The Top 10 Pennsylvania Legal Practice Areas
Declare your independence…pursue employment in one of the Keystone State's top 10 legal practice areas! A...
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Fen-Phen Lawyers Get Millions
It's been a long, hard slog for the attorneys involved with the class action lawsuit over the diet drug...
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Forbes Names ''Worst Places to Get Sued''
Forbes magazine has come out with a list of the worst places to be sued in America. These are the places that...
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Skadden Arps Launches Climate Change Group
In a sign of the times, law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has launched a climate change practice...
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Lawyer-Ranking Service Expands
Avvo Inc. is a lawyer-rating service meant to help consumers find good lawyers and avoid bad ones. It ranks...
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The Life and Legal Career of President Barack Obama
Barack Obama is the current front-runner for the 2008 Democratic presidential candidate nomination. Many...
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Everything Law Students Need to Know about Crafting Resumes the Right Way
Before you submit your legal resume, be sure to organize your resume to eliminate clutter, highlight your...
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When is the right time to make a lateral move?
Question: I am a third-year associate with a large law firm. I like what I do here, and I see no reason to...
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Recession Fears Have Attorneys Asking, ''Am I Next?'': Attorney Layoffs in the Midst of Recession Fears and the Attorney Jobs Outlook for 2008
A weakening economy and recession fears have attorneys concerned about the legal job market. Law firms have...
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Jobs for People Interested in the Legal Profession: Law Careers You Can Pursue If You Do Not Attend or Complete Law School
If you are interested in pursuing a legal career that doesn't require a law degree, there are plenty of such...
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How to Become a Successful Civil Litigation Attorney -- The Skills Civil Litigation Attorneys Need for a Successful Legal Career
If you want to be a successful civil litigation attorney, or simply want to boost your career as a civil...
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Everything You’ve Wanted to Know about Becoming a Board Certified Legal Assistant: A Legal Staff Profile of Michele Boerder
How do you become a board certified legal assistant? Better yet, how do you become a successful one? By...
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Want a Career as a Law Librarian? Patty Wellinger Touts the Rewards
In this article you'll discover how law librarian Patty Wellinger persevered through her studies, listened to...
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Does Weight Loss Lead to More Job Confidence and More Productivity for Legal Professionals?
Ever been worried about your weight? If so, you're not alone; most people have. With such busy lives, how...
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Michigan Native Has High Hopes for Job Opportunities and Future: Labor and Employment Law Enthusiast Elizabeth Barrett
Living in Michigan but planning to move to Tennessee for her legal career, law student Elizabeth Barrett...
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Law Students: Is Internet Obsession Affecting Your Productivity?
With the Internet so accessible today, are younger generations relying too much on technology as a...
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Democrats Vie for Americans' Votes with Healthcare Proposals that Affect Employers, the Uninsured, and Minors
In this article you'll discover what the healthcare plans of the Democratic presidential candidates are. If...
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How Can General Counsel Make Career Switches? Follow General Counsel Donald B. Mitchell's Example.
If you're an attorney interested in switching from an in-house position to a law firm position (or vice...
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Is Thacher, Proffitt & Wood in Trouble?
Word has come that Thacher, Proffitt & Wood may want to remove ''Proffitt'' from its name, as it seems to not...
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Court Grants Job Security for Patent Lawyers
Patent lawyers got a big boost in job security this week when a Virginia District Court blocked the...
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Canadian Law Schools Start Offering Juris Doctors
It's long been a problem for Canadian law students: their degrees are not valid in the US. In the past...
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Joke Motion Is No Joke
Pity poor David Lamos, an attorney in Florida. He thought he could liven up his day in court, but it has come...
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The Start of a New Legal Trend?
Law firm client relations are a stodgy lot for most big law firms. True, small firms and solo lawyers have...
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Billing on the Job or Pleasure?
Sometimes legal work is drudgery. Sometimes it can have what some may call perks. And sometimes you can bill...
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How Attorneys take a break and sleep away their worries of stressful legal jobs
Vi-Spring, the premier bed manufacturer, has announced the creation of the Monarch, a custom-made bed that is...
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The Hazards of Judicial Work
Judge Lee Coffee of Shelby County, Tennessee, no doubt has seen lots of interesting things in his job. ...
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Demand Letters to Hair Salons? Bald Extortion!
For some attorneys it is a common practice to send out demand letters ''seeking settlements'' before lawsuits...
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The Top 50 Law Firms Released
Prominent legal magazine The Lawyer has released its annual list of the top 50 law firms in the U.S. for the...
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Text Messages May Do You In?
Here's a suggestion: if you are implicated by whistleblowers, don't admit to what they say in text messages...
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Spring 2008 State of the Market Report
State of the Market Reports for U.S. and International Regionsa. Southern California (Los Angeles, Orange...
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