Unsolicited advice for law school graduates
Life is too short and practice is too difficult to do work that you don’t enjoy, for one.
Survey: Grads getting more gifts than ever before
If you’re going to a graduation party this month, you’re probably helping to contribute to a record number of gifts for graduates this year. Consumers will spend $5.4 billion on graduation gifts this year, according to a survey commissioned by the National Retail Federation. The most popular gift this year will be cash, although its […]
Congratulations, law school grads! Now, get studying.
Dear 2015 Law School Graduates, Graduating from law school is a major life accomplishment, and you should all be proud. But, as you probably already know, as major life accomplishments go, it’s one of the most anti-climatic ones. The excitement of graduating from law school eventually wears off for everyone at different times, but it […]
Blue Angels scheduled to return to Annapolis
ANNAPOLIS — The U.S. Naval Academy says the Blue Angels are scheduled to return to Annapolis for next year’s graduation. The Navy has announced the popular flight demonstration team will have a full schedule for the 2014 season. The academy announced Tuesday that the school is on the Blue Angels’ schedule. The commissioning week airshow […]
ABA moves back law school graduate employment survey
The measure was passed by only one vote and the controversy has already begun.
At Navy graduation, Obama says sexual assaults threaten trust in military
WASHINGTON — With a growing sexual assault epidemic staining the military, President Barack Obama urged U.S. Naval Academy graduates Friday to remember their honor depends on what they do when nobody is looking and said the crime has “no place in the greatest military on earth.” The commander in chief congratulated the 1,047 midshipmen graduating […]
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Coppin out to STEM the tide with Science & Technology Center
Coppin State University is the latest of several Maryland colleges to throw support — and dollars — behind the hot-button fields of science, technology, engineering and math as a way to boost competiveness and attract highly motivated students.
Nancy Pelosi to speak at UB Law graduation
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi will be the speaker at the University of Baltimore School of Law’s graduation ceremony. Pelosi, former Speaker of the House who has represented San Francisco in Congress for 25 years, is a Baltimore native. She will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at the graduation ceremony May 20 at […]
Ben Carson withdraws as Hopkins commencement speaker
A Baltimore pediatric neurosurgeon who made derogatory comments about gay marriage has withdrawn as commencement speaker at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Ben Carson said in a letter to the medical school dean that he didn’t want to be a distraction at the diploma ceremony. Carson, who has recently made headlines for commentary on […]
Palmisano graduates from auction school
Jay Palmisano, co-owner of Century Auction Group, has graduated from the Dallas-based Texas Auction Academy.
Paying your law school debt with a public sector job
Quality students and talented lawyers need to know that there are prospects for having a financially rewarding career beyond a private law firm, six-figure starting salary.