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Legal Ethics Tip: Don’t Fabricate Your Job History
Monday, 15 Feb, 2010 – 11:33 | 3 Comments
Legal Ethics Tip: Don’t Fabricate Your Job History

A new website that is a very bad idea for current or prospective lawyers.

Do Law Schools Teach Students to be Ethical?
Wednesday, 9 Sep, 2009 – 8:17 | 7 Comments
Do Law Schools Teach Students to be Ethical?

In order to gain admittance to the bar, law students must take the Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam (MPRE). Law schools across the country require that students take an ethics course which, in theory, prepares them for the MPRE and the ethical practice of law. In this author’s opinion, many law schools only give lip service to an ethical education. They require the coursework, but not the application of ethical standards in the everyday grind of law school.

6 Most Evil Attorneys Ever
Wednesday, 10 Jun, 2009 – 0:30 | 13 Comments
6 Most Evil Attorneys Ever

Joshua already laid out the most badass attorneys of all time. But what about the just plain bad? Here’s a countdown of some of the most vile, evil, and corrupt lawyers ever to enter the …

Ethics in the Legal Profession
Friday, 23 Jan, 2009 – 11:03 | 4 Comments
Ethics in the Legal Profession

I’m taking Professional Responsibility right now, and I just came from a class where there was myriad discussion about advocacy v. mediation. 
I almost feel like (at least my) law school has become so ridiculously PC …

Researchers Spam You to Learn About Spam
Monday, 10 Nov, 2008 – 22:40 | No Comment
Researchers Spam You to Learn About Spam

TechRadar reports on some questionable research regarding the spam filling up our inboxes.  It appears that the researchers thought that the best way to study spam was to take over a bot network and spam …

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