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• Will college students continue to remain ill-informed about law schools?

  Law schools have failed their students and the public but college graduates continue to apply and attend without having the facts or information needed to make an informed decision. I request that you read this…

• Encouraging Congress to Really Examine the Dramatic Unjustified Increase in the Cost of Law School

  When I read a the United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Committees on HIGHER EDUCATION Issues Related to Law School Cost and Access October 2009, I was not impressed. Those drafting the report…

• WHY WE DO NOT NEED A PUBLIC LAW SCHOOL

  A proposal for a new public law school for Massachusetts, one of only 7 states in the country not to have a public law school, has generated an enormous amount of controversy with many saying…

• August 9, 1989 - Harvard Law School

  AUGUST 9 1989 - HARVARD LAW SCHOOL After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1963, I worked for a large law firm, served in the US Army JAG and worked in an insurance company. After…

• NOW ACCESSIBLE ONLINE - Think Small! Learning about and Locating Positions in Small Firms - New York State Bar Association Committee on Lawyers in Transition Webinar

  I had the opportunity and the privilege yesterday to make a presentation entitled "Think Small: Learning About and Locating Positions in Small Law Firms" for the New York State Bar Association. About 30 who registered…

• Think Small! Learning about and Locating Positions in Small Firms - New York State Bar Association Committee on Lawyers in Transition Webinar

  On Wednesday, September 16, 2009, from noon to 2pm (EDT), I will be doing a live webcast for the New York State Bar Association Committee on Lawyers in Transition entitled Think Small! Learning About and…

• Prospects Dim for Law Students OR The Light at the End of the Funnel

  A week ago today, I submitted the following to the New York Times with a request that it be considered for an op-ed stating, as required, that it had not been previously published. The paper's…

• EXCERPTS FROM THE LAID OFF DIARY

  Many of you are aware of LawShucks which has become well known for keeping track of the number of lawyers and staff laid off from BigLaw. Recently someone began to post his/her thoughts under the…

• AREA OF PRACTICE PREFERENCES

  AREA OF PRACTICE PREFERENCES If you are a lawyer who is dissatisfied, underemployed or unemployed, or a law students looking to the future, you may want to consider your options in a wide range of…

• Can We Expect the Legal Media to Think Outside the Box?

  Journalists of the legal media could be a force in correcting decades of law school misplacement. I just read the most recent of the plethora of articles focusing on placement offices and what they are…