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A Pardon Won’t Get You Back To Biglaw — See Also

Former Biglaw Associate Gets Pardoned: But it’s not like Skadden is back on the agenda.

Reputation Counts: In the practice of law.

No Special Bonuses For You: At Alston & Bird.

Which Lawyer Was Tops This Year: Or at least had the biggest impact, because, really it’s mostly a cavalcade of awful.

By Kathryn Rubino

Biglaw

It’s Bonkers How Many Equity Partners Expect To Take A Compensation Hit Thanks To COVID-19

COVID hasn't been kind to equity partners.

By Kathryn Rubino

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Key Considerations For Modern Document Management

Selecting technology partners that will deliver what they promise and provide value to the organization has become more important than ever.

By Clinton Crosier - iManage

Tax Law

Did Bob Dylan Sell His Life’s Work For Tax Reasons?

Maybe he just needed the money?

By Steven Chung

Government

Trump Lawyers Find Out The Hard Way That He Screws Everyone In The End

Lie down with dogs, wake up with tweets.

By Liz Dye

Health Care / Medicine

A Look At How The Law Fails Patients

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Winning In A Crowded Market By Putting Clients First

Podcasts

Supreme Court A Hot Mess

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'Adventures In Legal Tech': Beyond Document Assembly

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Paying for Law School in 2025: A Straight-Talk Playbook

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By Nicolas Echegaray, Wharton MBA ’21 & General Manager, Juno

Government

Joe Biden’s Pick For Attorney General

Who's it going to be?

By Staci Zaretsky

Law Schools

My Book About How To Go To Law School Without Debt, ‘Your Debt-Free JD,’ Just Sold Its 100th Copy

That is a whole lot of people who hopefully gained valuable insight into what they are facing in terms of law school debt.

By Jonathan Wolf

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[E-BOOK] 5 AI Productivity Hacks To Save Time And Streamline Your Law Firm

Discover five practical ways to harness AI and eliminate busywork—so you can focus more on your clients and less on repetitive tasks.

By The MyCase Team

Finance

There Is At Least One Law Danske Bank Hasn’t Broken

How many it has, and how much it will cost, remains unclear.

By Jon Shazar - Dealbreaker

Contests

Above The Law’s 2020 Lawyer Of The Year Contest: The Finalists!

From distinguished to despicable, who should be Above the Law’s Lawyer of the Year for 2020?

By Staci Zaretsky

Law Schools

No Second ‘Chances’

You can have a second ACT, but you don't get a consequence-free mulligan.

By Joe Patrice

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Remote Research? No Problem – Meet PLI PLUS

From the way you meet clients to the way you do research, everything’s more virtual in today’s pandemic climate. Practising Law Institute (PLI), known as the industry’s established provider of continuing legal education, also provides authoritative, practical guidance in an online format that makes finding information easy – even if your ‘office’ is in your dining room.

By Practising Law Institute

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