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Jailhouselawyer's Blog

Jailhouselawyer's Blog

Covers prisoners' rights and criminal justice in the United Kingdom. By former prisoner John Hirst Hull.

http://prisonersvoice.blogspot.com/
  • Jul 2

    Call For Support

    Call For Support
    Thursday, July 1, 2010Call For SupportThe Association of Prisoners is this generation’s attempt to give prisoners the voice we have long attempted to have heard.Many other groups and organisations exist which play a role in attempting to…
  • Jul 1

    Association of Prisoners - National Campaign Launch

    Association of Prisoners - National Campaign Launch
    Association of Prisoners - National Campaign LaunchBy Ben GunnWednesday, June 30, 2010We all know that dealing with PSHQ is task for the unwitting and dim-witted. They are a slippery bunch at the best of times. But PSHQ has been causing the…
  • Feb 21

    Government in U Turn on prisoners’ vote

    Government in U Turn on prisoners’ vote
    Association of PrisonersContact: John Hirst FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETel: (01482) 341281 or 07766964583Email: john.hirst@myhaven.karoo.co.ukGovernment in U Turn on prisoners’ votesJack Straw…
Rank this Week: 694

JD Bliss Blog

JD Bliss Blog

For attorneys seeking career satisfaction, work/life balance and personal growth.

http://www.jdblissblog.com/
  • Jan 9

    Guy Kawasaki Shares 10 Ways to Use LinkedIn to Find a Job

    Guy Kawasaki Shares 10 Ways to Use LinkedIn to Find a Job
    In a recent blog post, startup guru Guy Kawasaki explained how to use LinkedIn to find a job (please also check out LinkedIn for Lawyers 101 for a short LinkedIn tutorial tailored to attorneys).
  • Dec 29

    Rob Sciglimpaglia: Moving from Law to Acting and Voice Over

    Rob Sciglimpaglia: Moving from Law to Acting and Voice Over
    Robert Sciglimpaglia's legal career came to an unexpected crossroads in May 2006. He could either continue practicing workers' compensation law full time, or accept a 13-day contract to perform as an extra in the Disney movie "Enchanted,"…
  • Nov 16

    Interview: Michael Rothman: From Lawyer to High-End Private Investigator

    Interview: Michael Rothman: From Lawyer to High-End Private Investigator
    Career opportunities often fall into a lawyer's lap when he or she least expects it. The key is to seize the opportunity.
Rank this Week: 451

Jenkins Blog

Jenkins Blog

Covers technology and legal research. By the staff of the Philadelphia-based Jenkins Law Library.

http://www.jenkinslaw.org/blog
Rank this Week: 990

Jim Hamilton's World of Securities…

Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulation

Commentaries on security regulation.

http://jimhamiltonblog.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 153

Jobsworth

Jobsworth

Covers UK employment law. By Michael Scutt.

http://michaelscutt.co.uk
  • Jun 12

    What’s On?

    What’s On?
      There have been and will be some programmes on the BBC this week that will be of interest to #ukemplaw followers. In case you missed it, Panorama on Monday evening made interesting viewing.  In “Blacklist Britain”…
  • Jun 11

    Head and Brain Injury Statistic

    Head and Brain Injury Statistic
    This infographic is courtesy of Neil Hudgell Solicitors Years ago I used to volunteer for Headway, the brain injury charity.  A head injury can have devastating results in serious cases, or it can have subtle and pervasive effects which…
  • Jun 8

    All You Need to Know About Internships?

    All You Need to Know About Internships?
    A couple or three years ago a film about the story behind the Equal Pay Act came out.  It was called Made in Dagenham and pretty good it was too.  You didn’t need to see it to practice employment law, but it did give a…
Rank this Week: 940

Jottings By An Employer's Lawyer

Jottings By An Employer's Lawyer

Covers employment law cases. By Michael Fox.

http://employerslawyer.blogspot.com/
  • Jun 12

    After JFK's National Addre

    After JFK's National Addre
    Medgar Evers, a field secretary for the NAACP was shot dead as he got out of his car in his drive way in Jackson, Mississippi.  It was just one of many incidents in the summer of 1963 that kept the pressure for the passage of the…
  • Jun 11

    A Doorway Stand and One Big Step Forward

    A Doorway Stand and One Big Step Forward
    On June 11, 1963, George Wallace made his famous "segregation forever" speech while standing in the door to block the integration of the University of Alabama. (Wonder what Coach Saban would think of that idea?).  After President Kennedy…
  • Jun 10

    The Equal Pay Act of 1963, The First Tentative Step

    The Equal Pay Act of 1963, The First Tentative Step
    The first 87 Congresses of the United States did not really give much thought to the relationship between an employer and its employees.  When Congress had acted the focus was on regulating the power between organized labor…
Rank this Week: 841

JOTWELL - The Journal of Things We…

JOTWELL - The Journal of Things We Like (Lots)

