The Harvard Law School is piloting an innovative and fascinating idea. It will offer admission to those in their junior year of college, with one condition. The acceptance is deferred until two years after college. The stated reason: to give candidates some real world experience before...
The Reader's Digest just did a poll to ask Americans whom they trust the most. Of course actors like Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock topped the list. But famed TV Judge Judy Sheindlin beat out all the US Supreme Court justices. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ranked...
Get ready for judges tweeting! According to the ABA Journal, an American Bar Association committee has approved allowing judges to participate in electronic social media or ESM. As a result, a judge can now get on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. This can be especially helpful for judges...
It's good when the man in robes is true to his word. According to the ABA Journal online, Michigan judge found himself in his own hot water recently when a cellphone went off in his courtroom. It turned out it was his new phone, and...
Lots of discussion in recent months centering around NY's considering allowing law students to sit for the bar exam after two years of law school, and then commence their careers if they pass. As we know law school applications are way down and a major...