Top Ten Stories of the Week December 23, 2008. Law Firms Is Thacher Proffitt Dissolving Before Christmas? Dec 22, 2008, 11:59 am CST Law Firms 100 Thacher Lawyers Don’t Satisfy Sonnenschein’s Growth Ambitions Dec 22, 2008, 08:51 am CST Criminal Justice Don’t Feed the Inmates: Arrested Lawyer Learns Lesson the…
BY: Emmy Gordon Case Manager National Pardon Center of Canada Many fantastic careers await today’s law students upon graduation. There are the typical directions down the criminal justice road that many will take such as working as a public defender, a pardon attorney, a probation officer, or working in an…
We are posting this survey at the request of the ABA Journal and encourage lawyers to respond. The ABA Journal is surveying lawyers about the job market and the current state of the economy. We’d appreciate it if you could let readers know about our survey with a mention on…
Relationship Launches With Three Programs Based on Internet For Lawyers’ Popular Live Programs Albuquerque, NM (November 3, 2008) – Internet For Lawyers, the country’s pre-eminent provider of live continuing legal education presentations helping legal professionals use technology and the Internet more effectively in their practice, has partnered with Lawline.com to…
From The 411, November 2008 (The Newsletter of the Webby Awards). This year, we have seen an even greater reliance on the Web for active involvement in the political process. With this in mind, the Webby Awards has created a special Top 10 list of political Web moments that have…
TOP STORIES: U.S. Supreme Court Supreme Court Rules Guantanamo Detainees Have Habeas Rights Jun 12, 2008, 09:49 am CDT “The U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a stunning defeat to the Bush administration in a ruling that gives detainees at Guantanamo Bay a right to challenge their detention in federal courts……
[From an article in the March 17, 2008 The National Law Journal by Tony Mauro of the Legal Times] There’s a video out there you may want to see – a web site called “LawProse Inc” on which 8 of the 9 U.S. Supreme Court justices speak about answering questions,…
The following was first posted on the InChambers weblog compiled by boppanny@aol.com, May 2008. [From Mark Levin’s book, “Men in Black”] “Robert C. Grier (U.S. Supreme Court Justice). Appointed by James Polk in 1846, Grier suffered paralysis in 1867 and thereafter began a slow mental decline. Grier’s case is most…
TOP TEN STORIES OF THE WEEK: Legal Ethics Judge Smacks Law Firms & Partner With $150K Sanctions, But Spares 2 Associates Apr 29, 2008, 03:14 pm CDT “A federal bankruptcy judge in Massachusetts has sanctioned two law firms and a name partner a total of $150,000 for incorrectly claiming that…
TOP TEN STORIES: Associates For Some Associates, Work is Slow, Delayed or Nonexistent Apr 14, 2008, 05:46 am CDT Associates at big law firms were flying high last year when starting salaries skyrocketed to $160,000. Now some are in for a bumpy ride… ——————————————————————————– Law Schools A Tuition Secret: In…