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What You Can Do with a Law Degree (Besides Practice Law)

For law students, there is a typical interview process. First, there are the on-campus interviews, usually with one or two lawyers from the firm. And then there's the callback, when a series of lawyers conduct interviews on their territory.

Hang On! Legal Careers Can Take Wonderful Twists and Turns

I have a Peanuts© comic sitting on my desk where Charlie Brown asks Linus if he knows what he wants to be when he grows up. Linus responds quite simply: “Outrageously happy!” Worrying about class rank, student loans, and job searches makes it easy to forget that the goal of your legal education is a professional position that you enjoy. It’s equally challenging—absent the vantage point of experience—to trust that you don’t have to have your career figured out today or even by graduation. Graduation is simply one destination in the journey of your professional development.

Annoying the Judge: Recent Examples of What Not to Do in Federal Court

Most judges are reasonable people, trying to do their jobs and solve the problems that come up in their courtrooms. But sometimes judges get pushed to the limit by attorney behavior that reflects a lack of attention to professionalism. Some interesting orders and opinions result.

Exam Review Begins Now

The beginning of a new semester is always promising. No matter what fall semester grades were, students are certain they can improve this semester. Hope is in the air!