July 2015

Advice on Defensive Driving Courses 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 Van Norman Law to take a...

Best Legal Movies Every once in a while, the law profession turns into a movie made manifest in reality. No doubt the practice of law can yield dealings with highly dramatic elements of humanity. The spectrum of drama encountered by lawyers is vast: dark, remarkable, amusing,...

Commemorating Diomedes Let’s face it, the word “hero” has been completely devalued. In ancient times, a hero was someone who led his troops into battle and stood above the common man as a leader of his kind. But nowadays, someone who works a nine to five...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...