Karen Sloan

February 22, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Should diversity be a factor in the U.S. News & World Report rankings?

By Karen Sloan

6 minute read

March 04, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

Omair Farooqui sensed that a pink slip might be coming his way. Work had slowed considerably in the six months before he was laid off in June from the Palo Alto, Calif., office of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, where he was an associate in the intellectual property practice.

By Karen Sloan

7 minute read

October 27, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

What will legal education look like in five or 10 years? It will be more internationally focused, rely more heavily on technology and will incorporate more leadership and businesses skills, if the influential group of about 100 educators and law leaders who met recently to discuss the matter are to be believed.

By Karen Sloan

5 minute read

September 20, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Watch out, juris doctor. The master of laws is coming up. No longer just for aspiring academics and wannabe tax lawyers, master of laws (LL.M.) degrees are gaining in popularity among foreign and domestic law students.

By Karen Sloan

9 minute read

July 15, 2010 | National Law Journal

A human rights group and two law school clinics are going after the licenses of psychologists involved in the interrogations and torture of detainees by the U.S. military and intelligence personnel.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

October 13, 2008 | The American Lawyer

The downturn has clients looking to cut their legal budgets by shifting work from larger, pricier firms in New York and other major cities. Time for smaller firms to shine?

By Karen Sloan / Staff reporter

6 minute read

August 13, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

Law firms are rethinking their approach to sponsorships of everything from golf trips and charity events to arts groups and industry conferences. Amid the harsh economy, they are trying to focus on events that offer the best opportunity to generate business.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

September 23, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A growing number of disgruntled law school graduates have taken to the Internet to anonymously vent their frustrations about high debt and poor job prospects.

By Karen Sloan

6 minute read

June 16, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Three law firms that started apprenticeship programs are pleased with the resaults, but with cost one concern, other law firms have not jumped on the apprenticeship bandwagon.

By Karen Sloan

9 minute read

April 25, 2011 | National Law Journal

Roetzel & Andress reigns supreme in the one-time "Rubber Capital of the World." But the firm has discovered life outside Akron — and it likes it.

By Karen Sloan

9 minute read