Edited by University of Miami School of Law Professor Michael Froomkin, The Journal of Things We Like (Lots)–JOTWELL–invites law professors to join us in filling a telling gap in legal scholarship by creating a space where legal academics will go to identify, celebrate, and discuss the best new legal scholarship.

http://jotwell.com/
  • Jun 18

    State Boundaries and Constitutional Limit

    State Boundaries and Constitutional Limit
    Clyde S. Spillenger, Risk Regulation, Extraterritoriality, and the Constitutionalization of Choice of Law, 1865-1940, UCLA School of Law Research Paper No. 12-01 (February 15, 2012), available at SSRN.William BaudeMost…
  • Jun 17

    Public Agencies Going Private

    Public Agencies Going Private
    Jon D. Michaels, Privatization’s Progeny, 101 Georgetown Law Journal (forthcoming 2013), available at SSRN.Anne O'ConnellAdministrative law loves binaries. There are executive agencies and independent regulatory commissions. There…
  • Jun 14

    How Should Judges Spend Their Time?

    How Should Judges Spend Their Time?
    Marin K. Levy, Judicial Attention as a Scarce Resource: A Preliminary Defense of How Judges Allocate Time Across Cases in the Federal Courts of Appeals, 81 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 401 (2013), available at SSRN.Nancy LeongThe federal…
Rank this Week: 307

Judge Ben C. Green Law Library…

Judge Ben C. Green Law Library Blog

Features legal news and research guides. From Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

http://lawlibrary.case.edu/blog
  • Nov 9

    New Law Review format on display at Circ. Desk

    New Law Review format on display at Circ. Desk
    The Case Western Reserve Law Review has put a lot of really solid work into the typesetting and page layout of their journal. Besides some real benefits for their operation in the pre-production process, this reformatting makes the Law Review…
  • Nov 8

    The Day After – Looking at the Prediction

    The Day After – Looking at the Prediction
    The votes are still being counted in 27 states as of 5pm. However, the election has been called and President Barack Obama will serve an additional four years as President.
  • Nov 5

    Election Maps — Nov 5th — Election Eve Prediction

    Election Maps — Nov 5th — Election Eve Prediction
    Last Tuesday I posted the information from four election map sites. I have posted at the end of this blog the information from today for those same sites. Not surprisingly, not one of the maps has gone completely unchanged.
Rank this Week: 460

Judging Crimes

Judging Crimes

Covers criminal law, violent crime and the judiciary. By Joel Jacobsen.

http://www.joeljacobsen.com/journal/
  • Feb 10

    Sweet potatoe

    Sweet potatoe
    When was America discovered (by humans)? Not 1492, when Columbus sailed the ocean blue. First there were the people from eastern Asia, of course, who arrived many thousands of years ago. Lately there's some renewed debate about exactly…
  • Jan 17

    Getting back to blogging

    Getting back to blogging
    It's been a refreshing nap. But now I think it's time to get back to blogging. I came very close to burning through my remaining stock of idealism by writing Judging Crimes.  Practicing law means chasing trivialities in the pursuit of…
  • Jul 15

    439. Armed incoherence watch

    439. Armed incoherence watch
    The Chicago gun control decision was a great liberal triumph, the culmination of nearly 50 years of such triumphs.  It shows the wonderful influence William Brennan continues to exert beyond the grave.  (See post 365.)  
Rank this Week: 784

Juries

Juries

Discusses jury-related issues.

http://juries.typepad.com/juries/
  • Jun 17

    Judge's Comments Prior to Polling the Jury Not Enough to Oveturn the Verdict (U.S. v. Cherry)

    Judge's Comments Prior to Polling the Jury Not Enough to Oveturn the Verdict (U.S. v. Cherry)
    In U.S. v. Cherry the defendant was convicted by a jury of possession with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possession of a firearm after a felony conviction in violation. When the jury...
  • Jun 13

    Zimmerman Jurors to be Sequestered

    Zimmerman Jurors to be Sequestered
    The judge in the Zimmerman murder trial has shifted course and has now decided to sequester the jurors. The Florida judge presiding over George Zimmerman's murder trial reversed herself today and announced that the jurors will be sequestered…
  • Jun 10

    Zimmerman Jury New

    Zimmerman Jury New
    CBS News: Jury selection begins in Trayvon Martin case ABC News: George Zimmerman Jury Selection: Jurors' Race May Be Focus NPR: Trayvon Martin Killing: 2 Sides Want Very Different Jurors Orlando Sentinel: Potential jurors line up at…
Rank this Week: 591

Juris Diversitas

Juris Diversitas

An international, interdisciplinary community for the study of legal and normative mixtures and movements.

http://jurisdiversitas.blogspot.com/
  • Jun 18

    BOOK: Sumalla on Historical Memory and Criminal Justice in Spain

    BOOK: Sumalla on Historical Memory and Criminal Justice in Spain
    Intersentia has published Josep M Tamarit Sumalla’s Historical Memory and Criminal Justice in Spain: A Case of Late Transitional Justice. The abstract reads: The Spanish transition from the Franco regime to democracy has not been a…
  • Jun 17

