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UB weighs return to upper-level programs only
The University of Baltimore's four-year undergraduate program might be discontinued, only seven years after it was reintroduced at the urban university known for its law school and other professional programs.
So you want to be a trial court clerk …
With my clerkship in Baltimore City Circuit Court quickly coming to an end, I have had the chance to reflect on my experience clerking for a trial court judge – both what I have learned along the way and wish I knew at the outset. ...
The value of a law school education
In a recent Wall Street Journal article about the difficult job market for 2011 law school graduates, Dean Rudy Hasl of Thomas Jefferson Law School in San Diego said the following: “You can’t measure the value of a law degree in terms of what your employment number was nine months after graduation.” He urged prospective […]
Naval Academy alumni reflect on 1st black graduate
ANNAPOLIS — Black alumni of the U.S. Naval Academy are celebrating the life of its first black graduate, who opened doors to them. A memorial service was held Wednesday to put the ashes of Wesley Brown in a columbarium on the school’s grounds. Brown was remembered as a persistent, courageous and friendly trailblazer who endured […]
A letter to a law school graduate (Part Two)
Dear Recent Law School Graduate: I am sorry it has been such a long time since I last wrote, but the life of a lawyer is not easy. It’s been almost two years since I last wrote and a lot of things have changed and a lot of things are the same. I made partner […]
Law school pros, cons and a payoff?
To law school that is. I saw a short article this morning about the value of a law degree in a divorce case. A judge held that a wife’s J.D. added $126,000 to her earning power. (I’m not sure about the wife’s age or experience or what kind of law she practices, but it seems […]
Under Armour’s Plank, Maryland have unique bond
COLLEGE PARK — Only a minute or two had passed since a 295-pound defensive tackle strutted down a runway in an attention-grabbing, form-fitting white-on-white uniform when his coach grabbed a microphone inside the University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. This night in late August was big for the Terps football program, a chance […]
50 graduate from P.G. police academy
UPPER MARLBORO — Fifty recruits are graduating from the Prince George’s County police academy. The graduation ceremony is scheduled for Thursday evening at the Dr. Henry A. Wise High School in Upper Marlboro. Forty-six of the police recruits are set to join the county police department, three will join the city of Bowie police department […]
