This week on the Temple 10-Q&A podcast, 10-Q contributors Jackie Dansak and Victor Ficarra sat down with Temple Law Professor Ken Jacobsen to gain insight into sports law practice. Through planning, patience, and persistence, Prof. Jacobsen offers students and practitioners interested in sports law a path toward doing so. Interviewer(s): Jackie Dansak (LAW ’23) Victor
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.
June 7, 2023
For the last several years, at the end of the school year, the editors of The 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 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.
Temple Law’s Center for Compliance and Ethics’ Michael Donnella considers how unfavorable personality traits can be extremely helpful when properly leveraged by compliance officers.
On the tenth anniversary of Temple’s Introduction to Transactional Skills (ITS) program, Stephanie McCormick talks with the creator and current leader of this program to learn about successes, challenges, and why the program is just getting started. Interviewer: Stephanie McCormick (LAW ’23) Guests: Andrea MonroeProfessor of Law Eleanor MyersAssociate Professor of Law Emerita
Each fall semester, Temple 1Ls spend three weeks negotiating and documenting some fairly straightforward deal elements in Introduction to Transactions Skills (ITS). Overseen by Professor Andrea Monroe, ITS requires all 1Ls to play the role of attorney to either a budding restauranteur or a potential investor and attempt to strike a deal to open a new restaurant.