    NOTICE: Juris Diversitas on Twitter and Facebook

    NOTICE: Juris Diversitas on Twitter and Facebook
    Don't forget to check us out on Twitter (@JurisDiversitas) and Facebook. 
  • Jun 17

    BOOKS: Irish Legal History Society

    BOOKS: Irish Legal History Society
    Dear members, we have a few fantastic books coming out over the next few months... watch this space! Free to members as always — Irish Legal History (@IrLegalHist) June 17, 2013 For additional information, see the Irish Legal…
Rank this Week: 541

Jurisdynamics

Jurisdynamics

Describes the interplay between legal responses to exogenous change and the law's own endogenous capacity for adaptation. By Louis D. Brandeis Dean Jim Chen.

http://jurisdynamics.blogspot.com/
  • Apr 20

    Portfolio Theory as a Pattern of Timeless Moment

    Portfolio Theory as a Pattern of Timeless Moment
    Jim Chen, Portfolio Theory as a Pattern of Timeless Moments, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2254244: Quantitative finance traces its roots to modern portfolio theory. Despite the deficiencies of modern portfolio theory, mean-variance…
  • Apr 17

    Measuring Market Risk Under Basel II, 2.5, and III: VAR, Stressed VAR, and Expected Shortfall

    Measuring Market Risk Under Basel II, 2.5, and III: VAR, Stressed VAR, and Expected Shortfall
    Jim Chen, Measuring Market Risk Under Basel II, 2.5, and III: VaR, Stressed VaR, and Expected Shortfall, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2252463: Each of the most recent accords of the Basel Committee on Banking Regulation, known as…
  • Jan 7

    CPRBlog: The Long Goodbye: On Seeing the Sundarban Island

    CPRBlog: The Long Goodbye: On Seeing the Sundarban Island
    CPRBlog: The Long Goodbye: On Seeing the Sundarban IslandsThe Ganges River begins at the foot of the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayas and culminates at the Sundarbans Delta, a massive sprawl of swamps, lakes, and scores of islands. (Find an…
Rank this Week: 880

JURIST - Forum

JURIST - Forum

Op-eds on legal news by law professors and JURIST special guests.

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy/index.php
  • Apr 27

    Arizona Legalizes Racial Profiling

    Arizona Legalizes Racial Profiling
    JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that Arizona's new immigration legislation - requiring law enforcement officers to stop everyone whom they have “reasonable suspicion” to believe is an…
  • Apr 22

    The Iraqi High Court's Understated Rise to Legitimacy

    The Iraqi High Court's Understated Rise to Legitimacy
    JURIST Contributing Editor Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that a look at recent decisions by Iraq's Federal Supreme Court illustrates the court's growing authority as an independent and legitimate voice…
  • Apr 21

    Is Health Care Reform Constitutional?

    Is Health Care Reform Constitutional?
    JURIST Guest Columnist Sallie Sanford of the University of Washington School of Law says that although challenges to the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are valuable for inspiring dialogue within and…
Rank this Week: 559

JURIST - Paper Chase

JURIST - Paper Chase

Covers legal news. From the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/index.php
  • Oct 5

    Germany court rules for Motorola in Microsoft patent dispute

    Germany court rules for Motorola in Microsoft patent dispute
    [JURIST] The Mannheim Regional Court in Germany ruled for Motorola Mobility, a subsidiary of Google, against Microsoft [corporate websites] on Friday. This was the fourth decision [FOSS Patents report] in a suit between Motorola and Microsoft…
  • Oct 5

    UN: proposed Ukraine gay propaganda ban violates human right

    UN: proposed Ukraine gay propaganda ban violates human right
    [JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Friday condemned [press release] a draft law [bill 8711 materials, in Ukrainian] that would ban pro-gay "propaganda" in Ukraine. The OHCHR said…
  • Oct 5

    UK court allows Kenya ex-prisoners to sue for colonial-era torture

    UK court allows Kenya ex-prisoners to sue for colonial-era torture
    [JURIST] The Queen's Bench Division [official website] on the High Court of England and Wales ruled Friday that three elderly Kenyans can sue the British government for torture they suffered while in detention under the British Colonial…
Rank this Week: 6

justcrim

justcrim

Covers capital punishment and criminal law news and resources. By Brian Williams.

http://justcrim.typepad.com/deathpenalty/
  • Dec 20

    Visit justcrim.wordpress.com for current post

    Visit justcrim.wordpress.com for current post
    C'est la vie justcrim @ Wordpress.com is free ...
  • Dec 18

    Hallelujah - The Voice (Tribute to victims with Leonard Cohens) - YouTube

    Hallelujah - The Voice (Tribute to victims with Leonard Cohens) - YouTube
    The coaches and artists pay tribute to the Connecticut shooting victims with Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." Christina Aguilera , Adam Levine & more ... December 17 , 2012. Three days after the shootings in Newtown, Conn., The…
  • Dec 17

