My Legal Discourse

This website will be discussing my dream of pursuing a career in the legal field and how communication will play an integral part in a legal career. I will be using magazine articles, interviews, journals, and legal discourses to help me learn the keys to success to become an outstanding communicator in the Legal profession.

Examples of famous legal cases

Roe v. Wade- constitutional law

Brown v. Board of Education- Constitutional law

Oj- Criminal law and Civil law

Martha Stewart- Criminal Law

Mueller probe- Admin. law and Federal law

Writing in the Legal Field

Many lawyers today struggle with writing and it has become a major issue in the legal world. John D. Feerick, a professor of Law at Fordham University, blames this on,” insufficient education in good writing, carelessness, faulty thinking and reasoning, a failure to appreciate the potential and impact of legal language, an unwillingness to risk… Continue reading Writing in the Legal Field

Keys to sucessful Communication skills

For lawyers, communication is crucial to success. In fact in a recent survey by the BTI Consulting Group, based on 2,800 interviews with corporate counsel: 70 percent of those surveyed do not recommend their primary firm to others; 87 percent would replace a current firm if given a good reason, and most cited poor communication… Continue reading Keys to sucessful Communication skills

Jarksey v. SEC

“We agree with the district court and affirm its judgment. In Thunder Basin Coal Co. v. Reich, 510 U.S. 200 (1994), the Supreme Court set forth a framework for determining when a statutory scheme of administrative and judicial review forecloses parallel district-court jurisdiction. The ultimate question is whether Congress intended exclusivity when it established the statutory… Continue reading Jarksey v. SEC

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