Posts Tagged California

Practical, tech-savvy knowledge is an essential element of the new 21st century law student. But unfortunately, many law schools lag in this area. Here’s a look at how a law school strives to be on the cutting edge of new technologies, courtesy of The Business Journal… Law schools in Silicon Valley add practical skills to [...]

Read more at The San Diego Source… California Western programs enrich law school experience, community As a law school devoted to the big picture, California Western hosts a number of institutes, centers and programs that enrich students’ law school experience while enabling California Western to have a substantive impact on the broader society. Professors and [...]

It’s true – the job market for recent law grads is terrible, probably the worst it has been in a couple of decades. Law firms are even offering paid sabbaticals for mid-level associates so they can get lost for a year (I suspect the firms are gambling they never return) and help the firm’s bottom [...]

Some more rough tales from the front. Even competent, established lawyers are facing firings as the legal industry tightens its belt. Read the whole article at The Los Angeles Times… Laid-off lawyer in predicament she never imagined By STEVE LOPEZ “I can’t get a job anywhere.” I’ve been getting a lot of e-mails that start [...]

An educator wants to look at the impact of affirmative action programs on the career prospects of minority law students.  Seems fair enough, but his chief obstacle: The State Bar of California, which won’t release the relevant data. Read this interesting editorial in The Los Angeles Times… Affirmative action and the bar exam A California professor studying affirmative [...]

Check out the interesting article at law.com to read more about the compelling personal narrative of Cupcake Brown – hooker, junkie, lawyer, author, and evidently, now a screenwriter. Bingham Associate Leaves With Hopes of Movie Making by Zusha Elinson Cupcake Brown is ready to write the next chapter in her life. The former prostitute and [...]