That sweet time finally has come after a dreary winter: Spring Break. Countless thousands of partying college students will flood beaches from South Padre Island to Port Aransas to Galveston. Try your best to stay safe while you have a good time. While you’re at it, try not to regret it the rest of your
Getting that dream job can be one of the most satisfying moments in a person’s life. It may be the culmination of years of study or training and could steer you toward the life you imagined for yourself. Competition for a job like that is likely to be stiff even in the worst economic times.
Miss the first one? Go here >>> Institutional racism in the United States is real. Patriotic pride doesn’t negate it. A “colorblind” self-identity doesn’t negate it. Having black friends doesn’t negate it. It is older than anyone alive, so none of us is to blame for starting it. Colorblindness defies reality, and we need to
Recently, I’ve been consuming books* about race in the United States. The first of these, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age Of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander, took me down an enlightening path. Although I was familiar with the legal cases, events, and history discussed, the book crystallized how they were connected. The
We criminal defense lawyers hear from many people from all walks of life. Many of the things we hear are the same. Most people are unfamiliar with the process or find it incredulous the legal system has significant flaws. Here are a few of the things we commonly hear. 1) “I’m not a bad person.”
Brooks County, Texas, is a sleepy rural county with more than its share of poverty. You’d never suspect it was a hotbed of activity, but it is. Federal law enforcement there boasts the nation’s busiest Border Patrol checkpoint. It leads the nation in apprehension of undocumented migrants. It seizes illegal drugs at a record pace. National
Reading Your Rights To You After Arrest Is Not Required Miranda Is One Of The Best-Known U.S. Supreme Court Case Names “They didn’t read me my [Miranda] rights.” Sometimes Miranda is named; sometimes it’s not. The Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona is so ingrained in the popular mind many people can actually name it
Few criminal law concepts are as simple and as misunderstood as the term “nolo contendere”, otherwise called “no contest”. The two terms say the same thing in different languages, so I’ll just use “no contest” in this piece. In my practice, I’ve encountered many people who seem to have the misguided notion they shouldn’t or
