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Swimming with the Current - Tips on Navigating Office Politics

A story of toxic office politics becomes advice on assessing workplace dynamics, staying neutral,...

Melanie Houk

November 25, 2025

Strength Through Community, Purpose Through Leadership

Interview with NBLSA Midwest Chair Jasmine Felder highlights the association’s mission, leadershi...

Su Aray

November 19, 2025

Behind the Bands & Briefs with Anjeli Narine

Over the span of our legal careers, we may find ourselves at different points on the legal practi...

Bellina Barrow

November 11, 2025

To Law or Not To Law?

After 30+ years of practicing law, I sometimes forget that I didn’t always follow a traditional p...

Melanie Houk

November 5, 2025

Moving to Mastery: Rethinking the Role of Memorization in Legal Education

Each fall, as midterm season rolls around, my office hours fill with anxious undergraduates askin...

Shea Holman Kilian

October 29, 2025

Breakneck Innovation and the Law

The world has been experiencing the breakneck pace of the 4th Industrial Revolution, marked by em...

Bellina Barrow

October 22, 2025

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