Should I Transfer Law Schools After My First Year?

If you go to the airport and get upgraded from economy to first class, you should accept the upgrade without asking any questions. Human nature is such that most want to apply the same philosophy to many aspects of life and want to upgrade…

Understanding Billable Hours

To most non-lawyers (law students included), BigLaw is a mysterious black box. What really goes on in those huge, vaguely intimidating office towers? What do so many lawyers possibly spend so much time on?

A Day in the Life of a BigLaw Associate

There are at least two contradictory stereotypes about associate life in large, national law firms (hereinafter “BigLaw”). The first is that BigLaw associates work in a high-stakes, exciting world where their decisions have multimillion-dollar consequences for…

What Business Form To Use For Your Law Firm

By: Ian E. Scott, Esq. MBA, CPA

More and more law students decide to open their own law firm after they complete law school. When faced with this challenge, the question often comes up of which business entity makes sense to…

A Child’s Lack of Autonomy in Medical Treatment: A Myth or Just Part of the ‘Procedure’?

Note: The following citations are in Oxford’s OSCOLA form, not Bluebook.

Abstract: Some argue that current English law is severely defective to the…

10 To Know About Law School (from two Ex-TAs)

By: LEE BURGESS & ALISON MOHANAN

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…

Congress’s Attempt to Limit the Commander-in-Chief’s Power

A Constitutional Review of the Reporting Requirement of Section 4(a)(1) and Automatic Withdrawal Provisions of Section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution

I. Introduction

Private Employers Have to Follow The Rules Too: Article 78 in New York State

By Christopher Bruno

Introduction

Organizations are often complex legal entities with numerous internal facets working together to promote the…