The winter storm earlier this year hit Texas hard. Between snow, ice, freezing temperatures, and dwindling resources, winter storm Uri sent Texans into an understandable panic. Some people are likely still suffering from the aftermath of the winter storm; luckily,...
When you run a law firm, the one thing you need to be sure of is drawing in clients. The more clients you have, the more money you’ll make, and the longer you’ll be able to run your firm. Some people may choose to hire an outside firm or spend a large amount of money...
During an election year, your children might come up to you for questions about politics. It can be difficult, though, to explain the election and everything that has to do with politics to someone younger. Fortunately, you can take some smaller steps to help them...
Marketing is a crucial part of making a lawyer’s practice known to potential clients. Without marketing, the chances of gaining clients go down remarkably; without clients, lawyers might as well kiss their practice goodbye. To prevent that from happening, lawyers...
In many ways, the business of law is in a constant state of evolution. Trends in the industry are constantly being recreated and updated. Legal industry experts predict that the legal market will be undergoing many new transformations in the future. Legal industry...
Lawyers apply their knowledge of the law to provide legal advice to their clients, both in criminal and civil cases. When they get a client, they prepare the required documents and gather the necessary evidence. After analyzing the probable outcomes, they appear in...
2020 was a nerve-racking year for most people as they had to deal with a pandemic that claimed thousands of lives and caused severe economic problems to nations. The COVID-19 pandemic was the cause of thousands of lawsuits. Most of them were work-related, with workers...
The most basic reason why recently barred lawyers and law students apply for clerkship is that they can learn more than they could while in any other legal job. Unlike first-year Biglaw associates who are mostly assigned duties of placing stickers on trial exhibits...
People use small claims court to settle disputes when they don’t have the funds to hire an attorney. The process is swift, inexpensive and the claim amount in most states is capped at $10,000. Both parties in smalls claim court will act as their representative....
Mahatma Gandhi, a lawyer, activist, and humanitarian, played a pivotal role in the formation of modern India. He promoted principles of nonviolent protest which subsequently influenced Dr. Martin Luther King in the United States and other civil rights leaders around...
