THE NEW LAWYER - QUESTION 3 - CORPORATIONS/PROFESSIONAL RESPSONSIBILITY - Alice is a director and Bob is a director and the pr...
THE NEW LAWYER - What does it take to seek fame and fortune in the ever-growing world of reality TV? Being a lawyer helps. In ...
THE NEW LAWYER - QUESTION 1 COMMUNITY PROPERTY In 1998, Henry and Wilma, residents of California, married. Henry had purchased...
D.A. Scare - Authorities closed off a portion of the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office Monday after a worker opene...
THE NEW LAWYER - QUESTION 5 - REMEDIES - Stan and Barb entered into a valid written contract whereby (1) Stan agreed to convey...
THE NEW LAWYER - Contribution - By Scott H. Miller - Early in my practice as a commercial real estate lawyer, I stumbled into ...
Education
Pocket Guide's 12 Tips Help Junior Associates Keep Jobs
By Contributing Writer
THE NEW LAWYER - The Pocket Guide to Life as a Junior Associate By Jeffrey A. Sklar To all junior associates, this column is f...
Zoning, Planning and Use
Katrina and Rita Do Little to Clarify Water Boundary Laws
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Focus Column - By Bruce S. Flushman and Lilly Santaniello - The lure of the ocean beach was eloquently described by a Florida ...
THE NEW LAWYER - RIVERSIDE - With his bar card hot off the press three years ago, Jonathan Lewis didn't fight to get into a bi...
THE NEW LAWYER - QUESTION 4 - EVIDENCE - Dan was charged with arson. The prosecution attempted to prove that he burned down hi...
Forum Column - By Fred Silberberg - Julia is a well-known actress. She has been a household name for the better part of 15 yea...
Letter to the Editor - In Lawrence Hurley's article last Monday about the move to split the 9th Circuit, you unwittingly playe...
THE NEW LAWYER - Performance Test B QUESTION City of Madison, Columbia Office of the City Attorney Memorandum To: Applicant Fr...
Education
Clips Incorporated From Their Favorites Help Their Students Learn
By Kenneth Davis
THE NEW LAWYER - UCLA law professors Paul B. Bergman and Michael R. Asimow believe movies are more than escapist entertainment...
THE NEW LAWYER - COMING FULL CIRCLE - By Paul Pfau - The north face of storied Mount Everest as seen from the base camp of the...
THE NEW LAWYER - The two performance tests measure the applicant's ability to handle real-life legal tasks. The answers were w...
SACRAMENTO - An interfaith advocacy group said Monday it would appeal a federal judge's decision to permanently bar students ...
LOS ANGELES - Etiquette guru Sue Fox cringes when she thinks about some of the faux pas she's seen attorneys commit during so...
LOS ANGELES - Call your best friend once a week. Tell your wife you love her once a day. Go to the Saturday morning Little Le...
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court on Monday threw into question a 10-year prison sentence given to a Polish woman convic...
LOS ANGELES - There was a time when the word "blackberry" meant only one of the many flavors of Knott's Berry Farm pancake sy...
THE NEW LAWYER - The months of fear ended for Justine M. Phillips at 6:09 p.m., Friday. After three years of law school, hundr...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Electronic Frontier Foundation and two California plaintiffs' firms planned Monday to file a class action ...
LOS ANGELES - A sharply divided state Supreme Court on Monday found that an expert's trial testimony can be challenged on appe...
Entertainment & Sports
Behind Every Successful Athlete Is an Attorney or Agent
By Blair Clarkson
LOS ANGELES - Tired of getting busted by senior partners while surfing ESPN.com? Bored stiff slogging through the monotony of...
SAN FRANCISCO - First District Court of Appeal Justice Carol A. Corrigan first donned a black robe in 1987, but she hasn't for...
MULTIFAMILY LOS ANGELES - Beverly Hills-based Combined Properties Inc. purchased the 65,500-square-foot Brentwood Place, a "v...
Focus Column - By Marshal A. Oldman - In McIndoe v. Olivos (August 31, 2005), the 4th District Court of Appeal determined that...
Forum Column - By Natasha Minsker - Picture this: It's 1979, you're 21 and you've just been charged with capital murder. Worse...
LOS ANGELES - The push for law-firm growth appears to be slowing. As law firms finalize their 2006 budgets, some are planning ...