A profile of the 96th Chancellor Marc J. Zucker, written by his mentor.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is the oldest appellate court in the United States and its founding 300 years ago predates the founding of our nation.

While grappling with a fear of safety, my predominating emotion is one of confusion. Why is the LGBTQ+ community being targeted with acts of violence?

Any examination of Higginbotham’s significance should not be limited just his judicial career, but to his entire legacy.

On October 13, 2002, hundreds of people gathered at the Philadelphia Zoo to celebrate “Boo at the Zoo,” an event hosted by the Young Lawyer’s Division. Filled with music, dancing, food, animals, and more, this party was hosted to benefit the Philadelphia Bar Foundation.

You have a new client and want to be paid up front, in one non-refundable lump sum for representing her. There will be no hourly billing or retainers. Can you represent the client under these terms and deposit the fee payment in your business account rather than in your IOLTA/trust account?

Think back to your first days, weeks or years as an attorney: What’s a lesson you learned or a piece of advice that has stuck with you?

We asked members of the Philadelphia Bar Association to share the best tips, practices or words of wisdom they received as new attorneys. 

As this issue centers on advice to young attorneys from the more tenured ones, I would like to briefly turn the tables on the topic as advice from young attorneys to the tenured ones: keep mentoring us.

Often times, in the practice of law when traversing shark infested waters, we can be guided by Scuba Steve’s instructions.

While law schools and other educational institutions provide instruction and experiences that are crucial to becoming an effective and successful attorney, there are also many lessons that you can only learn once you’ve started to do the job.