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If you re organized, methodical, and interested in upholding the ideals of justice in society, you should consider earning a criminal law degree. Criminal lawyers prosecute or defend people who are suspected of committing a crime. They present evidence, argue on behalf of their client, and provide legal advice. As such, graduates will have a strong understanding of criminal law, the criminal justice system and its procedures, and they should have the ability to successfully defend their argument in the court room.

Classes and Assignments of a Criminal Law Major

It s important to note that online associate criminal law degrees are rare. Instead, many law schools offer concentrations in criminal law as part of a complete law degree. Since it s necessary for criminal law specialists to understand the criminal justice system, students may take criminal justice administration, criminal procedure, international criminal law, juvenile justice, and white col ... Read more »

The Law of Capital your most valuable asset, in terms of cash flow, is your physical and mental capital, your earning ability.

Your Earning Ability

The first corollary of the Law of Capital says: Your most precious resource is your time. Your time is really all you have to sell. How much time you put in and how much of yourself you put into that time, largely determines your earning ability. Poor time management is one of the major reasons for poor productivity and underachievement in every industry in America. It is the number one problem for both managers and salespeople in every field.

Invest Yourself Carefully

The second corollary of the Law of Capital says: Time and money can be either spent or invested. One of the smartest things that you can do is to invest three percent of your earnings every month back into yourself on personal and professional development, on becoming better at the most ... Read more »

A League of Its Own: Cornell Law School

(L-R) Ari Diaconis 14 and Lynne Kolodinsky '14

The Cornell Law Library announced that Ari Diaconis 14 and Lynne Kolodinsky 14 were the first- and second-place recipients of the Robert Cantwell Prize for Exemplary Student Research.

Diaconis cast a wide net in compiling his research for The Religion of Alcoholics Anonymous: Applying the Clergy Privilege to Certain AA Communications. drawing from over 180 sources including in-person interviews, Bible scripture and empirical studies while also using traditional legal research and analysis.

Diaconis argued for the application of the clergy privilege to Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA ) by constructing a detailed history of AA from its origins to present day, relying on a variety of primary and secondary sources including interviews with current members. He then used that historical research to argue that AA constitutes a religion under Supreme Cou ... Read more »

International trade law is the body of laws and agreements that governs how countries do business with each other. The economic health of many countries depends, at least in part, or the ability to import and export goods. International trade laws set out the parameters for how these trades take place. Most of the time, the laws are designed to ensure fairness to all parties, as well as to create something of a globally uniform and predictable set of rules.

There are three primary types of international trade law. The first is national: any country that makes its own internal rules about how trade will be conducted with other countries, or regulates how much of a certain resource can be exported, has created an international trade law. Second is bilateral. When two countries together agree to conduct their trade in a certain way, or to open trade freely between their borders, they create a bilateral trade agreement or trade law. Finally, countries often engage in multilatera ... Read more »

Business is the most popular college major, claims The Princeton Review’s List of the Ten Most Popular College Majors. There is some information that people with business degree earn more then people with degree of the same level in other fields. And choosing an online Business degree allows you to improve your opportunities and your earning potential without leaving your current work. It usually takes 2 or 3 years. It’s also a good opportunity to deepen your specialization.

And business degrees are now available online, so why don’t choose them? You can easily choose the business learning programs of levels of Associate’s, Bachelor’s and Master’s from great variety offered by numerous accredited online colleges and universities. There’re plenty of programs in Business Administrations concentrated in Accounting, Healthcare Administration, Human Resources, Finance, Management, Marketing, Organizational Psychology and Development, Operations M ... Read more »

The Universal Laws You must Know To Manifest

UNIVERSAL LAWS

Is it possible we have to change everything in order to have real happiness and infinite abundance? We have to turn everything around and up side down.

