Conferences / Symposia
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Conferences / Symposia, eDiscovery, Litigators, Technology
The Circuit: Warm Up To E-Discovery
It's February, so why not defrost via a doubleheader: catch up on the latest e-discovery tools and strategies (and garner continuing legal education credits), and cheer for your favorite baseball team! -
Conferences / Symposia, Technology
Legal Technology And Innovation: Ediscovery, Machine Learning, And Transactional Practice, Oh My!
When it comes to legal technology, there's a whole lot of innovation going on. - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Conferences / Symposia, Technology
Legal Technology And Innovation: 3 Key Points
Law firms and lawyers must embrace innovation, including new technology -- or suffer the consequences.
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Conferences / Symposia, Technology
The Circuit: Legaltech New York 2016
Please welcome Above the Law's newest legal technology columnist, Monica Bay, who today tackles Legaltech New York -- love it or dread it, it's a must-attend annual ritual. -
Law Schools
As Bad As Legal Education Is, It Could Be Worse
This former NYU law dean doesn't exactly have a rosy outlook on the future of legal education. -
Conferences / Symposia, Law Professors, Law Schools
Groundhog Day For Law Professors
Why, in a world where many of us challenge hierarchies, do we feel so darned comfortable in the midst of one in legal academia when we’re at the top of it? -
Conferences / Symposia, Technology
Legaltech New York Prologue: E-Discovery Or Else
Welcome to the prologue for Legaltech New York, when legal technology products and services are automatically classified by one condition: e-discovery or else. -
Conferences / Symposia, Law Professors
How To Have Fun As A Law Professor
It’s beginning to look a lot like … AALS! With your help, we will make AALS a fun and interesting event. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 12.04.15
* “MSNBC embarrasses itself inside San Bernardino attackers’ apartment. Un-freaking-believable, even for MSNBC. And why did the FBI allow this?” [Instapundit]
* The latest additions to the Supreme Court docket — will SCOTUS come to the rescue of Puerto Rico? [How Appealing]
* Judge removed from office for trying to pressure his clerk into having a “special friend” relationship. [Associated Press]
* Additional (and actually earlier) coverage of the “questionable entertainment” at a lawyers’ seminar in Las Vegas. [South Florida Lawyers]
* A $30 casebook? Where can law students sign up? [TaxProf Blog]
* Tips from Dan Binstock for how to get a signing bonus when you make a lateral move. [The Careerist]
* How can Asian-American lawyers break through the “bamboo ceiling”? A report from the GC roundtable discussion hosted by Major, Lindsey & Africa. [Corporate Counsel]
* Luis Salazar and Linda Jackson — founding partners of Salazar Jackson, an innovative new boutique firm — really (really, really) like their Post-it notes. [Daily Business Review]
* Stanford law professor Deborah L. Rhode, author of The Trouble with Lawyers (affiliate link), calls out Biglaw firms for their weak pro bono efforts. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg BNA]
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Conferences / Symposia, Sex
Lawyer Seminar Gets WILD With 'Unprofessional And More Than Questionable Entertainment Activities'
Things got a little off-the-hook at this seminar. -
Legal Ethics, Litigation Finance, Litigators, Money
5 Ethical Issues With Litigation Finance
What ethical problems does the rapidly growing field of litigation funding present? -
Litigation Finance, Litigators, Money
6 Virtues Of Litigation Finance
Why litigation finance is good for businesses, individuals, investors, and the justice system. -
Crime, Free Speech, Politics
The Criminalization Of Politics: Is It Happening, And Is It A Problem?
Sure, politics is an icky business -- but should it be criminal?
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Ten Years Of The Roberts Court
Should conservatives and libertarians be delighted or disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court at this milestone? -
Intellectual Property, Litigators, Patents
Is Patent Litigation Dead? What Gives?
Is the field of IP litigation still worth getting into? -
Biglaw, Gay, In-House Counsel
The Bamboo Closet: To Stay In Or Not?
How have Asian-American LGBT attorneys fared in their careers given recent advances in equality? -
Federal Government, Job Searches, Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Attorneys Offices
8 Tips For Getting Into -- And Out Of -- A Job As A Federal Government Lawyer
Here's some helpful advice for lawyers interested in working as AUSAs or at the SEC. -
Federal Judges, Litigators, Media and Journalism
Litigating High-Profile Cases: Thoughts From The Bench And Bar
The media environment has evolved a lot in the past 20 years, and lawyers handling major cases must evolve along with it. -
Small Law Firms, Technology
ATL APP: Interviews With Experts
Topics discussed range from law firm marketing and legal technology to law practice management and legal research tips. Watch and learn! -
Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
10 Tips For Overcoming Fear Of Public Speaking (Part 1)
Columnist Jeena Cho shares the wisdom she's acquired through courses on public speaking, weekly Toastmasters meetings, and, of course, her own experience as a speaker.