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Party Animal: ASU Law
Sunday, 17 May, 2009 – 23:38 | Comments
Party Animal: ASU Law

Arizona State recently took the top spot on SubtleDig’s first annual Party Law School Rankings. Of course, many law students and alumni took offense with the results, becoming rather defensive. Lawyers are drunkards, and we …

SCOTUS Watch: Obama Leaning Towards Kagan Over Sotomayor?
Thursday, 14 May, 2009 – 10:43 | Comments
SCOTUS Watch: Obama Leaning Towards Kagan Over Sotomayor?

Perusing the numerous legal blogs out there, I came across an interesting article about who Obama will choose for the next SCOTUS appointee. The blogger, E.J. Dionne over at the Washington Post, has come to …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

Update: The Pirate Bay Spectrial Verdict
Friday, 17 Apr, 2009 – 17:36 | Comments
Update: The Pirate Bay Spectrial Verdict

Today the verdict in The Pirate Bay trial was handed down, and it was not entirely unexpected. The defendants have been found guilty, and each has been sentenced to one year in jail and to …

Lawyers Getting Paid Not To Work
Monday, 13 Apr, 2009 – 23:44 | Comments
Lawyers Getting Paid Not To Work

Are you also an unemployed lawyer with a massive student loan debt who is struggling to make ends meet and pay the rent?  Well, there is some good and bad news for us.  The good …

Student Lenders Gearing Up For Rumble On The Hill
Monday, 13 Apr, 2009 – 17:53 | Comments
Student Lenders Gearing Up For Rumble On The Hill

The student loan industry has been the “saving grace” of many grad students due mainly to the generally staggering costs of tuition. Law school tuition typically runs somewhere between $25,000 and $32,000. Keep in mind …

Follow Up Review: A Lawyer Walks Into A Bar
Monday, 13 Apr, 2009 – 2:34 | Comments
Follow Up Review: A Lawyer Walks Into A Bar

For any lawyer who enjoys reliving the past, pick up “A Lawyer Walks Into A Bar”, a documentary directed by Eric Chaikin, available for purchase now here. For the recent bar examinee, or those who …