Changing the Law School Curriculum
Lawyers need practical skills, and law schools aren't teaching them--yet. It feels like there's change on the horizon, but in the meantime, students need to take the initiative to... Read More
Nearly 50 People Injured in MUNI Accident Saturday
Update 7/22/09 —SFGate, online home of the San Francisco Chronicle has posted videos of the MUNI accident. Update 7/19/09 — CBS5 has just reported that officials from the National... Read More
Senator wants to do “That Crack Cocaine Thing”
A key lesson most of us learned from the Sotomayor confirmation hearings has been to be careful what you say because it probably will be taken out of context... Read More
Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing: Day 3
Notes from Day 3 of Sotomayor's confirmation hearings. Read More
Law Students: Does Debt Correlate with Character and Fitness?
Robert Bowman got himself into $435,000 of debt. The New York State Bar says that means he has failed to establish the requisite character and fitness to practice law.... Read More
Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing: Morning–Day 1
Notes from this morning's session of Sotomayor's confirmation hearing. Read More
Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing: Afternoon–Day 1
Notes from this afternoon's session of Sotomayor's confirmation hearings. Read More
Congested Highways + BART Strike = Not Good
San Francisco-Oakland and San Jose both rank in the top ten on the most congested highways list. With the looming BART strike, things could get a lot worse. Read More
If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want to Be Part of Your Revolution
Who doesn't love a dance party for a birthday? The U.S. Park Police seem to think that Thomas Jefferson might not have been "down" with "getting funky" on his... Read More
Good News from the Highways
The Associated Press reports that highway deaths are continuing to fall in 2009, and haven’t been seen at such low levels since 1961. Read More
Law Students: Easing your Student Loan Debt with Income Based Repayment and Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Law school is the same price whether or not you get a job after it's over. And if you get a job, the loan payments are the same, no... Read More
Amazon Tax to Come to California?
A Berkeley Assemblywoman wants Amazon.com and other online retailers to collect sales tax from customers. Amazon says it's unconstitutional. Online shoppers are upset that they have to pay sales... Read More
Interview: Stephanie Jim from the City of Berkeley Injury Prevention Program
I had the great privilege of interviewing Stephanie Jim this week about the Berkeley Family Festival and Bike Rodeo that happened two weekends ago. Stephanie works as an Injury... Read More
Law Students: Worried About the Bar Exam? Should Have Gone to Illinois.
Just when you thought Illinois couldn't be more scandalous! We thought we'd seen the last of Governor Rod Blagojevich after his Senate nominee scandal landed him lots of media... Read More
Law Students: Shrinking Economy, Shrinking Firms, Fewer Jobs
The economy is shrinking and law firms are shrinking right along with it, meaning fewer jobs for new law school grads. So what's a 3L to do? Read More
Instant Accident Reporting for BlackBerry and iPhone Users
Instant reporting of auto accidents is the new big thing--there's applications for BlackBerry phones, iPhones, and now insurance companies are developing their own applications. Who will become the market... Read More
Introducing: Weekly Features
In order to have some continuity and keep our readers from being confused and overwhelmed, I'm creating some basic weekly features that can be a great resource for a... Read More
Welcome to the New and Improved GJEL Blog
Welcome to GJEL Accident Attorneys’ new and improved blog. I’m Kaitlin Janusz, your humble blogger, and today’s post (my first one!) will give you some background about me, and... Read More
Meet the GJEL Staff: Legal Assistant Amy M.
DM: Amy, thanks for agreeing to do this interview. You’re the first point of contact for so many of our clients that I thought we could give people the... Read More
Important Issues Lurk in Settlement Agreement Drafting Process
by Ralph L. Jacobson and Kristin Lucey Originally Published in the San Francisco Daily Journal The Fair Employment and Housing Act (Government Code Section 12940 et seq.) permits claims... Read More