    Newtown and the Madness of Guns : The New Yorker

    Newtown and the Madness of Guns : The New Yorker
    Then there were—many more, in fact—and when the latest and worst one happened, in Aurora, I (and many others) said, this time in a tone of despair, that nothing had changed. And I (and many others) predicted that it would...
Rank this Week: 391

Justia Law, Technology & Legal…

Justia Law, Technology & Legal Marketing Blog

Covers legal research tools, notable websites and blogs, web site design, search engine optimization and marketing for law firms.

http://onward.justia.com/
  • Jun 17

    Justia Writers’ Round Up – Supreme Court Opinions Issued June 17, 2013

    Justia Writers’ Round Up – Supreme Court Opinions Issued June 17, 2013
    Five opinions came down today from the United States Supreme Court. Read the summaries below and read the full text of the opinions at Justia’s U.S. Supreme Court Center. Alleyne v. United States, United States Supreme Court (6/17/13)…
  • Jun 14

    Justia Weekly Writers’ Picks: Hands Off My Double Helix

    Justia Weekly Writers’ Picks: Hands Off My Double Helix
    Assoc. for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., United States Supreme Court (6/13/13) Drugs & Biotech, Patents Myriad obtained patents after discovering the precise location and sequence of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, mutations of…
  • Jun 12

    Lawsuit: Plane of Amelia Earhart Has Been Found

    Lawsuit: Plane of Amelia Earhart Has Been Found
    A lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming alleged that the plane of Amelia Earhart had been located. Plaintiff Timothy Mellon stated in his Complaint that during its NIKU VI expedition around Nikumaroro from May…
Rank this Week: 351

Justice Building Blog

Justice Building Blog

Features discussions between judges and lawyers in the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building.

http://justicebuilding.blogspot.com/
  • Jun 18

    SYDNEY SMITH HAS PASSED AWAY

    SYDNEY SMITH HAS PASSED AWAY
    Many of you will remember Syd Smith as a lawyer with the Public Defenders office. He then spent some time in private practice before returning to his home in London, England, to battle leukemia. We received word that Syd lost his courageous…
  • Jun 17

    TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES

    TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES
    Several long time readers have emailed us that they are experiencing difficulties when viewing the blog. The problem -we think- is that Google is going out of their way not to play nice with browsers by companies they don't like. For instance…
  • Jun 17

    BITE ME

    BITE ME
    The AP writes what we in the criminal defense field have known for some time: Bite mark identification is unreliable (witch craft) nonsense (sorry Dr. Souviron). The article is here.Bite mark identification evidence first came into the…
Rank this Week: 215

K's law

K's law

Features extracts from recently published decisions of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO.

http://k-slaw.blogspot.com/
  • Jun 17

    T 108/09 – De Novo

    T 108/09 – De Novo
    In this opposition appeal case Board 3.3.02 had to decide on the novelty of claim 1 as granted, which read:1. Use of fulvestrant in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of a patient with breast cancer who previously has been…
  • Jun 16

    T 637/09 – No Reason To Doubt

    T 637/09 – No Reason To Doubt
    In this case the patent proprietor questioned the authorisation of one of the professional representatives of the opponent:[1] With letter dated 2 November 2012, the [opponent] informed the board and the [patent proprietor] that Mr S., a…
  • Jun 13

    T 1703/12 – Nothing Left

    T 1703/12 – Nothing Left
    In this case an applicant (and the Examining Division) had to learn that a request for reimbursement of the appeal fee will not be examined by the Boards if it is made after interlocutory revision has been granted - which confirms earlier…
Rank this Week: 421

Kansas Defenders

Kansas Defenders

Forum for discussion about issues and appellate decisions of interest to Kansas defenders.

http://kansasdefenders.blogspot.com/
  • May 31

    Rare win under Uniform Mandatory Disposition of Detainers Act

    Rare win under Uniform Mandatory Disposition of Detainers Act
    Benjamin Fisher and Shawn Lautz won in State v. Burnett, No. 100,766 (Kan. May 31, 2013), reversing a Reno County conviction for aggravated weapons violation.  The Court reversed the conviction based on a violation of the Uniform…
  • Apr 22

    Justice Rosen wants justice in plea agreement

    Justice Rosen wants justice in plea agreement
    In State v. Jackson, No. 106,184 (Kan. April 12, 2013), the KSC reversed a 310-month sentence in a Jessica's Law case based on the failure of the district court to follow the proper procedures when it departed to a guidelines sentence (Carol…
  • Apr 19

    "Patently egregious" comments in closing argument warrant new trial

    "Patently egregious" comments in closing argument warrant new trial
    Michelle Davis won in State v. Stimec, No. 103,329 (Kan. April 19, 2013), reversing two Wyandotte County convictions for aggravated indecent liberties with a child.   The court held the prosecutor's statements made during rebuttal…
Rank this Week: 567

