by Dennis Beaver | education, lawyers
March 16, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver Some widely held beliefs persist long after evidence that they are flawed has come to light. Today, for anyone considering law as a profession, this statement has special relevance. “Up until the last decade, a license to practice...
by Dennis Beaver | drug use, lawyers
June 28, 2008 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver While lawyers have the potential of earning significant incomes, in one respect law is a high risk profession. Attorneys suffer from depression and substance abuse more often than any other occupation in the...
by Dennis Beaver | ethics, lawyers
August 13, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Adjunct law professor and attorney Rose Safarian has a highly effective way of getting the attention of her students at San Joaquin College of Law in Fresno. “In my professional responsibility course, I...
by Dennis Beaver | false advertising
March 24, 2012 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver We have all seen ads for Rosetta Stone, Pimsleur or similar “teach yourself a foreign language” courses which claim you can accomplish this feat “in just a few days without boring memorization, studying...
by Dennis Beaver | dating, fraud, online dating
May 17, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver Recently divorced after a 20-year marriage, Ted was lonely. At a friend’s suggestion, he registered on the dating website, Plenty of Fish.com. It was Dec. 7, a day which would become his very own Pearl Harbor. Within minutes, he...
