair Debt Helpers, a service owned by Macey & Aleman. (5 views)