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When I was a young associate, I worked at a BigLaw kind of firm. I remember cracking up one day as I overheard secretaries gossiping about a senior associates' tendency to fall asleep after lunch.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">There was much speculation as to...The Day I Fell Asleep at the Office
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<p><a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/senate-richard-cordray-consumer-financial-protection-91599.html?hp=l2" target="_self">Here</a>.  An excerpt:</p> <p style="padding-left: 30px;">As a recess appointee, Cordray can...Politico: What if Senate continues to block Richard Cordray at CFPB?
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<p><em>By Don Macaulay, President and Founder of Law Preview, a BARBRI company</em></p> <p style="line-height: 1.75em; font-family: TimesNewRoman, 'Times New Roman', Times, Baskerville, Georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt;">The grades you receive...THE REALITY OF 1L YEAR GRADES, 2L SCHOOL TRANSFERS AND JOB PROSPECTS (PART 1 OF 2)
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If I were in a cliché-repeating mood, I’d paraphrase the famous and famously unattributed sentiment that a society can be judged by how it treats its most vulnerable members. As the vulnerable go, it’s hard to think of anyone more deserving of the designation than mentally ill prisoners. And...The Great Cost of Mental Illness Among America's Prisoners
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Is what I imagine the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said late last week when <a href=" http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-9-13.cfm ">they filed a suit against Dynamic Medical Services, Inc., a Miami-based medical and chiropractic services provider</a>, for...Not so fast, Scientology!
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Are you planning to hire a criminal lawyer? If yes, knowing more about the lawyer is important to make the right decision. Criminal lawyers are the backbone of our criminal judicial system. They can help their clients in a number of ways. It is extremely important to understand what exactly these...How criminal lawyers help you?
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I’ve never been a fan of grade point inflation; I always thought it was an evil scam to level the playing field for those who couldn’t compete. In a <a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2261393">paper to the San Francisco Law Review</a> however,...Should law schools scrap C’s? At least one law prof says so.
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<img src="http://www.courtoons.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/firefighter.jpg" alt="white firefighter Ricci Courtoon (legal cartoon)" width="448" height="461"> Originally posted on <a...Courtoons
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I have marvelled, as many others have, at the antics of the Kippers in the run up to the local elections. After the extraordinary report of a Kipper – the article headline says it all…<strong><a...Kippers like to imitate pot plants says Nigel Führer, Kipper in Chief
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<a href="http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx" title="TeamViewer - Free Remote Control, Remote Access & Online Meetings">TeamViewer - Free Remote Control, Remote Access & Online...TeamViewer - Free Remote Control, Remote Access & Online Meetings
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Most of you reading this have a Facebook page. I have a Facebook page. I was kind of late to the Facebook game and didn’t join until about 2009. When I joined Facebook, a lot of my friends from work at my law firm invited me to be “friends.” Why not, right? They were my work friends. And I...Job Hunting 101: Be Careful Who Your Facebook Friends Are
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<p>You wanna know why your legal career and your life suck? It’s because you’re too damned smart for your own good. And no one has been in your face telling you that you can, and should, do a lot of stuff that is hard, and that you suck at, so you can have a better life and career. Except...Smart Lawyers, Dumb at Life, Part 1
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Some of you might be laboring under the misconception that I was a model law student. Let me assure you that was NOT the case! </p> <p>If you’re in the middle of a massive flip out about your impending exams, <b>trust me, I’ve been there.</b>...The Story of My (Almost Disastrous) Second Semester of Law School
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</div>From lawyer to journalist. That could be the ideal transition for the dissatisfied lawyer who is looking for a new job in a new field. Were you the student who always wrote for or edited the school magazine? Do you still have copies of your high school literary review or college...Legal Reporter
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