Karen Sloan

November 09, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

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

May 07, 2009 | The Recorder

The typical attorney personality and training are actually barriers to treating emotional problems and substance abuse, says one expert.

By Karen Sloan

5 minute read

August 18, 2010 | New York Law Journal

McLaughlin & Stern recently expanded its space by 36,000 square feet at 260 Madison Ave., located between 38th and 39th streets, where the law firm has been a tenant since 1996. Also, Healthfirst, a not-for-profit managed health care organization, recently signed a 20-year lease at 100 Church St., one block north of Ground Zero, where it will consolidate two downtown offices.

By Karen Sloan | The National Law Journal

3 minute read

November 10, 2009 | Corporate Counsel

Law firms have been reluctant to upgrade their videoconferencing systems due to high costs and poor audio and video quality. Now telepresence conferencing, designed to replicate in-person meetings through state-of-the art technology, has law firms pulling up their chairs to the screen.

By Karen Sloan

8 minute read

November 29, 2010 | Texas Lawyer

Abraham Lincoln struggled with depression throughout his life, yet managed a successful legal career and ascended to presidency of the United States.

By Karen Sloan

3 minute read

July 30, 2009 | Law.com

Previously confidential reports from the American Bar Association on conditions at immigrant detention centers across the U.S. were analyzed as part of a scathing new study faulting the government for failing to meet its own standards at those facilities. The report released Tuesday, called "A Broken System," was a collaboration between the National Immigration Law Center, the ACLU of Southern California and law firm Holland & Knight.

By Karen Sloan

5 minute read

November 04, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

Firms in downsizing mode must decide if and how to go public with layoff news, which can make a firm appear weak and unstable.

By Karen Sloan

5 minute read

August 03, 2009 | Law.com

Double-digit tuition increases loom for students at some of the country's top public law schools. Administrators say that the unusually large tuition hikes for the coming academic year are spurred, for the most part, by cuts in public funding -- with endowment losses, initiatives to improve schools and pressure to keep up with competing institutions also playing a part. The shrinking public/private tuition gap has led some to worry about whether public institutions are fulfilling their mission of remaining affordable.

By Karen Sloan

12 minute read

October 01, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read

June 16, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

An advocacy group for the blind is turning up the heat on law schools it says are discriminating against visually impaired applicants.

By Karen Sloan

4 minute read