Portfolio: Russ Korins

Law

JDJungle.com, the Web site companion to JD Jungle magazine, features "practice area guides" to help law students determine whether they might be interested in pursuing a particular practice area. These are not about the substantive law; they are instead more about the tricks of getting in and climbing the ranks.

  • My article on the practice of tax law illuminates the intellectually rewarding side of a practice area that frequently induces yawning or frustration among outsiders.

  • My article on the practice of antitrust law goes beyond headlines to help law students embark on the path to becoming the star in the next major antitrust case.

    Business and Entrepreneurship

    These articles were written for Jungle Media Group's custom publishing division, whose clients were business schools requesting feel-good content for their E-MBA newsletters.

    The Executive MBA: how to fit one into your schedule (for Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, in association with MBA Jungle). Saturday morning, 4:58 a.m.: read why one ambitious professional is logging into an accounting chat room.

    Myths and realities of the Executive MBA. Is the E-MBA really "MBA Lite?" Interviews with Fuqua students and professors tell a different story.

    Making It in Philadelphia. The City of Brotherly Love offers incoming business students more than just a chance to see Allen Iverson.

    Consulting opportunities in an economic slump: Why tough times may be good for free-lancers. YES/Know, Yale Entrepreneurial Society magazine. (The article appears on page 8 of the May 2002 issue.)

    Nightlife

    For two years, I covered music, sports and nightlife for New York Today, the city guide and event calendar from The New York Times. Links to bar and restaurant reviews are on this separate page.

    Technology

    To Read This Article, Press 4: Cell phones permit rapid communication--unless you're dumped into voicemail.

    The Inefficiency of Instant Messaging: An analysis informed by economics as to why AIM can waste so much time.

    Blogging: Proceed with Caution. Why the so-called next great wave in democratic journalism sets up incentives for unfettered commentary with adverse effects.