“‘Life’s Short. Get a Divorce’ Billboard Removed After Just a Week”

Very interesting article about a clever law firm marketing strategy from the Associated Press:"A racy billboard proclaiming, 'Life's short. Get a divorce,' caused such an uproar that city workers stripped it from its downtown Chicago perch after a week. "It wasn't so much about the partially clothed man and woman on the law firm's ad. It was the phrase that lawyers Corri Fetman and...

“The prenup dramas of lawyers in love”

Ah, how to keep true love on track given lawyers' arguments over prenup agreements? "When lawyers fall head over heels, love can be a many stipulated thing. "Some divorce attorneys say lawyers are no worse than any other not-very-star-crossed lovers trying to protect their worldly assets. Others have examples that show they can indeed be worse. "Top Houston family law expert...

Britney Pre-nup ‘Airtight’

I'm not really a Britney fan, but it sounds like she's got a solid pre-nup agreement: "She has been dismissed as simply a bubble-headed pop princess. "So when Britney Spears filed for divorce last week after two stormy years of marriage to Kevin Federline - now dubbed Fed-Ex - many assumed it would cost the 24-year-old singer a hefty chunk of her reported £65million fortune....

‘Ways to get along without lawyers’

Did you know that the CA Legal Document Assistants Association is now 20 years old & has 225 members? "Ed Sherman started a revolution 35 years ago when he wrote How to Do Your Own Divorce in California. Since then, millions of people have found they needn't resort to the adversarial and expensive step of hiring a lawyer to reach a divorce settlement. A new industry — independent...

Fiji Paralegals Tour Courts

Good, practical "COMMUNITY paralegals and community workers took a tour of the court and family court on the final day of the Family Law Act and Family Court training on Friday. "The training workshop was organised by the Fiji Women's Rights Movement and the Pacific Regional Rights Resource Team and ended on Friday after five days."