Maryland Daily Record » lawyers http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Fri, 17 May 2013 23:24:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 On the Record – And Maryland’s newest lawyers are… http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/14/on-the-record-and-marylands-newest-lawyers-are/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/14/on-the-record-and-marylands-newest-lawyers-are/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:32 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=239687 Earlier this month in this space, we noted how the bar exam results had been released. At the time, all that was available was a four-digit ID number. Now, however, we have the full list of 462 names from the State Board of Law Examiners, which was also published in Tuesday’s paper. Congratulations to Maryland’s [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/14/on-the-record-and-marylands-newest-lawyers-are/feed/ 0 In entire court term, justices see 1 black lawyer http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/13/in-entire-court-term-justices-see-1-black-lawyer/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/13/in-entire-court-term-justices-see-1-black-lawyer/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 23:04:15 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=239704 In roughly 75 hours of arguments at the Supreme Court since October, only one African-American lawyer appeared before the justices, and for just over 11 minutes. The numbers were marginally better for Hispanic lawyers. Four of them argued for a total of 1 hour, 45 minutes. Women were better represented, accounting for just over 17 [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/13/in-entire-court-term-justices-see-1-black-lawyer/feed/ 0 Nation’s first ruling on text solicitations draws mixed reviews  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/07/nations-first-ruling-on-text-solicitations-draws-mixed-reviews/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/07/nations-first-ruling-on-text-solicitations-draws-mixed-reviews/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 19:49:38 +0000 Lawyers USA http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=239295 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Last month, Ohio became the first state in the nation to give the green light to lawyers sending text messages to solicit prospective clients. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/07/nations-first-ruling-on-text-solicitations-draws-mixed-reviews/feed/ 0 Md. law firms hiring students at about same rate as last year  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/03/21/md-law-firms-hiring-students-at-about-the-same-rate-as-last-year/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/03/21/md-law-firms-hiring-students-at-about-the-same-rate-as-last-year/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:46:08 +0000 Kristi Tousignant http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=236132 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The size of summer associate programs at several Maryland law firms remained steady or decreased slightly from 2012, consistent with national trends shown in a recent report by The National Association for Law Placement Inc. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/03/21/md-law-firms-hiring-students-at-about-the-same-rate-as-last-year/feed/ 0 Public gateway to private career path  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/24/public-gateway-to-private-career-path/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/24/public-gateway-to-private-career-path/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:00:07 +0000 Kristi Tousignant http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=234259 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> For many assistant U.S. attorneys it all comes down to one question. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/24/public-gateway-to-private-career-path/feed/ 0 Guantanamo lawyers concerned about eavesdropping http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/11/guantanamo-lawyers-concerned-about-eavesdropping/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/11/guantanamo-lawyers-concerned-about-eavesdropping/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:38:37 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=233411 GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks want to know if U.S. government officials have been eavesdropping on their private conversations with the defendants. The evidence for any such listening, the subject of a hearing that started Monday at this U.S. base [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/11/guantanamo-lawyers-concerned-about-eavesdropping/feed/ 1 Editorial Advisory Board: Legal education – Stopping the graveyard spiral  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/07/editorial-advisory-board-legal-education-stopping-the-graveyard-spiral/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/07/editorial-advisory-board-legal-education-stopping-the-graveyard-spiral/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:37:32 +0000 Editorial Advisory Board http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=233247 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The New York Times reported extensively last week on the impending crisis facing all but the most elite of U.S. law schools and the measures some institutions are taking to counteract it. But more is needed. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/07/editorial-advisory-board-legal-education-stopping-the-graveyard-spiral/feed/ 0 Woodward and Sweeney cross the Potomac  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/01/10/woodward-and-sweeney-cross-the-potomac/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/01/10/woodward-and-sweeney-cross-the-potomac/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:59:57 +0000 Kristi Tousignant http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=231349 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Two lawyers who helped pioneer the Baltimore office of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP have left the firm for Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/01/10/woodward-and-sweeney-cross-the-potomac/feed/ 0 List of people who passed the 2012 Maryland Bar Exam http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/11/16/list-of-people-who-passed-the-2012-maryland-bar-exam/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/11/16/list-of-people-who-passed-the-2012-maryland-bar-exam/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:52:19 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=228187 Click on the arrow in the top-left corner to see a full-screen version. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/11/16/list-of-people-who-passed-the-2012-maryland-bar-exam/feed/ 0 Lawyers come through with campaign contributions  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/11/05/lawyers-come-through-with-campaign-contributions/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/11/05/lawyers-come-through-with-campaign-contributions/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:30:54 +0000 Kristi Tousignant http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=227315 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> About 14 percent of Maryland donors’ contributions to President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s presidential campaigns came from the state’s legal sector, with the overwhelming share of the money going to the incumbent. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/11/05/lawyers-come-through-with-campaign-contributions/feed/ 0