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Old Lady Lawyer: Words, Words, Words
Sometimes, you don’t need to read an article to know what it’s about. -
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Old Lady Lawyer: Lawyer Jokes Are Exactly That -- Jokes
Lawyer jokes are great because we need to jab a needle in the pomposity that seems to be our specialty. - 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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Old Lady Lawyer: Mentoring -- Should There Be An App For That?
Should there be an app for mentoring? Would that get more young lawyers to buy into the concept? -
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How To Survive As A Legal Secretary
This strategy is admittedly a bit hard to implement. -
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Old Lady Lawyer: Effective Lawyering Is More Than Just Knowing The Law
Academic skills will always have their place in education, but they are not necessarily reliable predictors of effective lawyering. -
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Old Lady Lawyer: What’s Your Expiration Date?
We all know what’s going on; it’s just hard to say the words: “age discrimination,” especially for lawyers who are charged with the responsibility to uphold the law. -
Family Law, Health Care / Medicine, Kids
I Want To Put A Baby In You: Should A Woman Give Birth To Her Own Grandchild?
We get to choose what happens to our property when we die. Why not our DNA? - 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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Old Lady Lawyer: 4 Myths About Getting Rid Of Older Attorneys
A new euphemism for having the older workers walk the plank of job loss. -
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Old Lady Lawyer: Words, Words, Words
Lawyers have grit, to a greater or lesser degree. It is what keeps us going against the odds. -
Old People
Old Lady Lawyer: This Was The Weekend That Shouldn’t Have Been
Anything and everything pales in comparison to the awful events in Orlando this past weekend. -
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Old Lady Lawyer: Is There A Failure To Communicate?
We dinosaurs need to watch our language; millennials need to understand the popular culture that made us. -
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Old Lady Lawyer: What Is An SOH?
Have a good lawyer joke? Columnist Jill Switzer would like to hear it.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.26.16
* David Mourey, the former assistant dean for bar preparation and academic success at Barry Law, was fired after students continued to fail the bar exam, but in a recently filed gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, he claims he was discriminated against because he was “singled out for discipline by an all-female management team.” We may have more on this later. [Orlando Sentinel]
* Despite the wishes of the public and rumors of his firing in the face of the Baylor University coverup of reports of rape and sexual assault by football players, “Ken Starr is [still] president and chancellor of Baylor University.” According to a university spokeswoman, the school has not yet finished reviewing Pepper Hamilton’s report on the matter, but Baylor will likely make an announcement by June 3. [Associated Press]
* “We are willing to fight this all the way to the Supreme Court if we have to.” Eleven states have filed suit against the Obama Administration in an effort to get around its guidance on transgender rights for children in schools, calling the policy a “massive social experiment.” The states suing are Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. [Reuters]
* Sumner Redstone turns 93 years old tomorrow, and he’s been in and out of court for the past few months in a battle to prove he’s mentally competent. The salacious case filed by his former female companion may have been dismissed, but now he’s attempting to fend off claims from Viacom directors who were ousted from a trust that will control his media holdings if he dies or is found incompetent. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Now that the world knows that PayPal’s co-founder provided funding for Hulk Hogan’s invasion of privacy suit against Gawker, it’s time to take a look at the lawyer who’s been representing the wrestler. Charles Harder is no stranger to Hollywood cases, and may be a longtime fan of litigation finance since he “[tries] to win and do so in a way that’s cost effective for a client, so they don’t lose when they’re winning.” [WSJ Law Blog]
* Since revenge litigation finance’s recent invention, what’s there to keep billionaires from destroying you with lawsuits? Unfortunately, the answer to this question is not much, especially when “there is no obligation to disclose the litigation financing arrangements” that have been made. Ethical issues aside, we really hope the super-rich wield their new power to ruin lives through rented lawsuits carefully. [Fortune]
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Old People
Old Lady Lawyer: 21st Century Consciousness Raising
Millennials are just trying to do what we have been able to do with much less worry about debt service and technology encroachment. -
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Old Lady Lawyer: What A Law Degree Is Not
How did our profession become so nasty and uncivil in so many fundamental ways? -
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Old Lady Lawyer: Does The Job Make You A Lawyer?
Just as clothes don’t make the man or woman, not having a job or being between jobs doesn’t make you any less a lawyer. -
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Old Lady Lawyer: One Dinosaur’s Point Of View On Millennials
One lawyer marvels at the "stupefying ignorance and arrogance of new lawyers." -
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Old Lady Lawyer: Is There A Farewell Victory Lap For Lawyers?
When lawyers decide to leave the business, whether voluntarily or not, what will they do? -
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Old Lady Lawyer: What Should Be A Dinosaur’s Legacy?
Okay, dinosaurs, time for a little self-reflection.