Archive for March, 2012
Renting Tips for 2Ls
Most law students rent apartments in a continued year-to-year succession. As a 1L, this time period doesn’t really make a different. Renters, however, should mark their calendars for the bar exam during their 2L year
What Are Our Children Eating?
By JOSEPHINE BALZAC – If immediate action is not taken childhood obesity will continue to increase and this current generation of young people could “become the first in American history to live shorter lives than their parents.” The current American diet lacks nutritional value and consumers are constantly misled into purchasing these unhealthy foods due to heavy marketing and promoting. By targeting children through their advertising, the food industry shoves highly processed and unhealthy foods down our children’s throats and thus encourages a high fat, sugary, and unnatural diet
A Day in the Life of a Lawyer for Entrepreneurs
By RACHEL RODGERS – An interview with Rachel Rodgers, founder of her own law firm to assist would-be entrepreneurs who want to strike out on their own.
LexisNexis Webinar with Sarah Eli Mattern
Earlier this week LexisNexis put on a webinar which included @SarahEliMattern of The Student Appeal, Jason M. Tenenbaum of Law School Chat, and Ruth B. Carter of Undeniable Ruth. We all discussed the different ways in which we were using social media
Twitter 101
You started a twitter account. Maybe you heard that Twitter is a great networking tool for law students and lawyers. Maybe you just want to find out why everyone talks about how informative Twitter is. But now you don’t who what to do
10 Things You Should Know About Law School (from two ex-TAs)
By LEE BURGESS & ALISON MONAHAN – If you’ve ever wanted to get inside your professor’s head and take a look around, we’ve got the next best thing! Two former law school Teaching Assistants (who together covered Contracts, Torts, and Civ Pro) share ten tips that would have made their students’ lives a lot easier
Interview with Sarah Feingold the In-House Attorney for Etsy
By SARAH FEINGOLD – Sarah is a jewelry-making out-of-the-box artistic extrovert, and the in-house counsel for Etsy.com. She shares her insights on working in-house for a start-up company and advises law students on how to go about getting getting a legal job that they love.