Karel's Legal Blog

Karel's Legal Blog

Covers law in the Netherlands Antilles. By Karel Frielink.

http://www.curacao-law.com
  • Jun 17

    LAWYERS AND THE INTERNET: BACK IN TIME

    LAWYERS AND THE INTERNET: BACK IN TIME
    A 1996 Tour of some interesting WWW sites for Lawyers In 1996 Delia Venables wrote an internet tour for lawyers (‘Around the World in 80 Minutes‘, Web Review, 1996 (3) The Journal of Information, Law and Technology; click here).…
  • Jun 13

    LITIGATION IS A SKILLED PROFESSION (part 8)

    LITIGATION IS A SKILLED PROFESSION (part 8)
    New legislation Finally, note that rather simple examples have been taken here. However, many suits are complicated with regard to their subject matter. In this connection disputes about complicated take-over issues, disputes between…
  • Jun 11

    DE ADVOCAAT (I)

    DE ADVOCAAT (I)
    De advocaat als redenaar Zou je niet af en toe iets over advocaten en hun beroep op je weblog moeten zetten, vroeg laatst iemand aan mij. Een goed en vooral leuk idee! In de Engelstalige bijdragen aan mijn weblog zijn advocaten en hun beroep…
Rank this Week: 507

karşılıksız çek ve…

karşılıksız çek ve yasal düzenlemeler

Turkish legal blog.

http://karsiliksizcek.wordpress.com
  • Dec 30

    2012 in review

    2012 in review
    WordPress.com istatistik yardımcı maymunları bu blog için bir 2012 yıllık raporu hazırladılar. İşte bir alıntı: Yaklaşık 55.000 turist her yıl…
  • Feb 3

    Yeni Çek Kanunu, 6273

    Yeni Çek Kanunu, 6273
    3 ?ubat 2012 CUMA Resmî Gazete Say? : 28193 (Mükerrer) KANUN ÇEK KANUNUNDA DE????KL?K YAPILMASINA DA?R KANUN Kanun No.
  • Feb 3

    Cumhurba?kan? Çek Kanunu ‘nu onaylad?.

    Cumhurba?kan? Çek Kanunu ‘nu onaylad?.
    6273 say?l? “Çek Kanununda De?i?iklik Yap?lmas?na Dair Kanun” Say?n Cumhurba?kan?m?z taraf?ndan Anayasan?n 89 uncu maddesinin birinci f?kras? ile 104 üncü maddesinin ikinci f?kras?n?n (a) bendi uyar?nca yay?mlanmak üzere Ba?bakanl??a…
Rank this Week: 822

Kenneth Anderson's Law of War and…

Kenneth Anderson's Law of War and Just War Theory Blog

Covers international laws of war, international law, related human rights topics, international NGOs, and the theory of the just war. By Professor Kenneth Anderson.

http://kennethandersonlawofwar.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 515

Kentucky Environmental Matters

Kentucky Environmental Matters

Covers Kentucky environmental law matters, including pollution, human health and toxic torts. By Jeffrey M. Sanders.

http://jeffreymsanders.wordpress.com
Rank this Week: 866

Kentucky Injury Lawyer Blog

Kentucky Injury Lawyer Blog

Covers personal injury law in Kentucky. By Bahe Cook Cantley & Nefzger PLC.

http://www.kentuckyinjurylawyerblog.com/
  • Jun 18

    FDA Investigating Unexplained Zyprexa Death

    FDA Investigating Unexplained Zyprexa Death
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA")is investigating two deaths that may have resulted from the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa. The FDA states that the patients received injections of Zyprexa and died three to four days later. At…
  • Jun 16

    Nap Nanny Infant Recliners Recalled After Multiple Death

    Nap Nanny Infant Recliners Recalled After Multiple Death
    The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced a recall of Nap Nanny and Nap Nanny Chill infant recliners and covers produced by Baby Matters LLC. This recall is announced as part of the settlement of an administrative case…
  • Jun 16

    Propane Heater Recalled Due to Malfunction

    Propane Heater Recalled Due to Malfunction
    The CPSC has recalled the Cedar Lake Propane Heater/Cooker due to the potential for it to malfunction and create a fire hazard. The product was sold at numerous retail outlets and online sites. The regulator on the heater can malfunction…
Rank this Week: 298

KEYTLaw

KEYTLaw

Covers Arizona and federal laws.

http://www.keytlaw.com/blog
  • Aug 8

    The Best of Law Dog

    The Best of Law Dog
    Since law dog is all the rage, we thought we’d share the best of law dog. Check out all of law dog’s pictures here.
  • Jul 12

    Starting Salaries For Law Grads Drops Significantly

    Starting Salaries For Law Grads Drops Significantly
    ABA Journal: New law grads in private practice are no longer taking home median paychecks in the six figures.
  • Jun 27