As children we learn to look to the outside world and others to tell us how we feel and are doing. An example is how we are taught to look at  grades received in school. On getting a low grade we are taught we are not doing well. Many people have beliefs about grades that they carry through life deciding if they are smart or not. Really all a grade means is that on that day, and that hour you were tested you were not at your best. An A grade shows and means nothing about you. The universal law is that we all have limitless Potential inside of us. It cannot be wrong, or only a few people have it. It is not limited to A grades. It is within all of us and the only question is are we expressing it?

We are taught that everything is limited and to c ... Read more »

Advice for Getting Into Law School

Admission to law school is very competitive. Consider Arizona State Law School. I offer this hypothetical as an example of what happens at law schools generally. What I'm going to say here about Arizona State could be said about every law school in the country.

Arizona State is a good school, ranked 53rd in the nation (out of 187 law schools). Each year, Arizona State has an entering class of about 500 law students. For those 500 seats in its first-year law class, Arizona State receives over 7,000 applications. About 1,400 (20%) of the 7,000 applicants will be admitted, since some people will be accepted at many law schools and will turn down Arizona State's offer of admission.

Now, imagine that I'm a member of the Admissions Committee at Arizona State Law School. My job on the Admissions Committee is to accept only those applicants about whom I can make a reasonable prediction of satisfactory performance in law school. But ... Read more »

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Here s a list of law enforcement skills and qualities for resumes, cover letters, job applications and interviews.

Law Enforcement Skills List

• Decision Making
• Deductive Reasoning
• Diplomacy
• Documenting Violations Accurately
• Enforcing Laws
• Establishing Rapport Quickly
• Examining Financial Records
• Gathering Evidence
• Inductive Reasoning
• Integrity
• Interpersonal
• Interpreting Body Language
• Interpreting Laws
• Interrogation
• Interviewing
• Investigative

• Quick Reactions
• Reliability
• Researching
• Responding to Emergencies
• Searching Databases
• Spanish
• Supervisory
• Teamwork
• Testifying in Court
• Training
• Verbal Communica ... Read more »

About Law Internships Abroad

Law is a diverse and challenging field, and those who choose it for an international internship have a fantastic opportunity to learn how this profession is practiced in another country. Law interns’ tasks vary by country and specific internship placement, but may include researching and preparing briefs, summarizing court documents, organizing files, and reviewing client documents. Interns may also assist with preparing a case for court. Some administrative support work may also be part of the intern’s responsibilities.

With any internship, specific daily responsibilities may vary based on the requirements of the host company or organization, as well as on the location or timeframe of the internship. The qualifications, skills, and experience of the intern may also influence the type and complexity of work assigned.

The Value of Interning Abroad

Many students spend hours in the classroom, ... Read more »

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U.S. News World Report ranked Loyola Law School 71st [ 5 ] in its "America's Best Graduate Schools " feature. Loyola was ranked 21st overall in the annual Judging the Law Schools rankings. [ 6 ]

Loyola ranks higher on alternative guides such as The Princeton Review in addition to the Coolely rankings (also known as the Brennan rankings)[3]. The Cooley Rankings ranked Loyola Law School 23rd in the nation in .[4] Super Lawyers magazine ranked Loyola 29th in the nation in its U.S. Law School Rankings.[5]

For speciality rankings:

• According to The Princeton Review's "Best 174 Law Schools", Loyola is ranked:
• 2nd in the nation for "Best Classroom Experience"
• 6th in "Professors Rock (Legally Speaking)". [ 7 ]
• Loyola's part-time evening program is ranked 13th in the nation by U.S. News World Report [6]
• Loyola's fairly recent Taxation LL.M. program ranks 8th in the nati ... Read more »

Would you prefer to perform a small role in a big organization, or launch a new business venture of your own as founder or CEO?

Master of Business Administration - Internet Marketing

To cater the growing demand, business schools have introduced a wider range of alternative business education programs, which are focused on equipping students with the necessary skills for staring their own business and becoming their own boss.

Masters or MBA in Entrepreneurship program is designed to improve the skills and knowledge of current as well as aspiring businessmen. Therefore, whether you want to make your existing business ideas work or get new ideas rolling, MBA in entrepreneurship may prove to be useful.

