University of Tennessee law professor Lucy Jewel agrees with the critics on some points: The price tag for legal education, at $100,000 or more, is too high, she says, and the idea that you can do anything with a law degree doesn’t work.
A North Carolina lawyer who wanted to check her compatibility for donating a kidney to her husband learned she wasn’t a match, but that didn’t stop her from donating one of her kidneys.
In the fields of math, science and lyric poetry, large creative breakthroughs are more likely to occur in younger individuals, according to Harvard cognition and education professor Howard Gardner.
One Minnesota Supreme Court justice made nearly $50,000 apart from his salary last year, and part of the money came from signing autographs. The justice is Alan Page, a former defensive tackle with the Minnesota Vikings, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
Let me guess. You’re sick of working as an attorney, and curious about a career change, right? As a lawyer, you are well situated to find employment outside of the profession because of the skills you learned in law school and while practicing.
In January 2014, U.S. investment managers may experience increased reporting obligations as a result of recent changes to the Treasury International Capital ("TIC”) reporting system effective for certain reports regarding cross-border claims and...
In your experience, what is the one thing people don't do but should, when it comes to year-end estate planning activities? That's the question we put to estate planning experts writing on JD Supra. Here's what we heard back......
Final Rules Implementing the Volcker Rule - On December 10, the Fed, CFTC, FDIC, OCC and SEC issued final rules to implement Section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Act (the Volcker Rule), which prohibit insured depository institutions and banking entities...
The European Commission (Commission) has adopted important revisions to its merger control procedures under what it characterizes as a Merger Simplification Package that will enter into force on January 1, 2014. The new rules include changes to the...