    Late Mortgage Payments Down Significantly

    Late Mortgage Payments Down Significantly
    Equifax’s June edition of its National Consumer Credit Trends Report shows a sharp decline in the number of delinquent mortgage  balances.
Rank this Week: 824

Koehler Law

Koehler Law

Uses topical issues to examine different crimes in Washington, D.C. Discusses individual crimes and defense strategies. Ruminates on the challenges of law practice and being a solo practitioner. By Jamison Koehler.

http://koehlerlaw.net
  • Jun 18

    Goodbye to Virginia

    Goodbye to Virginia
    Although my wife and I have been packing for a couple of weeks now, it was not until I started to take the artwork down in our Virginia house that the move really began to sink in. We settled on the Baltimore house yesterday, with the move…
  • Jun 17

    Overheard on Twitter

    Overheard on Twitter
    Jenni@jnbtsn:  It was me. I let the dogs out. Marcus L. Schantz@SchantzLaw: You can tell your relative age by the commercials shown during your TV shows. For me it’s reverse mortgages and catheters. Guess I’m 70-ish.…
  • Jun 16

    Susan on MSNBC: Sexual Assault at Naval Academy

    Susan on MSNBC: Sexual Assault at Naval Academy
    Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Rank this Week: 798

l r c - o r b i t ... ... ... the…

l r c - o r b i t ... ... ... the usd research satellite

Covers the legal research center, legal news and legal research resources. By John Adkins.

http://lrc-orbit.typepad.com/lrc/
  • Jun 12

    Which Bathroom is Appropriate for Transgender Elementary Students?

    Which Bathroom is Appropriate for Transgender Elementary Students?
    The Penobscot County Superior Court in Maine is deciding a case brought on behalf of a transgender female student named Nicole (she was born male) regarding which elementary school bathroom she was permitted to use. Originally, the school…
  • May 31

    U.S.-Mexico Border States Must Report Bulk Rifle Sale

    U.S.-Mexico Border States Must Report Bulk Rifle Sale
    Earlier today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a decision upholding a new gun sale reporting rule. In July 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) sent demand letters…
  • May 14

    Does Your Garden Violate Patent Law?

    Does Your Garden Violate Patent Law?
    You may have heard about a company called Monsanto – for many years, environmentalists have been trying to draw attention to the company’s genetically modified crops in an effort to steer Americans away from foods that they consider to…
Rank this Week: 739

Labor Immigration Law

Labor Immigration Law

Features United States labor immigration law news and analysis. By the Capitol Immigration Law Group LLC.

http://www.laborimmigration.com
Rank this Week: 532

Labor Relations Today

Labor Relations Today

Provides analysis, resources and commentary on developments in traditional labor law. By McKenna Long & Aldridge.

http://www.laborrelationstoday.com/
  • Jun 18

    @LRToday Morning Round-Up: June 18, 2013

    @LRToday Morning Round-Up: June 18, 2013
    D.C. Circuit Hears that Board Is Playing By Its Own Rules: Ben James at Law360 ($$) writes that last Friday, several parties filed a joint brief in the D.C. Circuit, arguing that the National Labor Relations Board is acting in direct…
  • Jun 17

    @LRToday Morning Round-Up: June 17, 2013

    @LRToday Morning Round-Up: June 17, 2013
    WI High Court Takes Up Union Bargaining Row: Sindhu Sundar of Law360 ($$) reports that last Friday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to the state's law restricting public-sector collective bargaining. Last…
  • Jun 14

    Another Circuit Court Strikes Down National Labor Relations Board's Poster Rule

    Another Circuit Court Strikes Down National Labor Relations Board's Poster Rule
    Earlier today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision invalidating the National Labor Relations Board's August 2011 rule which would require most private employers to post notices in the workplace…
Rank this Week: 834

Land Use Prof Blog

Land Use Prof Blog

By Professors Will Cook, Chad D. Emerson, Matthew J. Festa, Ngai Pindell and Jamie Baker Roskie.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/land_use/
  • Jun 18

    Godsil on a Fair Housing Response to Gentrification

    Godsil on a Fair Housing Response to Gentrification
    Rachel Godsil (Seton Hall) has posted The Gentrification Trigger: Autonomy, Mobility, and Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, 78 Brook. L. Rev. 319 (2013). It's wonderful to have Rachel's civil rights scholarship back in the (urban)…
  • Jun 15

    Stahl on Neighborhood Empowerment

    Stahl on Neighborhood Empowerment
    Land Use Prof's own Ken Stahl (Chapman) has posted the final version of Neighborhood Empowerment and the Future of the City, 161 U. Pa. L. Rev. 939 (2013). (Who says Zoning can't go Ivy?!?) Matt notified us when the piece...
  • Jun 14

    Back to the old neighborhood

    Back to the old neighborhood
    Land use law scholars and other academics continue to rediscover the neighborhood as a terrific lens through which to view a number of issues. I thought I’d profile three recent works (hubris alert: one of them is admittedly mine) in...
Rank this Week: 166

Larry Bodine LawMarketing Blog

Larry Bodine LawMarketing Blog

Covers law firm marketing, including advertising, blogging and sales. By Larry Bodine.

http://blog.larrybodine.com/
  • Jun 17

    Do Attorney Rankings, Ratings & Reviews Increase Likelihood of Being Hired?

