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California Western School of Law

California Western wins 2021 ABA Negotiation Competition

February 08, 2021

The team from California Western School of Law, Francis Carlota and Jonathan Gonzalez, won the 2021 ABA Negotiation Competition, held on February 6, 2021. The Mitchell Hamline School of Law team of Austyn Boothe and Daniel Sheikhan came in second place.

Negotiation Competition

Texas Tech wins 2019 ABA Negotiation Competition

February 11, 2019

Texas Tech University School of Law's Taylor Calvert won the 2019 ABA Law Student Division National Negotiation Competition on Saturday, Feb. 9 at ABA Headquarters in Chicago. This year’s topic was employment law.

Law school competition teams: Practicing for practice

August 29, 2018

Traditional law school courses can be an effective way to learn legal doctrine, but they don’t teach much about law practice.  Joining a law school competition team can be a terrific way to learn those skills and have fun in the process.

Negotiation

Style points: A few words on negotiation

May 02, 2018

Choosing what negotiation style to employ can be a determinative factor in a negotiation. Some choose a more adversarial style, while others may choose a more collaborative/accommodating style. The choice of negotiation style however can often dictate how successful the negotiation is.

Pacific McGeorge winners

McGeorge wins 2018 ABA Law Student Division Negotiation Competition

February 06, 2018

McGeorge School of Law won the 2018 ABA Law Student Division National Negotiation Competition on Saturday, Feb. 4 at ABA Headquarters in Chicago. This year’s topic was national security law. The ABA Law Student Division Negotiation Competition provides a means for law students to practice and improve their negotiating skills. The

Modern-Office

Everyday work practices and techniques for new lawyers

August 28, 2017

The day to day life of a young lawyer is one of the aspects of the profession that is almost impossible to teach during the law school.  In my first post, I talked about working on your work product. While the nature of a specific practice will certainly

Poker Faces

7 negotiation tactics they won’t teach at law school

October 06, 2016

Most law schools have some kind of Attorney Negotiations 101 course that students love to take because it is one of those courses where nearly everyone gets an A, A-, or B+.  This course was offered as an elective at my law school, but it ended up being

Entertainment Law

My unconventional experience in the entertainment law industry

September 07, 2016

Most rising 2Ls and 3Ls interested in film or television entertainment law go for the most coveted business and legal internships in the U.S. – like with Disney, Lionsgate, or MGM. But this summer, I worked for an independent multi-media production company in Dallas, Tx., and I would not change

Do you have the right stuff to succeed in PI work

December 01, 2015

By Jared Staver JARED STAVER is managing partner of the Staver Law Group, a personal-injury firm he launched 15 years ago in Chicago. Do personal injury work, they said! It’s Exciting, and you’ll make gobs of money! You’ve probably heard that advice, and it can be true. Personal injury law is a highly