It’s important to get involved in some organizations, but which ones?

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You’ve never had a worse shopping experience in your life. The store wasn’t even busy that day, but there was nobody on the sales floor. When you finally did spot a human being with a nametag, she was surly and ...

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What if you could graduate from law school with a guaranteed job at a law firm, and this law firm promised to do its best to groom and train you from Year 1 through your first years as a junior ...

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Experience is a valuable teacher. Oftentimes, as a young attorney, I’m pegged by prospective clients as appearing inexperienced. “You look young,” is a common comment upon seeing me for the first time. As a 26-year-old attorney, I don’t fault that perception. ...

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My next jury trial is Tuesday—it’s a rather simple workers’ compensation appeal that, by all accounts, should be finished in a day. The employer and the insurer, appellants to the Commission’s order, put their medical expert on video months ago, ...

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