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LSD: Law School Diary 001

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Welcome. Tags: Kaplan, american bar association, urm, miss, PowerScore, lsac

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Plaintiffs Lawyers in 9/11 Cases Lose Bid to Recoup $6.1 Million in Interest

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Plaintiffs lawyers in the 9/11 respiratory cases cannot pass on to clients some $6.1 million in interest costs associated with financing the massive litigation, a New York federal judge ruled Friday. Even though the lead lawyer marshaled opinions by bar associations, court cases and experts to show that borrowing to finance litigation and passing the [...]

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Judge Approves Less Than Half of Milberg's 'Unusual' Added Fees Request

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A federal judge in New York has slashed what he called an "unusual" request for additional fees by Milberg for a 2006 settlement of a securities class action against Nortel Networks. Milberg, its Canadian co-counsel and the claims administrator asked for $2.77 million in fees and expenses not included in their 2007 fee applications. Judge [...]

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$55 Million Suit Against Paul Hastings Over Acquisition Loan Goes Forward

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A $55 million lawsuit by a unit of Cerberus Capital Management L.P. can proceed against Paul Hastings over allegations the firm gave faulty advice on a loan made in connection with a private equity firm's 2008 acquisition of bankrupt retailer Steve & Barry's. A New York judge said the law firm had not shown it [...]

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Law Education in Sacramento, California

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Finding the best law school in Sacramento can be a challenging process. There are many different schools offering several different programs and it may be difficult to decipher the differences between these schools and programs. It’s important to take a close look at these law schools and what they offer as far as courses, programs, [...]

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Law Schools Offer Accredited Master of Laws (LL.M.) Programs to Lawyers Online

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With the advent of globalization, lawyers now need to know international and comparative laws. Generally, the legal profession has seen a rise in cross-border issues vis-à-vis international trade, intellectual property and technology, transnational workers and families, human rights, and socio-economic and environmental policies. While traditionally a Master of Laws (LL.M.) is a coveted degree for [...]

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10 Ways to Be a Good Law School Student

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1. Find out where the veteran law students hang out -- the 2Ls and 3Ls -- and get them to be your friends. When you're just starting out in law school, the students who have been there a while longer than you are among the most valuable resources for those looking to be good law [...]

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Novartis Settles Gender Bias Suit for $152 Million

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Novartis Pharmaceuticals will pay upwards of $152.5 million to potentially thousands of female employees to settle the remainder of gender bias claims brought by field representatives who claimed they were discriminated against in pay, promotion and pregnancy policies. On May 19, a New York jury awarded $250 million in punitive damages, the largest-ever award in [...]

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What to Consider Before Deciding to Go to Law School

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Consideration #1: Do I Really Want To Be A Lawyer? When you're considering applying to law school, the first thing you should ask yourself is if you really, truly want to be a lawyer. There used to be a time when law school was a great default option for people who weren't sure about what [...]

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Former Gitmo Detainee's Speedy Trial Rights Not Violated in Bombing Case, Says Judge

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The speedy trial rights of accused terrorist Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani were not violated despite a delay of more than five years in bringing him to New York for trial, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Lewis Kaplan said that Ghailani could not escape criminal charges for the al-Qaida conspiracy that included the 1998 bombings of [...]

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Best 170 Law Schools, 2008 Edition

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Product DescriptionGet everything you need to know to make the right decision! This insider’s perspective on the nation’s top law schools provides rankings based on student surveys, just like those made popular by The Princeton Review’s Best 361 Colleges guide. Best 170 Law Schools also includes student quotes about classes, professors, the social scene and [...]

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How to Be a Law School Superstar

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Superstars Know The Best Way To Focus Is To Take The Occasional Break A law school superstar lives, breathes, and eats the law, but is sensible enough to take a break every once in a while and do something outside of the realm of law school to keep his or her mind sharp and [...]

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Aiding and Abetting Charges in $22M Ponzi Scheme Reinstated Against Law Firm

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A New York appeals court has reinstated aiding and abetting charges against a New Jersey law firm in a suit by investors over its alleged role in a $22 million Ponzi scheme. A lower court in 2008 granted Lum, Drasco & Positan's motion to dismiss the charges by investors who claimed the lawyers knew about [...]

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Uprising: Understanding Attica, Revolution, and The

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In September 1971, the bloodiest prison riot in American history took place in sleepy upstate New York town of Attica. Yet most of that blood was spilled not by the inmates who took over Attica Correctional Facility during four desperate days, but by the state's governor and future vice president Nelson Rockefeller. This is the [...]

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Law School Student Orgs.

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Law School image taken on by William & Mary Law Library. Tags: Law School image, law library, New York, United States, Orgs., Law Libraries, mary law

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Law Firm Clients Cool to Support of Summer Classes

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Law firms' clients are showing an increasing reluctance to subsidize the training of associates. Said one firm partner who oversees New York hiring, "More and more clients don't want summer associates to bill to them. ... When I started almost all clients would accept it. And it's evolved to where a lot of clients don't." [...]

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Year Two, Day 23: First Day of Law School!

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Law School image taken on by Brymo. Tags: albany law school, law school, School, First, Law School image, United States, Year

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Faculdade De Direito De Paris / Law School at Paris

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Law School image taken on by Márcio Cabral de Moura. Tags: law school, Law School image, Direito, school image, School

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