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Juror questioning continued on June 11 for the second day in the trial of George Zimmerman. And with Monday seeing only a handful of jurors questioned (and one dismissed), lawyers say jury selection could take a very long time – for good reason.   Slow Process Only four jurors were questioned on Monday – and only about pre-trial publicity, according to the Orlando Sentinel, which also noted the relatively calm atmosphere outside the courtroom. With 500 prospective jurors in the pool, …

“The Good Wife” is compelling a legal TV show because it touches on the riveting complications of the law – similar to blogs.lawyers.com. But “The Good Wife” is also good TV because it’s really about sex. About the show How could the show not be about sex? After all, it’s partly inspired by Governor Eliot Spitzer’s wife, Silda, a lawyer who stayed in her marriage, remaining “The Good Wife” after her husband’s humiliating public sex scandal. In the TV show, …

The top 10 reasons people seek out attorneys are to address life events that most all of us encounter at one time or another. Buying or leasing an auto, hiring a contractor or taking care of an elderly family member top the list.  Do you see any of the needs below coming over the horizon in your life? Interestingly, 3 out of 4 Americans believe their employers should have some role in offering legal services.  Yet only 1 out of …

To some people, the answer to the question, “Why do people want to go to law school?” may seem obvious: To become a lawyer. But if you assume that everyone who goes to law school does so to become a lawyer, you may be surprised. Ask dozens of law school students and graduates why they went to law school, and you’ll get a lot of answers. You’ll learn that not everyone goes to law school to become a lawyer. A …