Conferences / Symposia
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Biglaw, Conferences / Symposia, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues, Patrick Fitzgerald, White-Collar Crime
Inside Straight: Pat Fitzgerald On Handling Prosecutors
Advice for in-house lawyers on how to respond when prosecutors come a-knocking, from U.S. Attorney turned Skadden partner Patrick Fitzgerald. You're welcome! -
Conferences / Symposia, Continuing Legal Education / CLE, Law Professors
CLE With Dr. Seuss: I Do Not Like Jurisdiction In Rem, Said Sam-I-Em
If every CLE event involved extended discussions of elephants hatching eggs, no one would ever be scrambling for credits at the last minute. - Sponsored
Law Firms Now Have A Choice In Their Document Comparison Software
Six months on since its launch, over 200 firms worldwide are now using Draftable Legal for accurate and reliable document comparison, including UK Top 50… -
Conferences / Symposia, Constitutional Law, D.C. Circuit, David Sentelle, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Feeder Judges, Laurence Silberman, Merrick Garland, Money
New D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Dreading the Sequester
The D.C. Circuit's new chief judge and two of his colleagues spoke at a conference over the weekend. What did Their Honors have to say?
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Celebrities, Conferences / Symposia, Music, Rap
Busta Rhymes Comes Out of Hiding to Rap for Lawyers
You know a rapper's career has gone down the tubes when he's seen performing at a law conference. -
American Bar Association / ABA, Biglaw, Boring Stuff, Conferences / Symposia, Document Review, Technology
Letter From LegalTech: The Thrills of E-Discovery
Should lawyers be held to a standard of technological competence? -
Conferences / Symposia, Drinking, Dubious Conferences, Facebook, Glenn Reynolds, Law Professors, Law Schools, Non-Sequiturs, UVA Law, Videos
Non-Sequiturs: 01.28.13
* The latest bombshell in the Chevron / Ecuador litigation: an ex-judge cops to participation in a bribery scheme. [Fortune] * I wish this “defense” of posting one’s law school grades on Facebook were more full-throated and “in your face.” [Virginia Law Weekly] * I suspect Professor Stephen Bainbridge is in the minority here. Most of my law professor friends enjoy all-expenses-paid trips to the Cayman Islands. [Professor Bainbridge] * Professor Glenn Reynolds: “As the GOP looks for issues it can win on, how about lowering the drinking age?” I’ll raise a glass to that. [Instapundit] * Ahoy, mateys! Did the Supreme Court grant cert in that piracy case out of the Fourth Circuit? [FindLaw] * Not all liberals hate guns. [New York Times] After the jump, the dashing and handsome Ryan Chenevert — Cosmo’s reigning Bachelor of the Year, and a Louisiana lawyer — offers his thoughts on dating…. Don’t you just love that southern accent? -
Conferences / Symposia, Nude Dancing, Technology, Weirdness
Quote of the Day: In Plain View
If you're being treated to daily views of a naked woman, what should you do? -
Antonin Scalia, Arthur Miller, Biglaw, Conferences / Symposia, Federal Judges, Law Professors, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Arthur Miller Puts Justice Scalia and Others on Panel; Good Thing Everybody Did the Reading
Even if you are on a panel with Justice Scalia, you should really do the reading... - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Alex Kozinski, Conferences / Symposia, Constitutional Law, Federal Judges, Federalist Society, Videos, YouTube
Should Natural Law Inform Constitutional Law?
That was the subject of a recent debate between Professor Hadley Arkes and Chief Judge Alex Kozinski. Check it out.... -
Conferences / Symposia, Practice Pointers, Small Law Firms, Technology
The Practice: The Future of Law, Circa 1972
Small firm columnist Brian Tannebaum opines on why nothing else about practicing law matters if your reputation sucks. -
Ask the Experts, Biglaw, Career Files, Conferences / Symposia, Job Searches, Law Professors, Law Students, National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
The Brave New World of Entry-Level Recruiting
How is the entry-level legal job market looking? And what do law firms and law schools think of the current approach to on-campus interviewing? -
Conferences / Symposia, Education / Schools, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools
What Does the Future Hold for American Legal Education?
