Old People
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Old People
Old Lady Lawyer: The Mushroom Theory Of Management And Succession Planning
What will happen to your clients if you are laid off? -
Old People
Old Lady Lawyer: Nothing Succeeds Like Succession... Planning
Making sure the client doesn't feel abandoned during a transition process. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Old People
Old Lady Lawyer: Confidence In Legal Advice Comes With Time
Learning how to give good advice comes with time, but here are some tips to get you started.
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Old People
Old Lady Lawyer: When Network Was Not A Verb
Columnist Jill Switzer wonders: how much networking does it take before you see results? -
Old People
Old Lady Lawyer: The Battle Of The Ages
Older lawyers and younger lawyers have a lot to teach each other -- but are the two groups willing to cooperate? That's the topic to be tackled by our newest columnist, Jill Switzer. -
Federal Judges, Old People
93-Year-Old Federal Appellate Judge Would Appreciate It If You Could Wrap This Case Up Before He Dies
This poor old judge really wants this case to end. -
Old People, Partner Issues, Sponsored Content
Mandatory Retirement Creates Succession Planning Problems For Top Law Firms
The distribution of aging lawyers is trending upwards, but firms may still have to rethink their insistence on mandatory retirement and succession planning. -
Alan Dershowitz, Old People
Alan Dershowitz Pees, Slips, Falls, Sues
This legal luminary blames the accident on a lack of paper towels in the bathroom. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Biglaw, Malpractice, Old People
Biglaw Firm Gets Sued For Malpractice -- And Elder Abuse?
A prominent law firm gets dragged into a rich family's feud. -
Canada, Minority Issues, Old People
The View From Up North: More On The Dinosaurs Who Run The Law Society
Hey, you know who else is good at addressing minority issues? Minorities. But, why let minorities speak for themselves when old, white dudes can do it for them? -
Law Schools, Old People, Public Interest
Waking Up The Caring Majority
A report on activist Ai-jen Poo's recent speech at NYU Law School. -
Biglaw, Old People, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: The Wisdom of Age
If you are an associate and are fortunate to have one or more “elders” at your firm -- seek them out. You will learn something useful. -
Old People, Ridiculousness, Rudeness
Old Lawyers Fight At Country Club, Submit Dueling Membership Revocation Letters
Life as a grumpy old lawyer in Alabama certainly sounds pretty entertaining, y'all.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Old People, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Vicious Infighting
Back In The Race: The Civil War Between The Generations
Young and old attorneys: can't we all just get along? -
Gay, Gay Marriage, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Old People, Rape, SCOTUS, Screw-Ups, Supreme Court, Technology
Morning Docket: 10.13.14
Ed. note: In honor of Columbus Day (and Canadian Thanksgiving), Above the Law will be on a reduced publication schedule today. We will be back in full force tomorrow.
* The Supreme Court’s new Term is off to a great start: Thanks to a copy machine’s error, we almost missed the surprise cert denials in the gay marriage cases. What kind of screw-ups will this week bring us? [National Law Journal]
* On the other hand, in what’s considered an unsurprising move following its cert denials en masse, the Supreme Court allowed same-sex marriage to begin in Idaho. Congrats to the Gem State. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Jenner & Block’s data privacy practice is making waves in an “uncharted but lucrative field,” and its leader thinks that the “Internet of Things” will help heat up her work soon. [Capital Business / Washington Post]
* A future Law & Order: SVU episode? Sanford Rubenstein, a personal injury and civil rights lawyer who’s been described as “[f]lashy, brash and always camera-ready,” is now being accused of rape. [ABC News]
* Yale Law’s most interesting student goes to all of his classes, but never has to study or take any of his finals. It’s not because he’s lucky — it’s because he’s a 93-year-old course auditor. [New Haven Register]
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Old People, Quote of the Day, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Tells The World When She'll Retire
The world wants to know when she'll do it, and she's finally got an answer. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Old People, Partner Issues
Qui Tam: Stasis
Are you a lawyer going through a midlife crisis? -
Affirmative Action, American Bar Association / ABA, California, Crime, In-House Counsel, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Murder, Old People
Morning Docket: 08.13.14
* “I’m 98, and I don’t want to depart this world with this thing hanging over me.” Miriam Moskowitz was convicted more than 60 years ago, and now Baker Botts is trying to help clear her name before she dies. [WSJ Law Blog]
* “Get a lawyer, you know how this works.” Boston Scientific’s chief counsel was killed earlier this week, and police think that they may have identified a suspect — his former flame — in the brutal murder. [Minneapolis Star-Tribune]
* According to a recent study, California’s affirmative action ban has done some damage to minority admissions rates at both Berkeley Law and UCLA Law, and now things like this happen to their minority students. It’s quite sad. [Daily Californian]
* The ABA has delayed taking action on Concordia Law’s bid for accreditation, and instead appointed a fact-finder. We’ll help you with this fact of the day: we don’t need more law schools. [National Law Journal]
* If you’re thinking about signing up for a JD/MBA, then congratulations, at least one of those degrees may prove to be useful to you in some way, someday. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report]
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Advertising, Biglaw, Old People, Partner Issues, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Mandatory Law Firm Retirement, Succession Planning, And You
How many law firms are prepared to deal with the void left by retiring partners? -
Biglaw, Old People
A 101-Year-Old Attorney Is Still Working At This Biglaw Firm
Which Biglaw firm is keeping this extremely senior counsel on its payroll?