Depressing stuff
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Banking Law, Money, Real Estate, Student Loans
New Rules Make It Harder For Attorneys To Buy Homes
Get used to renting, lawyers! -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Severance, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Expelled Beyond The K&L Gates
How many people are being let go, and what will happen to their jobs? - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Department of Justice, Federal Government, Immigration, Job Searches, Law Schools
Reminder: DOJ Honors Program Applications Are Due Soon
When are applications due, and how big will the program be?
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Biglaw, Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Food
Contract Attorney Problems: I Hope Law School Taught You How To Hold In Your Pee
More details about sad working conditions for contract attorneys. -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, Contract Attorneys, Crowell & Moring, Document Review, Job Searches
Contract Attorney Problems
All emails from contract attorneys should be filed under "there but for the grace of God go I." -
Biglaw, Divorce Train Wrecks, Money, Partner Issues, United Kingdom / Great Britain, White & Case
A Biglaw Partner's Big-Ticket Divorce Bill
Can you believe how much money this Biglaw partner and his wife have spent on their ugly divorce battle? -
Labor / Employment, Law Professors, Law Schools, Quote of the Day
Law Professor Compares His Own Scholarship To Whale Poop
Who says law professors are delusional? This one is brutally honest. -
Arent Fox, Bankruptcy, Money
Time For The Lawyers To Pick At The Carrion That Is Detroit
Can Detroit even go broke successfully? - 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. -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Money, Partner Issues
Is Being A Partner The Worst Job In Biglaw?
It's hard out here for a partner. A fascinating New Republic article goes behind the scenes at one major law firm. -
Attorney Misconduct
Lawyers: The Most Despised Profession in America
Why does everyone hate lawyers so much? Give us a break! -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
Nothing You Can Say Can Cause Me To Retain You
What forms of business development might actually work? Some thoughts from in-house columnist Mark Herrmann. -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Risky Business: Overcapacity in Biglaw
There are too many lawyers in Biglaw. Is your job at risk? -
Biglaw, California, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Sayonara, San Diego
Which law firm is leaving "America's finest city," and how many lawyers and staff will be affected?
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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.
Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Layoffs, Litigators, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Secretaries / Administrative Assistants, Severance, Staff Layoffs
The Weil Winnowing: A Closer Look At The Layoffs
The large-scale layoffs at Weil: what does it all mean? -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Professors, Law Schools, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
Entry-Level Employment Falls Again, And It's Possible That Law Schools Have No Clue What To Do About It
How many terrible NALP reports do we have to endure before law schools focus on jobs instead of classes? -
Biglaw, Layoffs, Partner Issues, Staff Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: One Firm's Flight From Atlanta
One large law firm is shutting down its money-losing Atlanta office. How many people will be affected? -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Rankings, Unemployment
The States Where You're Least Likely to Find a Law Job
Plus the five states that offer the best prospects of getting a law job. -
Accounting / Accountants, Federal Government, Politics, Tax Law
On The IRS Mess And What It Means To Be A Lawyer
The IRS scandal sheds light on what it means to be a lawyer -- what it means to others, and what it means to us. -
Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Celebrities, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, Federal Judges, John Roberts, Media and Journalism, Reality TV, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court, Television
Is Anybody Shocked That Americans Trust TV Judges More Than Supreme Court Justices?
This is just another reason why the justices of the Supreme Court need to be on TV more often. -
Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Student Loans
Could Law Schools PLEASE Stop Whining About The Nine Months After Graduation Statistic? You Sound Like Babies.
Law schools don't seem to care about employment along the same timeline as loan officers...