Dating back thousands of years, Themis (Θέμις) or her Roman counterpart, Lustitia, adorned the courtrooms of ancient Greece and Rome. Not much has changed, with the exception of one addition to the stately sculpture of Themis, a blindfold. Ancient Θέμις Themis is typically depicted as a tall, imposing woman with a scale in her...

It may surprise some to learn that Odysseus, the central character of The Odyssey, and a major character in the Iliad, was renowned for a form of lawyering in the ancient world, id est. counsel. It is said that Odysseus appeared to be an average man but exceeded all other men in counsel. When...

Something about studying the law hones legal students’ understanding of the human condition. Naturally, many of these students who are already intellectually gifted gravitate towards the arts. Indeed, the promise of making more money for less work pulls some great lawyers away from law and into the arts. Below are a few examples. Musicians ...

The Arizona Department of Motor Vehicles offers defensive driving courses in order to dismiss a minor traffic violation; evade the accumulation of driving record points; or reap an insurance discount. It is highly recommended by Hastings and Hastings, Arizona’s Discount Accident Lawyers, to take a defensive driving course. You should avoid taking a driving...

One in six college students have been diagnosed or treated for anxiety in the last twelve months, according to the American College Health Association. This indicates that anxiety has replaced depression as the number one mental illness afflicting college students. The cause and mechanisms of mental illnesses are complicated and tend to be the...