Be Brief: Six words, the law
With the intent of motivating students to write more concisely, Lisa Mazzie, a professor at Marquette Law School put out a challenge on the faculty blog : Describe law school ...
View ArticleSocial media etiquette for lawyers
The Florida Bar recently unveiled new rules aimed at regulating how its members behave on social media sites. The Daily Business Review ...
View ArticleBetter Call Saul. And Walt, and Jesse...
I wrote about the prequel for "Breaking Bad" lawyer Saul Goodman a couple of weeks ago (thanks to Edgar Snyder for the ...
View ArticleBlogging for your law firm: A primer
Blogging on a legal issues blog about another blog that blogged tips about how to blog for your law firm ...
View ArticleWomen lawyers probably know this...
...since they had to go through the same amount of law school as their male counterparts. But at least one ...
View ArticlePrenups on the rise: Would you get one?
My colleague Tim Grant has a piece in today's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette about a new ...
View ArticleDoctors can legally apologize in Pa.
I'm a little late to the party on this, but I think it's interesting food for thought. A new law ...
View ArticleWomen, lawyers and 'mentorship' vs. 'sponsorship'
An interesting piece in the Washington Post examines the difference between "mentorship" and "sponsorship" for women in business. Kent Gardiner, ...
View ArticleTrial on Pennsylvania's gay marriage ban set for June
My colleague Rich Lord reports on the latest in the suit to overturn Pennsylvania's Defense of ...
View ArticleLaw schools and the job market
So is the job market for lawyers so bad that law schools are lowering tuition? It seems like that's the cause ...
View ArticleICYMI: Law stories in the PG
A few business/law stories from the Post-Gazette that you might have missed over the Thanksgiving break: My ...
View ArticleReport gives Pa. a 'D' for judicial financial disclosure
The Center for Public Integrity evaluated disclosure rules for state Supreme Court judges in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., ...
View ArticleABA Journal's Blawg 100
The ABA Journal's latest issue has its seventh annual Blawg 100-- asking readers to vote for their favorite law blogs. ...
View ArticleLegal fight for same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania gets personal
Even as Gov. Tom Corbett backed a state bill banning bias against gays , attorneys for the state of Pennsylvania have asked plaintiff challenging the same-sex marriage ...
View ArticleTony Norman: Ecker was one of a kind
My colleague Tony Norman has a fine remembrance of Pittsburgh attorney Jim Ecker, who died at his home on Christmas Day of natural causes. When ...
View ArticleThree women, a law firm, no fall back plan
The latest in our Entrepreneurs series is by my colleague Bill Toland, about three women who forged ahead with starting ...
View ArticleICYMI: Ira Weiss, school district solicitor extraordinaire
When PG photographer Larry Roberts took the picture for this article, Mr. Weiss proclaimed himself a "thorn between two roses." He's ...
View ArticleEdgar Snyder draws his life
Edgar Snyder is something of a Pittsburgh institution; at the very least, he's perfected "The Point" (as he noted when ...
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