You will be required to take up some of the traditional courses that are offered as part of the MBA general program. These may include:

Examples of such courses include the following:

• Internet Marketing and Social N ... Read more »

Labour law defines your rights and obligations as workers and employers.

EU labour law covers 2 main areas:

• working conditions - working hours, part-time fixed-term work, posting of workers,
• informing consulting workers about collective redundancies, transfers of companies, etc.

The EU labour law

EU policies in recent decades have sought to

• achieve high employment strong social protection,
• improve living working conditions,
• protect social cohesion.

The EU aims to promote social progress and improve the living and working conditions of the peoples of Europe - see the preamble of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU.

As regards labour law, the EU complements policy initiatives taken by individual EU countries by settingminimum standards. In accordance with the Treaty - particularly Article 153 - it adopts laws (dire ... Read more »

For the LBers who have been following the rising cost of law school tuition and debt, University of Massachusetts School of Law has proposed a bold solution: cap tuition for the next three years.

That means the new schools full-time in-state tuition will hold steady at $23,068 and its full time out-of-state tuition at $30,760.

The establishment of UMass Law is about mission, not money, said UMass President Robert Caret on the school website.

The move may also be borne out of necessity. A brutal legal job market has given way to a steep drop in law school applications. UMass, which opened its doors in after acquiring $23 million of assets from the Southern New England School of Law, could have a hard time filling seats if the market doesnt improve.

The American Bar Association gave the school provisional accreditation earlier this month. According to the February Massachusetts bar exam results, not a single first-time test-taker from UMass passed the b ... Read more »

The U.S. Department of Justice recently reported that almost 1.1 million dedicated men and women now serve in local and state law enforcement agencies, including more than 765,000 sworn police officers. This represents a ratio of one state or local law enforcement official to every 400 U.S. residents. As the number of law enforcement jobs has increased in recent years, new opportunities have surfaced for those interested in becoming police officers, deputy sheriffs and state troopers.

The position of law enforcement agencies within each state’s governmental structure influences the duties of its personnel.  As such, a state trooper is likely to have broader powers and responsibilities than a local police officer.  Although local police departments typically yield to county and state agencies, there are a number of metropolitan police departments across the country that take the lead in major operations and investigations. Some states have opted to give municipal police depar ... Read more »

Law firm (also called legal firm) is a company that protects legal rights and responsibilities of its clients (individuals or corporate), represents clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions and other matters where legal assistance is required. There are a lot of various business fields where help of legal experts is very needful and where legal firms perform their activities. Law firms can advice regarding the following questions: business formation, commercial transactions and contracts, business plans and proposals, disputes and litigation, asset protection strategies, tax audits and appeals, tax planning and many others.

The purposes of solution and what problems it is intended to solve

Law firms. like other businesses, need to control resources, especially time, and continually improve performance. The best way to improve performance and save time is to plan and ... Read more »

DLA Piper opens second Saudi office

Posted 20th April

DLA Piper has opened its second office in Saudi Arabia and has plans for a third office before the end of the year. This will take its number of Middle East offices to eight. Read more here .

Mining lawyer joins Gowlings

Posted 05 March 2015

France Tenaille has joined the Toronto office of Gowlings from Cassels Brock Blackwell LLP. Tenaille is recognised for her expertise in relation to the Latin American mining industry. Read more here.

DLA Piper expands into Canada

Posted 02 March 2015

DLA Piper LLP has announced its combination with Vancouver-based Davis LLP. effective April 2015. With offices both in Canada and Japan, the firm will operate under the name DLA Piper (Canada) LLP read more here.

Norton Rose Fulbright grows alliances in Africa

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There are many Wikimedia projects, including Wikipedia, that are all hosted and operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation. As the Legal Department for the fifth largest website in the world, we oversee all legal matters for the Foundation and focus on key initiatives to help support the community consistent with our Foundation goals and values. We deal with a wide range of issues and projects, including policy drafting, trademark and copyright law, international law, employment law, litigation, fundraising and grant law, domestic and international contracts, privacy law, ethics, internet law, and non-profit corporate governance.