    Do Attorney Rankings, Ratings & Reviews Increase Likelihood of Being Hired?
    Cindy Greenway, Editor in Chief of LawMarketing.com reached out to Carlton Dyce, Vice President of Peer Review Ratings and Client Review Services at LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell to get his thoughts on the importance…
  • Jun 14

    How Google Authorship Can Help You Stand Out From The Competition

    How Google Authorship Can Help You Stand Out From The Competition
    George Murphy, Owner at The Search Ninjas provided a guest post about Google Authorship.   Google, which is still the preferred search engine for 67% of the United States according to Comscore’s latest report, launched their…
  • Jun 13

    Client Testimonials Will Boost Your Law Firm's Web Campaign

    Client Testimonials Will Boost Your Law Firm's Web Campaign
    Your law firm’s website can make prospective clients feel more comfortable about choosing your firm by providing them with testimonials from happy clients. With the prominence of review sites like Yelp, consumers expect to see comments…
Rank this Week: 211

Law & Disorder

Law & Disorder

The Art of Technology

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/
Rank this Week: 91

Law & Humanities Blog

Law & Humanities Blog

About law, literature and the humanities. By the Law & Humanities Institute.

http://lawlit.blogspot.com/
  • Jun 16

    Bloomsday!

    Bloomsday!
    It's Bloomsday! More here from the James Joyce Centre, here from the Rosenbach Museum and Library.Selected Joyce and the Law Bibliography here.Balsamo, Gian, Legitimate Filiation and Gender Segregation: Law and Fiction in Texts By Derrida,…
  • Jun 15

    The Other Big Brother

    The Other Big Brother
    According to the "Tuned In" column in the June 24, 2013 issue of Time, U.S. popular culture has been predicting government surveillance of U.S. citizens for a while now.Think shows like Chuck and Person of Interest, and next season's new…
  • Jun 13

    Sally Draper On the Couch

    Sally Draper On the Couch
    Courtesy of Gwynne Watkins, who explains the Mad Men's teen's possible problems after catching her dad with a neighbor.  From New York Magazine's Vulture blog). Not to mention the adultery, the alienation of affections...
Rank this Week: 481

Law Actually

Law Actually

Blog of a LL.M law student in the UK.

http://lawactually.blogspot.com/
  • Jun 18

    Tax Tips for Small Businesse

    Tax Tips for Small Businesse
    Guest Post For a small business owner, dealing with the ins and outs of tax can be a confusing and intimidating matter. Here are seven top tips to help you navigate the subject and maximise your profits 1: Classify Your Business Correctly …
  • Jun 17

    Pooting PC declared hero in drugs haul

    Pooting PC declared hero in drugs haul
    From the Metro 13/06/13: A cannabis factory was sniffed out by police after they wound down their car windows to escape the smell when one officer kept breaking wind. The team noticed a second strange scent as they sucked in the…
  • Jun 13

    Why is there a rise in certain types of personal injury claim?

    Why is there a rise in certain types of personal injury claim?
    Guest Post Whiplash claims and industrial illness have been major personal injury talking points of late, and it's vital to know what to do if you wish to make a claim. In recent weeks, a number of stories have appeared in the mainstream…
Rank this Week: 563

Law and Letters

Law and Letters

http://lawandletters.blogspot.com/
  • Aug 6

    Destroying Public Education in California

    Destroying Public Education in California
    So let's say you're in charge of one of the most successful university systems in the country. Your state is in a budget crisis, held hostage by a small but strategically vocal minority that are so against taxation (while their "free market"…
  • Jun 23

    Finally back!

    Finally back!
    I went to visit my parents for a week to attend my nephew's high school graduation and to be exploited for free child care. For some reason, the entire week I could not access Blogger. I could access blogspot blogs, but not the "create a…
  • Jun 15

    Things that make you feel old.

    Things that make you feel old.
    My nephew is graduating from high school on Wednesday.
Rank this Week: 582

Law and Other Things

Law and Other Things

Covers Indian law, courts and the Constitution.

http://lawandotherthings.blogspot.com/
  • Jun 16

    Colombia and India: Two of the Most Similar Courts in the World?

