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Ten Jobs Where JDs Beat Other Candidates Hands Down New evidence suggests that the knowledge and skills of the JD-prepared worker will continue to provide important leverage in employment well into the expansion, as well as a hedge against downside risk in a recession. In a new longitudinal study, the National Association for LawGet the JD Advantage – Part 2: Read More…
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Across the Economy, Employers Are Anxious to Hire JD-Prepared Job Candidates Research shows the Juris Doctor (JD) degree significantly increases lifetime earning potential.1 Certainly, much of that is attributable to the work lawyers and litigators do in law practice. But in a whole range of jobs, the knowledge and skills of the JD-prepared worker providesGet the JD Advantage – Part 1: Read More…
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A Look Ahead at Some Important Supreme Court Cases Soon to be Decided An ideologically divided Supreme Court faces a daunting calendar of important cases in the new term. Big cases involving some famous names (Apple), governments (Sudan, California, Washington, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service) and issues such as antitrust, double jeopardy, capitalNew Court, New Term: Read More…
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October 19, 2018
Wages of Din: The Perils of Listening to Voices in Your Head(set)
October 19, 2018 Gregory J. BrandesAre We Getting the Truth from Our News Sources? Can We Tell? I began writing about “noise” earlier this year, around the time of an article called “Wages of Din: Bond Noise Over Rising Pay Exposes Stretched Markets.” (Title kudos to the Financial Times of February 7, 2018). It was the usual stuff: Markets areWages of Din: The Perils of Listening to Voices in Your Head(set): Read More…
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October 10, 2018
Join Us for Our Webinar “New Court, New Term: A Look Ahead at the 2019 Jurisprudence of the United States Supreme Court”
October 10, 2018 SCOTUS St. Francis School of LawThe Supreme Court faces a daunting calendar of important cases in the new term. Cases involving some famous names (Apple), governments (Sudan, California, Washington and the US Fish and Wildlife Service) as well as issues including double jeopardy, capital punishment, antitrust, tribal sovereignty, SEC Rule 10(b)(5), the Eighth Amendment “fines” clause, products liability, FirstJoin Us for Our Webinar “New Court, New Term: A Look Ahead at the 2019 Jurisprudence of the United States Supreme Court”: Read More…
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