Best News Controversy of the Week: Alleged Falling Out Between Scalia and Alito With the summer season imminent, law blogs are getting hot. This week, we will take a gander at the happenings across the Internet's law blogosphere and report to you the most noteworthy events. So tuck your pants into your boots, and hitch a ride on the blog wagon! (11 views)
Anna Brook: Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Law School's The Record, Cambridge, MA As a 2L student at Harvard Law School and Editor-in-Chief of The Record, Anna Brook has learned the importance of time management. Among studying, overseeing the newspaper, and interning during the summer, she still finds time for the fun stuff. (205 views)
The Real World: Life after Law School Gone are the books, the green lawns, and the campus Starbucks. In their places are charcoal suits, high-rise office buildings, and unrealistic expectations. You are no longer a law student. Instead, you are a lawyer, and the first year of your brand-new career can be a long, hard one if you don't know what to expect. (8646 views)
The Life and Career of Bill Piatt: Dean, St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, TX Not only is Bill Piatt the Dean of St. Mary's University School of Law, but he's also one of only two Hispanic deans in the country. Born and raised in Santa Fe, NM, Piatt speaks fluent Spanish and has taught at summer law programs in both Mexico and Spain. He thinks being multilingual is a major asset in today's legal field. (955 views)
The Life and Career of Alito, Government Lawyer and against woman's right to abortion Early this year, after a 58-42 vote, Sam Alito was sworn in as the 110th Supreme Court Justice. The Senate votes, which were split largely along party lines, reflect both the admiration and criticism towards Alito's conservative judicial philosophy. (193 views)
Nailing the Interview With several generic publications, websites, and services dedicated to providing resume-writing tips, there is a lack of information on interviewing techniques specific to attorneys. (2333 views)
Insurance decision keeps his workers afloat after fire Customers used to look forward to the fireman's special at The Gathering, a bar and restaurant in the Mission Hills neighborhood of San Diego. (9 views)
Scooter Style What's cooler than a bike, trendier than a motorcycle, and faster than a skateboard? Why, a scooter, of course. Piaggio, the company that first introduced the world to scooter style with the Vespa in 1946, has done it again with the creation of a three-wheeled scooter. (138 views)
Plenty Big: Escalade for '07 is a hunk of hot-selling Cadillac luxury The third time's the charm for the Cadillac Escalade. The third-generation Escalade, on sale now, is at long last the Eldorado of luxury sport utility vehicles. (131 views)
Summertime Requires Music! And here are our choices... With summertime imminent, we know many of you will be taking road trips, hitting the beach, or visiting the party circuit. And none of those activities is complete without music! This week, we're pleased to recommend the album that our staff has deemed as the number-one must-have of the summer. (175 views)
5 Tips for a Foolish Trip Doesn't everybody dream of something? Maybe it's a new car or a bigger house. In the Beyers household, we dream of world travel. But we're in the minority in 2006. According to the United States Travel Data Center, Americans are planning to take shorter trips and stay closer to home this summer. (42 views)
Law Students with specific interest in astronomy can excel in Space Law The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) is about to go where no law school has gone before: outer space. While many law schools are busy thinking internationally, UNL is going one step further, proposing its very own space law program. School officials are excited about the idea and hope to see the school become America's leading space law institution. (27 views)
California Appeals Court Hands Down Victory for Bloggers in Apple v. Does Case In 1978, NBA all-star George ''Iceman'' Gervin scored a record 33 points in the second quarter for San Antonio against New Orleans, using his patented blogger roll. Since then, Gervin has been enshrined in the Hall of Fame, and blogs have become a powerful force in mainstream America. This week, we will look over the best of the week's law blogs and break it all down for... (5 views)
Unlawful seizure by the cops and the case of drunken boys A policeman's lot, as Gilbert & Sullivan taught us, is usually not a happy one. With its unanimous opinion last week in Brigham City v. Stuart, the Supreme Court made a policeman's lot at least a little less unhappy. (20 views)
