The AI Disclosure Laws That Solo And Small Firms Really Need To Know About
To navigate this regulatory landscape, solo and small firms should implement several protective measures.
Tips for Getting a Small Law Job
Ed. Note: Our post on harsh rejection letters generated a lot of talk among people interested in applying to Small Law jobs. Donna Gerson — the author of Choosing Small, Choosing Smart — provided us with a list of tips that former-Biglaw associates should consider when applying to smaller firms. I spend an enormous amount […]
Keeping Law School Accessible When Federal Loans Fall Short
As federal borrowing caps tighten financing options for law students, one organization is stepping in to negotiate the terms they can't secure alone.
Trying To Go To A Small Firm? Be Prepared For A Harsh Rejection
Given the recession, a lot of lawyers shut out of Biglaw are trying to get jobs with small firms. The problem is, the skills required to get one of those jobs are not obvious to your average recent law school graduate. Of course, small and solo practitioners want to help young lawyers better themselves! In […]
Small Law Firm Open Thread: Bankruptcy
Time to resume our series of open threads covering small (or smaller) law firms, focused on different practice areas. We’ve already written about small law firms in general, insurance law, personal injury law, trusts and estates, immigration, real estate, intellectual property, ERISA / employee benefits, and family law / divorce law. Some of these threads […]
Small Law Firm Open Thread: Family Law / Divorce Law
Let’s return to our series of open threads on small law firms in different practice areas. We’ve covered seven fields so far; check them out here. The latest topic to tackle: FAMILY LAW. This is the area of law that our somewhat cantankerous, dearly departed grandmother urged us to enter. She was firmly convinced that […]
Small Law Firm Open Thread: ERISA / Employee Benefits Law
Let’s push forward with our series of open threads on small law firms in different practice areas. To see what we’ve covered so far, click here and scroll down. Today’s topic: ERISA LAW. For those of you who aren’t familiar with ERISA, we’ll quote a prior post of ours: For all of you non-lawyers — […]
What Biglaw Can Learn From Personal Injury Firms
How a former insurance agent built a Houston injury practice around systems, empathy, and disciplined advocacy.
Small Law Firm Open Thread: Intellectual Property
Back to our series of open threads covering small (or smaller) law firms, focused on different practice areas. We’ve already written about small law firms in general, insurance law, personal injury law, trusts and estates, immigration, and real estate. Some of those discussions are still active, so feel free to look back at them. Today […]
Small Law Firm Open Thread: Real Estate
If you’re looking for options beyond Biglaw, we’re here to help. We continue our series of open threads covering small law firms focused on different practice areas. To see the fields we’ve covered so far, click here and scroll down. We’ve received encouraging feedback from readers — and suggestions. Like this one: I really like […]
Small Law Firm Open Thread: Trusts and Estates
(Plus another Lavender Law panel write-up.)
We continue our series of open threads about small law firms focused on different areas of practice. In light of the turmoil being experienced by Biglaw, as well as the many laid-off lawyers and job-hunting law students looking for other opportunities, now is an excellent time to look beyond large law firms. Today we turn […]
Small Law Firm Open Thread: Personal Injury Law
Today we resume our series of open threads about small law firms focused on different areas of practice. For background on the series, see this post. We’ve received lots of positive feedback on the series. Here are some representatives comments from the last thread, on insurance law: 54 – This is a GREAT GREAT GREAT […]
Protégé™ In CourtLink® Explains The Whole Case Faster
Designed to reduce manual docket work by prioritizing what litigators need most: on-demand full docket summarization that explains the whole case to date, followed by on-demand document summaries for filing triage, and AI-powered natural language searching for faster search and retrieval.
Small Law Firm Open Thread: Insurance Law
The comments on last month’s post about small law firms were uncommonly good. Readers shared valuable insights and information about life beyond Biglaw, including discussion of the pluses and minuses of working at a small — or smaller (size is relative) — law firm. One commenter — after pointing out that non-Biglaw firms come in […]