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At a women s prison in Nairobi, Kenyan inmates are taking the law into their own hands. Law classes have helped inmates launch their own appeals and defend themselves in court.

In a classroom behind bars, three inmates and a prison officer learn the basics of common law.

Inmate Rose Musyoki said these classes have given her the chance of a lifetime.

It has been my childhood dream to do law, but due to some unavoidable circumstances like lack of finance, I ve not been able to do it, said Musyoki. So when this chance came in I gave it a trial, and now I m in it, I m doing it.

Applied learning

And already, she s put her lessons into practice, successfully helping another inmate to appeal a sentence for kidnapping by arguing that the accused was under duress at the time.

When she went there, the prosecution had nothing against her. They never even said anything, when she raised just that defense, the prosecution was ask ... Read more »

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Tucked away in upstate New York, Cornell Law School is part of Cornell University and one of the five Ivy League law schools. In the most recent U.S. News World Report law school rankings, Cornell is ranked #13 and is particularly well-respected for its international law programs.

Application fee: $75

Application deadline: February 1, for Fall admission

www.lawschool.cornell.edu/admissions/apply/index.cfm]school s website. Electronic applications through the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) are also accepted.

In addition to the application form and fee, applicants must submit:

• Personal Statement
• Dean s Certification/Recommendation Form
• Two Faculty Recommendation Forms

Transfer applicants must have completed one year of study at a law school that is a member of the Association of American Law School ... Read more »

Family law is a comprehensive body of law that deals with family relationships. It stipulates the rights and obligations of parties in domestic relations. Family law covers a wide range of topics, including marriage, divorce, child custody, visitation, alimony, and adoption.

Marriage, civil union, and domestic partnership are different kinds of legal statuses recognized by family law. Marriage is a legal relationship between two persons, in which the parties, the husband and the wife, are bound by the rights and obligations stipulated in the marital contract. A civil union is a legal relationship between a same sex couple. Civil unions are also known as civil partnerships. The rights and obligations in a civil union are similar to those in a marriage. In a domestic partnership, partners live together and have a common domestic life, but without being bonded by marriage or a civil union.

Adoption is governed by domestic relations law procedure. Adoption is a legal pro ... Read more »

A 1031 Real Estate Exchange

Any real estate property owner or investor should consider a 1031 exchange when acquiring a replacement like kind property subsequent to the sale of his existing investment property. The basics behind a 1031 exchange is the strategy and method for selling one property, and then buying another property within a specific time frame in order to defer the payment of a capital gains tax (which is currently 15%). The entire transaction is treated as an exchange and not just as a simple sale.

There are two requirements in a 1031 like-kind exchange:

1. The total purchase price of the replacement like-kind property must be equal to, or greater than the total net sales price of the relinquished real estate property.
2. All the equity received from the sale of the relinquished property must be used to acquire the replacement like kind property.

If the price of the replacement property is less than t ... Read more »

by John A. Byrne Poets Quants Author on December 7,

Graduate School of Business Knight Management Center

Stanford’s Graduate School of Business has leapfrogged the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and Columbia Business School to become the most expensive two-year MBA program in the world, according to an analysis by Poets Quants. This year Stanford is telling applicants that the estimated cost of its two-year, full-time MBA program is a whopping $185,054, a new record.

That is some $18,242 more than Stanford said it would cost an MBA student only two years ago when Columbia was the school with the most expensive MBA program in the world. At that time, Columbia estimated that the cost to attend its MBA program was $168,307, while third-place Stanford’s price tag was $166,812. In just two years, Stanford’s estimated cost of the degree has risen by 10.9%, though the estimate includes a $4,000 global study trip.