Donna M. Profeta: Paralegal As a realtor, Donna M. Profeta decided to enroll in a paralegal course in order to further her career in real estate. However, now a proud graduate of Washington Online Learning Institute (WOLI), she is not only using her paralegal education in her career as a realtor, but she also has big plans to open her own legal document-preparation business. (196 views)
The Life and Career of Beatriz M.G. Gordon: Associate, Morrison & Foerster, LLP; Public Law Center's 2005 Attorney of the Year With an energy and animation that only comes from truly loving what you do, Beatriz M.G. Gordon describes her pro bono work for the Public Law Center (PLC) in Orange County, CA, as personally rewarding. Averaging between 50 and 100 hours of pro bono work a year, Gordon was voted the PLC's Attorney of the Year in 2005. (888 views)
Using Background Checks to Screen Potential Hires When looking for a new job, there are many considerations for an applicant to weigh. The issues of salary, benefits, location, and responsibilities leave little time for a job seeker to think about what happens when an employer does decide to consider him/her for a position. (94 views)
The Life and Career of Robert J. Ambrogi: Author, The Essential Guide to the Best (and Worst) Legal Sites on the Web, Rockport, MA Tucked away in the quaint seaside town of Rockport, MA, Robert J. Ambrogi is passionate about two things: journalism and technology. (103 views)
Honesty is the best policy for resumes, too Everybody knows you shouldn't tell lies, yet why does that often get forgotten when we are constructing resumes? (86 views)
Wireless comes of age Back in the late 1990s, as the New Economy bacchanal raged, the wireless industry promised to set America free. (1 views)
Honda's subcompact offers a refined and - surprise! - quick ride There's been a revival of subcompacts, beginning with the recent debut of the Toyota Yaris sedan and hatchback, the Honda Fit (today's test car) and the Nissan Versa hatchback, which goes on sale in June. (22 views)
Tango in the afternoon alfresco Think of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the word tango appears - the soul and pulse of the city. Without this seductive dance and heartfelt music, Buenos Aires would be stripped naked of its sensuality, passion and personality. Created by struggling immigrants more than a century ago, the tango entices both young and old worldwide. Countless travelers are lured to Buenos... (32 views)
10 Documents You Shouldn't Live Without Odds are, there's a document or two that you know you should have, but you just haven't gotten around to yet. It might be your will or a living will. But did you know that there are actually lots of documents that you might want to consider adding to your file drawer? Below I've listed 10 that I think are must-have documents. See how many you have, and take action on the... (12 views)
Thelma Alvarado-Garza: President of the Capital Area Paralegal Association and Paralegal with Whitehurst, Harkness, Ozmun & Brees; Austin, TX As a paralegal in plaintiff's civil litigation, Thelma Alvarado-Garza deals with people who are facing sad and difficult situations. She said sometimes it's a challenge to keep a professional perspective and not become personally invested. (186 views)
Enron's Jeffrey Skilling and Kenneth Lay Could Face Life Sentences Lawyers constitute 1% of the U.S. population. Still, lawyers comprise more than 6% of bloggers. About 57% of attorneys polled by the ABA read at least one blog a day. Roughly 19% of those polled are working on their own blogs. These disparate figures lead us to believe that our work, providing updated law blog commentary, is more important than ever. We're... (12 views)
How Bankrupt Is 'Bankrupt'? Hard cases, they say, make bad law. The case of Laura Susan Reynolds, just brought to the Supreme Court on a money-lender's petition for appeal, is about as hard a case as you're likely to find. (96 views)
New Courses to prioritize International Law As more and more legal issues stretch beyond the borders of the United States, law schools are placing a higher level of importance on the study of international law. (94 views)
Electronic Frontiers in Law Firm Marketing Forget phone book marketing, direct mail, and everything you ever heard about banner ads. (33 views)
Right to Abortion, Right to promote Abortion through advertisement and American Civil Liberties Suppose, to be supposing, that you live and own a car in Memphis or Nashville or Chattanooga. (97 views)
TiVo Talks Upgrades TiVo—the very company that ensures that not a single episode of Grey's Anatomy, Lost, or 24 will ever be missed—is back in the news, showing off new add-ons and hinting at plans for the future. Among the big announcements are the Series2 DT DVR, a partnership with Verizon Wireless, the Product Watch service, and plans for a KidZone feature. (3 views)