by Dennis Beaver | education, lawyers
February 6, 2016 • By Dennis Beaver For the many lawyers who read this column, in the next few minutes, wander the corridors of memory with me, to those hectic weeks before final exams during the first year at law school. It is a time of intense review, study group...
by Dennis Beaver | lawyers
May 14, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver “We are both 28, have been married three years, and the recession left us out of a job in the financial services field. Now, we are considering law school, but have heard from friends that the law 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, 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, 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...
