A review of the major developments in different topics of law handled by the General Assembly and compile them for the senators and their staff.
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Read More »April 9, 2014 Comments Off on On-the-job CLE in Annapolis
A review of the major developments in different topics of law handled by the General Assembly and compile them for the senators and their staff.
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Read More »March 28, 2014 Comments Off on Looking back at how far you’ve come
In celebration of its eighth birthday, Twitter released a tool that lets you retrieve the very first tweet you posted. When I think back on who I was six years ago, I can't believe the differences.
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Read More »March 14, 2014 Comments Off on Never tell me the odds!
That’s Han Solo’s response when C-3PO tells him in the middle of “The Empire Strikes Back” that the probability of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3,720 to 1. Attorneys don't always need to play the odds either.
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Read More »February 26, 2014 Comments Off on The true cost of starting your own practice
In an industry with a dizzying array of career options, only one choice is for the daring, strong of will, and just a little bit crazy.
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Read More »February 13, 2014 1 Comment
Personal history with an issue can impact one's ability to handle a case as an objective officer of the court.
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Read More »January 30, 2014 Comments Off on Law’s indispensable techies
In the notoriously tech-averse legal profession, digital types are nigh indispensable for helping colleagues and firms progress into the 21st century.
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Read More »January 15, 2014 Comments Off on Twelve Angry Men leads to one conflicted law student
In a past life--before I started working in Annapolis, before I passed the bar exam, before I even entered law school, I had a fairly prolific “career” acting in plays and musicals at various schools and community theaters.
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December 4, 2013 Comments Off on The siren song of form books
Depend too much on form books, and you could wind up losing some of your creative, persuasive, and analytical writing skills.
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Read More »November 20, 2013 Comments Off on Keeping life in balance during the holidays
This time of year, your calendar is likely filling up faster than you can tear the pages off it. But what do you do if your workload isn’t also being adjusted to compensate?
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