Karen Sloan

May 28, 2009 | New York Law Journal

It is one thing to express concern for the plight of migrant farm workers. It's another to live and toil alongside them and attempt to fully understand the challenges they face, as Thomas Fritzsche has done as a medical translator, a pesticide safety trainer and a farm union organizer. The 28-year-old, who graduated from New York University School of Law on May 15, plans to use his degree to continue pushing for the rights of migrant workers at the Southern Poverty Law Center's Immigrant Justice Project, but he will not have to worry about paying off a crushing law school loan debt on a public interest salary. Dallas litigation boutique Bickel & Brewer, which has been advocating for low-income clients and the Latino community for more than two decades, paid for his legal education.

By Karen Sloan

5 minute read

January 07, 2010 | Law.com

Two reports have reached different conclusions about law firm mergers in the United States during 2009. Altman Weil's year-end MergerLine report found that there were 53 such mergers, down by 24 percent from 2008. Conversely, Hildebrandt Baker Robbins has concluded in its latest MergerWatch report that mergers were up slightly, from 55 in 2008 to 57 in 2009. The discrepancy stems partly from how the mergers are counted: when the mergers are first announced or when they're actually completed.

By Karen Sloan

3 minute read

July 16, 2009 | Law.com

A Jamaican man who has spent the past 5 1/2 years in immigration detention facilities while fighting deportation must have a bond hearing within 60 days, a U.S. district court judge ordered on Friday. Legal advocates for immigrants said they hope the decision from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York will serve as a precedent for the many immigrants who have spent months and years in custody without a hearing to determine if their detention is warranted.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

November 10, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The ranks of women and minority attorneys at U.S. law firms declined last year, according to a number of recent surveys, but the numbers don't tell the full story.

By Karen Sloan

5 minute read

August 30, 2010 | National Law Journal

Law schools can't make legal education more practical and relevant if they continue to hire professors with little real-world experience who are focused on esoteric scholarship, according to a Georgetown law professor.

By Karen Sloan

5 minute read

December 10, 2008 | The Recorder

Cut are on the horizon, although some firms may increase budgets to try to add clients in a down economy.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

August 18, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Corporate balance sheets are under so much pressure that companies flat out can't afford to litigate -- and even when the economy turns around, no one expects a return to the good ol' days

By Karen Sloan

5 minute read

March 30, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Louisiana State University Paul M. Herbert Law Center has received its largest gift to date from a living donor.

By Karen Sloan

2 minute read

May 10, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Was the killing of Osama bin Laden by a team of U.S. Navy SEALs a violation of international law?

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

February 04, 2010 | National Law Journal

An American Bar Association report appears to confirm the fears expressed by diversity advocates since the economic recession began a years and a half ago: Spending on law firm diversity initiatives has dried up and layoffs are undoing the gains the profession has made.

By Karen Sloan

3 minute read