ALU Joins Lawyers Philharmonic

If you’re part of the Los Angeles law community and you sing or play an instrument, consider auditioning for the Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic! They are currently looking for musicians and singers in the legal field. Abraham Lincoln University is proud to have staff members, faculty, and students participating in “LA’s only legal orchestra.”

Interview with Jonathan Kramer, ALU alumnus

I was honored to talk with Dr. Jonathan Kramer, Esq., JD, LL.M, DLP, one of our awe-inspiring alumni (2001), about his time as a law student and all of his adventures since graduating from Abraham Lincoln University. Jonathan Kramer serves on ALU’s Advisory Committee and on the Academic Program Advisory Board for the Juris Doctor, offering input about curricular needs and improvement for the law program. Jonathan is also one of ALU’s alumni speakers who has delivered commencement speeches, advised and inspired new students at law school orientation events, and helped to create ALU’s alumni association, which he told me that, a while back, he “started without permission.” During his legal studies, he was even the one who registered alu.edu as the school domain.

He now has many degrees under his belt, is the Founder and Principal Attorney at Telecom Law Firm P.C., and is a leader in his field.

The People Are Journalists Too

Know your rights when recording and interacting with police: a guide

As technology has changed, society’s understanding of the First Amendment has changed with it, extending beyond press credentials. Filming law enforcement and sharing video on social media has been an impetus for reform and the front lines of information dissemination. In light of this, below are points about the law, ways to assert your rights when interacting with the police, and recording tips. Police are not the enemy—but sometimes police training includes tactics to influence people to surrender their rights in a confrontation. If you know your rights and have certain phrases in your back pocket, hopefully altercations can be avoided. If confrontations do occur, this guide covers what do and say in your recording.

How to become a lawyer…

Interview with Paul Young, ALU School of Law ‘07

Paul Young graduated from Abraham Lincoln University School of Law in 2007. He’s now a busy, successful attorney and private investigator with his own law firm focused on judgment enforcement. I was thrilled to talk to him about his career and his time at ALU and to bring you his bits of wisdom.

What made you want to study law?

I was a tradesman, a plumbing contractor, when I was a victim of embezzlement. I went from not knowing any lawyers to being directly involved with six. Being a tradesman, I didn’t think well of lawyers. But I got to know these people because of the embezzlement. All of them turned out to be excellent and very good people who helped me quite a bit.

ALU Alumna Admitted to Appear before US Supreme Court

I had the privilege of interviewing ALU School of Law graduate, attorney and inspiration, RoseAnn Frazee, class of 2008. Ms. Frazee passed the bar on her first try at the age of 65, but she had been studying and “practicing” law since she was 12 years old in Alaska. Ever since that first appearance in court, when her father was charged with “cruelty of animals” and she yelled at the Marshal for lying on the stand, and then found a provision that saved the day, she has pursued her dream of a legal career.

Decisions: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

As I wrote in my previous blog, my decision to enter law school was somewhat sudden. Sometimes decisions are like that. After making it, I didn’t have buyer’s remorse so much as I had the thought, “What in the world have I gotten myself into?”

Orlando Shooting – Hate Crime or Terrorism?

The tragedy in Florida Sunday morning has rocked our country. At least 50 people were killed in a mass shooting at a gay nightclub—the largest death toll from gun violence in US history. The shooter was allegedly acting in the name of ISIS, though this is not yet confirmed. It is also not yet confirmed that this was a hate crime against the LGBT population, but on Pride weekend, at a gay club, it is hard not to draw those connections. The questions inevitably arise: what are the limits of freedom of speech and freedom of religion? How do we, as empathetic, tolerant citizens, make distinctions between a fanatic vs. the religion a fanatic aligns with? How do we get a clear picture of the larger story with so many news outlets pushing so many different angles? And how can the law guide our emotional responses?