Depressing Things
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Bankruptcy, Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf
Dewey Know A Third Former Partner Driven Into Personal Bankruptcy?
How does a rainmaker earning millions of dollars a year wind up in personal bankruptcy? -
Law Schools, Student Loans
Lawyers Struggle To Live 'Mortgaged' Lives Under The Crushing Weight Of Student Loans
Will the government be forced to grant loan forgiveness to all lawyers with unbearable debt burdens? - Sponsored
Gain An Instant Understanding Of New Complaints With LexisNexis Snapshot
AI-powered complaint summaries to help you spot new lawsuits, new challenges, and new business. -
Holidays and Seasons, Money, Rudeness, Student Loans
Season's Greetings From Your Loan Servicer
No one wants to hear from their loan servicer during the holidays. No one.
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Bar Exams, Money
This Bar Exam Failure Needs Your Help
Would you broadcast your bar exam failure to the world in order to get your bar costs covered? -
Biglaw, Minority Issues
Stat Of The Week: 3 Percent Of Biglaw Lawyers
A shocking statistic about Biglaw lawyers. -
Job Searches, Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
Graduate Of Elite Law School Forced To Live Off Welfare Due To Terrible State Of Job Market
Which law school left this woman penniless and destitute? -
Money, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
Squeezing The Middle Class For Legal Fees Is Like Trying to Get Blood From A Turnip
What does the shrinking of the middle class mean for small-firm and solo lawyers? -
Crime, Job Searches, Public Interest
The Worst Job In The Legal Profession
It's not that the pay is necessarily worse -- though when all is said and done, it almost assuredly is -- it's that the job is a delicious cocktail of overwhelming responsibility and bad public policy. - Sponsored
Why Do AI And Legal Professionals Make The Perfect Partnership?
For many legal departments, generative AI is the technology they’ve been waiting for. -
Law Schools, Money, Student Loans
Student Loan Calculator Is Brutally Honest About Law School
Recently, The Washington Post published a student loan calculator to assist students out there in figuring out exactly how much they will suffer for their education. And the answer for lawyers is "much more than they can afford." -
Advertising, