Karen Sloan

August 10, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Karen Sloan

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August 03, 2009 | Law.com

For attorneys and staffers at New York-based firm Anderson Kill & Olick, Fridays mean the Holy Grail of casual work attire: jeans. Yes, attorneys and staffers are allowed -- even encouraged -- to wear their jeans to the office, but at a cost. To be more precise, $10 per day for an attorney, $5 a day for a staffer and $1 for interns. It isn't a clever way for the firm to generate revenue in this tough economy, though. It's one component of the firm's efforts to raise money for a network of charities.

By Karen Sloan

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March 26, 2010 | Daily Business Review

The number and value of securities class-action settlements rebounded slightly last year even without any $1 billion agreements in play.

By Karen Sloan

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April 26, 2010 | Law.com

A group of Harvard law students are taking an unusual approach to bankrolling a new public interest fellowship: They're passing the hat. They hope to raise enough money -- around $50,000 -- to send at least one of their classmates into a public interest job for a year after graduation.

By Karen Sloan

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November 01, 2010 | Law.com

The University of California, Berkeley School of Law was scheduled to host the first national conference on meditation and the legal profession last weekend. Conference organizer Charles Halpern says meditation can help lawyers hone their skills and manage stress and anxiety.

By Karen Sloan

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November 05, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Southwestern Law School next year will join the small group of schools offering accelerated three-year J.D./MBA programs, and will be the first to do so on the West Coast.

By Karen Sloan

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July 06, 2011 | Law.com

The employment news just keeps getting worse for freshly minted lawyers. Not only did fewer recent graduates land law firm jobs, as the National Association for Law Placement reported in June, but they also are earning less than their predecessors.

By Karen Sloan

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May 24, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By Karen Sloan

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August 05, 2009 | Daily Business Review

A small Winter Park law firm that specializes in helping police and firefighters with pension and social security entitlement claims is in hot water for allegedly mishandling the retirement savings of if its own employees.

By Karen Sloan

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July 05, 2011 | Daily Business Review

The "scam blogger" movement is more than a thorn in the side of law school administrators, a recent academic paper argues, but it plays an important role in the evolution of the legal profession.

By Karen Sloan

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