All Posts Tagged With: "Law School"

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Sanctity Now, Insanity Later

CNN recently reported a story about a man who must pay alimony to wife despite her domestic partnership. California allows same-sex partners to register under the legal status of “domestic partnership.” This is the closest approximation to marriage same-sex partners can muster in California, where a ban on same-sex marriage has been passed. But, even though his ex-wife [...]

24Jul2007 | gbevel | Comments | Continued
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Integrating Success and Opportunity

Clarence Thomas. I know, right?
As you are probably aware, the Supreme Court (and Thomas because he is the only black justice) has received a lot of attention because of the recent decision that public school systems cannot seek to achieve or maintain integration through measures that take explicit account of a student’s race. The decision [...]

9Jul2007 | gbevel | Comments | Continued
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YBPs: The Advanced Degree Chasers

Kanye can joke all he wants about how our degrees will keep us warm at night, but on the serious tip, an advanced degree can increase your income by $20K. We’ve recently posted on whether having an M.B.A. makes you a better entrepreneur and the arguments were poignant on both sides of the discussion. The [...]

12Apr2007 | Kimberly | Comments | Continued
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Death Penalty Moratorium Project

In March 2006, The National Black Law Students Association unanimously passed a resolution urging the federal and state governments to enact a nationwide moratorium in order to asses the growing body of evidence showing that race, geography, wealth, and personal politics can be factors at every stage of capital cases.
According to a new report issued [...]

31Jan2007 | Kimberly | Comments | Continued
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Inspiration to Pursue Graduate School

According to Newswire Today, GradPortal.org’s minority higher education college student blog has the power to inspire minorities to apply to graduate school. Only 17% of all current graduate students belong to an under-represented group, according to the U.S. Department of Education. But a minority higher education college student blog is looking to change all that. [...]

18Jan2007 | Kimberly | Comments | Continued
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Successful Interviewing

I know that there are so many resources on this subject, but since this blog is dedicated to helping the YBP with everything, I can’t just leave this topic out (even though there are plenty of resources to help you with interviewing). I’ll just try to summarize the best advice I found and (as usual) [...]

19Oct2006 | Kimberly | Comments | Continued
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How to fake it when you get called on in class

Are you a YBP still in school? Let me help you out a little bit.
We all love those moments when we read everything and are so prepared for class that we hope the professor calls on us so we can show off. Those can be great, exhilarating moments. But at the end of the spectrum [...]

17Oct2006 | Kimberly | Comments | Continued
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Surving Law School (when you’re just not that into it)

In an ideal world, we would all know exactly what we want to do with our lives, and then do it. But unfortunately, the world is not perfect, and even when we identify our goals, there is a possibility that we will not enjoy the outcome as much as we thought we would. Hence professionals [...]

15Oct2006 | Kimberly | Comments | Continued