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Car Accident Injuries that Require Long Term Rehabilitation
By Anonymous • January 03, 2022 •Issues
Car accidents are one of the leading causes of injuries in the United States. Each year, about 2.4 million people visit the emergency room for injuries sustained in a car crash. A car accident can cause various injuries, ranging from minor to catastrophic. When you get into an accident and suffer injuries, it's not just the pain. You'll need a lot of time to treat those injuries, recover, and return to your previous state. It is an ongoing process that requires immediate care and long-term rehabilitation treatment. This piece will help you identify the injuries that affect your body for…
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Your Guide In Filing an Insurance Accident Claim
By Jim Dwyer • September 27, 2021 •Issues
You may think that when you pay your premiums and pick up the phone to call when you have a loss, your insurance company will be on your side. Unfortunately, this is often not the case. Insurance companies view their policyholders as adversaries when it comes to claims in order to minimize their payment obligations and maximize profits. The insurer may challenge seemingly insignificant details in an effort to reduce or deny your claim. Understanding what the insurance company is entitled to in terms of its defense against a lawsuit can help you push back when you feel they are…
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Friend or Foe? Technology In Our Everyday Lives: Social Media
By Keisha M. McClellan • April 22, 2018 •Writers in Residence, Careers, Firms and the Private Sector, Law School, Choosing a Career and Landing a Job, Internships and Clerkships
Everywhere we turn, there’s a new cautionary tale about the power and perils of social media. Tales of employers declining offers to potential new hires who have damaged their brand and “employment value” over their questionable activity on sites such as Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter are all over the internet. Take Kylie Jenner's tweet about Snapchat’s re-design, “sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me…ugh this is so sad.” Reports that Snapchat allegedly lost more than a billion dollars after that Kylie tweet was intriguing. Headlines blaring “In One Tweet, Kylie Jenner Wiped Out $1.3…
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Women Lawyers Beware: Social Media Posts Could Cost You Your Job
By Susan Smith Blakely • January 31, 2018
From time to time I write about the use of personal social media and the caveats for women lawyers. In fact, my recommendation consistently has been that you get off personal social media all together. But, I know how attached some of you are to instant feedback and gratification, so I continue to write about it. You need to be reminded about the pitfalls of using social media on a regular basis. Eyes and ears are everywhere. Here is a scenario and question posed on a website addressing this issue. The answer to the question may surprise you because many…
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Teaching the Importance of Diversity
By Jamille Fields • November 16, 2017 •Ms. JD
Ms. Shay Lawson is an intellectual property attorney who owns and operates Advocate Law Group in Atlanta, Georgia that boasts such clients as former White House Chef, Marvin Woods, and TRAP Karaoke. But, even with the busy schedule of operating her own firm, Ms. Lawson finds time to use her nearly ten years of experience consulting with law firms and other businesses seeking to improve their organization’s commitment and fulfillment to diversity and inclusion. How did you get involved in “Diversity Consulting?” I started in consulting with a company called Intern Bridge after participating as a speaker and workshop facilitator in…
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Former Ms. JD Fellow Sonya Passi Starts Domestic Violence Organization
By Monica Valencia • November 21, 2016 •Features, First Women
Sonya Passi is a 2012 Ms. JD Fellow and the Founder & CEO of FreeFrom. Sonya received her B.A. and M.Phil from the University of Cambridge (Trinity College). While at Cambridge, she founded the Cambridge Domestic Violence Action Group, which educated college and high school students about issues of domestic violence. Sonya went on to receive a J.D from UC Berkeley School of Law. During her second year of law school, Sonya founded the Family Violence Appellate Project ("FVAP") which, in less than four years, has fundamentally changed the legal landscape in California by providing, for the first time, free appellate legal…
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Ineffective Assistance of Counsel and Adnan Syed - What next?
By Nutan Sewdath • February 10, 2015 •Issues, Other Issues
What does ineffective counsel even mean? In light of the highly popularized podcast, “Serial,” everyone is talking about whether Adnan Syed can sustain a legitimate ineffective assistance of counsel claim. In “Serial,” Sara Koenig, an investigative journalist revisits a 1999 murder case from Baltimore, Maryland. Hae Min Lee, a high school student, disappears one day and is found murdered. The police arrest her ex-boyfriend Adnan Syed six weeks later. After a mistrial and then a trial, he is later convicted on paper-thin circumstantial evidence. Recently, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals has agreed to hear arguments about why Adnan should…
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The Dangers of Improper Security of Electronic Health Records
By Dee Fletcher • March 11, 2014 •Issues, Other Issues
There are only a few individuals who know the most intricate details of your body and mind. The majority of these are health care professionals, only a few of whom you may have an ongoing relationship with. Continuity of care is provided and ensured through your medical records. However, paper records are open to being lost, damaged, or destroyed. Moving records between different public health sites increases the risk of these possibilities. Increasingly the answer has been to create electronic health records, and incentives have been offered to those who make the switch. These can be stored either within the…
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Forum Finds: Women in the Legal Profession
By Kate Hartman • July 26, 2013 •Sexism, Sexual Harassment, and Other Forms of Discrimination
Editor's Note: Ms. JD's forums have been an important source of advice and inspiration for many women in the legal profession. The "Forum Finds" series is dedicated to bringing these pearls of wisdom to light. As always, you can connect with us onFacebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn with your questions! On July 19th, 2007, ARG asked: Female Superiors. I am a rising 2L and anxiety about upcoming fall recruiting is in full swing at my office this summer. A few days ago, we were discussing how to avoid discrimination by finding female-friendly firms. Someone suggested looking at what the female/male partner ratio is and one woman…
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Estrogen in the Courtroom: Howard Hughes
By Erika Jost • January 16, 2012 •Writers in Residence
In my short seven months working as a law clerk in the family court system, I have observed that what a case legally “should be” about and what it actually is about for the people involved are rarely identical; especially in divorce cases revolving around a monetary award, it’s hard for me to believe that we hear days of motions and testimony only to produce a sum that will be half-consumed by attorney fees. I have to suspect that something else is going on there. This kind of prolonged divorce litigation brings to my mind “7000 Romaine, Los Angeles 38,”…Connect with us
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