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Student Loans: Economic Slavery You Can’t Escape
Wednesday, 13 May, 2009 – 11:59 | Comments
Student Loans: Economic Slavery You Can’t Escape

Thousands of graduate students out there face a troubling dilemma. With the job market in the crapper, newly licensed professionals are graduating from school and walking face first into a wall of unemployment, and as …

Law School Party Ranking FAIL!
Tuesday, 12 May, 2009 – 13:15 | Comments
Law School Party Ranking FAIL!

When I saw Subtledig’s Party Law School Rankings, I was shocked, nay astonished.  Not shocked to find my glorious Alma Mater in the top 50 and ranked a full 30 spots higher than our US …

Lawyers We Want To Be Like: Mark Lanier and Joe Jamail
Tuesday, 12 May, 2009 – 12:09 | Comments
Lawyers We Want To Be Like: Mark Lanier and Joe Jamail

Tort law is one of the flashier areas that a lawyer can practice in. From the small time ambulance chasers to the big dogs that sue giant corporations, tort law has been and will continue …

Law School Gunners
Sunday, 10 May, 2009 – 12:45 | Comments
Law School Gunners

Ask any law student about the term “gunner” and chances are they will have a million-and-one things to say. A gunner is a law student who, among other things, is just so unbelievably annoying that …

Texas Screws the Pooch
Saturday, 9 May, 2009 – 11:37 | Comments
Texas Screws the Pooch

A Texas man spent 83 days in jail for failing to report to jury duty. This is not surprising coming out of a state like Texas. (You see how many people they put on Death …

Facebook: A Story of Betrayal
Friday, 8 May, 2009 – 12:16 | Comments
Facebook: A Story of Betrayal

If you owe debt and have been nagged by collection calls, AND you have a facebook page, then give this a read. According to The Consumerist, debt collectors are using images of cute chicks on …

Strange Day
Thursday, 7 May, 2009 – 13:06 | Comments
Strange Day

Today has been rather unusual. It started off with word that Manny Ramirez had been suspended for 50 games. I am no Dodgers fan, so I sat up in bed and raised my arms to …

“Working Rich” Feeling Poor
Tuesday, 5 May, 2009 – 15:09 | Comments
“Working Rich” Feeling Poor

A new article by CNN Money’s Geoff Colvin came out today and it delivered a simple message: Obama’s tax plans won’t help balance the budget, and may in fact hurt the “upper” middle class. According …

Sexcapades in The Sunshine State (Updated AGAIN!)
Sunday, 3 May, 2009 – 15:47 | Comments
Sexcapades in The Sunshine State (Updated AGAIN!)

I know economic times are bad, but there is still such a thing as going too far. According to the Associated Press, a Florida lawyer was disbarred after accepting sex as payment for legal fees. …

Esquire-ing on a Budget
Friday, 1 May, 2009 – 13:10 | Comments
Esquire-ing on a Budget

So you took the plunge and started your own firm, sinking in the last scraps of your savings account into getting a respectable looking office. Or maybe you just graduated and need some interview-worthy threads. …