American Bar Association
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Biglaw, Sponsored Content
Balancing Law Careers: Overcoming The Motherhood Penalty
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Courts
King County Bar Moves The ABA To Adopt A Code Of Ethics For The US Supreme Court
It is a historic resolution that has already made waves in the legal community, mobilizing organizations and advocates within the legal profession to draft their own codes of ethics. - Sponsored
Why Do AI And Legal Professionals Make The Perfect Partnership?
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.05.20
* A Chicago lawyer featured on the Netflix show Indian Matchmaking is facing a tough adjustment after experiencing the fame of being on the show. This series keeps showing up on my queue… [Chicago Sun Times]
* The Los Angeles District Attorney’s husband will face charges for waiving a gun at protesters near his home. [Hill]
* A new lawsuit is demanding that White House briefings have sign language interpreters. [New York Times]
* The American Bar Association has voted on a set of best practices for third-party litigation funding. That sentence may sound boring, but the implications are profound. [American Lawyer]
* A new class-action lawsuit claims that the popular app TikTok steals consumer data and sends it to China. [NPR]
* Check out this story of a lawyer who paid off $200,000 in student loans in two years. Man, she beat me by 22 months, hope she doesn’t start a blog… [Business Insider]
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Law Schools
Law Schools Have To Actually Teach Lawyers For A Change Or Lose Accreditation
Finally, some teeth to accreditation. -
Law Schools
This Is What Happens When The Clooneys, Columbia Law School, The ABA, The UN, And Microsoft Work Together
Plus Amal Clooney throws shade at Skadden. -
Law Schools
Top Law School Enters Into Partnership With Amal Clooney
The project will increase trial transparency around the world. -
Small Law Firms
The American Bar Association Talks Outreach And Adaptation
As many baby boomer lawyers retire from the profession, we need to adapt. -
Privacy, Technology
The Next Hot Area Of Law: Privacy
The demand for lawyers who understand privacy is high -- and will only get higher in the years ahead. - Sponsored
AI’s Impact On Law Firms Of Every Size
How solo lawyers, midsize firms, and global large law firms have an opportunity to adjust the way they work. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 02.01.18
The American Bar Association needs some new blood! A new report from Law School Transparency and the Iowa State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division recommends adding some younger members to the ABA’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. [Law.com]
Partisan gerrymandering challenges may be making their way through the court system, but don’t expect them to be a deciding factor in the midterm elections. [Big Law Business]
It’s never a great start to a trial when the judge has to explain the case isn’t about whether your client is “evil.” [Law360]
Another day, another looming “constitutional crisis.” [Washington Post]
Everyone is out at USA Gymnastics. It is the absolute least they could do. [CNN]
Stephen Cutler may be moving from JPMorgan Chase to Simpson Thatcher, but he says his practice will still focus on internal and government investigations, corporate governance matters and crisis management. [Law.com]
Hank Greenberg of Greenberg Traurig is the president-elect designee of the New York State Bar Association. [New York Law Journal]
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Courts
The Latest And Greatest In President Trump's Judicial Nominations (Part 1)
Here's a rundown of where things stand, including district as well as circuit courts. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.15.17
* Credit where credit is due: Attorney General Jeff Sessions wins qualified praise for his forceful condemnation of the Charlottesville violence. [New York Times]
* Donald Trump needs all the legal help he can get — so he’s surely pleased and proud about daughter Tiffany Trump starting up at Georgetown Law this month. (More on this later.) [Washington Post]
* And wouldn’t it be
incredibly awkwardinteresting to have Tiffany as a classmate in your Con Law class this semester? [New York Times via How Appealing]* The ABA will reconsider its controversial, much-criticized changes to how law schools report graduate employment data. [Law.com]
* Taylor Swift prevails in her lawsuit accusing DJ David Mueller of groping her during a photo op. [Law360]
* Merger mania spreads — from Biglaw to boutiques. [Law.com]
* Tech company DreamHost will resist — a Justice Department effort to acquire information about visitors to an anti-Trump website set up to coordinate Inauguration Day protests. [Washington Post]
* An investors’ lawyer claims that his lawsuit against Duane Morris “could bankrupt that firm.” [Law.com]
* There are reasonable arguments for and against splitting up the Ninth Circuit, but the ABA’s position is clear: firmly opposed. [ABA Journal]
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Legal Ethics, Technology
Ethics Panel: 1. Fill Bucket with Ice Water, 2. Pour Over Head
Tech columnist Bob Ambrogi identifies three top takeaways from a new, must-read legal ethics opinion. -
Conferences / Symposia, Technology
Mixing Work With Play: Baseball And CLE
Baseball and continuing legal education -- what's not to like?
Sponsored
Law Firms Now Have A Choice In Their Document Comparison Software
Why Do AI And Legal Professionals Make The Perfect Partnership?
AI’s Impact On Law Firms Of Every Size
Sponsored
How Transactional Lawyers Can Better Serve (And Maintain) Their Clients
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
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Job Searches, Law Schools
Top 5 Law Schools If You Want An Actual Legal Job (2016)
Did your law school make the list? -
Jury Duty, Litigators, Social Media, Sponsored Content
Common Ethical Issues To Consider When Researching Jurors And Witnesses On Social Media
The gray areas of social media research. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.25.16
* From prosecutor to prisoner: former Pennsylvania attorney general Kathleen Kane gets sentenced to 10 to 23 months. [CNN] * Oh, the irony: the ABA won’t publish a report calling Donald Trump a “libel bully” because of “the risk of the ABA being sued by Mr. Trump.” [New York Times] * How the AT&T/Time Warner […]
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Conferences / Symposia, Technology
The Circuit: ReInventing Dan Katz & Thanksgiving
A review of upcoming legal technology conferences this November. Will we see you there? -
American Bar Association / ABA, Technology
This Week In Legal Tech: ABA Future Panel Chairs Respond To LegalZoom Co-Founder
ABA leaders respond to criticism of their new Report on the Future of Legal Services in the United States. -
Law Schools
American Bar Association Thinks Crappy Law School Is Crappy
Let's hope these law students can pass the bar exam. -
American Bar Association / ABA, Technology
This Week In Legal Tech: LegalZoom Co-Founder On ABA’s 'Toothless' Future Of Legal Services Report
Technology columnist Bob Ambrogi discusses the new ABA report with Eddie Hartman of LegalZoom.