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Email Scandals, Law Professors, Law Schools, Media and Journalism, Pornography
Law Professor Who Sent Anal-Bead Porn To Her Students Blames Everyone But Herself
What did Drexel University's investigation into "Beadgate" conclude, and what does Professor Lisa McElroy have to say for herself? -
In-House Counsel, Screw-Ups
3 Faux Pas I've Seen At Beauty Contests
In-house columnist Mark Herrmann tells you what NOT to do if you want to get his business. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
Email Scandals, Law Professors, Law Schools
The Tyranny Of Title IX: How The Case Of The Porn-Linking Law Professor Could Be Worse
Columnist Tamara Tabo asks: if Professor Lisa McElroy were a man, would observers be as quick to give the benefit of the doubt?
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Email Scandals, Law Professors, Law Schools, Pornography
A 'Beadgate' Update: Did Drexel Really Have To Investigate The Law Professor Who Accidentally Sent Porn To Her Students?
Here's the argument in favor of investigating a law professor's accidental discharge of pornography to her students. -
Email Scandals, Law Professors, Law Schools
Law Professor Who Sent Anal-Bead Porn To Her Students Now Under Investigation
This is a bit ridiculous, isn't it? -
Attorney Misconduct, Crime
Law Firm Partner Charged After Pretending To Be A Lawyer For A Decade
Why bother wasting away in law school when you can just tell people you're a lawyer? -
Lawyer Advertising, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Why Lawyers Need To Proofread Their Ad Copy
Check out this screw-up; it's just criminal. -
Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Screw-Ups, Small Law Firms
Beyond Biglaw: The Dean's 4-Step Formula For Dealing With Mistakes
Every lawyer, no matter how talented, makes mistakes. Here's advice on how to deal with them, from columnist Gaston Kroub. - 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. -
Small Law Firms, State Judges
Lawyer Botches $2 Fee, Loses $2.5 Million Lawsuit
Suit tossed out of court over a mere $2. Does this seem fair to you? -
Paul Clement, Pro Se Litigants
Paul Clement And Bancroft Ride To The Rescue Of A Missing Pro Se Litigant
Can a leading Supreme Court litigator get this poor pro se litigant's case reinstated? -
Biglaw, Screw-Ups
Mayer Brown & Simpson Thacher Make Epic Screwup
Check out this tale of how an unwary paralegal ends up costing a bank millions. -
Attorney Misconduct, Crime
Oops! Law Firm Promotes Associate Who Likely Wasn't A Lawyer To Partner
Whoa! The lawyers at this firm must have been pretty shocked by the unexpected news. -
9th Circuit, Crime, Screw-Ups, Trials
Judge Confuses Guilty/Not Guilty, Sex Crimes Conviction Overturned
A simple, but critical, judicial mistake.
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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
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.
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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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Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls.
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Bar Exams, Screw-Ups
And The Award For Worst Board Of Law Examiners Goes To...
Utter failure from state bar examiners. -
SCOTUS, Screw-Ups, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Supreme Indifference To Truth: 5 Ways SCOTUS Can Avoid Relying On Dubious 'Facts'
The Supreme Court doesn't need facts, which is lucky because they don't have many. -
Benchslaps, Court Reporters / Stenographers, Screw-Ups, State Judges, Trials
Bench Berates Contemptuous Court Reporters Over Tardy Transcripts
If a court reporting service just didn't prepare transcripts in criminal cases for months on end, they might earn themselves a hearty benchslapping. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues, Screw-Ups
Overcoming The Presumption Of Incompetence
Why is it right to assume that everyone’s incompetent, and why is that a helpful way to go through life? -
Biglaw, Midsize Firms / Regional Firms, Screw-Ups, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
3 Steps To Owning Your Mistakes
How should you respond when you screw something up? Columnist Keith Lee explains. -
Clerkships, Email Scandals, Job Searches, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Privacy, Screw-Ups, Technology
Oops! Top Law School Email Screw-Up Reveals Grades, Ranks Of All Clerkship Applicants
This is one of the juiciest and most prestigious accidental data dumps we've seen yet. Which law school did it? -
Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Environment / Environmental Law, SCOTUS, Screw-Ups, Supreme Court
Justice Scalia Botches Precedent Written By... Justice Scalia
How could Justice Scalia screw up describing his own opinion?