Every courthouse hallway has its own atmosphere. People sit on benches waiting for decisions that may affect their children, property, liberty, safety, income, or reputation. Lawyers hurry between hearings. Witnesses…
Law from a legal assistant’s point of view, week 51: Should you be a legal assistant? By Quinton Lister, legal assistant One question you might be asking yourself if you…
By Quinton Lister, legal assistant One thing my boss, attorney Eric Johnson, has told me that has had an impact on my view of law is the idea that law…
Would you enlist your children into a pre-law school program which grooms them to become top notch lawyers? No. I have gone in the opposite direction. I have told my…
By Quinton Lister, Legal assistant Before I was a legal assistant, I was an undergraduate in Philosophy at Brigham Young University. One of my logic professors said something to me…
Yes, in my experience, there are aspects of the legal system and the practice of law that some lawyers and judges see and treat as a game. You see lawyers…
What's your opinion on defense lawyers defending someone whom they know is guilty? The unavoidable fact is that defense attorneys who knowingly* abet a guilty defendant in avoiding justice are doing wrong,…