JD Admissions Articles
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The Professor-Clerk Problem
Professors kiss up to Supreme Court justices to land clerkships for their students. It's a bad idea. Here's...
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The 2001 Golden Monkeys: Law-Related Television
The Emmys, the Golden Globes, People's Choice, Humanitas, MTV, ALMA-everyone else has television awards. We...
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Laser Eye Surgery: Seeing Red
Laser eye surgery is on the rise-but so are those unsightly malpractice suits.
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Are You Mistaking a Comfort Zone for Job-satisfaction?
Attorneys, like others in institutionalized professions, become accustomed to surroundings, develop patterns...
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How Does 2012 Measure Up for GCCs?
I remember an article I read in 2007, where the vice president of Hughes & Sloan Inc had commented, ''For...
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Workplace Discrimination Remains Strong
In an ideal world, we would have reached a point in the modern workplace where discrimination issues no longer...
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Market Outlook for Legal Profession Jobs in 2012
The new year is upon us, and that can mean only one question is at the forefront of most people's minds...
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LawCrossing Salary Survey of Lawyer Salaries in Best Law Firms
A recent LawCrossing Salary Survey of Lawyer Salaries of Best Law Firms survey asked attorneys about their...
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Burgeoning Opportunities in Environmental Law
In recent years, there's been a huge upswing in the need for all things environmental - and that includes not...
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Attorneys: Alternative Career, Anyone?
In the recent nationaljurist.com article, ''More lawyers seeking alternative careers'', former attorney and...
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Trend: Attorneys Launching Their Own Firms
According to the November 24th nytimes.com article, “Skipping the Partner Track for a Shingle of One’s...
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Sky Analytics Helps Corporate Legal Departments Get Handle on Legal Spend
In an effort to empower general counsel, chief financial officers and corporate legal departments with regard...
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Attorneys and “Financial Reform” – Something Wicked This Way Comes
According to the November 11th theatlantic.com article, ''Lawyers Cashing In on Banks' Misdeeds and New...
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In Wake of Recession, Corporations Recruit Directly From Law School Campuses, versus Law Firms
In the wake of the recession, more companies are shifting toward recruiting law students directly from...
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Newly Minted Attorneys are Making Lemons Out of Lemonade in a Down and Out Job Market
Due to a steady decline in the job market for attorneys, more and more new attorneys are getting creative...
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As Employment Rates Worsen for New Law Grads, ABA Under Microscope
The lowest employment rates since 1996 for new law graduates, coupled with the high debt law students carry,...
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Microsoft's Brad Smith Spearheads Diversity Initiative in Legal Profession
According to the July 18th law.com article, ''Microsoft's Brad Smith meets with 50 law students as part of...
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Lawyers and Laissez-Faire: Shrinking Law School Class Sizes
For law students and lawyers, it's a classic case - no pun intended - of supply and demand. More specifically,...
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Lawyers: Why the Increased Interest in Public Service?
According to the June 27th law.com article, 'Do-gooders' thrive: ''Public service jobs see a spike in...
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Loughner Deemed Incompetent to Stand Trial
On Wednesday, US District Judge Larry Burns determined Jared Loughner to be mentally unfit to stand trial for...
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Hiring in United States Legal Field Predicted to Remain Strong
According to information in the May 23rd lawyersweekly.ca.com article, ''Law firm hiring up: Experts say law...
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What's It like to Be an employment lawyer in the United States?
What's it like to work as an employment lawyer? Specifically in America, employment lawyers help those who...
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Legal Jobs Fall Again In March
According to a preliminary draft of the monthly employment report out from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the...
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Law School Applications Fall By 11.5%
Back in 2009, the American Bar Association released a report that said, ''The rising cost of a legal education...
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Private Sector Subsidies for Graduates
The economy is improving, law firms are reporting increases in revenue and profits, unemployment is falling,...
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Legal Sector Takes Hit in February; Remains Somewhat Steady Year-to-Year
According to the February monthly employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the legal sector saw...
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Virtual Law Practices
Virtual law practices are growing in number as attorneys, firms, and clients recognize the multitude of...
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Intellectual Property
Intellectual property law cases are all the rage these days, but to what ends are they being filed? A large...
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Legal Hiring To Rise First Quarter of 2011
According to a quarterly survey from Robert Half Legal Hiring Index, just over 30 percent (31%) of respondents...
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