Kristen Comer + Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence Legal Action Project: Profile of an Influential Legal Assistant
Kristen Comer has been with the Brady Center since October. LawCrossing speaks with the legal assistant about...
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How to Become a Notary Public: Steps and Requirements for Making it Official
What do property transactions, estate planning devices, and affidavits have in common? The signing of these...
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Yale Law Students Take on Human Rights Issues - Focusing on Individuals, Communities and the International Scene
Because human rights law often moves beyond the law into the realms of philosophy and politics, it is only...
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Using Law to Fight Injustice: A Look at the Yale Law Human Rights Clinic
Human rights can range from amorphous concepts to real, tangible, and specific needs. Projects undertaken at...
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Should I Get a Joint JD/MBA Degree: Pros and Cons to Consider
Being from a family who for the past 25 years has been in the hospitality business, Tejal Desai made the...
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Explore a Tropical Paradise on Mexico's Secret Coast: Get Away from It All
First, we slathered ourselves top to bottom with mud containing coconut, cucumber and papaya. If laughter is...
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How to Manage Working with Difficult Colleagues Around Valentine's Day
In a week awash with the sentiments of St. Valentine, it may seem unseemly to comment upon a recent opinion in...
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5 Tips to Make a Positive Impression in the Legal Profession: Avoid Email & Partner Phobia
As Global Chair of Recruiting for Latham & Watkins, Tracy Edmonson says her law firm receives 6,000 resumes a...
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How to Accumulate $40K of Debt Without Taking Action | Debt Solutions from LawCrossing
A few months ago, I wrote a short article highlighting just how high some credit card interest rates are. The...
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Dennis Henigan: Director of Brady Center's Legal Action Project for Preventing Gun Violence
In the first installment of a two-part series on gun laws and policies in the United States, LawCrossing...
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Essential Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Anticipating the DOL Examination
This is the first of a two-part series on the FLSA and what law firms and their clients should know. Part One...
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The Successful Career of Vicki Ellen Behringer | LawCrossing
Witnessing history and documenting it—fast Vicki Ellen Behringer has worked on many of the biggest trials...
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How Paralegals Can Recover Unpaid Fees for Professional Legal Services
Attorneys are not the only legal professionals who should keep accurate time sheets: in most jurisdictions,...
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Washington College of Law's Marshall Brennan Program: Law Students Teach Each Other to Learn!
Marshall-Brennan fellows have their work cut out for them. The fellows—law students at American...
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Teaching Constitutional Law with the Marshall Brennan Program: Washington College of Law's Impact on High School Students
In an effort to educate high school students on the Constitution and simultaneously broaden the horizons of...
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Maintaining Connections with Your Alma Mater: What Alumni Associations Do
On graduation day, misty-eyed students say their goodbyes to friends, professors, and some long, hard years of...
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Explore the Ecological Wonders of the Galapagos Islands: A Walk on the Wild Side
As my camera lens zoomed in on the head of a long-necked giant tortoise that was in the wild yet less than 10...
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CASE OF THE DRUG-SNIFFING DOGS
Two weeks ago the Supreme Court handed down its 6-2 opinion in Illinois v. Caballes. The case was not exactly...
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Reflecting on an Age-Old Question: Should I Stay or Should I Go? - A Recruiter's Insight (Part II)
In the second of a two-part series, Claudia Spielman, BCG Attorney Search recruiter, uses her own experience...
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Uncovering the Financial Secrets: The Forbidden Word in Financial Planning
Thank you for reading. I hope you'll stick around until paragraph four, or even five, but if you don't I'll...
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Grand Rapids, Michigan Rhoades McKee Associate LaRissa D. Hollingsworth of LawCrossing
Rookie attorney makes national splash with prisoner rights trial.
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How to Use Voir Dire in Court: Know When to Strike a Juror and When to Keep Them
Voir Dire is French for ''to speak the truth.'' It also describes the process more prosaically known as...
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Lois Boyd: Founding Member of Fenwick West and LAMA, Past President of LAMA
Thinking of becoming a Chief Administrative Officer at a law firm? Ever wondered how one becomes a CAO?...
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How to Break into the Freelance Paralegal Market: Tips for Going Solo
For paralegals who strive to be their own bosses, freelance or independent paralegal work is a lucrative...
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Does Law School Rank Determine Career Success? An In-Depth Analysis of Rankings and Legal Outcomes
Each year hopeful college students send thousands of applications nationwide, trying to gain acceptance at...
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Planning a Romantic Valentine's Day Getaway: Tips to Make it Special
Why would my husband Bob and I think Cap Juluca is the most romantic getaway in the Caribbean? The reasons...
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How Winning a Lawsuit Can Impact Your Reputation: A Lesson Learned from an Important Win
We of the press recently won a victory in the courts of California. I'm sorry we won. As a partisan of a press...
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How to Decide Whether to Stay or Leave Your Current Job - Insights From a Recruiter
In the first of a two-part series, Claudia Spielman, BCG Attorney Search recruiter, uses her own experience to...
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What are the Disadvantages of Using Plastic Money? A Comprehensive Overview
Last weekend, my wife was cleaning out her old office whilst I was preparing for a Monday meeting with our...
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Trope and Trope Founder Sorrell Trope: A Pioneer in the World of Family Law
It was the movies—and their glamorous depiction of attorneys—that first inspired Sorrell Trope to become a...
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