When was the last time you performed? Was it in a college play? A middle school talent show? Karaoke with your coworkers? Or was it the time you met with your supervisor to negotiate a salary increase?
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How Lawyers Work: Brendan Kenny, Trial Lawyer, Persuasion-ist, and Plain-Language Advocate
Brendan is an attorney at Blackwell Burke PA in Minneapolis, Minnesota practicing in the areas of toxic tort, products liability, and other complex litigation. He is also a Lawyerist contributor. Read how he works.
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How Law Spoiled Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day. For some, it’s the time of love and romantic gestures. For lawyers, however, it is more often a time for lawsuits.
Cases range from foul messages graffitied on lover’s cars with strawberries and chocolate to one lover gnawing off another’s tongue. Lovers’ legal quarrels can be particularly nasty and some lawyers seem to keep finding new ways to spoil Valentine’s Day.
1. The Law of Love-Gone-Wrong
One young woman in Ohio was charged with attacking her boyfriend over his failure to get her a Valentine’s gift. The boyfriend was so frightened he barricaded himself in a room to hide…
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Ko sodniki uporabijo modrost Vojne zvezd
Sodniki si prizadevajo pojasniti pravno izrazoslovje na različne načine, pri čemer so včasih bolj, včasih manj uspešni. Nekateri posegajo po antičnih ali verskih prispodobah in ljudskih rekih, drugi pa kar po znanih filmskih likih in zgodbah. Slovenski sodniki so zadržani pri pretiranem poenostavljanju obrazložitev, zato v sodbah slovenskih sodišč ne bomo naleteli denimo na živopisne junake, ki nastopajo v Vojni zvezd.
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Rosa Parks
Montgomery, Alabama. 1. december 1955. Rosa Parks na poziv voznika avtobusa noče odstopiti svojega sedeža potniku bele polti, ko se del avtobusa, ki je namenjen belcem, zapolni. Njeno dejanje postane simbol sodobnega Gibanja za državljanske pravice, Rosa Parks pa postane mednarodna ikona za upor proti rasni segregaciji.
Stories of Syrian Refugees | LONGREADS
“What’s the Difference Between Migrants and Refugees?”(Sarah Grey, The Establishment, October 2015)
Sarah Grey explains the assumptions and connotations underlying the words we use to describe the displaced victims of Syria’s civil war.
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