'Tis the season to be eating - and sneezing As the weather turns cold, we all need some help keeping the pounds off our middles and the colds out of our offices. (31 views)
Is It Bad To Be Part Of Or Join A Law Firm With High Turnover? Part 2 ''This is the second part of a two-part series. To read the first part, visit the LawCrossing archives now! (4271 views)
The Salem Witch Trials Over the 314 years since the Salem Witch Trials, the law has obviously undergone extensive changes and evolution. However, during a week when almost everyone has witches on the brain, it may be interesting—and enlightening—to wander into the past and take a look at how the justice system worked at the time when the trials took place and how that system affected the... (272 views)
Get Organized! I'll let you in on a little secret: I hate organizing. I think it's boring and it merely reminds me of the multitude of ways in which I fail at running Me, Inc. And yet I'm writing about it. Why? Because although I don't much like doing it, when I do manage to get organized, I find I have more time, save more money, and there's much less unpleasantness at home and work. (6 views)
The Life and Career of Hon. Elizabeth White: Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles Judge Elizabeth White has her bases covered. Having worked as both a paralegal and an attorney, White is currently a judge with the Los Angeles Superior Court's South District, which includes Long Beach and San Pedro. (3508 views)
The George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC Our featured law school this week is The George Washington University Law School, located in Washington, DC. GW Law, as it is commonly referred to, was the first law school in the District of Columbia. It was founded in 1825 but was forced to close due to financial hardship only a year after its founding, in 1826. Nearly 40 years later, the law school reopened and became... (659 views)
Fall 2006 State of the Market Report Fall 2006: State of the Market Reports for U.S. and International Regions. (9 views)
Michael Tyler: Senior Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer, and Corporate Secretary of Gateway, Inc. After watching the movie The Paper Chase, high school student Michael Tyler knew right then and there that he wanted to become a lawyer. The main character in the movie, a brilliant but naïve law student, was a source of inspiration for Tyler, who is now Senior Vice President, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer, and Corporate Secretary of Gateway, Inc. (33 views)
Patricia F. Clapper: Paralegal, Levine & Stewart, Chapel Hill, NC For paralegal Patricia Clapper, the best part of her job is that there's never a dull moment. She makes the daily 45-minute commute from Apex, NC, to Chapel Hill, where she works at Levine & Stewart, a general practice law firm. She said she enjoys working at a firm where she can handle a variety of different cases. ''Every day brings a new and exciting challenge,... (306 views)
The Power of Words in Your Resume and Cover Letter When composing resumes and cover letters, many people underestimate the power of words. Whether it be a resume, cover letter, essay, or email, the entire meaning of a work can be altered by word choice. Evaluating the connotations of words used in your resume and cover letter and making necessary adjustments can both streamline the flow of your documents and allow you to... (813 views)
The Center for Advanced Legal Studies, Houston, TX According to their website, the Center for Advanced Legal Studies is ''the only ABA approved and accredited college in Texas that specializes in paralegal education.'' The center was founded in 1981, in San Antonio, TX. In 1987, the Houston branch of the center opened after being granted an operation license by the Texas Education Agency. In the same year, the center was... (736 views)
Nancy L. Abell: Partner with Paul, Hastings, Janofsky, and Walker, LLP, Los Angeles, CA As an undergraduate at Pitzer College in the early '70s, Nancy Abell did not plan on going to law school. After graduating first in her class with a B.A. in Psychology in 1972, she began working for the City of Los Angeles Personnel Department, where she remained for four and a half years. During that time, she was a member of Mayor Tom Bradley's Affirmative Action Task... (803 views)
Star chambers: Celebrities own hotel hideaways By now, most of us know that Robert Redford owns the Sundance Resort in Utah. Ever wonder what other celebrities might be invested in hotels? Here's a sampling: (163 views)
Martin Magnusson: Vice President of the American Constitution Society, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA After spending time working at the Domestic Violence Institute in Boston, Northeastern University law student Martin Magnusson knew litigation was the best career track for him. ''My clinical experience confirmed my sense that litigation was a good fit for me,'' he said. (57 views)
Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA At Northeastern University School of Law, taking an innovative approach to legal education has become a tradition. The School of Law was founded in 1898, with a strong emphasis on serving the needs of the Boston community. NUSL was the first law school in Boston to offer evening classes, catering to those students for whom full-time day classes were inconvenient. Today,... (487 views)
