3Ls
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Law School's Revolutionary 'Third Year Anywhere' Program Is Just What Legal Education Needs
Finish law school anywhere on earth while gaining hands-on practice experience? Yes, please! -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: Why Lawyers Need To Pay Attention To Spirituality
According to many studies, lawyers (especially family lawyers) have some of the highest stress, depression, anxiety and addiction levels of any profession - Sponsored
Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
How I Escaped Feeling Like A Fraud As An Attorney
I never fully aligned with the study or practice of the law.
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Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: What People Who Have Left The Law Do Differently
We’ve accomplished a lot of difficult things in our lives as attorneys -
Money, Student Loans
What Not To Waste Money On As A Young Attorney
Would you rather go on a fancy vacation or be debt free? Choose wisely. -
Law Schools
Schools Step Up To Assist Puerto Rican Law Students Displaced By Hurricane Maria
Which law schools will provide needy Puerto Rican students with assistance in their studies? -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: Even More Practical Advice For New Lawyers
Most students should work to expand their professional networks and refine their writing skills. -
Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Offering Signing Bonus For 3Ls!
The first-years will be making much more than $180K. - Sponsored
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Legal document automation is no longer only for the exclusive few. -
Law Schools
Is This Law School Making 3L Year A Joke?
3L year of law school is already kind of a joke... -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 11.10.15
* Hey there 3Ls — need a handy excuse for why you didn’t do the assigned reading? Here’s some help. [Law Prof Blawg]
* One law review’s attempt to address diversity among its ranks. [Yale Law Journal]
* One Missouri Law School professor supports the protesting students, but with caveats. [Truth on the Market]
* Most lawyers DO have fulfilling careers — well, as long as you live in Texas. Hardly seems worth it. [TaxProf Blog]
* One NYU Law professor, Jason M. Schultz aka @lawgeek, is moving on up. He’ll be advising the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on IP and innovation. Congrats! [Twitter]
* On the eve of yet another GOP
shitshowprimary debate, a question for the ages: Is Hillary Clinton to the right, politically, of Richard Nixon? [Lawyers, Guns & Money]* From an orphaned child refugee to a diplomat, an inspiring story. [Quartz]
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Law Schools, Sports
You Don't Want To Pick A Fight With This Law Student
One 3L passes his free time in an interesting way. -
Law Schools
When You Know You've Given Up On Law School
A law student takes a one-liner from a cult TV show and turns it into an academic exploration of awesomeness. -
Law Schools, Reader Polls
The 3LOL 'Challenge'
Take Our Challenge And Find Out What You Know About The Realities Of The 3L Experience
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How AI Is The Catalyst For Reshaping Every Aspect Of Legal Work
Document Automation For Law Firms: The Definitive Guide
Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Family Law, Law Professors, Law Schools, Movies, Religion, Ridiculousness
6 Ivy League Law Classes For Spring Semester
The must-have classes for spring semester -- did your law school make the list? -
Education / Schools, Law Professors, Law Schools
A Yale Professor Offers A Most Yale-Like Response To The 'Length of Law School' Debate
In response to practical concerns that the third year of law school is too expensive, a professor goes "full Yale" on the issue. -
Law Schools, Screw-Ups, Weirdness
3L Becomes Interim Director of Admissions -- Or Not?
Either this law school went bold or they have a student going rogue, as "bold" is not an adjective usually attached to law schools... -
Biglaw, Conferences / Symposia, Job Searches, Lateral Moves, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), No Offers, Partner Issues, Summer Associates
Homegrown or Not: Law Student Recruiting v. Lateral Hiring
What are the advantages and disadvantages of traditional summer associate programs versus lateral hiring? -
Bar Exams, BARBRI, Law Schools
Should 3Ls Be Able To Sit For The Bar Exam?
Here's a great idea that could really help law students get jobs upon graduation. So, of course, some people don't like it... -
Education / Schools, Law Schools, Peter Lattman
NYU Law Revamps 3L Year: This Pig's Lipstick Has An International Flair
NYU Law has revamped its 3L program, but it's still an extra year of tuition with no clear employment benefits. -
2nd Circuit, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Fashion, Job Searches, Law Schools, Morning Docket, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Partner Issues, Real Estate, Shoes, Trademarks
Morning Docket: 10.17.12
* Oh, by the way Dewey & LeBoeuf partners, the little contribution plan you signed that received court approval last week might not protect you from your former landlord’s claims for back rent. Hope you’ve all got an extra $45 million sitting in the bank. [Am Law Daily]
* Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Bernette Johnson will finally get to claim her seat as chief justice of the state’s high court after official judicial recognition — on both the state and federal level — that the year 1994 does indeed come before 1995. [Bloomberg]
* No matter how hard law school administrators wish it were so, or how much they beg Jim Leipold of NALP, he’s never going to be able to describe the current entry-level legal job market as “good.” [WSJ Law Blog]
* NYU Law School is changing its third-year program in the hopes of making a “good” market materialize. If you ship students to foreign countries for class, maybe they’ll get jobs there. [DealBook / New York Times]
* “[W]e’re determined to do everything we can to help them find jobs and meaningful careers.” We bet Brooklyn Law’s dean is also determined to avoid more litigation about employment statistics. [New York Law Journal]
* Has the other shoe finally dropped? After the Second Circuit ruled that YSL could sell monochromatic shoes, the fashion house decided to drop its trademark counterclaims against Christian Louboutin. [Businessweek]