Posts by Dan Giancaterino

November 8, 2018

We're Moving!

After more than 34 years at 833 Chestnut, Jenkins is moving to a new location. As of Monday, December 17 our new address will be: Ten Penn Center 1801 Market St. 9th Floor We'll be closing our doors at 833 Chestnut for the last time at 6:00 pm on Friday, November 30. We'll reopen at Ten Penn Center...

Membership

June 5, 2018

Jenkins: An Oasis of Calm During Bar Prep

It can be tough studying for the bar exam at home: too many distractions, noisy neighbors, fudge ripple in the fridge. (No, wait, I'm out. Gotta go to the Wawa.) Why not skip all that and study at Jenkins? One low $25 fee gets you a quiet carrel or table and free wifi. What more do you need while...

Keyboard Shortcuts

May 26, 2017

Citepad, a Soft Keyboard for Attorneys

This week I got a chance to evaluate Citepad , a soft keyboard that allows you to insert common legal abbreviations into your Word (and WordPerfect and Google Docs and more) documents. A video ensued. Channelling my inner Yogi Berra -- "I really didn’t say everything I said" -- here are some...

CLE

May 3, 2017

Free. Free Is Good.

This summer Jenkins is offering 9 free in-person CLEs: Thu Jun 15 - Jenkins Law Library: Improved and Expanded Remote Research Tools Thu Jun 22 - Getting the Most Out of Fastcase Thu Jun 29 - Jenkins Law Library: Improved and Expanded Remote Research Tools Thu Jul 13 - Jenkins Law Library: Improved...

Technology

January 19, 2017

Unboxing and Test-Driving the LegalBoard

This week we received a LegalBoard , the "keyboard designed by lawyers for lawyers," which makes it easy to add or change document formatting, insert footnotes and comments, turn track changes on and off, insert common citations and legal words such as F.3d , plaintiff , etc., and more...

Jenkins' Member

July 27, 2016

New Book by a Jenkins Member!

Jenkins member Larry Atkins has just published a new book: Skewed, A Critical Thinker's Guide to Media Bias

Common Pleas Court

June 20, 2016

Common Pleas Court Publishes Regulation On Juvenile Lifers Sentenced Without the Possibility of Parole Program

On Monday June 20 Common Pleas Court Published Regulation No. 1 of 2016, Juvenile Lifers Sentenced Without the Possibility of Parole Program. A pdf of the regulation, along with a sample JLSWOP Conference Order, is available from the court's website.

Jenkins' Member

December 4, 2015

Congratulations to Angela Giampolo for being named to the Philadelphia Business Journal's Women of Distinction Class of 2015!

Angela founded and runs Giampolo Law Group, a boutique international law firm that focuses on corporate law, real estate international law, civil rights and estate planning. And we're pleased and proud to say she also presents a CLE at Jenkins.

Brief Writing

November 3, 2015

Two New Jenkins Distance Learning CLEs!

Two new Jenkins Distance Learning CLEs: Effective Brief Writing and Vaccines and the Law!

CLE

September 8, 2015

New Distance Learning CLE: Being the Boss in a Law Practice

Just in time for those out-of-compliance blues, we've added a new distance learning on-demand video CLE: Being the Boss in a Law Practice.

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