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• Words of wisdom from a 98-year-old lawyer

  
  idealawg — Authority: 138
  Reading stories about lawyers who have been practicing for more than 50 years always causes me to stop and imagine what the profession was like back when they first entered the law. Bill Wetherall has been practicing for 72 years! Read what he has to say in this article from The Union (Californias Western Nevada ...
  10 hours ago

• Lawyer Sentenced for Witness Tampering

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 899
  Robert M. Simels, a former prosecutor, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for actions committed as a defense lawyer for a drug lord, Shaheed Khan.
  22 hours ago

• “The Couch of Restitution” (Or, The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea vs. The Devil in Miss Jones)

  
  Feminist Law Professors — Authority: 139
  In a previous blog (feels like ages ago—I really must get out from under this blizzard of work!) I discussed the alienation of various aspects of human capacities and attributes, among them the sale of sexual services and the sale of “caring.” I noted that, as per Professor Margaret Jane Radin, one significant ...
  1 day ago

• Law Courses through Distance / Online Learning

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 454
  ‘Distance Learning’ as quoted by Dr. S B Mujumdar, Founder, Symbiosis International University is, “the education of the 21st century. The traditional method of teaching in a classroom called ‘brick & mortar’ education has failed to reach... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ...
  2 days ago

• Commissioner’s obligation to charge dishonesty if he intends to allege it

  
  The Australian Professional Liability Blog — Authority: 118
  Relatively recently, I posted on the question of whether a Bureau de Spank desiring to rely on a practitioner’s dishonesty or other form of conscious wrongdoing must expressly allege it in the charge, and discussed Walter v Council of Queensland Law Society Incorporated (1988) 77 ALR 228 at 234; [1988] HCA 8.  ...
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• Federal Law Limiting Legal Advice Draws Particular Interest at the Supreme Court

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 899
  Several justices seemed convinced that the law was a bad idea, but they had differing ideas about what they should do about it.
  3 days ago

• The “Couch Of Restitution”

  
  FITSNews — Authority: 656
  A Michigan divorce lawyer has been stripped of his right to practice law for 180 days after an investigation discovered that he had failed to report prior convictions. Of course, that’s not the offense that has his story ricocheting around the legal blogosphere (and beyond). In addition to those charges, this ...
  4 days ago

• Reclaiming Professional Identity

  
  John Flood's Random Academic Thoughts (RATs) — Authority: 110
  (Thanks to Don Marquis-1933)Lawyers are worrying about the potential effects of "Tesco Law" when it hits the streets in 2011. Some have predicted that more than 1,000 law firms might be extinguished.One other impact, not normally talked about, will be the loss of professional identity or, worse, status. Theres no ...
  4 days ago

• BigLaw: A Tale of Two Large Law Firms: Which Model Will Emerge From the Recession?

  
  TechnoLawyer Blog — Authority: 468
  Originally published on November 23, 2009 in our free BigLaw newsletter . Jeremy, a mid-level associate at a large New York law firm (Firm A), thought he had a bad cold. One night while toiling on a brief due in a week, his condition worsened. "I couldnt breathe, and I thought I was going to pass out." He called ...
  5 days ago

• Judge School

  
  McGarr Solicitors - Dublin Solicitors Ireland — Authority: 116
  In the public service strike, the courts stopped work on Tuesday the 6th of November 2009. This is of less interest than the stoppage of the previous Friday. The judges of the superior courts went to school that day and, of necessity, ceased working. Why was this interesting fact not reported by the media? More ...
  5 days ago

• Social Network Review: Legal OnRamp

  
  Social Media Law Student — Authority: 527
  There are many social networks out there tailored to those within the legal profession. From Facebook , LinkedIn , Avvo , JD Diversity , Legally Minded , Lawyrs.net , Advance Advocates , Counsel.net , Legal OnRamp , MH Connected …the list goes on and on. All of these social networks are trying to become ...
  6 days ago

• I’m completely dumbfounded.

  
  Feminist Law Professors — Authority: 139
  By this . WARNING: Really horrible, proceed with caution. NB: Haven’t done any research to confirm the site’s legitimacy or the accuracy of the info, so caveat link clicker . –Ann Bartow
  6 days ago

• Irish Legal History: Two New Essays

  
  Legal History Blog — Authority: 480
  Thanks to Robert Richards for bringing to our attention the publication last September by the University College Dublin Press of People, Politics and Power: Essays on Irish History 1660-1850 in Honour of James I. McGuire, edited by James Kelly, John McCafferty, Charles Ivar McGrath, because we would otherwise have ...
  6 days ago

• Again, Debt Disqualifies Applicant From the Bar

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 899
  Judges denied Robert Bowman’s application to the bar, citing “neglect of financial responsibilities” in accumulating nearly $500,000 in loans.
  1 week ago

• The public and private duties of opposing counsel

  
  ABlawg.ca — Authority: 118
  Case considered: F.N. v. McGechie , 2009 ABQB 625 PDF version :  The public and private duties of opposing counsel Alberta courts have consistently held that misconduct by counsel in the course of litigation will not normally be the basis for liability to the opposing party in that litigation. While sometimes ...
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• The ethical lawyer: a contradiction in terms

  
  Law Actually — Authority: 412
  From the Law Gazette 23/11/09 : The earliest surviving records of medieval principles of ethical conduct for lawyers concern the advocates and proctors who appeared before the church courts. One very early record is a book written in 1239 by William of Drogheda, an Oxford priest and lawyer, advising the ...
  1 week ago

• Google Revs Legal Research Engine Plus 61 More Articles

  
  TechnoLawyer Blog — Authority: 468
  Coming today to BlawgWorld : Our editorial team has selected and linked to 62 articles from the past week worthy of your attention, including our Post of the Week . Heres a sample: Free Legal Research by Google and What It Means San Francisco: Theres an App for That Are Best Practices Really Best? Why ...
  1 week ago

• Life after law school, mama-style

  
  Feminist Legal Theory — Authority: 466
  For me, life after law school might not be as glamorous as I might have imagined when I was a teenager. I have been a mama to a little girl since I was 21. Between then and now, I have experienced a wide range of lifestyles: from near-destitute to wealthy to happily in-debt; from single mother to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Grand Night

  
  McGarr Solicitors - Dublin Solicitors Ireland — Authority: 116
  The King’s Inns is the only Inn of Court in Ireland. The UK has four; Middle Temple , Inner Temple , Lincoln’s Inn , and Gray’s Inn . In the King’s Inns the students and Benchers of the Inns eat dinner in the Great Hall of the Inns during term time. Each student diner is supplied with beer and half a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Shaking Up the Legal Profession

  
  John Flood's Random Academic Thoughts (RATs) — Authority: 110
  (you know what this is...)Whether the legal profession in the UK is screaming for pleasure or because of the agonizing pain is open to interpretation after two announcements today.The Legal Services Board announced and published its consultation paper on alternative business structures, titled, Alternative Business ...
  2 weeks ago

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