How to draft the best resume and covering letter to get the job When preparing cover letters and resumes for a job search mailing, you should never consider submitting two of the same cover letter—or even two of the same resume, for that matter. It is invaluable to know as much as possible about the jobs you are applying for, so that your letter and resume can be focused and concise. Each letter and resume must speak directly to each... (278 views)
A job as a supervisor is no cakewalk : NLRB Ruling Comedian Stephen Colbert has a simple solution for labor-management relations in America.''Let's make everyone a supervisor,'' he says. ''The CEO will supervise the office manager; the office manager will supervise the janitor; and the janitor will supervise the CEO. That way they're all equal. It's the great circle of life.'' (51 views)
Saving Money on Your Pets If you talk to my six-year-old son for more than a minute, you're likely to find out three things: 1) he loves all things Star Wars, 2) his dad sometimes sleeps naked (this is apparently hilarious party conversation for a kindergartener), and 3) he desperately wants a dog. (23 views)
Gerald Slater: Director for Administration at the Office of Cooperative Legal Education, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA Northeastern University School of Law (NUSL) offers a unique cooperative education program (co-op), in which students alternate between full-time classes and full-time internships. The program gives students opportunities to apply the material they learn in the classroom to their related legal fields. (131 views)
FDR Set Precedent for Presidential Libraries Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the nation's first presidential library because he believed history could offer insight for the future. Robert Clark, Supervisory Archivist for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum, considers Roosevelt ''foresighted'' for creating a library that serves as ''a place to study and search and learn about the history of... (867 views)
Is It Bad To Be Part Of Or Join A Law Firm With High Turnover? Part 1 Law firms are organizations, and organizations go through changes-including turnover. In order to understand the sort of turnover a law firm may go through and whether it is something you should view as a negative or positive, it is useful to think of many of the challenges of running a law firm and keeping it competitive in the marketplace. The main question you need to... (1316 views)
Ram-Rod: Viper-powered Dodge pickup has 500-hp bragging rights but needs more technical finesse When it comes to the grandstand play of stuffing a Dodge Viper V-10 in a Ram pickup, any enthusiast can step back and say, ''More power to ya, Dodge.'' (537 views)
The Paralegal Program at Minnesota State University, Moorhead Minnesota State University, Moorhead, (MSUM) is located in Moorhead, MN. Moorhead is situated in the northwestern corner of Minnesota, directly across the Red River from Fargo, ND. (118 views)
The Life and Career of Kimberley Chen Nobles: Partner with Crowell & Moring, LLP, Irvine, CA Before becoming an attorney, Kimberley Chen Nobles worked as a research and design engineer for several years at Rockwell International, where she and her team supported the space station, space shuttle, and space-based interceptors. In addition, her engineering experience includes work in the areas of communications and antennae. Nobles said she worked at three different... (415 views)
The Life and Career of Jennifer Gleason: Staff Attorney, Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (E-LAW), Eugene, OR Founded by grassroots lawyers from 10 countries around the world in 1989, the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (E-LAW) in Eugene, OR, works to assist public interest lawyers and scientists around the world in developing the skills and gathering the resources they need to bring about environmental protection by legal means. 17 years later, more than 300 grassroots... (425 views)
The case of capital punishment post changing of the Judge Seventeen years have passed since Jeffrey Landrigan murdered Chester Dean Dyer, but the story won't go away. Now the record is resting in the U.S. Supreme Court on Arizona's appeal from a regrettable decision in the 9th Circuit. It's time to mark this case closed. (144 views)
Allen F. Mihecoby: Paralegal, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company, Fort Worth, TX Allen Mihecoby admits that he just fell into the perfect profession. He entered college with plans for a career in medicine. During his freshman year, he joined the debate team and decided that a career in law was for him. (386 views)
Bob Jackson, General Counsel of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) After 21 years of hard work and dedication to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Bob Jackson was recently promoted to General Counsel. (26 views)
Article does not exist (AP) - Mobile computing just got more portable. Making even the latest pocketbook-sized ultra-mobile personal computers look more like lumbering giants, RingCube Technologies Inc. unveiled software that can virtually squeeze a PC onto an iPod, USB keychain drive, cell phone or any gizmo with digital storage space.
A Policeman's Lot, Cont. For Victor Harris, his saddest words were surely these: ''If only I had pulled over ...'' (25 views)