 A HAR ... Read more »

The labyrinth of agencies, courts, and laws are often overwhelming and unmanageable for even the most experienced advocate, and simply impenetrable for the average parent. The Children s Law Line is an easily accessible legal resource that can assist callers on a variety of issues. Some questions include:

1. What to do if a parent is not complying with court-ordered child support
2. Whether visitation can be denied
3. How to protect a child whose parent is often under the influence of drugs or alcohol

Services like the Children s Law Line are desperately needed by those with severe budgetary constraints who want to help a child, but are at the mercy of a complex and inflexible legal system.

The program has several positive benefits for callers including:

Calls are answered by a person trained in family law.

1. Common questions are answered immediately and more complex questions are referred to a s ... Read more »

Specular reflection (a.k.a. Law of Reflection )is the mirror-like reflection of light (or sometimes other kinds of waves) from a surface, in which light from a single incoming direction (a ray) is reflected into a single outgoing direction. Such behavior is described by the law of reflection.Which states that the direction of incoming light (the incident ray), and the direction of outgoing light reflected (The Reflected Ray) make the same angle with respect to the surface normal, thus the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection; this is commonly stated as ?i = ?r. A second defining characteristic of specular reflection is that incident, normal, and reflected directions are coplanar. This behavior was first discovered through careful observation and measurement by Hero of Alexandria (c. 10–70 AD).

This is in contrast to diffuse reflection, where incoming light is reflected in a broad range of directions. The most familiar example of the distinction between sp ... Read more »

Divorce rates are on the rise in the United States, with approximately half of all marriages ending in divorce. Divorce is undoubtedly a difficult emotional and financial process for all parties involved. To aid in the termination of marital unions, all states have established divorce laws.

Primarily governed by individual states, divorce laws that apply in one state may not necessarily apply in another. States sometimes have similar divorce laws, especially with regard to issues of spousal support and alimony, child custody, and property division. However, divorce laws can vary tremendously when it comes to filing procedures, child support, divorce grounds, and residency requirements. If you are considering divorce, a caring and qualified divorce attorney can help you understand the divorce laws in your state.

Under divorce law, there are two types of divorce contested and uncontested. Contested ... Read more »

Consumer protection is an umbrella term covering a group of laws and organizations that protect the rights of consumers and foster the free flow of accurate information in the marketplace. Consumer protection laws are designed to prevent businesses from engaging in fraud or unfair practices, to protect individuals from scam artists, and identity thieves and crooks.

Consumer protection involves everyday issues and threats like identity theft, sales contracts, lemon laws, travel and fraud. A consumer is anyone who acquires goods or services for direct use or ownership.

All consumers should learn how to do simple things like manage a credit score, read the fine print on a gift card and understand the importance of choosing a secure email password. It's also important to know when the law is on your side and when to contact an attorney to help you enforce your rights.

Organizations and agencies like the Federal Trade Commission and Better Business Bureau promote ... Read more »

The act removed state-level criminal penalties on the use, possession and cultivation of marijuana by patients who possess written documentation from their physician affirming that he or she suffers from a debilitating condition and advising that they might benefit from the medical use of marijuana. (Patients must possess this documentation prior to an arrest.)

Cannabis Quantities Allowed

• Possession. patients (or their primary caregivers) may legally possess no more than two ounces of a usable form of marijuana
• Cultivation: patients (or their primary caregivers) may legally possess no more than six marijuana plants, with three or fewer being mature flowering plants that are producing a usable form of marijuana.

Update 29 November :

• Caregivers. The Medical Marijuana Registry program is asking for input from the public and interested pa ... Read more »

As of 2007, about 6.8 million American students with special needs and disability received special education services. Laws and legislation go back to the mid-1970s. There are two main laws concerning the education of children with special needs.

The Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA)

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was originally called the Education for the Handicapped Act (EHA) of 1976. You can think of it as our nation's special education law. Its purpose is to guarantee a Free and Appropriate Education (FAPE) for all children from age 5 through 21 with disabilities. Services must be free.

A personalized education program is to be given to everyone eligible for special education. Parents should be involved, including when an evaluation, identification and placement of the child are involved. EHA stipulates that children should receive education in the least restrictive environment.

Before that law was ... Read more »