Back when his income of over $100,000 a year seemed like chicken feed, attorney Michael Sweig decided to leave his law firm and hang out his own shingle. The result…
Out-of-work lawyers aren’t discouraged by the pay—or lack of it—for new jobs being advertised at federal and local prosecutor offices throughout the country.
Caryn Carson admits that she tended to hoard airline frequent-flier miles. But a few months ago the Dallas lawyer won a million of them from American Airlines, and now she…
Cost and confusion. Those two words sum up the experience of many lawyers and administrators wading through the maze of state regulations while trying to get continuing legal education programs…
A graduate of the University of Chicago Law School who was being paid over $200,000 a year as an associate at DLA Piper in 2009 is facing a legal ethics…
Back in the day, tailgate parties were synonymous with college football games. But some law schools now host similar events for freshly minted legal eagles facing a grueling bar exam…
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