Rogers

February 14, 2005 | National Law Journal

A new study finds that high-school students often don't understand or value the First Amendment. That's disheartening, writes Robert Rogers, but solutions need to embrace the same independent spirit that inspires freedom of speech.

By Robert L. Rogers

10 minute read

April 16, 2009 | National Law Journal

Law firm layoffs fill the headlines and first-year classes are being delayed. In this environment, a lot of associates are out there looking for jobs and wondering how they can stand out amid the crowd. Legal Times contacted attorney search consultants and law school career specialists in the Washington, D.C., area to find out. Here's what some experts say job seekers should be doing to get their next position, and also some advice on the hot and not-so-hot practice areas right now.

By Robert Rogers

8 minute read

February 07, 2005 | National Law Journal

In A Court Divided, Mark Tushnet describes the Rehnquist Court as politically split — but not in the way you might think. Tushnet says the Court is divided not between liberals and conservatives but between two types of Republicans.

By Robert L. Rogers

8 minute read

August 07, 2006 | National Law Journal

For those with charitable desires, planned giving can balance generosity with security.

By Robert L. Rogers

7 minute read

October 17, 2001 | Law.com

In employment discrimination cases, a full range of motions are available to both plaintiffs and defendants. Summary judgment is, of course, the most prevalent, and typically the key motion made in any employment litigation. Here, a survey of the summary judgment motion and other tools of the motion trade relevant to employment practice under federal and New York state law.

By Theodore O. Rogers Jr.

13 minute read

July 02, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

If this lawyer's 40-hour family law mediation training is an example of the value of mandatory continuing legal education, attorneys should welcome the concept.

By Marybeth Rogers

3 minute read

May 06, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

A standup comedian who was sued for making mother-in-law jokes has had the last laugh after a federal judge threw the case out of court.

By John Rogers

2 minute read

May 06, 2010 | Law.com

A stand-up comedian sued for making mother-in-law jokes has had the last laugh after a federal judge threw the case out of court, finding the jokes were protected speech. Sunda Croonquist, whose act describes her life as a half-black, half-Swedish woman who marries into a Jewish family, was sued after her mother-in-law, sister-in-law and brother-in-law said her jokes were holding them up to public ridicule. Another family twist to the case: Croonquist's husband is a partner in the law firm that represented her.

By John Rogers

2 minute read

October 13, 2008 | Texas Lawyer

Suddenly even six figures doesn't feel so comfortable, does it? Junior associates at the largest firms earn $160,000 and up a year. But they also face significant student loan debt and, now, a precarious economy that has already led to layoffs and the loss of high salaries for some.

By Robert L. Rogers

4 minute read

October 25, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

She's been called an ambulance chaser, an opportunist, a made-for-TV attorney and a shameless publicity hound.

By JOHN ROGERS,Associated Press Writer

8 minute read