Attorneys & Crystal Meth

Attorneys & Crystal Meth By Heather Newton

Americans have a penchant for all things bigger, better, and faster. To fuel our lusts for extreme sports, extreme makeovers, and extreme homes, thousands of us make extreme commutes of 90 miles or more one-way to arrive at extreme jobs.

Sex and Power in the Legal Profession

Legal Profession By Anique Gonzalez and Melanie Lammers

Kissandra Tysman, formerly Kissandra Cohen, was a child genius. She attended UCLA and took calculus courses at the age of 10, graduating from Duke University with a double major in economics and sociology, as well as a minor in markets and management, at the age of 17.

Transgender Attorneys

Transgender Attorneys By Charisse Dengler and Flora Pappas

For clarity purposes, subjects are referred to using pronouns reflecting the genders they were born as when referring to events that took place before they made their choices to change their physical genders. Otherwise, they are referred to using pronouns reflecting their current genders.

Legally Thin

legally thin By Devon Pryor

Hi, Kelly,

I received your email today and read through it. Thank you so much. You are so brave. I admire your ability to talk openly about this.

Attorneys Who Free Sex Slaves and Mandate Change

lives By Melissa M. Mills

Jyoti, an impoverished 14-year-old girl, worked as a day laborer in a brick kiln in order to help her family out financially. However, the family's debts were growing, and in order to help pay off the moneylenders, Jyoti's struggling father agreed to marry her to a 30-something man in exchange for a large dowry. Jyoti refused and ran away to another village to work as a domestic servant. After earning a bit of money, she decided it was time to return to her family.

Law Students

The College Student Relief Act of 2007- Aiming to reduce interest rates on student loans by half, Democrats in Congress plan to introduce the College Student Relief Act of 2007. The move is part of the agenda the Democrats hope to start working on during the first 100 hours of the 110th Congress.

Law School Profile: West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, WV - West Virginia University (WVU) College of Law, located in Morgantown, WV, has a long tradition of helping those in need and prides itself in its devotion to public interest work.

Gallaudet's Mock Trial Program Helps Bridge Gaps between Hearing, Deaf, and Hard-of-Hearing Communities - Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, is the only university in the world at which all classes are designed to accommodate deaf and hard-of-hearing students seeking advanced education. In 2002, the school began working with the DC office of Heller Ehrman to establish the mock trial program.

Job Search

Conflict on the job a major issue for most workers - If you were a chief executive and discovered that 93 percent of your employees felt the quality of their work life is negatively affected by something, wouldn't you be concerned?

Salary Survey - Want to know what you can expect to be worth in a couple of years?

Business should carry more burden of training tomorrow's workers - Several months ago, I reviewed the job posting for an entry-level position at the newspaper where I work. But upon reviewing the job requirements, I am embarrassed to say I wouldn't be considered a viable candidate today for that job.


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