NALP 2017: Observations And Takeaways From The ‘Super Bowl’ Of Legal Recruiting
The state of legal recruiting appears to be very good, and 2017 is off to a great start.
The Touchiest-Feeliest Law Jobs Conference Of The Decade
Now that you have a job, how do you feel about it?
Transform Legal Reasoning Into Business-Ready Results With General AI
Protégé™ General AI is fundamentally changing how legal professionals use AI in their everyday practice.
Now That There Aren’t As Many Law Students, Hiring Has Stabilized (NALP 2016)
That state of the legal hiring market is... fine?
The Brain Drain Hasn’t Destroyed Biglaw… Yet (NALP 2016)
Whether you think the problem is a brain drain or a pipeline problem, the talent flow has been interrupted.
NALP 2016: Nobody Really Likes The New OCI, But Nobody Can Change It
The new OCI is good for the best students and no one else.
How LexisNexis State Net Uses Gen AI To Tame Gov’t Data
Its new features transform how you can track and analyze the more than 200,000 bills, regulations, and other measures set to be introduced this year.
How To Conquer Your Inbox: Tips From The NALP Conference
If you check your email 100 times per day and lose two minutes each time, that’s over three hours a day you’re losing to your inbox.
Some Good — And Truthful! — Information About The Legal Job Market
Is the legal job market finally starting to turn around?
Career Services Need Help, Y’All
Hanging out with law school career-services people was a hell of an experience.
Want To Understand Law Firms? Learn the RULES.
The most important lesson you can learn before working in a firm is how a firm makes its money.
Job Market May Suck Less Thanks To Decreased Law School Enrollment
Stop applying to law school so those who came before you can get jobs.
NY To $190K? Not So Fast, Because $160K Salaries Are No Longer The Norm
Stop trying to make $190,000 salaries for first-year Biglaw attorneys happen. It’s not going to happen.
Qui Tam: Three White Boys
Do some summer associates enjoy a leg up over others?
How Did The Law School Class Of 2013 Do In The Job Market?
What do you want to hear first, the good news or the bad news?
Morning Docket: 06.20.14
* This Biglaw firm is getting into the imaginary money business by bidding on $18M of Bitcoins seized in the Silk Road raid. Maybe they’ll accept this new "currency" as payment. [Am Law Daily] * Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wants his trial moved to New York or D.C. for an unbiased jury. Moving it to cities where terrorist attacks have occurred is a great idea! [Bloomberg] * Here’s a perfect headline for a lovely Friday when we imagine people will be able to get in some quality day drinking: “Market Struggles to Absorb Record Law School Class of ’13.” [National Law Journal] * Part of George Zimmerman’s defamation lawsuit against NBC was dismissed because his attorneys waited too long to ask the network for a retraction. Time to paint a picture about it, Georgie. [Fox News] * Can you sue the dude who banged your wife for ruining your marriage? It sucks for cuckolded husbands, but you can’t in most states, including West Virginia, where family trees grow in a circle. [WSJ Law Blog]