The Legal Dollar

As any practicing attorney knows, being "too busy" is a double-sided coin.  On one side, it means that things are going well, but ...

Hi All!  I haven't posted for a while  - mostly because it seemed like other voices were pretty much saying everything that needed to be...

I haven't been able to post for a while and I wanted my first post back to be up-beat and focus on something positive.  In that regard, ...

When I see articles about allowing non-lawyers to practice law (like this one) it really frosts me.  The reasons that they cite for their p...

It's been a few weeks since I last posted - but that's actually good news for the younger set.  Frankly, the busier practicing lawye...

In Part 1 of this series, we discussed how most college students really deep down want a personal balance of four things - 1) Money, 2) Job...

AboveTheLaw (ATL) had a post today entitled " The Student Loan Bubble: Only Stupid People Will Be Surprised When It Bursts ".  The...

Matt over at The Law School Tuition Bubble does a good job with research and analysis.  In a recent post entitled " Another Day, Anoth...

In Part 1 and Part 2 , we discussed how most college students really deep down want a personal balance of four things - 1) Money, 2) Job Se...

As reported by AboveTheLaw and appearing on InsideTheLawSchoolScam a Tier 1 Law Professor has decided to rise to the highest of ethical sta...

I previously discussed this here . Also, here's a new and even more in-depth article outlining some of the loopholes to watch out for/a...

First, the NALP was riled by the ABA plan to collect better employment date for law students because it seemed to be cutting NALP out of t...

Cooley and NYLS got sued This brings the total number of law schools that have been sued to three including Thomas Jefferson School of Law ...

In the previous post , we discussed how most college students really deep down want a personal balance of four things - 1) Money, 2) Job Sec...

When I talk to people considering going to law school, I usually try to figure out what they really want from it.  Not the BS, surface reaso...

I just wanted to call attention to this aspect that was part of the Debt Ceiling Bill that has now been signed into law - and as reported by...

American Lawyer is now confirming what just about everyone already knew - job offers for summer associates were way down in 2010 as compare...

MoneyRates has a pair of interesting articles - the 10 best states to make a living - and - the 10 worst states to make a living. To calc...

I wanted to draw attention to this article on ATL about the outgoing Dean of the University of Baltimore Law School.  Here's a guy who...

Hmmm.  In this previous post , I commented on the internal conflict in the ABA Accreditation Committee.  The Committee has traditionally had...