Third-year law students typically focus on finishing school, finding a job and passing the bar exam. But Georgetown University law student Mike Sacks has added another task: Being first in…
Heads up, employers: caregivers are the newest protected class. According to a study by the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California’s Hastings College of Law, treating workers…
It wasn’t that long ago when graduating law students could almost count on a six-figure starting salary. Now it’s more likely that they’ll graduate with a six-figure debt.
Yoga instructors are more likely to conjure up the image of a free spirit than that of a bureaucrat. But as the ancient Indian discipline continues to grow in popularity,…
Take two cups of commodities and agribusiness experience, add 1½ tablespoons of corporate and regulatory background, mix well with several years of part-time public interest work, fold in Mexican-American parents…
In a decision troubling to foreign firms eyeing India’s booming legal market, the Bombay High Court recently held that India’s Advocates Act requires all lawyers—whether they litigate or simply handle…
Updated: Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. has not exactly faded into oblivion since his 1997 death, having been memorialized in busts, buildings and, last year, a U.S. postage…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation recently “honored” National Public Radio, De Beers Diamond Jewellers and Warner Music Group. But chances are that none of the entities is…
Like many other lawyers, Lina Kulchinsky works 12-hour days. Only hers are no longer spent in an office, but rather making pretzels at the Sigmund Pretzel Shop, which she opened…
At his senate confirmation hearing five years ago, chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. compared a Supreme Court justice’s role to that of a baseball umpire.
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