Top Stories of the Week
Friday, October 28, 2016

• Posner says Supreme Court is 'awful'; top two justices are OK but not great

  Oct 25, 2016, 9:20 am CDT

 

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  Aug 23, 2016, 8:25 am CDT

 

• Bullying abounds at BigLaw firms, but it often goes unaddressed, survey finds

  Oct 24, 2016, 9:46 am CDT

 

• Who would Clinton nominate to Supreme Court? Typical criteria indicate this judge could be the one

  Oct 27, 2016, 7:00 am CDT

 

• Lawyer accuses Justice Thomas of groping her at a party in 1999; he calls the claim 'preposterous'

  Oct 27, 2016, 1:15 pm CDT

 

• A Message From Big Hand

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  Oct 23, 2016, 3:16 pm CDT

 

• Chemerinsky: Is court delaying some oral arguments in hopes of 9th justice?

  Oct 27, 2016, 8:30 am CDT

 

• Cruz hints GOP won't vote to replace Scalia if Clinton wins; he floats idea of smaller court

  Oct 27, 2016, 10:01 am CDT

 

• Pennsylvania's former attorney general is sentenced to jail

  Oct 24, 2016, 2:56 pm CDT

 

• How to get clients to pay (podcast with transcript)

  Oct 24, 2016, 8:30 am CDT

 

• Legal ed council approves stricter ABA standard for bar passage rates amid diversity concerns

  Oct 21, 2016, 3:05 pm CDT

 

• ABA official expressed concern but didn't ban report calling Trump 'a libel bully,' spokeswoman says

  Oct 25, 2016, 1:48 pm CDT

 

• If Trump challenges election results, what happens next?

  Oct 24, 2016, 8:00 am CDT

 

• How can law firms remove barriers to women in the profession?

  Oct 21, 2016, 6:00 pm CDT

 

• Test your news knowledge with this week's Know It All quiz

  Oct 24, 2016, 1:45 pm CDT

 

• Like polo and sailing? Listing it on a law firm resume helped men but not women, study finds

  Oct 24, 2016, 7:00 am CDT

 

Question of the Week

We want to hear from you

• What nonwork pursuits have you noted on your resume?

A recent study found that when male applicants for law firm jobs noted on their resums hobbies that indicate they had a privileged upbringing—sailing, polo, et cetera—it helped them get interviews. Female applicants who noted such hobbies didn't reap the same benefits.

So this week, we'd like to ask you: What nonwork pursuits have you noted on your resum? Volunteer work? Musical instruments you can play? Participation or achievements in college sports? Do you think that including that personal information helped you land interviews? If you have never included personal information on a resum, why not?

Answer in the comments.

Read the answers to last week's question: Does the US need a defender general?

Featured answer:

Posted by Matthew Valerio, Vermont Defender General: “I do not know whether the U.S. needs a Defender General. I know in Vermont the position serves as a counterweight to the impulse to erode constitutional principles of criminal law, the instinct to reduce defense funding, and the influence of elected prosecutors in the legislative process. It has worked for Vermont. I do not know if it would work on a national level.”