Good News: I'm a 1L enrolled in a Top 20 law school. Bad News: I'm no longer sure I want to be a lawyer. [more inside]
posted on Aug 17, 2008 - 27 answers

Why have so many laywers stayed with WordPerfect? [more inside]
posted on Jul 17, 2008 - 22 answers

Looking for plays with courtroom/trial scenes. [more inside]
posted 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 on Jun 1, 2008 - 52 answers

My parents are both well into their eighties now with health failing just a little bit more each year. How do I prepare myself for their eventual death? [more inside]
posted on May 28, 2008 - 11 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 on May 27, 2008 - 6 answers

Estate disbursement question -- screwed? [more inside]
posted 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 on Mar 12, 2008 - 21 answers

Mefi lawyers, how efficiently do you bill? On a day where you have no non-billable obligations, what's your ratio of hours billed to hours in the office (including lunch)? I'm at about 80% on a really good day, and I'm not sure if I should be aiming to improve that.
posted on Mar 8, 2008 - 7 answers

How do Bill Handle and other radio lawyers comply with their responsibilities as lawyers? Has anyone called in to one of them? What was the experience like before and after the on-air portion? [more inside]
posted on Mar 1, 2008 - 3 answers

Lawyer Alert! -- Say my beloved son is 22 yrs old and living in Montpelier, Vermont. Suppose that Montpelier has more lawyers per capita than any other state capital (which it does, because it is the smallest of them all). What service could this bright, good looking young man offer to all those lawyers in order to support himself while he gets ready to earn his college degree? [more inside]
posted on Jan 28, 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 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 on Jan 3, 2008 - 20 answers

Tell me more about publicly-funded attorneys in non-criminal cases. [more inside]
posted on Nov 20, 2007 - 14 answers

Can anyone with knowledge of Pakistani politics tell me what's going on with the lawyers' protests? Are the protesting lawyers part of a particular political faction, or are they protesting as a profession in general? Is there anything being done by the legal profession world wide to support them, even symbolically?
posted on Nov 5, 2007 - 6 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 on Sep 26, 2007 - 39 answers

How many of the current crop of 535 US congress people have law degrees?
posted on Sep 8, 2007 - 9 answers

Is it really that dramatical/theatrical in a court of law? [more inside]
posted on Aug 17, 2007 - 19 answers

About a month ago, my pregnant wife and I were in a minor fender bender on Rt. 202 in NJ. The woman before us stopped short, and we hit her going about 20 mph. This wasn't our fault. Their wa sa police car who made an erratic turn at the merge of the road that cause a few cars in front of us to swerve and or strop short at the time. The mini-van had a minor scratch and bump. Our jeep had no damage..... I don't know the full details of the law, but NJ law seems to say that the person who hits from behind is automatically at fault. Period. [more inside]
posted on Jul 3, 2007 - 37 answers

A girl I briefly dated, and am still on good terms with, is currently seeing a scumbag. I'd like to warn her, but there's a catch or two. [more inside]
posted on May 17, 2007 - 26 answers

What kind of job/career-change should a semi-miserable lawyer look for? [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2007 - 24 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 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 on Sep 15, 2006 - 27 answers

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

Help me with my Census-fu. [more inside]
posted on Jul 11, 2006 - 6 answers

Green Card Filter - Affordable immigration lawyer who specializes in National Interest Waiver (NIW - EB2) category preferably with a track record? [more inside]
posted on May 5, 2006 - 4 answers

Have any Lawyers or Doctors ever been sued for giving free advice on the internet? What was the result?
posted on Jan 15, 2006 - 3 answers

What to be? A teacher or a lawyer? [more inside]
posted on Dec 12, 2005 - 33 answers

What exactly is the job of a divorce mediator? Do I have unreasonable expectations? Or does our mediator just suck? [more inside]
posted 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 on Apr 11, 2005 - 1 answers

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 on Jan 7, 2005 - 4 answers

I need a divorce lawyer. (Well, *I* don't, but a friend does.) A mean one. One who makes other lawyers cry. Preferably one who has dealt with abuse cases and very wealthy people. In South Carolina. Anybody have any recommendations?
posted on Nov 12, 2004 - 8 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 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 on Mar 30, 2004 - 2 answers