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Martindale-Hubbell on Life Support
Those big books that list just about every major law firm in every state could be found in every law firm’s library. Martindale-Hubbell charged big money to buy them and even bigger money for law firms listed in them. Like everything else today, the only format that sells is on line. The future of Martindale-Hubbell […]
March 2, 2015
Teach Business in Law School
Good writing is not enough to make a good lawyer. Law practice is a challenging business with thin profit and law students remain unprepared for it when they graduate. Some law schools are beginning to incorporate more business-oriented classes and seminars into their curriculum. As The New York Times recently reported, Brooklyn Law School offers […]
February 23, 2015
Maria Carmela Colaneri Received the Krause Lifetime Achievement
Maria Carmela Colaneri of Italy’s Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato received the Krause Lifetime Achievement Award in Coin Design at the World Mint Director’s Conference held in Berlin on January 31. She accepted the award in Italian to great applause. Maria Carmela Colaneri is best known as the designer of the Krause Coin of the […]
February 17, 2015
No Currency Conversion in Turks & Caicos
For Americans traveling to Turks & Caicos there is no need to worry about converting money or returning home from vacation with a pocket full of coins you will never use. The official currency is the U.S. dollar. Like 50 countries across the globe, he Caribbean island chain does not mint its own money. The […]
February 9, 2015
Susan Gamble, Award-Winning, Coin Designer Passed Away
Susan Gamble, an artist for the United States Mint, passed away in January at the age of 57-years-old. Her legacy to the United States of America is her art and through that art she will be remembered forever. In 2007 Susan Gamble designed the reverse of the Jamestown 400th anniversary silver dollar. This was the […]
February 2, 2015
A Hard Day’s Night and Help Blu-Ray Reviews
Even though the Beatle’s A Hard Days Night was produced before Help, the new 5-1 mix of the earlier film has the better surround mix. The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night was reissued on Blu-ray and DVD last summer. It marks the 50th anniversary of the film, which is widely regarded as one of the greatest […]
January 26, 2015
Sui Jianguo “Blind Portraits” Series Arrives in Central Park
Four massive sculptures by renowned Chinese sculptor Sui Jianguo are currently on display at New York’s Doris C. Freedman Plaza. The monumental sculptures are part of Sui Jianguo’s “Blind Portraits” series. While the large bronze do not quite resemble portraits, they were created “blindly.” Sui created small clay models while blindfolded, which were digitized and […]
January 19, 2015
Law School Students May Need Some Schooling In Practical Skills?
While the educational requirements of law school are certainly rigorous, practical skills training is lacking, according to many critics of the current model. In the United States, attorneys can practice after just three years of law school. By comparison, a surgeon must complete four years of medical school and gain another five years of professional […]
January 12, 2015
Wang Jianwei Makes U.S. Debut at the Guggenheim
Wang Jianwei: Time Temple recently debuted at the Guggenheim Museum. It is the Beijing-based artist’s first solo museum exhibition in North America. The exhibit also marks the first of three commissions of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chinese Art Initiative at the museum. According to the Guggenheim, the initiative “explores key ideas and core […]
January 5, 2015
New Jersey Ends the Year with a Bang!
New Year’s Eve might be especially noisy in New Jersey this year after a New Jersey court recently ruled that a Boonton teen can bang on his drums all he wants, much to the frustration of his neighbors. A Superior Court judge ruled that the drumming sessions did not constitute a legal nuisance. “The evidence […]
December 29, 2014