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Shahien Nasiripour

While Law School Tuition Skyrockets, Government Student Loan Limits Remain Stagnant

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

Read More: American Bar Association, College Tuition, Law School Tuition, Graduate School, Law School, Gao, Personal Finance, Government Accountability Office, Stafford Loans, Business News

While law school tuition has skyrocketed over the past 15 years, federal loan limits have remained stagnant, putting more pressure on students to take...

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Leaving the Law, Part One: Why I Chose My Second Bedroom Over the Corner Office

Laura A. Hutchings | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver

Read More: Entrepreneurship, Law Firms, Economic Recession, Entrepreneur, American Dream, Career Change, Law School, Denver News
Laura A. Hutchings

Somewhere in the kitchen of my summer sublet apartment on the hill in Boulder, grinding chicken livers, I came to believe that no one would ever take me seriously without a law degree.

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Few Jobs For Law Grads Even At Top Tier Schools

nytimes.com | GERRY SHIH | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Downturn, Unemployment, Top Law Schools, Economic Crisis, Law Firms, Law School Grads, Law School, Job Search, Recession, Business News

This fall, law students are competing for half as many openings at big firms as they were last year in what is shaping up to be the most wrenching job...

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Partial Justice

Barry Schwartz | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wise Judging, Sonia Sotomayor, Precedent, Rousseau, De Tocqueville, Aristotle, President Obama, Sotomayor Hearings, Law School, Politics News
Barry Schwartz

The mark of a wise judge is the ability to balance. To deny empathy or detachment its proper place is to cut wisdom off at the knees. One without the other would give us only partial justice.

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Why Law School Might Not Be A Good Call

The Stimulist | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Twenty-Something Advice, Graduation, Twenty Something, Graduates, Law School, College Graduates, Living News

It's come to me slowly, a revelation of sorts: I went to the college they promised me. I went to the school of the catalog quote-box, a "hotbed" of ...

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Passages

Neil McCarthy | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: New Years Eve, Graduation, Underage Drinking, College, Christmas, Thanksgiving, June, January, Law School, Living News
Neil McCarthy

We should celebrate New Years in June, not January. Things seem to more or less end in January.

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The Empathy Seat on the Supreme Court

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Empathy, President Barack Obama, Sonia Sotomayor, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Law School, To Kill a Mockingbird, William Rehnquist, Atticus Finch, Clarence Thomas, Compassion, Confirmation Debate, Politics News
Thane Rosenbaum

Somewhere between graduating from law school, the passing of the bar, and the hanging up of a shingle, those who are licensed to navigate our legal system have lost their inner-Atticus Finch.

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Best Careers For Work-Life Balance

nytimes.com | DAVID LEONHARDT | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Law, Business School, Careers, Career Advice, Finance Careers, Work-Life Balance, Medical School, Law School, Medicine, Business News

The big influx of highly educated workers into finance in the last two decades has been the subject of some national hand-wringing lately. President O...

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Obama 101

Nancy Snow | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama 101, First 100 Days, Credibility, Joe Biden, Vice President Joe Biden, Day 15, Composure, Persuauder-in-Chief, Think Tanks, Political Science, College, Syracuse University, Law School, Barack Obama, Politics News
Nancy Snow

President Obama, like Oprah, has enormous powers of persuasion. He, like Ms. Winfrey, enjoys a position of high credibility. Credibility is in the eyes of the beholder.

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Lying Voter Fraud D.A. Also a Racist?

Mike Stark | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Voter Fraud, Racism, Joe Deters, Ohio, District Attorney, Lawyers, Criminal Justice System, Criminal Justice, Law School, Crack, Politics News
Mike Stark

In the past week I've learned that the power of the prosecutor is extraordinary. If he decides not to charge, there's not a thing anyone can say or do about it.

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Sam Stein

Obama's Dept. Solicitor General Will Continue To Teach Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Law, Deputy Solicitor General, Obama Solicitor General, Kartyal Georgetown, Kartyal Georgetown Lawschool, Law School, Neal Kartyal, Politics News

Barack Obama's principal deputy solicitor general, who was plucked from the lofty ranks of Georgetown Law School, will continue to teach his class on ...

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The Ketchup Generation: Entry-Level Jobs Really are There for You, Even During a Recession; Here's the Secret

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Graduates, Business School, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Entry-Level, Generation X, Jobs, Careers, Pink Slip, Law School, Generation Y, Mba, Mayonnaise, Ketchup, Business News
Stephen Viscusi

Everyone I know under 30 loves ketchup -- on everything. When I grew up, it was just for french fries and hamburgers. Now, they practically want to use it as lube.

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In Obama's America, Road to Power No Longer Runs Through Law Firms

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 06.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Doug Goodyear, Gale Norton, Mark Rey, Law, McCain Lobbyists, John McCain, Lawyers, Burma, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Jim Johnson VP, The Trap, Andy Card, Law School, Daniel Brook, American Forest & Paper Association, Barack Obama, Attorneys, Yale Law, Business News
Glenn Hurowitz

Lawyers will soon have to choose: spend your career serving your country, or spend it serving your corporation. But we have to make sure that those who embrace public service can make a decent living.

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