Saturday September 4, 2010

The Legalities of Prayer on the Street

In early August, a Chicago grad student was arrested for disorderly conduct for standing on a public sidewalk and praying. The Northwestern University student says he held a rosary outside a Planned Parenthood facility in early July when police approached him and told him a new ordinance had been passed and because he’d disregarded it, [...]

The Law and the Golf Course (or Tennis Courts)

It sometimes feels as though the biggest legal deals are struck not in a stuffy conference room, but instead, on the golf greens or the tennis courts. Attorney and LawCrossing.com founder A. Harrison Barnes says it’s because the law profession requires aggression and there are times when the dynamics provided via these outlets is conducive [...]

Improve Your Work Day

Not everyone has the luxury of working from home, even if it appears the trend is on the rise. The vast majority of Americans are still hitting the carpool lanes and walking past the anything but pleasant receptionist each morning. They’re also still dealing with the frustrations, the weird IT gal on the third floor [...]

Choose Your References Wisely

Ever wondered how many candidates miss out on a job opportunity because their references provided less than stellar information? One research firm conducted more than 1,000 telephone interviews with senior managers of companies that employed at least twenty people and the results of those interviews revealed 20% of candidates are disqualified due to a reference [...]

Is There a Place for Legal Nurses in the Legal Sector?

Lawyers have always counted on the expert testimony of medical professionals.  From coroners, psychiatrists and physicians, there is a definitive place for the medical professional in a courtroom.  A new trend, however, is taking a new slant on combining the importance of testimony from experts.  Legal nurse consultants are in demand these days.
We asked our [...]

The Legalities of Oil

The current crisis in the Gulf of Mexico is shaping up to become one of the most costly, but more importantly, one of the most devastating events in our lifetimes.  Those of us who live along the Gulf of Mexico are struggling to make sense of how things could have gotten so bad so [...]

When You’re Defending Those No One Believes

You paid your dues, worked hard in law school and came out near the top of your class.  You’re anything but jaded, ready to take on your first client, right?  If you’ve gone into criminal law, as prepared as you are, there are those cases that leave you scratching your head and wondering why you [...]

Scheduling Makes Work at Home Easier

There are a number of people out there who do not realize the importance of creating a daily schedule, especially when working from home. As you may already know, there are tons of work-at-home jobs and careers to choose from. But regardless of what it is that you do, there is [...]

Job Searches that Work

Are you someone who is interested in moving forward with your employment search and you are not sure where to go? Do you need to think about how your job and career prospects are moving and how you are going to need to move with them? Jobs are something that many people [...]

Legal Jobs: How Can I Get One?

Law schools and colleges are churning fresh graduates every year and they are looking for legal jobs. A Harrison Barnes’ web site Legalauthority.com is here to help with a vast database comprising more than 7,50,000 LegalAuthority legal job opportunities allowing legal job seekers access to the legal companies, colleges, universities, law [...]