How do I select an attorney? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 25, 2009 - 11 answers

American movies/TV shows where opposing counsel are involved in a romantic relationship? Possible spoilers inside. [more inside]
posted by loulou718 on Feb 17, 2009 - 17 answers

How can I find a copy of an executed will from the 1960's? Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. [more inside]
posted by sandraregina on Dec 1, 2008 - 4 answers

Looking for plays with courtroom/trial scenes. [more inside]
posted by jrb223 on Jun 10, 2008 - 24 answers

Asking for a friend: If you were the captain of a golf team full of lawyers, what would you name your team?
posted by estherbester on Jun 1, 2008 - 52 answers

I'm an attorney, admitted to the New York Bar in February, 2007. I've recently discovered that I did not complete the required number of CLE credits in my first year. How to I best rectify the error and what consequences can I expect to befall me? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 27, 2008 - 6 answers

Estate disbursement question -- screwed? [more inside]
posted by aleahey on Mar 17, 2008 - 9 answers

I am applying to take a state bar exam. The application asks "Have you ever been reprimanded, sanctioned, disciplined or suspended or expelled from a college, university, or law school?" I was kicked out of a summer "pre-college" program at a major university while I was in high school. Does this need to be disclosed? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 12, 2008 - 21 answers

What exactly would one do as a lawyer with a background in international law (specifically human rights, refugees issues, things of that nature)? [more inside]
posted by naoko on Jan 21, 2008 - 8 answers

Applied to law school, looking to do work in human rights or civil liberties - but my info base is low. Just need more first hand information. Would love to hear about attorneys who love what they do - or if you know an lawyer who loves what they do. What kind of law? What does their/your work entail? Or sites that can give me further information. Thank you!!
posted by paris2000 on Jan 3, 2008 - 20 answers

[Child of Divorce Filter]. I have discovered I have the ability to view a 400+ page set of documents that are the sum of my parents' bitter legal divorce. On one hand, I hope it may shed some insight for me on people I never really knew. On the other hand, I fear doing this may cause a lot more emotional baggage than it will be worth. What do you think? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 26, 2007 - 39 answers

How do lawyers work in newly formed (or reformed) countries with new political systems, like Eastern Europe after the USSR, or Iraq or Timor-Leste today? [more inside]
posted by StrikeTheViol on Mar 7, 2007 - 4 answers

If a person is accused of a crime, and committed said crime but is confident that there is little or no evidence and plans to plead not guilty, do they tell their counsel that they did it? [more inside]
posted by Mayor Peace Love and Unity on Sep 15, 2006 - 27 answers

Help me write a threatening letter to my former lawyer. [more inside]
posted by sholdens12 on Sep 15, 2006 - 13 answers

What exactly is the job of a divorce mediator? Do I have unreasonable expectations? Or does our mediator just suck? [more inside]
posted by Gucky on May 26, 2005 - 9 answers

I need advice on how to select a competent, reasonably-priced estate attorney knowledgeable in Maryland probate law. Ancillary question: how important is it that he or she be a member of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel [more inside]
posted by mojohand on Apr 11, 2005 - 1 answer

New York MeFites -- do you know (or are you) a lawyer in a small firm, interested in taking on business clients who need modest quantities of good, sophisticated corporate and finance counseling, and who are happy to pay NYC rates for it?

I regularly receive requests for referals to such lawyers but can't satisfy them from my network of big firm lawyers who are bound to firm policies which set $50k to $100k per-matter minimums.
posted by MattD on Jan 7, 2005 - 4 answers

for the lawyers:

i'm three years from admission on motion in NY (which bar membership has been recommended to me by several folks for various reasons). i may or may not be moving back to WashDC in two years (reciprocity with DC and admisson on motion to VA are not at issue). should i sit for the NY bar or wait out the reciprocity?

what advice for/experiences with changing jurisdictions do/have y'all had?
posted by crush-onastick on Jul 16, 2004 - 2 answers

I remember reading somewhere about a law firm that will pay $25 for each instance in which it successfully sues a company sending out spam faxes. I recall that they needed a minimum of 10 spam faxes and it was completely free of charge. Does this ring any bells?
posted by sharksandwich on Mar 30, 2004 - 2 answers