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July 12, 2004 |

Pulling Its Punches

The Supreme Court left many key issues unresolved and paused in some of its other notable trends - most prominently, federalism.
9 minute read
October 19, 2005 |

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP

A firm practice profile paid for and provided by the firm.
14 minute read
November 30, 2009 |

Jerry Brown Courted History With Supreme Court Picks

Between 1975 and 1983, Gov. Jerry Brown named seven justices, including Cruz Reynoso, Joseph Grodin and Rose Bird. Mentioned for a third term: The First District's Maria Rivera and Martin Jenkins.
7 minute read
July 02, 2003 |

Time-Tripping Over Prosecution Standards

State legislatures are scrambling to undo centuries of tradition by eliminating statutes of limitations and prosecute old crimes, including child abuse cases. It's one of several legislative initiatives seeking, in part, to realign the law to exploit new crime-solving technology, specifically DNA evidence. And on the federal level, a recent domestic security act eliminates or extends the statute of limitations on a variety of crimes.
8 minute read
May 30, 2012 |

2012 Spring Bar Pass List

These names were provided by the Office of Bar Admissions.
7 minute read
September 28, 2010 |

The Lawyers of the 'Forbes' 400

Forbes released its annual list of the 400 wealthiest Americans last week and according to The American Lawyer's analysis, 37 of those who made the cut are law school graduates. While most of them didn't accumulate their fortunes in the legal trade, Forbes does identify Houston's Joe Jamail as the nation's richest practicing attorney. Here are some of those that gave up billing by the hour in order to make billions.
11 minute read
August 30, 1999 |

Beautiful Law Office Designs

Martha, Martha, wherefore art thou, Martha Stewart? California Law Week's Pamela McClintock takes a look at some of the agonizing decisions lawyers in Los Angeles have to make when it comes to designing new offices.
5 minute read
February 07, 2000 |

Money Damages Awarded for Title IX Violations

Louisiana State University has given female athletes short shrift, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. Civil rights lawyers say the opinion is groundbreaking because the court concluded that college athletes can collect monetary damages, not just injunctive relief, for violations of Title IX, which outlaws gender discrimination in education programs receiving federal financial assistance. The suit was brought by former fast-pitch softball players and soccer players.
4 minute read
May 03, 2000 |

Job Seekers Cast Wider 'Net

Hiring partners don't need to be computer geeks. Though the Internet is revolutionizing the hiring process to some degree, hiring partners concede that the tried-and-true method of identifying recruits through face-to-face, on-campus interviews isn't likely to be forsaken any time soon. And even recruiters who welcome risumis by e-mail admit that going high-tech has its pitfalls-sometimes with amusing results.
6 minute read
May 09, 2011 |

Falling In (House) and Out of Love

Jason Mark Anderman says BigLaw associates everywhere covet the opportunity to go in-house. While you do take a significant pay cut, you are often much happier with your lot in life, because many in-house lawyers usually leave work between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. each day, and rarely work on the weekends. He discusses making the move, separating the experience into two different areas: 1. quality of life, and 2. quality of practicing law.
8 minute read

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