From The Career Files: 3 Critical Questions To Ask Yourself In Order To Leave The Law
When we truly feel authentic with what we are good at, we become powerful.
5 Things First-Years Need To Do To Survive Biglaw
Your first-year reputation will precede you for years to come and will shape how the rest of your career unfolds.
Schenck Price Competes Smarter With Lexis+ With Protégé
LexisNexis sat down with John Ursin, Managing Partner at Schenck Price, to learn how the firm is using legal AI to strengthen client service and daily legal work.
What Tools You Need to Survive Law School
Some helpful hints to help you organize your upcoming education, courtesy of tech columnist Jeff Bennion.
10 Things To Know About Executive Compensation
What is it like to practice in the area of executive-compensation law?
On Having You Help
Here’s something junior folks don’t always realize: I’m doing you quite a favor if I ask you to help with stuff.
What Happens When A Partner Departs?
Does an uptick in lateral partner moves predict an increase in lateral associate moves?
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
I Have Been A Law Firm Partner For A Year. How Is It Different From Life As An Associate?
Columnist Allison Peryea identifies nine ways in which things have changed since she became a partner.
MBBA President Paula Edgar’s Life And Lawyerly Advice For Law Students And Young Attorneys
What does being a lawyer mean to Paula Edgar, the new president of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association?
Which Client Pitches Work?
Here are some tips and tricks, in order from least effective to most effective. Good luck!
Competing With Your In-House Colleagues
A growing in-house team can bring growing pains and tension.
AI Is Killing Legal’s Billable Hour. It’s Also Repeating Its Worst Mistake
Law firms and legal departments are writing the future of the profession in separate rooms. What happens when they actually work together?
alt.legal: The General Counsel Of GE Thinks Lawyers Are The Answer
Alex Dimitrief, General Counsel of General Electric, shares insights with alt.legal columnists Joe Borstein and Ed Sohn.
The Art Of Fact Investigation: An Interview With Philip Segal
Gathering facts is a crucial part of a lawyer's work; here's how you can do it better.
Morning Docket: 08.17.16
* Ding ding ding, we have a winner: with a bid of $135 million, Univision has prevailed in the auction to buy Gawker Media's assets (held at the offices of Gawker's bankruptcy counsel, Ropes & Gray). [Politico] * The Ninth Circuit rules that the feds can't spend money to prosecute people whose actions comply with state medical marijuana laws. [How Appealing] * Protip for millennial law students: don't call your law professor by her first name. [WSJ Law Blog] * "Is $88,500 Salary Too Much for a Deputy General Counsel?" (Hint: no.) [Big Law Business] * Is it time to rethink antitrust enforcement, especially when it comes to Big Tech? [DealBook / New York Times] * Judge Timothy Dooley has been censured by the Alaska Supreme Court for his rude remarks in open court. [Alaska Dispatch News] * Hedge-fund billionaire Steve Cohen can't trade in CFTC-regulated commodities markets until 2018, as part of a settlement with the commission. [Bloomberg] * Sigfredo Garcia, one of the two men accused of killing law professor Dan Markel, isn't getting bond just yet. [Tallahassee Democrat; WCTV]
Humble Is The Path Of The Law Professor
Academia isn’t a monologue. Pay it forward among your colleagues and students.
The Road Not Taken: Shark Tank
There’s no reason to start treating a former client as an adversary. Keep communications civil.