Document Review
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Conferences / Symposia, Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Technology
The Rundown: This Week in Legal Technology – 11.19.10
This week — in between tweeting some really funny stuff (such as how I want to blow up airports — it was so funny!), buying up every last can of Four Loko that I could get my hands on, and forwarding Skadden employee evaluations to all of my friends — I spent the rest of […] -
Document Review, Technology
The Rundown: This Week in Legal Technology – 10.28.10
This week, after boring myself to death listening to Lillian McEwen discuss Clarence Thomas’s “activities” on Larry King, I knocked back a couple cans of Four Loko to ease the pain and got right to work on this week’s Rundown. Lots of free stuff available after the jump, including a free e-book on legal productivity, […] - Sponsored
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Conferences / Symposia, Document Review, Technology
The Rundown: This Week in Legal Technology - 10.01.10
Welcome to the latest installment of The Rundown, a review of recent developments in the world of legal technology. Let’s plunge right in. * Happy Birthday to Clio, a legal technology company that helps to streamline law offices. Clio is officially two years old, which is like twenty years in Biglaw. * I pick up […]
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Conferences / Symposia, Document Review, Technology
The Rundown: The Week in Legal Technology - 9.16.10
The world of legal technology was quite busy this week. After culling through countless articles, press releases, and blog posts, I selected the stellar few, the finest gems, and most importantly, the ones I like, to share with the Above The Law faithful. I do it so you don’t have to. With that said, here […] -
Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Technology
Legal Technology Company Takes New Approach to Hiring Contract Attorneys
Fear not, unemployed attorneys of New York City! The recession is over! Work has arrived! No more breadlines for you, Roxana! A couple days ago, a colleague forwarded the following email to me. Names have either been changed or redacted to protect the not-so innocent. To: [Redacted] Subject: Document Review Project – Immediate Need We […] -
Conferences / Symposia, Document Review, Gay, Lesbians, Technology
Electronic Discovery: An Overview
Just because it’s Saturday doesn’t mean you can escape document review — or at least talking about document review. A liveblog of the Lavender Law panel on e-discovery, after the jump. -
Biglaw, Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Skaddenfreude
Skaddenfreude: A Look Inside the Life of a Kirkland & Ellis Contract Attorney
We call it Skaddenfreude: taking pleasure in the misfortune of others who work at large law firms. Today’s tale of Skaddenfreude involves a contract attorney working a project in the Chicago office of Kirkland & Ellis. Let’s kick it off with a picture…. -
Alston & Bird, Document Review, Email Scandals, Technology
Dude, You're Getting A Dell... Runaround?
Discovery disputes, like a certain other thing, happen. But it’s not often that these happenings make the pages of the New York Times. An article on the front page of the business section reports: Dell has been accused of withholding evidence, including e-mails among its top executives, in a lawsuit over faulty computers it sold […] - Sponsored
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Contract Attorneys, Document Review, India, Outsourcing, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Could Technology Turn The Tide Against Legal Outsourcing Overseas?
“Believe me, kiddos, this is bad news for all of us.” As many websites and blogs (including ATL) mentioned last week, The New York Times published an article by Heather Timmons entitled “Outsourcing to India Draws Western Lawyers.” The quote above was from the blog Shilling Me Softly giving its take on the article. As […] -
Biglaw, Document Review, India, Job Searches, Outsourcing
Outsourcing: Here Come the Expats
Well, it was only a matter of time before the lawyers started to go where the work is. And, if you’ve been paying attention, you know that the work is in India. Western-trained lawyers are heading to India, to manage the country’s burgeoning legal outsourcing resources. From the New York Times (gavel bang: WSJ Law […] -
Contract Attorneys, Document Review
First, They Came For The Key Fobs, And We Said Nothing: Three Stories From Ill-Fated Contract Attorneys
“Hey Mike, we’re having issues with your key fob. We need to reconfigure it.” That may seem like a pretty random quote with which to begin a blog post, but trust me, it will soon make sense. There has been a lot of chatter recently about contract attorneys and Biglaw. Some are finding themselves getting […] -
Contract Attorneys, Document Review, In-House Counsel
The Rise of the Contract Attorney
The recession has forced Biglaw firms to lay off some of the best and the brightest in the legal field. Many of these Biglaw refugees have wound up seeking out contract work (despite the long-term risks), and that means the pool of contract attorneys is mighty pretty right now. In-house legal departments have noticed and […] -
Document Review, No Offers, Start Dates
McDermott Will & Emery Converts Three Offers to Discovery Attorneys
In a couple of months, the class of 2012 will embark on its quest to find an elusive Biglaw summer associate gig. But let’s not forget that many in the class of 2009 are still sitting on the sidelines, waiting to start. Most of McDermott Will & Emery’s 2009 class has started already. But last […]
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Attorney Misconduct, Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Pepper Hamilton
All Play and No Work Made Lance a Disbarred Boy
Lance David Lewis had one of the best jobs in the world. He was getting paid a couple grand a week, and he didn’t have to do any work for it. Too bad it wasn’t legit. Early last month, the former Pennsylvania lawyer was finally disbarred with consent (meaning that he can’t defend the charges against him). […] -
Document Review, Technology
Could Legal Technology Take the Cravath System 'Back To The Future'?
Although the “Cravath System” has been declared dead for over a year now, this model of leadership has been on the rocks for much, much longer. Over a century ago, millionaire lawyer Paul Drennan Cravath went out in search of the best and brightest young lawyers from the top law schools, paid them salaries, and […] -
Blogging, Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Solo Practitioners
Is Success as a Solo Practitioner a Pipe Dream?
We have linked in the past to Big Debt, Small Law. Like Third Tier Reality, which we linked to yesterday, Big Debt focuses on exposing what the writer sees as the fraud of American legal education and the legal profession more generally. The bloggers behind these and similar sites — deeply bitter and angry, but […] -
Document Review, Layoffs, Staff Attorneys / Discovery Attorneys, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Paul Weiss Staff Attorneys
One casualty of the economic recession could well be the position of “staff attorney.” We’ve reported that Skadden and Covington & Burling have had major cuts to their staff attorney programs. Above the Law is now able to report that similar reductions have happened at Paul Weiss. Sources report that at least a dozen staff […] -
Contract Attorneys, Document Review
Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Contract Attorneys
The world of contract attorneys isn’t our primary focus around here. We make occasional forays into that territory, but for the most part we leave it to more specialized sites, like Temporary Attorney (aka Tom the Temp). If the temp-attorney world is your cup of tea, however, then check out this interesting new site, which […] -
Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Layoffs, Notes from the Breadline
Notes from the Breadline: Comes a Time (Part IV)
Ed. note: Welcome to the latest installment of “Notes from the Breadline,” a column by a laid-off lawyer in New York. Prior columns are collected here. You can reach Roxana St. Thomas by email (at roxanastthomas@gmail.com), follow her on Twitter, or find her on Facebook. I am sitting in the war room, trying to guess […] -
Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Layoffs, Notes from the Breadline
Notes from the Breadline: Comes a Time (Part III)
Ed. note: Welcome to the latest installment of “Notes from the Breadline,” a column by a laid-off lawyer in New York. Prior columns are collected here. You can reach Roxana St. Thomas by email (at roxanastthomas@gmail.com), follow her on Twitter, or find her on Facebook. This column is a continuation of last week’s column, which […]