Mr. Barr, a blunt, practical trial lawyer, repeatedly tangled with the mercurial judge in the case, David N. Edelstein of the Federal District Court in Manhattan.
If nothing else, the book is intensely practical, giving lawyers and judges a way to get through what would quite likely be chaotic days.
But as a practical matter, lawyers who handle such cases say, winning a discharge often depends on the commanding officer's discretion — and how much time remains before deployment.
For start-up companies, the Center offers office space, conference facilities, in-depth counseling and practical advice from lawyers, accountants and market and sales professionals.
He says they teach few of the practical skills of lawyering, leaving the firms to do much of the training in a recruit's first years on the job.Richard Revesz, the dean of New York University's law school, replies that most firms' needs are so specific that law school should not be expected to provide them.
As firms complain that recent graduates are inadequately trained in the practical aspects of lawyering, law schools, including my own law school, are implementing various forms of experiential learning, ranging from in-house clinics to enhanced externship opportunities to the equivalent of full-year apprenticeship programs.
She was a research professor at George Washington University and has extensive practical experience as a lawyer advising multiemployer health benefit plans.
"We're all practical," said Christopher K. Tahbaz, a lawyer with Debevoise & Plimpton, which is representing the plaintiffs without charge.
Michael F. Melcher New York, Aug. 26, 2009 The writer, a graduate of Stanford Law School, is the author of "The Creative Lawyer: A Practical Guide to Authentic Professional Satisfaction".
He is the author of The Creative Lawyer: A Practical Guide to Authentic Professional Satisfaction ABAA: 2007).
