Go topless: Saab 9-3 provides top-drawer comforts for top-down ride Be an environmentalist; drive a convertible. (165 views)
Miami Vices: A culinary tour MIAMI - The day I flew into Miami, Fidel Castro had ceded power to his brother and all of Little Havana was dancing in the streets, celebrating news they had waited to hear for 47 years. Since Castro took control in 1959, nearly a million Cubans have left their native land, most settling in Miami, where they wait for the Old Country to welcome them home. (28 views)
Recruiters Face New Obstacles in an Unstable Market In today's uncertain economic climate, lawyers are more reluctant to change positions, forcing recruiters to come up with innovative strategies to convince them to reenter the job market. (34 views)
Kay Fletcher: Assistant Dean for Career Services at Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, TX Kay Fletcher knows a thing or two about law. Prior to her current job as Assistant Dean for career services at Texas Tech University School of Law, she held the following positions: Civil Division Chief Prosecutor for the Lubbock County district attorney's office, Corporate Counsel for a large, publicly held food franchise corporation in Lubbock, Texas, and assistant to a... (122 views)
Attorneys go beyond the normal pereception of working on Sports personalities in legal cases Scott Boras. Drew Rosenhaus. Leigh Steinberg. (273 views)
Todd Frankel: Paralegal, Reed Smith, LLP, Los Angeles, CA Todd Frankel, a paralegal at Reed Smith in downtown Los Angeles, CA, made the career change from photojournalist to paralegal in January 2004, and he loves his new job. A litigation paralegal, Frankel deals with product liability with regard to pharmaceutical and medical device technology. (318 views)
Carolyn Spradley: Managing Director of Student Public Interest Initiative at Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, TX Carolyn Spradley, a third year student at Texas Tech University School of Law, decided to study law while she was employed as a caseworker for the Child Protective Services office in her hometown of Tyler, Texas. She started working for Child Protective Services after she graduated from Texas Tech University in 2002 with a degree in public relations. Spradley said that law... (102 views)
Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, TX In 1967, the first state-supported law school in the West Texas area opened with an entering class of 72 students. Today, nearly 700 students attend Texas Tech University School of Law in Lubbock, TX. (803 views)
Should You Be Bothered With Pro Bono Work? According to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, pro bono is a phrase derived from Latin meaning ''for the good.'' The complete phrase is pro bono publico, ''for the public good.'' It is used to designate legal or other professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment, as a public service. In some cases, pro bono counsel may assist an individual or group on a... (196 views)
The Life and Career of Richard Buery:Co-Founder, President, and Executive Director of Groundwork, Brooklyn, NY In Brooklyn, the statistics surrounding young people are not pretty. Studies show that over 50,000 kids between the ages of 7 and 14 live in public housing projects, and more than half of the city's youth live at or below the poverty line. However, studies also show that education programs combined with work experience can drastically increase a student's motivation to... (146 views)
American Patriotism Five Years After 9/11 In the days and weeks following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, American patriotism and attendance in the country's houses of worship swelled. Car windows and front porches were festooned with flags, while the pews were packed with bodies. (161 views)
What qualities/characteristics should I look for in a recruiting company? Being a good legal recruiter is very difficult work. If you take the average graduating class at a law school of say 500 people, I would estimate that 70 percent of the graduates could be outstanding lawyers if they apply themselves. Conversely, I would estimate that 99 percent of the people who graduate from law school could not be good legal recruiters (i.e., 1 percent... (377 views)
Hiring foreign-born tech workers can be daunting A portion of her job has become so unpredictable that Brenda Phillips probably wishes she had a crystal ball to guide her. (95 views)
The case of should airlines ask for a passengers identity or not? Under which law? On the Fourth of July in 2002, John Gilmore set out to fly from the West Coast to Washington, D.C. As things turned out, he never made the trip, mainly because the airline security folks wouldn't let him board a plane. He hasn't flown commercially from that day to this. (17 views)
