Editorial Board

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

6 minute read

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

5 minute read

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

7 minute read

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

7 minute read

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

8 minute read

March 10, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

The use of social media has exploded over the last several years. If Facebook were a country, its 500 million users would form the third largest country in the world, behind only China and India. The numbers are staggering, especially given that Facebook has only been around since 2004.

By YL Editorial Board

7 minute read

October 25, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The recently enacted Pennsylvania voter ID law has been an important issue this election season. The law requires that all eligible voters show photo identification issued by a government agency or a specifically enumerated list of other institutions, such as colleges and nursing homes.

By the YL Editorial Board

8 minute read

December 20, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A good friend from law school who is now in-house just called to say that she may have an opportunity to send you some work. You're excited. This is exactly what you've been working toward.

By YL Editorial Board

8 minute read

April 26, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The gloomy forecast for newly barred attorneys has many law students rethinking their post-law-school plans.

By The YL Editorial Board

11 minute read