8 Challenges to Plaintiff Attorneys in the Age of Trump

5 January, 2017

The electoral upset has sent every sector scrambling to recalibrate their outlook on the future. The upcoming president isn’t making it easy for the prognosticators and pundits: as consumer- and worker-advocate Paul Bland notes: president-elect Donald Trump “ran a campaign where there was less relea...

Access to Justice Gets a Tech Boost

30 December, 2016

The crisis of access to justice — when you’ve been harmed, how can you ensure that you can have your day in court? How could we have a system that is fair and accessible to all, regardless of their wealth? World Justice Project found in 2013 that in the U.S., when poor people have been wronged, onl...

Being an Attorney and Becoming a Mom

7 December, 2016

Mom of 4.  FOUR!  I swear I know how it happened.  Andrew and I got through three years of law school and one year of finding a job without a pregnancy scare.  Then we decided to have a kid.  I became pregnant within a year.  I then lost my job, was hired by a solo prac...

The Legal Rollercoaster of Unpaid Internship Lawsuits

18 November, 2016

Imagine a landlord calling an up-and-coming twenty-something living in New York, California, or DC.  “Hey, I haven’t seen your rent check yet.” “Oh, don’t worry,” she answers. “I’m paying that by giving you experience!” “What?” “And exposure! Just help me out with my work for the day, and yo...

Signing Away the Seventh Amendment: Latest Developments in Mandatory Arbitration Cases

11 November, 2016

On November 7, a federal judge dealt a blow to the government’s latest attempts to rein in mandatory arbitration abuses in nursing homes. At the same time, the Wells Fargo fiasco is breathing new life into a will for change. Here’s the latest lay of the land: A terrible pest makes its nest in the f...

What To Do When the Auto-Accidents Run Out

13 October, 2016

Self-driving cars may take over roads in 10-15 years. I myself will be giddy to get my hands on one. But when the robots whisk us off to the future, will they also be whisking away lucrative careers for thousands of personal injury attorneys? Not if we start preparing our shift away from car-crash ...