A few posts ago, I wrote about the influx of people who have been flooding law schools despite the lackluster result for many who try to find jobs during this economic slump. A friend of mine sent me an article ...

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Ever wanted a test to show you your aptitude at your job? The Highlands Company, out of Larchmont, N.Y., can help you with that. Yes, even you lawyers out there. The company’s newest career assessment report claims to measure the ...

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This past weekend, I attended a wedding for a dear high school friend in the city of Seattle. The weather was 72 degrees and sunny the entire time we were there. The culture and fashion were different. The attitudes and ...

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Welcome to this Monday’s law blog roundup. It may be late, but it still makes for good reading. The British are coming! The British are coming! Dan Goldstein wins another case for a blind law grad looking to take the ...

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Dean Phillip Closius’ ouster from the top job at the University of Baltimore School of Law has some crying foul. For more, read on. The law firm Miller & Zois was so dismayed at the dean’s resignation/firing that the firm ...

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Earlier this week, hundreds of lawyers-to-be feverishly typed on computers and scribbled in blue books, all while trying not to let the enormity of the task at hand overwhelm them. A year ago, I too was sitting in the Thurgood ...

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For those of you who took the Maryland bar exam this past Tuesday and Wednesday, today is a bittersweet day. Here are some of the emotions you may encounter over the next couple of months. Some may feel a huge ...

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Ah, the dreaded bar exam. After three years of hard labor, several (hundred) thousand dollars and a few months of sheer terror punctuated by MBE flash cards and Jameson on the rocks, it comes down to this. Twelve hours — ...

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“You spend the first 20 years of your life trying to fit in, and you spend the second 20 trying to figure out a way to stand out.” I’m not exactly sure where this quote is from, but I like ...

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Adding a little more sizzle to last week’s sweltering heat,  Baltimore attorney Barry Glazer, famed for his audacious commercials, got some attention from Above the Law. See below for more of what’s heating up the legal world. Attorneys suit up. Thomas ...

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