Editorial Board

January 25, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania is in the unenviable position of having one of its Supreme Court justices being investigated by a grand jury.

By The Editorial Board

5 minute read

December 27, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

As we prepare to ring in 2012, we take a moment to appreciate some of the best of 2011 and to compile a wish-list for the new year.

By TLI Editorial Board

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November 10, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

The last week of October was National Pro Bono Week, a new initiative launched by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service in coordination with local bar associations.

By YL Editorial Board

6 minute read

June 20, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Recently, the Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law family lost one of its own when a recent graduate decided to take his own life. He was an accomplished student, successful trial team advocate and a devoted volunteer and mentor to his high school debate team. More importantly, he had an extraordinary heart and the warmest of smiles. Unfortunately, he struggled to pass the bar exam, failing it twice. A few days before bar prep was scheduled to begin again, he committed suicide. At age 26, this young man still had his entire life ahead of him. That much is unquestionable. Maybe the question is: Why did he not see that? Inevitably, those who knew him personally ask: What could we have done differently to help or save him?

By The YL Editorial Board

9 minute read

April 21, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Document review. (Cue the groans.) The prospect of reviewing thousands of (often mind-numbingly boring) e-mails, memos, bills, reports and other documents generated by a client in the course of its daily business doesn't exactly inspire glee in the hearts and minds of young lawyers.

By The YL Editorial board

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September 12, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The suspension of Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin earlier this year has left the court divided equally with three Democrats and three Republicans, creating the possibility of 3-3 split decisions and default affirmation of appellate court rulings. As a result, the first-level appellate courts in Pennsylvania — the Superior and Commonwealth courts — may be the last stop in the state judicial process. This is madness. Members of the appellate bar and law professors agree that the votes will effectively neutralize the Supreme Court in many cases and leave in place rulings that litigants believe are dubious at best.

By The Editorial Board

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May 12, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

In 1978, when the youngest members of the law school class of 2003 were born, the newest technology was the five-and-a-quarter-inch floppy disk, designed for use with the Apple II computer and storing a whopping 110 kilobytes, the disk space now needed for one low-resolution photograph.

By The YL Editorial Board

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October 13, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

As summer turns to fall and another class of law school graduates begin their careers as practicing attorneys, we started to reflect upon our early days as lawyers. Looking back, we realized just how much we didn't know then, and we commented that we wish someone had given us better advice prior to starting our new positions.

By YL Editorial Board

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May 16, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

We have all read the myriad articles recounting the depressing statistics about the gender gap in the legal profession. We could lament that, despite the fact that more than half of incoming law school students are women, barely 15 percent of equity partners and just 26 percent of nonequity partners at the nation's most prestigious law firms are women. We could sigh as we hear that nearly half of the women in the profession leave mid-career and do not return to the practice. Or, as Sheryl Sandberg suggests in her new book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead — which was recently released to much fanfare and has caused quite a stir in executive suites and feminist circles — we could "lean in" and figure out how to get women a seat at the table in leadership positions in the legal profession.

By YL Editorial Board

9 minute read

February 10, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia Eagles' quarterback Michael Vick was on top of the world in 2006. As the franchise player of the Atlanta Falcons, he was the highest-paid player in professional football, and enjoyed fame -- and notoriety.

By YL Editorial Board

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