Archive for May, 2012
Twitter Chat Next Week on #BarTips
Next Thursday at 8:00pm EST (May 24th) we will launch our first Twitter Chat!!
Don’t Make Your Externship a Sexternship
By JUDY ZIMET – Jonathan’s summer plan was to get legal experience at the prosecutor’s office every day and party every night. He figured that after his 1L year, he deserved a little time to go wild and enjoy himself
What’s more important: years in practice or trial experience?
What’s more important to consider: years in practice or trial experience? I read this question on an advice forum, and, while I think everyone can concede that both are important, which (if discernible) is more important
Hope on Trial
By ADRIENNE LE – The most important Supreme Court case of the past two decades, Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida, will have huge economic, social, and moral implications for this country. The entirety of President Obama’s sweeping health care legislation, the Affordable Care Act of 2010, is at risk. Yet even with all this on the line, the oral arguments were painfully lackluster
Stop, Frisk, and Give Me Your Cell Phone
By JASON M TENENBAUM – Recently, the legality of warrantless searches of cell phones incident to arrest has become a serious issue for defendants and privacy advocates around the nation. Analogizing searches of cell phones to searches of containers, the courts have usually upheld the warrantless search of a cell phone incident to arrest, whether they have been limited in scope to simply retrieving a phone’s telephone number, or as broad as searching the entire phone
A Day in the Life of a Legal Career Coach
An interview with SHAUNA C BRYCE – Even a great resume isn’t a silver bullet that’s instantly going to get you a job offer. Here are some things you should know…
