Advice for Recent Law School Graduates
Obstacles: Lack of experience and very little practical value for your training.
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Should I Go to Law School? Advice on the Changing Legal Market
The single biggest problem is too much supply and not enough demand. In other words, TOO MANY LAWYERS and not...
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Issues of Work-Life Balance in a Law Firm Environment
Even though the recession, downsizing, a poor job market, and declining demand for traditional legal services...
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Should I conduct a summer search or wait for the fall?
Should I conduct a summer search or wait for the fall?
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Carmel Attorney Disbarred For Revealing Client Information in Published Book
A Carmel attorney, Joseph Stork Smith has been disbarred by the Indiana Supreme Court after he revealed...
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North Berman & Beebe
Personal Life Wendy Berman Jensen is an owner and vice president of North Berman & Beebe, a search firm...
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U.S. District Judge Michael H. Simon Wants Trial Held Next Summer Regarding Portland Police Excessive Force against Individuals with Mental Illness
Michael Howard Simon was born in 1956 in New York City. He was born to Danny Simon and Arlene Friedman....
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Attorney Bills Iowa –80 Instances of More Than 24 Hours of Work a Day
Ney McDaniel, an attorney who represented defendants in Clay County and held a contract with the Iowa State...
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Various Alternative Work Arrangements for Attorneys and Lawyers
Telecommuting is a way for an attorney to work from home and fax or modem work to the office. Telecommuting...
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Career Transitional Strategies
The first step in starting a career transition is to look within yourself. Many people make the mistake of...
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Court Finds Celebrity Lawyer’s Letter Protected from Claims of “Extortion”
A California appeals court found that a letter sent by celebrity lawyer Marty Singer to Mike Malin, the host...
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Prepare for the Bar Exam With the Right Attitude
Perhaps no other exam has quite the mystique of the bar exam. It is the ultimate rite of passage for lawyers,...
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Employment Law Clerks and Trial Court Clerks
In addition to other employment opportunities, most law students ponder, at one time or another, the...
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Finding that First-Year Summer Job
Finding a law-related summer job after your first year of law school can be extremely difficult, especially in...
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Present Status of the Legal Job Market
Today's legal job market is far different from that which existed just a few years ago. In the 1980s,...
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What Are Law Review and Law Journals About
Law school is a maker of myths and many of these myths center around the student-run institution of law...
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Tips on Maintaining a Life Outside of Law School
All law students need a life outside of law school, if for no other reason than to stay normal and sane. If...
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How Law Students Must Choose Second- and Third-Year Courses
Generally, your courses will be assigned for you in the first year of law school. However, you will have much...
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Studying for and Taking Law School Examinations
An article on studying may strike you as superfluous. After all, you know how to study, or you would not be at...
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The Dos and Don'ts of Outside Reading Using Study Aids in Law Schools
"A learned fool is one who has read everything, and simply remembered it." -Josh Billings, American Humorist
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Various Other Teaching Methods at Law Schools Apart fromThe Socratic Method
Socratic professors are not the only type of professor (or even most common type of professor) you will be...
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All the Considerations Involved in Part-Time Law School Study
"'Whom are you?' said he, for he had been to night school." - George Ade, Bang! Bang!, "The Steel Box"
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The Basic Considerations for Choosing a Law School
The difficulty in life is the choice." - George Moore, The Bending of the Bough, Act IV
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What You Need to Know and Do While Getting into Law School
"But, good gracious, you've got to educate him first. You can't expect a boy to be vicious till he's been to a...
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Studying for the Bar Exam
Studying for the bar exam is, in a way, like becoming reacquainted with old friends. Viewed in this light, it...
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Everything You Must Know About Appellate Court Clerkships
Appellate courts (especially the U.S. and state supreme courts) and federal courts of appeal are considered...
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Personal Factors to Consider While Obtaining a Clerkship
Will you enjoy the research and memoranda- and opinion-writing tasks of a law clerk? If you have never liked...
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Advantages of Working Part Time during Law School
For most law students, particularly those who have completed the second year, the best wage available is for...
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Second-Year Summer Associate Work
Looking for a second-year summer job is arguably the most important thing you will do during law school. The...
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The First Permanent Job after Law School
When your second-year summer job is finally over, ascertain how long it will take the employer to let you know...
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