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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...
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]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...
[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]Which Biglaw attorneys are most beloved by general counsel for their superior client service? Thanks to a brand new ranking, we're about to find out.The BTI Consulting Group set out to find wh...
[photo1]Hot on the heels of the megamerger announcement made between Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling, yet another Magic Circle firm is trying to stake a larger claim here in America.Clifford Cha...
[photo1]Graduation at CUNY Law earned a little more coverage than usual this year. Graduate speaker Fatima Mohammed covered a lot of the usual ground, reminiscing about major events over the last thre...
Christian Selig, the developer of the popular iOS Reddit client Apollo, posted on the social network on Wednesday saying that the social network's new API pricing might put him out of business. Selig ...
[photo1]For those that want to go in-house, the process can be daunting, especially in how much it differs from the typical law firm experience. I was accustomed to only one day of interviews after an...
[photo1]By fostering the relationships that naturally form in close-knit working environments, small law firms have unique opportunities to develop the young attorneys who may one day take over the fi...
[photo1]Lawyers and their clients often build strong connections that extend beyond merely the professional relationship that might have first brought lawyer and client together. As many readers knows...
[photo1]Contrary to what many may think, the role of in-house counsel is not a walk in the park. Yes, we don't have to bill -- but many of us have more work than we can accomplish with fewer resources...