The Yl Editorial Board

December 19, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Recently, The Legal published an article that asked, "Is the Golden Age of Trial Attorneys Over?" The answer from this board is no.

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February 23, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Far too often, young lawyers perceive that their value to their firm is proportionate to the numbers on their time sheet, pro-rated credit rating or reputation for face time.

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December 02, 2010 | New York Law Journal

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August 22, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ever since former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was charged in November 2011 with sexually molesting young boys, the school has remained a lightning rod for controversy, and after the recent sanctions imposed by the NCAA, some wonder whether the school's once-revered football program will survive. Regardless of where you stand on the university's handling of the incident, one thing is clear: much could have been done to avoid it.

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July 18, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Recently, there have been several instances of seemingly impossible acts of unethical behaviors by lawyers and judges locally and nationally. While our first instinct is to shake our heads at these gaffes and think that we would never act in such a manner, it's important that young lawyers not only smirk at these errors in judgment but learn from them as well. And so, in the interest of laughing and learning, we present the top five lessons young lawyers can learn from infamous cases of misconduct.

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June 20, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Recently, the Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law family lost one of its own when a recent graduate decided to take his own life. He was an accomplished student, successful trial team advocate and a devoted volunteer and mentor to his high school debate team. More importantly, he had an extraordinary heart and the warmest of smiles. Unfortunately, he struggled to pass the bar exam, failing it twice. A few days before bar prep was scheduled to begin again, he committed suicide. At age 26, this young man still had his entire life ahead of him. That much is unquestionable. Maybe the question is: Why did he not see that? Inevitably, those who knew him personally ask: What could we have done differently to help or save him?

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April 21, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Document review. (Cue the groans.) The prospect of reviewing thousands of (often mind-numbingly boring) e-mails, memos, bills, reports and other documents generated by a client in the course of its daily business doesn't exactly inspire glee in the hearts and minds of young lawyers.

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May 12, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

In 1978, when the youngest members of the law school class of 2003 were born, the newest technology was the five-and-a-quarter-inch floppy disk, designed for use with the Apple II computer and storing a whopping 110 kilobytes, the disk space now needed for one low-resolution photograph.

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October 25, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The recently enacted Pennsylvania voter ID law has been an important issue this election season. The law requires that all eligible voters show photo identification issued by a government agency or a specifically enumerated list of other institutions, such as colleges and nursing homes.

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April 26, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The gloomy forecast for newly barred attorneys has many law students rethinking their post-law-school plans.

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