One law professor offers a new model for U.S. legal education, while another tries to view the law school glass as half-full rather than half-empty. -
Biglaw, Conferences / Symposia, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs, Outsourcing, Partner Issues, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: And Then They Came for the Partners
Think that life for Biglaw partners is a bowl of cherries? Think again.
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AI’s Impact On Law Firms Of Every Size
How solo lawyers, midsize firms, and global large law firms have an opportunity to adjust the way they work.
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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls.
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How Transactional Lawyers Can Better Serve (And Maintain) Their Clients
Sign up and join us for our CLE webinar. From importing your checklist to delivering the closing book, you can bolster client service throughout the…
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Law Firms Now Have A Choice In Their Document Comparison Software
Six months on since its launch, over 200 firms worldwide are now using Draftable Legal for accurate and reliable document comparison, including UK Top 50…
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Conferences / Symposia, In-House Counsel
House Rules: When S**t Gets Real
What happens when an in-house counsel gets prosecuted for doing her job? Thoughts from David Mowry... -
Conferences / Symposia, Election 2012, Election Law, Free Speech, Law Professors, Lawrence Lessig, Money, New Yorker, Politics, Seth Waxman, Ted Olson
Politics and Money: Imperfect Together?
What should be done - if anything - about the influence of money in politics? Some thoughts from Larry Lessig, Cleta Mitchell, Ted Olson, and Seth Waxman. -
Conferences / Symposia, Deaths, Federal Judges, Football, Gender, Law Professors, Law Schools, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Women's Issues
Non-Sequiturs: 10.03.12
* VC heavyweight Andressen Horowitz is investing in Rap Genius, the hip-hop brainchild of Stanford Law grad Mahbod Moghadam. Yadadamean? [Rap Genius] * If your fraternity has to hire a lawyer to hold a press conference to deny allegations of butt-chugging, and an extraordinarily uncomfortable video of the press conference makes its way online… you’re probably up s**t’s creek without a wine bottle paddle. [Outkick the Coverage] * There’s no crying in baseball, and, in other creepily homoerotic collegiate news, there shall be no drunken teabagging in college football, either. [New Orleans Times-Picayune] * Professor Richard Sander’s new book (affiliate link) argues that affirmative action actually hurts the students it intends to help. Release the partisan bickering! [The Atlantic via ProfessorBainbridge] * An interview with law prof Jay Wexler, who also released a book (affiliate link) earlier this year. His is slightly less serious. Absurdist legal humor for the win. Check out this podcast interview, too! [Constitutional Daily] * The fifth annual She Leads Conference on Women in the Law is this Friday at American University Washington College of Law. Go forth and be educated! [Ms. JD] * U.S. District Judge Mark Kravitz of Connecticut, RIP. [Connecticut Post] -
Conferences / Symposia, In-House Counsel
House Rules: Membership Has Its Privileges
In-house columnist David Mowry explains why membership in the Association of Corporate Counsel has its benefits. -
9th Circuit, Anthony Kennedy, Conferences / Symposia, Federal Judges, Judicial Nominations, Law Schools, Quote of the Day, SCOTUS, Stephen Reinhardt, Supreme Court
Quote of the Day: Justice Kennedy Likes Hawaii; Legal Education, Not So Much
Even Justice Kennedy has chimed in on the need for law schools to, uh, reevaluate their priorities... -
Conferences / Symposia, Small Law Firms
The Practice: Conferences and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
Some advice from a small-firm practitioner on how you can take advantage of bar conferences... -
American Bar Association / ABA, Canada, Conferences / Symposia, Education / Schools, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, New York Times
Will American Law Schools Adapt To The Changing Legal Market? Ever? Do They Even Care?
There are lots of ideas about how to reform legal education, and it seems like the ABA isn't paying attention to any of them...