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 | education, lawyers
March 9, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver “I am considering swapping the classroom for the courtroom as our pay rate tops out at $80,000 here in Hanford. However, I’ve read articles recently about law graduates having enormous student loan debt and not finding decent paying...
by Dennis Beaver | education
December 10, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver In our last two columns, we focused on the role of the school resource officer in junior high and high schools. To briefly review, an SRO is a law enforcement officer assigned to a school campus in a...
by Dennis Beaver | education
December 03, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Is there a window of opportunity — an age or grade level in school — where a kid headed for trouble has what will likely be the last chance to be helped and steered in the right direction? Hanford School...
by Dennis Beaver | education, lawyers
May 07, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “I live in California’s Central Valley and my parents have difficult, manual labor jobs which has taken a real health toll on them. At high school, I had friends whose parents were lawyers, and...
by Dennis Beaver | education
July 27, 2010 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver The trek back to college and university is right around the corner, and that often means having a roommate. Last week we looked at one of the consequences of picking the wrong college roommate – winding up...