    Colombia and India: Two of the Most Similar Courts in the World?
    There was a recent post on ICONnect by David Landau describing how the Colombian Constitutional Court has struck or read down several Constitutional amendments there. Perhaps even more than India's Basic Structure Doctrine the caselaw in…
  • Jun 13

    Graduate Fellow Position Open at APU

    Graduate Fellow Position Open at APU
    The Law, Governance, and Development Initiative at Azim Premji University has a two year post open for a Graduate Fellow. Please see this link for more details. Please note that the original deadline of June 1, 2013 has been extended, but…
  • Jun 12

    Polity in India Blog

    Polity in India Blog
    There is a new blog up - Polity in India: Observations on Legal and Political Developments in India - that might be of interest to some readers. A number of the contributors are lawyers and several have/had a Centre for Policy Research/PRS…
Rank this Week: 293

Law at the End of the Day

Law at the End of the Day

Focuses on issues and the differences in how the law relates to economic organizations, political organizations, religious, ethnic and family organizations. By Penn State Dickinson School of Law Professor Larry Catá Backer.

http://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/
Rank this Week: 234

Law Blog

Law Blog

Covers law and business and the business of law. By the Wall Street Journal.

http://blogs.wsj.com/law
Rank this Week: 8

Law Department Management

Law Department Management

Covers managing in-house counsel groups. By Rees Morrison.

http://www.lawdepartmentmanagementblog.com/law_department_management/
Rank this Week: 130

Law Firm Marketing Blog

Law Firm Marketing Blog

Covers legal marketing strategies. By AttorneySync.

http://lawyermarketing.attorneysync.com
  • Nov 27

    Real Law Firm Stuff

    Real Law Firm Stuff
    Can you remember marketing your law firm before the internet? What kind of “stuff” did you do? I know it wasn’t this: And yet, in the arms race to be #1 in Google, this is exactly what many law firms are doing. In fairness, it’s what…
  • Nov 26

    SEO Marketing Like Foursquare

    SEO Marketing Like Foursquare
    If you haven’t read it yet, I recommend you check out Andrew Shotland’s What Is Foursquare’s SEO Strategy? at SEL. Now before you rush to publish that comment that marketing a law firm is nothing like marketing a site like Foursquare,…
  • Nov 16

    How Can a Focused Differentiation Strategy Help My Firm?

    How Can a Focused Differentiation Strategy Help My Firm?
    What is a unique value proposition?  In short, a unique value proposition, or UVP, is a set of characteristics that make you different from your competition. There are typically at least three things that make you different from all of your…
Rank this Week: 752

Law Firm Risk Management

Law Firm Risk Management

Discusses of compliance, conflicts, intake and other risk issues for law firm risk professionals.

http://www.lawfirmrisk.com/
  • Jun 18

    Beazley on Evolving Standard of Care for Firm Information Security

    Beazley on Evolving Standard of Care for Firm Information Security
    Brant Weidner with specialist insurance business Beazley sent a link to their latest brief, which includes a featured article on the evolving standard of care for law firm information security: "The standard security model traditionally…
  • Jun 11

    Reminder: Toronto Risk Roundtable (June 19)

    Reminder: Toronto Risk Roundtable (June 19)
    Just a reminder that our upcoming Canada  Risk Roundtable is set Wednesday, June 19th at the offices of Goodmans LLP.   At this session, Malcolm Mercer (General Counsel, McCarthy Tétrault) and Simon Chester (Partner,…
  • Jun 11

    More on Information Security -

    More on Information Security -
    Industry expert Jeffrey Brandt, a former AmLaw 100 CIO and CKO with 25+ years experience in these matters recently weighed in on current information risk trends with a two part piece: "Why Law Firm Security Makes Good Business Sense [part 1]…
Rank this Week: 962

Law Firm Web Strategy

Law Firm Web Strategy

Covers online law firm business development, including profile building, branding and law firm SEO. By Steve Matthews.

http://www.stemlegal.com/strategyblog
  • Jun 11

    Extend the Reach of Original Content: Adapt and Distribute

    Extend the Reach of Original Content: Adapt and Distribute
    In last week’s Friday’s Five at Attorney at Work, Joan Feldman highlights five great tips from the Third Annual Super Marketing Conference. I’m especially fond of this one: “Recycle your writings. Developing…
  • Jun 4

    Much Ado About ‘About’ Page

    Much Ado About ‘About’ Page
    Last week, I noted 10 tips for better blogging from Bob Ambrogi, and one of those tips was not to neglect your blog’s “About” page. Today I want to focus a little more on the topic of “About” pages…
  • Jun 3

    The Stories We Could Tell: Differentiating Your Law Practice

    The Stories We Could Tell: Differentiating Your Law Practice
    Our friends at Attorney At Work promise “one really good idea every day.” Today, they’ve provided us with 12: specifically, they’ve given us a dozen ways to differentiate your law practice in a great post by…
Rank this Week: 995

Law In The News

Law In The News

Legal News Headlines. From the Paul L. Boley Law Library at Lewis & Clark Law School.

http://lawlib.lclark.edu/law_news
Rank this Week: 222

Law is Cool

Law is Cool

Law school blog and podcast from Canada.

http://lawiscool.com
Rank this Week: 182

Law Librarian Blog

Law Librarian Blog

By Librarians Joe Hodnicki and Ron Jones.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/
Rank this Week: 9