The Hug Shirt This just in: Hugs are great! Hugs are everywhere, and all living things need them. (162 views)
Magnum SRT8's only drawback is temptation to speed I like a tight deadline, 'specially the one when the appliance repairman calls my cell phone to say he can be at my house in 15 minutes and I know I'm 20 minutes out. (121 views)
From rail to Renoir: A scenic train trek through Switzerland The train swept through a postcard-perfect landscape of snowcapped mountains towering above emerald green hillsides threaded by dramatic cascades, all reflected in a crystalline lakeside. I was relaxing on a two-hour scenic rail journey from Zurich to Bern, the Swiss capital and a UNESCO World Heritage site, with its 12th century preserved houses, monuments and museums. (177 views)
Girl Talk 101 Forget investing clubs, ladies. Who wants to spend a perfectly good evening with friends doing math? I have a better idea. Let's get together and gossip ... about money! (7 views)
Psychological Wounds Mark Twin Anniversaries Who knows which of the five stages of grief New Orleans residents were in on August 29, 2006, the anniversary of the day that Hurricane Katrina wrecked the Gulf Coast and destroyed much of their beloved city? Jazz trumpeter Marlon Jordan, who waited for five days to be rescued from the roof of his house in the 8th Ward last year, led an anniversary procession reminiscent... (8 views)
September 9 2006 Legal Blog Roundup I hope all of my readers know that they can't trust anything said on the Internet. Cue the long and not very funny routine about whether that means you can't trust me. But of course you know all that - you're lawyers. (101 views)
The importance of proofreading, suggestions, Reader Response and Q&A's In a previous column on formatting, an error was inserted into the paragraph on proofing your documents. The subject was how easily we could mistakenly use a homonym. You remember what homonyms are: those words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings, such as hear/here or there/their. The example I used in my column was to/too/two. However,... (156 views)
Blanche Berkowitz: Paralegal, Schell Bray Aycock Abel & Livingston, PLLC, Greensboro, NC Corporate paralegal Blanche Berkowitz practices her profession at Schell Bray Aycock Abel & Livingston, PLLC, in Greensboro, NC—a law firm that specializes in business/corporate law, including real estate and trusts and estates. There, she handles all aspects of business law support to the attorneys and clients in her firm. Berkowitz has been a corporate paralegal for 23... (171 views)
Martin Delonis: President of the Brooklyn Law Student's Death Penalty Project, Brooklyn, NY Martin Delonis, a graduate of Brooklyn Law School, was a student at Fordham University in the Bronx five years ago on the date of September 11. After graduating from Fordham University, he spent a year working for the Capital Defender Office of New York, which cemented his desire to become a lawyer. (22 views)
Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY September 11, 2001, will forever be remembered as the day that changed America. Since the war on terror began, the country's legal system has undergone significant reconstruction to prevent future atrocities. Many new and controversial laws have since been implemented, creating new legal challenges for lawyers. (287 views)
Too much dependencey on electronic documentation in legal cases creates a mess Starting Dec. 1, in-house counsel will have to contend with the new e-discovery procedural rules detailed in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (33 views)
The Life and Career of Gerry Spence: Author, The Making of a Country Lawyer With courtroom victories against Kerr-McGee, Penthouse, and McDonald's, among many others, Gerry Spence is a small-town attorney at the very top of his game. (4359 views)
Legal Technology: An Inside Look at Accepting Credit Cards as an Attorney—Without Getting Fleeced Accepting credit cards can be a very intimidating option to consider as a sole practitioner or small-firm attorney-if you deal with collecting retainers from your clients. (19 views)
The Life and Career of Dennis Kennedy: Author,DennisKennedy.blog In a legal field bursting with blogs, Dennis Kennedy is probably most well known for his annual Blawggie Awards. A true technology buff, Kennedy is excited to find out what the future of blogging holds. (30 views)
How do I know when it's time to use a recruiter for my next job or if I should search on my own? Working with a legal recruiter is the smartest decision a good attorney can make. Legal recruiters typically operate in the upper echelon of the legal profession; and for people who are suited for their services, legal recruiters are the absolute best career resources. Legal recruiters will identify the best opportunities for you, counsel you on your move, provide you... (166 views)