Noting that the legal profession is in a “work/life crisis” with 78 percent of associates leaving firms by year five and nearly half of women lawyers leaving the profession altogether,…
The ABA’s policy-making House of Delegates this afternoon concurred in Resolution 112B (PDF) of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar that law schools may now…
When he’s not working as a criminal defense attorney, Martin Baker needs a way to relax. So the central California practitioner paints as his avocation.
Sarah Weddington may never have taken the case setting a landmark precedent on the right to abortion if her job interview with a Dallas law firm had gone more smoothly.
A new Harris Poll released this week indicates that while the nation appears “celebrity-obsessed,” actors and entertainers aren’t viewed in high regard compared with a number…
Earning degrees at Northeastern University School of Law might have been expected to put Donald Hartwood and Courtney Hunt on a fast track to successful legal careers. It did, at…
Illinois’ Bradley University announced this week that it is opening a pre-law center to improve law school prospects for undergrads who aspire to join the legal profession.
With news from Delta Airlines this week that it will begin offering Wi-Fi access on some flights beginning this fall and the prospect that other airlines…
The number of top women lawyers at Fortune 500 companies has risen to 92 from 44 when the Minority Corporate Counsel Association first started counting nearly 10 years ago.
Former ABA President Karen Mathis is taking a one-year sabbatical from her law firm partnership in order to serve as CEO and executive director of the Aug 6, 2008 6:38 PM CDT
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