10-Q Summer/New Job Advice – Summer 2024 Update [PART 2]

June 10, 2024
This is the second of two lists of “do’s and “don’ts” for those newly entering a legal practice environment—or those who employ them. Part 1 covered some tips about the work. As we view COVID through the rear-view mirror, we are reminded that law is usually practiced with other people, and so you need to be mindful of various social issues that may crop up.

10-Q Summer/New Job Advice – Summer 2024 Update [PART 1]

May 29, 2024
For the last several years, at the end of the school year, the faculty editors of The Temple 10-Q have offered tips for those starting new jobs (here and here), chiefly for rising 3Ls taking summer jobs but, we believe, good for anyone embarking on a new career as a lawyer. Times have changed—we’ve lived (barely) through COVID—but the need for sage advice has not. Thus, we present an updated version of our random advice for those who are about to be employed, in two parts. This week, we talk about the work; next week, we will talk about socializing.

Live Online CLE Program at Temple: “The Economics of Immigration”

December 4, 2023
On November 14, 2023, Temple Law School hosted a Live Online Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Program, “The Economics of Immigration: How Current Law Does Not Meet the Reality of Modern Business in the U.S.,” led by Jonathan Grode (LAW ’08), U.S. Practice Director of Green and Spiegel, LLP. Grode highlighted the disconnect between modern US immigration law and America’s evolving economic needs across various industries. US immigration law is an issue that, despite demographic necessity and a few abortive reform attempts, has been largely overlooked by successive administrations. Professor Grode offered potential solutions for building more effective, rational immigration laws based on micro- and macro-economic factors.

10-Q Summer/New Job Advice – Summer 2023 Update [PART 2]

June 26, 2023
This is the second of two lists of “do’s and “don’ts” for those newly entering a legal practice environment—or those who employ them. Part 1 covered some tips about the work. As we view COVID through the rear-view mirror (we hope), we are reminded that law is usually practiced with other people, and so you need to be mindful of various social issues that may crop up.