Originally from the suburbs of Philadelphia, Josh is a third year student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law pursuing a certificate in Civil Litigation in addition to the J.D. Josh hopes to become a trial prosecutor after graduation. After his 1L year summer he worked at the Ohio Attorney General’s Office in their Capital Crimes Unit. Josh worked part-time at the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office in their Child Abuse and Post Conviction units during his 2L year as part of a practicum offered by the law school. This past summer Josh worked at the Chester County District Attorney’s Office where he conducted over forty preliminary hearings in front of Magisterial District Justices. In addition to prosecution, Josh is also very interested in legal ethics. He serves as the co-chair of the Young Lawyers’ Subcommittee for the ABA Committee on Ethics & Professionalism.
In that magical time before law school, Josh graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science and Communication from the University of Pittsburgh. During college, Josh was an active member of the undergraduate mock trial team. That experience confirmed his desire to be in the courtroom as a litigator.
In addition to his legal interests, Josh is a huge nerd. He enjoys movies, comics, books and video games. That means on any given night I could be found wading through a pool of caselaw, enjoying a graphic novel, or getting killed on Xbox Live.
For more about Josh's professional and educational background, check out his resumé.
Legal Tweeter of the Week
-Dennis Jansen is our Legal Tweeter of the Week this week. It’s because he is pretty bad ass and got shot his 1L year. We also enjoy some of the cases he tweets about.
Halloween
-Huma doesn’t dress up for Halloween? That’s interesting. On the other hand, Josh is dressing up as Captain [...]
Episode 1: Ethical Attorneys, Hugh Laurie, Cleavage in Court [45:39m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadNew website Beforeclass.com offers six videos to help law students and attorneys fine-tune their trial advocacy skills. Currently, the site offers videos about Opening Statements, Closing Statements, Direct Examination (including exhibit procedures), Child Witnesses, Expert Witnesses, and Courtroom Spacing. The videos are a nice primer before taking trial advocacy, or a brush-up for attorneys. However, they [...]
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazettereports that self-described anarchist Elliot Madison and Elena Madison were arrested for “using Twitter to inform protesters in Pittsburgh about the movements of local officers.”
The San Francisco Superior Court proposed a rule to warn jurors that they cannot conduct internet research on cases, Law.com reports. The proposed rule would mandate a cover sheet attached to initial juror questionnaires. The cover sheet would include the internet research warning:
You may not do research about any issues involved in the case. [...]
Now that you have sorted out your reputation and your résumé, it’s time to use your online prowess to increase your chances of landing the job of your dreams. There are a plethora of ways you can utilize the internet to increase your chances of getting the job once you have applied.
Thorough Research
Undoubtedly your [...]
No doubt by now you have a résumé. In fact, you have hopefully had it looked over by your career services office, and hopefully a few other people. Get as many people to review your résumé as you can before you begin using it. Make sure to have people that don’t go to law school [...]
Willy Franzen of One Day One Job wrote an article last year that I just stumbled onto. In it, he discusses an experiment to have job-seeking college students and recent grads advertise on Facebook.
Five different people underwent the experiment with mixed results.
Facebook advertising is a great way to grab the attention of employers. Landing a [...]
Welcome to Part One of Preparing for OCI (On Campus Interviews). Part One will discuss your online reputation, and offer pointers and resources to make sure that your online reputation is in great shape. Or, if it isn’t, how to change it. Part Two of this three part series will discuss your résumé, and finally [...]
So, you are about to start (or already started) your summer job. Now what? What should you do with your impressive online presence that you’ve been cultivating and improving on during the school year?
Using Social Media to Help You this Summer
Proficiency in the realm of social media is not common. A lot of people don’t [...]
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