ABA Journal: Asked and Answered

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ABA Journal: Asked and Answered episodes

December 26, 2022 How do you build trust with incarcerated clients? Exonerated jailhouse lawyer has ideas
Attorneys often expect incarcerated clients to lie and vice versa, says Derrick Hamilton, who served more than 20 years of a second-degree murder sentence. Those outlooks don’t help build good attorney-client relationships, according to Hamilton, who now works with students at the Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law’s Perlmutter Center for Legal Justice.

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30 min
November 28, 2022 Worried about the 2023 lawyer jobs market? This legal search consultant has some tips
While 2022 was a phenomenal year for attorneys and “anyone with a pulse” and a law license could find work, 2023 might “go back to normal,” says Valerie A. Fontaine, a founding director of the legal search company SeltzerFontaine.

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33 min
October 31, 2022 Stressed about holiday parties? Think about skipping them, says lawyer in recovery
As we head into the holiday season, consider what you want your celebrations to look like, rather than meeting everyone else’s expectations, says Laurie Besden, a lawyer who has been sober for almost two decades.

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36 min
September 26, 2022 Employment outcomes were great for 2021 law school graduates; is that a sign of caution?
The overall employment outcomes for 2007 and 2021 law school graduates were both 91.9%. And while that sounds like a good thing, it could be a warning.

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37 min
August 29, 2022 Lawyer who moved from Ukraine to US now has opportunity to help others facing similar situations
Ellen Freeman immigrated from Odesa, Ukraine, to Pittsburgh almost 30 years ago. And although her family always planned to leave—she grew up learning various languages so that she could communicate wherever they settled—moving to the United States as a young single mother was one of the most difficult things that she has ever done.

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43 min
July 25, 2022 Following her experiences, former law clerk seeks support for the Judiciary Accountability Act
Aliza Shatzman didn’t realize that federal judicial employees are not protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. That is until the judge she worked for in 2020 ended her clerkship early—for reasons that she thinks were due to gender discrimination.

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38 min
June 27, 2022 Think you won't pass the July bar exam? So did many others, but they did, say lawyers
If you are studying for the July bar exam, you’re not going to memorize every flashcard for the Multistate Bar Examination, and that’s OK. You can still pass.

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35 min
May 30, 2022 After a not-so-great elementary school experience, teen law school grad wants career in education policy
A good home-school program provided a nurturing environment that was lacking in elementary education, and the experience helped build confidence for law school, says Haley Taylor Schlitz, a 2022 graduate of Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law.

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53 min
April 25, 2022 As states consider regulation targeting transgender youths, some minds have been changed
A recent order from Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directing the state to consider medical treatments for transgender youths as child abuse is hurtful to children and their families, as is a new Alabama law that makes providing gender-affirming care to a minor a felony, says lawyer Asaf Orr.
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35 min
March 28, 2022 Want to be a successful litigator? Come to the office, say 2 BigLaw trial lawyers
For young litigators who want to be considered “a lawyer’s lawyer,” careers spent mostly working from home may not get you to where you want to be, according to Robert Giuffra and Evan Chesler, two Wall Street partners who have been trying cases for more than 30 years.
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48 min