Harvey Begins Law School Program To Get Students Hooked

Legal technology, like dealing drugs, thrives on getting kids hooked on the free sample. At least that’s what hundreds of hours worth of D.A.R.E. propaganda films taught me. It’s why law students received Lexis and Westlaw passwords before their dorm rooms — it’s...
Client Entertainment Expenses Are Worth The Cost

Client Entertainment Expenses Are Worth The Cost

Law firms often spend substantial sums of money on business development in the belief that this will pay off with new work for the firm.  Many law firms pay for their attorneys to attend conferences and networking events so that they can potentially meet people and...
Bar Exam Scores Are Up!

Bar Exam Scores Are Up!

The cost of living isn’t the only thing up this year! The bar exam — one of our industry’s time-honored hazing exercises, is the main hurdle that separates people who merely have JDs from bona fide esquires. And this year the average score of July test takers is the...
How Appealing Weekly Roundup

How Appealing Weekly Roundup

Ed. Note: A weekly roundup of just a few items from Howard Bashman’s How Appealing blog, the Web’s first blog devoted to appellate litigation. Check out these stories and more at How Appealing. “With Louisiana Essentially Flipping Sides in Callais Case Before Supreme...