In-House Attorneys are highly satisfied with their jobs Corporate Counsel's recent report on the job satisfaction of in-house lawyers highlights the lack of opportunity for advancement within most corporate legal departments. (1664 views)
Michael Paranzino, President of Throw Away The Key On December 2, 2005, Kenneth Lee Boyd became the 1,000th person executed in the United States since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. In the first of a two-part series, LawCrossing speaks with attorney Michael Paranzino, who is working to support capital punishment. (603 views)
The Life and Career of Thomas M. Dempsey, The Law Offices of Thomas M. Dempsey and President of the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Foundation, Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles-based activist trial attorney Thomas M. Dempsey recently became president of the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Foundation, which is a national organization. LawCrossing speaks with Dempsey about his career and the foundation's work. (1829 views)
The Life and Career of Kim Martin Lewis, Partner, Dinsmore & Shohl, Cincinnati, OH Attorney Kim Martin Lewis recently made an ''explosive'' appearance in the U.S. Supreme Court. LawCrossing talks with Martin Lewis about the case and her career as one of Ohio's top bankruptcy attorneys. (624 views)
The Life and Career of Robert Luskin, Partner, Patton Boggs, Washington, DC When Karl Rove needed a lawyer for the now-infamous CIA leak investigation, Robert Luskin got the job. LawCrossing speaks with Luskin about his career and the investigation of Rove and other White House staffers. (1398 views)
Exploring the Blogosphere Remember that Apple commercial a few years back, where various celebrities were asking what email was and why everyone had it? Well, now that everyone really does have it, email is passé, and blogging is the hot new Internet obsession. (8 views)
Lanny Davis, Partner, ''Legal Crisis Communications'' practice group, Orrick, Washington, DC As a White House lawyer and spokesman during the Clinton years, Lanny Davis learned a thing or two about managing political and legal crises. LawCrossing speaks with Davis about his career and the expertise he calls ''legal crisis communications.'' (135 views)
The Life and Career of Steven Shaw, Lawyer-Turned-Author and Founder of eGullet.com and thefatguy.com Steven Shaw says that anyone who says there's no such thing as a free lunch clearly never went to law school. The author of the recently published Turning the Tables: Restaurants from the Inside Out discovered fine dining during his second year of law school at Fordham University in New York. While being recruited by law firms for summer associate openings, Shaw dined at... (156 views)
The High Court's Star Attorney: The Kid Meet Tom Goldstein, Supreme Court advocate extraordinaire, age 31. Just one question, Tom: What does a boy wonder do for an encore? (574 views)
The Worst Supreme Court Decisions Ever: Bad Judgment A candid look at judicial mistakes. (7431 views)
Jim Cramer and being the CNBC Co-host CNBC's wildman market commentator James Cramer is also a Harvard-trained lawyer-and he has a few things to say about the new laws of Wall Street, the crusade of Eliot Spitzer, and how law school drove him to trade. (97 views)
The Life and Career of Richard Scruggs "the most influential man in America" At the Sav-Rex drugstore and soda fountain in Pascagoula, Mississippi, a half-dozen regulars at the horseshoe-shaped lunch counter hand down a unanimous verdict on their neighbor Richard Scruggs. (3109 views)
A client can make or break a law firm What do you do when a client mispronounces your name? Ducks your phone calls? Asks you to make an unethical deal? Seventeen associates voice their biggest client concerns. We offer 17 savvy solutions. (27 views)
Interview with Justice Dennis Archer first African American to be the president of American Bar Association The incoming ABA chairman is trying to build a more diverse profession. Care to join him? (141 views)
Private Interest vs. Public Accountability: Who's Your Master? Lawyers cannot serve public and private interests at the same time, says Alan Dershowitz. (53 views)
Practicing Law Abroad: The Expat Files Corruption, fishnet stockings, downing baijiu shots with partners-it's all part of practicing in a foreign land. Meet five lawyers and their adopted jurisdictions. (3581 views)
Meet Four Public Interest Lawyers: Profiles Doing good is often the road less traveled, but these four have chosen to take it anyway. — Special Report [The Bill of Rights] (125 views)
The Legal Career of John O'Connell Lawyer at the Legal Aid Society for the poor It is the week before Christmas, and in the next 48 hours John O'Connell will help drunk drivers, drug peddlers, thieves, wife beaters, parole violators, and a man who shot someone he didn't like in the face. (2719 views)
Interview with Ted Shaw: For the Defense As the nation looks back at the legacy of Brown, this man is glaring at the challenges of the future — and thinks he knows how to meet them head on. (127 views)
Interview with a Supreme Court Justice: Stevens' Opinions In a rare interview, Justice John Paul Stevens talks about his career, your career, and (just a little bit) about Bush v. Gore. (588 views)
Interview with Stephen Bright: Voice of the Damned Stephen Bright says you have to be out of your mind to represent prisoners on death row. That hasn't stopped him yet. (222 views)
Interview with Scott Turow: Facts and Fiction The law has always been a muse for Scott Turow. Now it has led him to his most complex protagonist yet: capital punishment. (174 views)
Interview with Mickey Sherman: Center Stage For the one-time lawyer for Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, the spotlight still burns. (236 views)
Interview with Barry Scheck: Best Evidence Barry Scheck's crusade for DNA testing is shaking the American criminal justice system to its core. (390 views)
Interview with Ann Coulter Ann Coulter is the self-styled queen of over-the-top conservative opinion. (1366 views)
In-House Counsel: Life in the Corporate Wing More and more lawyers are discovering that company counsel gigs come with surprisingly interesting challenges-and some very attractive perks. (5881 views)
An Interview with Ted Sorensen on legal ethics In a word: very. Sorensen — a former writer for JFK (he penned the famous letter to Khrushchev near the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis) who has been a senior partner, now of counsel, at Paul, Weiss since 1966—has a few things to say about the need for ethics in the law. (122 views)
A Husband & Wife Team's Pursuit of Justice: Alone Together How a couple makes its practice work (649 views)