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(Photo by Lionel Hahn/Getty Images)Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!According to court filings, what attorney is representing Joe Jonas in his divorce from Sop...
(Photo by Lionel Hahn/Getty Images)Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day!According to court filings, what attorney is representing Joe Jonas in his divorce from Sop...
Leave it to the expertsLawyers worth their weight in Barbri materials do their darnedest to give their clients the best representation they can. This includes but is not limited to: long hours, negoti...
[photo1]We hate to say it, but even though demand is slightly up, Biglaw's layoffs show no sign of stopping.The leaders of Choate Hall & Stewart -- a firm that brought in $311,956,000 gross revenue in...
(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty)Well, this is a move that was predicted by... well, everyone who has ever heard the words "Donald" and "Trump" together in the same sentence. After his indictment -- his th...
(Image via Getty)The word "legacy" seems to be top of mind these days. Legacy can have different meanings -- some good, some not so good. A legacy can be a gift, something received from a predecessor,...
Smartphones can do so much for us on a road trip: navigate with GPS, play some tunes, and act as a mobile hotspot for the kids in the back seat, all at the same time. Obviously, you'll want to have th...
[photo1]Content repurposing is an underutilized strategy in the legal profession, yet it holds immense potential for boosting your firm's online presence. This approach involves taking existing conten...
[photo1]Most Incoming Law Students Think They Will Be The Cream Of The Crop: Getting an early start on being bad at math, are we?Is Diversity Still Worth Mentioning After The ...
[photo1]When people think of legal movies, they usually think of Legally Blonde or My Cousin Vinny. But times are changing -- they'd be better served if they thought about Blackhat. Attorney-client pr...
[photo1]Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.Our goal is create long term value - for our clients, our people and the society in which we operate. [Profits per equity partn...
[photo1]The legal industry is at a crossroads, driven by AI, industry consolidation, and evolving client expectations. As we transition from 2023 into 2024, legal professionals wrestle with key pricin...
(Image via Getty)Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of posts on motherhood in the legal profession, in partnership with our friends at MothersEsquire. Welcome Breanne Gordon to our p...
[photo1]Thanks to drastic changes in client demand, quite a few Biglaw firms have opted to defer their incoming associate classes to January 2024. But now, an Am Law 100 firm is putting a whole new tw...
[photo1]Posture. I am not using that in the meaning that first comes to mind: how we stand or not, slump or not. There's a different kind of posture, the posture that we present in litigation and nego...
Having worked in the food industry for several years, Shirley Chen saw firsthand the challenges of managing staffing and training for restaurant expansion. So when she met her future co-founders, she ...
[photo1]One of my favorite podcasts (other than Above the Law's "Thinking Like A Lawyer," of course) is "The Daily," which is a production of the New York Times. Each weekday, "The Daily" covers a sto...
[photo1]Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.Biglaw attorneys focus so often on hours, clients, filings, or closing deals without pausing to consider where they fit. What i...
[photo1]As graduates cram for the bar exam this month, the non-profit entity that drafts the exam for the overwhelming majority of jurisdictions has unveiled a "next generation" test coming in 2026. I...
[photo1]With the bar exam fast approaching, it's time for my semi-annual admonishment. After it's over or even before it's completely over, do not, I repeat, do not discuss your answers with anyone, a...
(Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)Steve Bannon really doesn't want to pay his lawyers. In fact, he's hired a whole new crew of lawyers to make sure that he doesn't have to pay another penny more ...