Another Firm Offers Unlimited Vacation For Associates
The new "take all the time you need" vacation model sounds great on paper, but is there a cynicism behind it?
Qui Tam: Vacations
The best-laid vacation plans of Biglaw associates often go awry.
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?
A Vacation From Solo Practice
Are you a solo practitioner or small-firm lawyer thinking of taking a vacation? Carolyn Elefant has some helpful tips for you.
Buying In: Vacation Time (Part 2) – Flying Solo
If you work in Biglaw, here are some helpful tips about going on vacation.
Buying In: Vacation Time (Part 1) – With the Family
If you work in Biglaw and have a family, check out these helpful tips from Anonymous Partner about going on vacation.
House Rules: Taking Time to Smell the Roses
As a lawyer, you should make the effort to take time to smell the roses once in a while...
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.
The Practice: What I Did On My Summer Vacation
Lawyers can look for ways to improve their business, even when they're on vacation.
Vacation Haiku
If you've seen an better out-of-office reply this summer, I'd sure like to see it...
Mr. Bar Exam: Help! I’ve Fallen Behind, and I Can’t Catch Up!
What happens when you've fallen behind in your bar exam studies? Mr. Bar Exam has a tip for you...
A Biglaw Firm Institutes A Smaller Hours Requirement
One Biglaw firm is actually lowering its hours requirement. And instituting a new adoption / surrogacy benefit too. Could these trends spread?
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.
House Rules: Year-End Press
In-house columnist David Mowry mentioned in a past column that the year-end press can lead to some very interesting requests: field reps asking for things that they (should) know to be questionable ethically, absurd customer demands (funny thing how the customers know it’s year-end and try to use that leverage), and the like. It is times such as these, when the pressure is on to assist the Field achieve their targets, that in-house attorneys must be most vigilant in their duty to the corporation....
Size Matters: Small Firms Rule
Valerie Katz would like to thank everyone who participated in her Thanksgiving survey about taking a break for the holidays. She is happy to report that an overwhelming 93.2% of small-firm respondents are able to take time off for holidays. So, is it easier to take time off at Biglaw?
Size Matters: Gobble Gobble
Who doesn’t love Thanksgiving? What is not to love about a holiday that involves eating obscene amounts of food, lounging around, battling people at Black Friday sales, and working a short week? Unless, of course, you are Ted the Turkey. As holiday season comes into full swing, I am reminded of my lawyer friends who […]
Career Center: Top 5 Tips for Escaping From the Office During the Holidays
Now that Thanksgiving is almost upon us, some of you may already be thinking ahead to the winter holiday season. That’s precisely what you should be doing if you want to take more time off than just your firm’s designated holiday days. For some associates, the holidays are a good time to use your vacation […]
Judge of the Day: Banned from the Bench
(Not that she spent much time on it anyway.)
Earlier this year, we brought you the story of Judge Rae Lee Chabot, a state court judge in Michigan. Judge Chabot was accused of taking three-hour lunch breaks and long shopping trips to the Gap, in the middle of the workday. I wrote in defense of Judge Chabot, whose judicial work was well-regarded despite her, […]