Author: Van Norman Law

22 Jul

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Finding the Female Serial Killer Serial killers are typically associated with sadistic males like the one portrayed by Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs and the criminal mastermind who haunts the silver screen in the Saw movies. Rarely does the image of a patient, gentle woman...

20 Jul

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Zamboni DUI Yes, this actually happened. A man in North Dakota hopped on a Zamboni extremely intoxicated and smashed it into the boards. He was charged with a DUI, but has yet to be found guilty. One ought to sympathize with the Zamboni man’s situation given that...

14 Jul

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Famous Lawyers Turned Authors Similar to a singer turned actor, the list of Lawyers turned authors is immense and impressive. At some point in every lawyer’s life they consider abandoning the world of justice in hopes of releasing their inner artist. Below are a few notable...

10 Jul

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Prospective Lawyer Tips Almost every year students enroll in undergraduate studies in hopes of becoming a respectable attorney someday. It can be a daunting task to begin climbing to the summit of education’s ivory tower. However, armed with a few simple tips, the quest should be...

08 Jul

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World’s Nicest Robber The act of stealing from another occupies a very large portion of the criminal law corpus. Indeed, the law has evolved to incorporate almost every instance of stealing: robbery, larceny, or extortion just to name a few. Distinguishing what definition of theft applies...

30 Jun

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Court Room Dramas on Netflix Netflix sometimes receives a bad rap for peddling sub-par films with little to no entertainment value—objection! Some of the finest films of the 20th and 21st century are actually on the Netflix roster: There Will Be Blood, Good Will Hunting, China...

26 Jun

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Future Lawyers, Hark! Pre-Law Advice Often, young ambitious students flock to the career of law post-graduation. Some even claim that they have always wanted to be a lawyer. These individuals usually asked, “What is the best pre-law major?” The only way to address this question is...

24 Jun

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English-Only Rules Explained This blog will primarily benefit the employer. For those unfamiliar with the concept, English-only rules require employees to speak only English at work. English-only rules are permissible if they are adopted for nondiscriminatory reasons. But in reality, implementing such a policy is always...