Depressing Things
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Biglaw
Why You’re So Unhappy
Lawyers, there are three things missing from your life -- three elements critical to happiness. What are they? -
Layoffs
Nationwide Layoff Watch: Law Firm Suddenly Leaves 150+ Jobless
Which firm was the one to conduct these massive surprise layoffs? - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Job Searches, Labor / Employment
Back In The Race: Are You Being Exploited At Your Job?
If you feel you're being taken advantage of, what should you do about it?
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Job Searches, Small Law Firms
Is This A Great Career Opportunity Masquerading As A Terrible Job?
A sub-minimum-wage job offer -- but it comes with a grilled cheese sandwich! And maybe a long-term career opportunity. -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Small Law Firms
Entering The Race: #fourthtierproblems
This is what it's like trying to get a job coming out of a low-ranked law school, according to columnist Shannon Achimalbe. -
Biglaw, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
More Bad News For Biglaw Associates?
Junior associates at one major firm will be forfeiting a traditional and coveted Biglaw perk -- but maybe this is the wave of the future? -
Law Schools, Student Loans
How Are Lawyers Managing Their Law School Debt? Most Will Never Be Able To Pay It Off
How are you going to tackle your debt after graduation? We seriously hope you have a plan. -
Biglaw, Billable Hours
Lawyers Work Too Damn Much
That all-nighter you pulled is, in the grand scheme of things, truly meaningless.work- - Sponsored
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… -
Law Schools, Student Loans
Law Grad Drowning In Debt Tries To Sell Law Degree On Craigslist
Go on, make this lawyer an offer he can't refuse. -
Job Searches
Back In The Race: Why People Will Continue To Be Eager To Enter Amazon's Dark Jungle
Why do people strive to work for organizations (including law firms) that these employees know will require fierce competition and brutal hours? -
Biglaw, Drinking
Biglaw Wife Says Drunk Husband Spends So Much Time At Firm He Thinks His Office Is His Home
This is incredibly sad, and an indictment on the Biglaw way of life as a whole. -
Biglaw, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
11 Reasons Why It’s So Hard Being A Lawyer (Part II)
What do lawyers wish non-lawyers understood about them, and why is it so hard to be a lawyer in the first place? -
Biglaw
Gaslighting
Law firms "gaslight" young lawyers, according to lawyer turned therapist Will Meyerhofer -- they create a world where nothing makes sense, then studiously pretend it does.
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How Generative AI Will Improve Legal Service Delivery
Learn how emerging tools will likely change and enhance the work of lawyers for years to come in this new report.
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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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Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar on April 10th, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm.
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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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This AI-Powered Document Tool Will Meet You Where You Are
Lexis Create provides simple access to internal and external knowledge — directly within Microsoft Word.
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Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
Law Student Living In Poverty Relies On Food Stamps To Survive
For some people, this is what it's like to go to law school without financial support from family. -
Law Professors, Law Schools
Yikes! Another Law School Offers Buyouts To Tenured Professors
Should tenured professors take the money and run, or risk staying behind at a school whose standards for admission may drop even lower? -
Litigators, Plaintiffs Firms
Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Are Gross
Plaintiffs’ lawyers are gross. We stink up our opponents’ pristine conference rooms. In reality, the odor emanates from the dark and murky water where we spend most of our time. -
Law Schools, Student Loans
The Top 10 Law Schools With The Most Heavily Indebted Graduates
Which law school graduates have the most debt of all? U.S. News has a ranking for that! -
In-House Counsel, Outsourcing
Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
If you -- or your firm -- has been making a living doing routine legal work that could be performed just as easily (and far less expensively) elsewhere in the world, then be afraid. Be very afraid. -
Dewey & LeBoeuf, Lawyerly Lairs, Real Estate
Lawyerly Lairs: Dewey Wonder How The Owner Of This $4 Million Mansion Went Bankrupt?
Check out the magnificent mansion that helped drive a rainmaker into bankruptcy. -
Deaths, Kids, Violence
Lawyer Wishes She Could've Prevented Client From Throwing Daughter Off Bridge To Her Death
What more could she have done?