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• November 14, 2018

  Get the JD Advantage – Part 1

  November 14, 2018 Job Outlook Gregory J. Brandes

  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…

• November 14, 2018

  New Court, New Term

  November 14, 2018 Apple Gregory J. Brandes

  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…

• October 19, 2018

  Wages of Din: The Perils of Listening to Voices in Your Head(set)

  October 19, 2018 Gregory J. Brandes

  Are 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…

• 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 Law

    The 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…

• October 10, 2018

  Getting Past the 1L Wall

  October 10, 2018 FYLSE Gregory J. Brandes

  Law Students Looking for Purpose Have the Best Outcomes     There’s an old trope that says the first year of law schools scares you to death, the second year works you to death, and the third year bores you to death. Fear, hard work, and boredom are pretty decent descriptions of a lot ofGetting Past the 1L Wall: Read More…