Blogs
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Thursdays at Barneys
Dominic Jones | November 7, 2013“Can’t a young get money anymore?” Prophetic words indeed from the twenty-first century’s most evocative...
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Decision 2013: I’ll See Your Christie, and Raise You de Blasio
Hannah R. Winsten | November 7, 2013Well, Election Day has come and gone, and things are looking (un)surprisingly bright for the tri-state area. Folks, I...
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Why So Serious, Gen Y?
Alexandra Saville | November 6, 2013Are you a GYPSY? Am I? According to a recent article by The Huffington Post, if you’re a twenty-something professional...
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Beginning the Search
Alexandra Saville | November 5, 2013Once you’ve made the decision to look for a new career, you’re halfway there. Well, not really…but it is...
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Congress, Make it Stop: You Can Still Get Fired for Being Gay
Hannah R. Winsten | November 5, 2013Happy November, folks! Has everyone ditched their spooky, jack-o-lantern-themed front door decorations for some good, old-fashioned hand turkeys? Yes?...
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Job Hunting Survival Guide
Alexandra Saville | November 4, 2013You’re looking for a job. Maybe you’re deep into your hunt. Maybe your hunt just started. Perhaps you’re a...
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NYC Comic Con: Protect It and Publish It
Robbin Antony | November 4, 2013As thousands flocked to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center for the 2013 New York City Comic Con, Law...
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Guns, Whiteboards, and the Mentally Ill: How to Cure Campuses From Mass Shootings
Valeriya Metla | November 4, 2013Buying a $299 whiteboard that can stop bullets is a startling reality for educational professionals across the country. The LA Times estimates that...
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It Gets Worse: Clifford Chance Gives Style Tips to Its Lady Lawyers
Hannah R. Winsten | November 3, 2013Lovelies, Halloween is upon us. Yay! If you’re a hippy dippy, wannabe Pagan goddess like me, you’re super pumped...
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Overqualification is the New “It’s Not Me, It’s You.”
Peter Davidson II | November 3, 2013Coming off the heels of an economic recession, and in a job climate that is increasingly tenuous, there are...
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We Need to Educate Non-Lawyers in the Law, Too
Akil Alleyne | November 3, 2013This morning, I opened up my Facebook account only to be swamped by a flood of bar-exam-passage-celebrating statuses from...
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Twitter: When Being the Nice Guy Bites You in the Offering
Gena Thomas | October 31, 2013As I’m sure you are all aware, Twitter is planning to go public and aspiring to make $1 billion,...
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The Brown Identity
Dominic Jones | October 30, 2013In news that shocked no one, early Sunday morning at the W Hotel in Washington, DC, singer, dancer, and...
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Hoop Dreams: Why the NCAA Doesn’t Care Who Was Shooting in the Gym
Gena Thomas | October 30, 2013Right of publicity, the newer and increasingly more significant area of intellectual property law, has something stimulating for us...
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Free-Per-View: Facebook vs. BreakYourFacebook
Gena Thomas | October 30, 2013Cody Romano, creator of BreakYourFacebook, has been threatened with a lawsuit by the social media powerhouse that I love...
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Should Law School Be More Like Trade School?
Akil Alleyne | October 30, 2013About four years ago, one of the professors who gave me recommendations for my applications to law school described...
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Yoga Got Me Through Law School and the Bar Exam
Peter Davidson II | October 29, 2013I joke a lot about the struggles of law school and bar prep. I’ve done it here, and here,...
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Post Traumatic Sandy Disorder – One Year Later
Hannah R. Winsten | October 29, 2013Folks, today marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. Last year, on October 28th, I walked to a nearby...
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How Facebook Pays Your Rent
Hannah R. Winsten | October 24, 2013Last week, the government reopened and raised the debt ceiling. YAY! We don’t all have to worry about getting...
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Tom Ridge Tells GOP: Tolerate the Gays, Don’t Make Their Lives Better
Hannah R. Winsten | October 24, 2013Wednesday night, the Republican Party was given an interesting task. Stop being so judgmental. That’s what former GOP politician...
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Law School Daze
Akil Alleyne | October 21, 2013As luck would have it, the nonprofit work I’ve done since graduating from law school last spring has situated...
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Beggars (Still) Can’t be Choosers in Today’s Job Market
Peter Davidson II | October 20, 2013Beggars still can’t be choosers. My first job after 1L year was for the U.S. Attorney for the Southern...
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Is “Mattelalistic” a word?
Gena Thomas | October 20, 2013This is a fun one. Mattel, parent company of the makers of the popular board game Scrabble, has attempted...
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Patent Trolls: Monsters vs. America
Gena Thomas | October 20, 2013What is really going on in the patent world these days? Last week I told you about the allowance...
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Tragedy of the Unpaid Intern: No Money – No Rights
Robbin Antony | October 18, 2013The world we live in today makes it hard for any twenty-something to find a decent-paying, full-time job. Although...
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Why Your Rapist (Probably) Isn’t Going to Jail
Hannah R. Winsten | October 16, 2013It’s been a busy few days for rape culture, folks. This past weekend, the Kansas City Star published a...
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The Simple Classification of Friends in a Post-J.D. World
Peter Davidson II | October 15, 2013I graduated from law school almost five months ago, in May 2013. From late May to late July, I...
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Hail to the Coldskins
Gena Thomas | October 14, 2013During a recent interview with the Associated Press, President Obama opined that the Redskins should consider changing the name of...
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Samsung Ban Upheld: Why Apple Can’t Stop Won’t Stop
Gena Thomas | October 14, 2013Apple recently requested an import ban against a few of Samsung’s products, including their smartphones and tablets. I doubt...
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#TheJOBSAct
Alexandra Saville | October 13, 2013In 2011, a couple of friends concocted a plan. What if they could buy a beer company? Why not?...