From the Carnegie Report to The Lawyer Bubble, legal education reform has been a hot topic in academia, the profession, and in the news for the past several years. Writing on the issue has started to pile up, making it …
According to a recent survey by the Center for Professional Excellence at York College of Pennsylvania, new college graduates lack essential workplace professionalism skills. Examples of common unprofessional behaviors or attributes include: poor work ethic, lack of time management, abuse …
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Cultural competency is increasingly vital to business and social interactions in the United States. As an attorney, you’re likely to interact with judges, co-counsel and clients who have surnames that are unfamiliar to you. You might have no idea how …
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A forthcoming article in Journal of Legal Education discusses the prevalence and impact of major clinical depression on law students, law professors, and the legal profession in general. The first part of the article cites statistics on suicide among lawyers, …
A recent article in the New York State Bar Association Journal gives a nice overview of what being an adjunct professor at a law school entails. The authors discuss some of the benefits of adjunct work – marketing your practice …
