by Dennis Beaver | consumer, education, financial, parenting
December 22, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver
There is an old saying: “The more you give your children, the more you take away.” Today’s story began with an email from stay-at-home mom “Cindy” and her hard-charging, financially very successful, real estate broker husband,...
by Dennis Beaver | bankruptcy, education
May 22, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver When Uniondale, N.Y. based Natalie Jean-Baptiste graduated from law school with a six-figure student loan debt, it never occurred to her that she wouldn’t be able to pay it back. “I just knew I was going to be a hot shot entertainment...
by Dennis Beaver | education, lawyers
April 17, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver In March of this year, many colleges and universities all across America began switching to distance teaching with Skype, Zoom or other web-based, video-conferencing technologies. For some classes — depending upon a student’s major —...
by Dennis Beaver | education, law school
February 14, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “I am an attorney with a Fortune 500 company and have read a number of your columns on getting into law school. Our son is in college, wants to follow in my footsteps and feels strongly that by becoming a star on the debate team...
by Dennis Beaver | business, discrimination, education
January 24, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “I am a recent college graduate with a degree in business administration and applied for a sales job at a black-owned insurance agency. “Within seconds of meeting the owner for an interview, he said, ‘You will do well...
by Dennis Beaver | education, lawyers
January 10, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “I am a second year student at a top Chicago law school wondering if I should continue as I’ve heard some of our teachers insist that law is no longer a profession, but a business, and to succeed a lawyer must be ruthless, doing...
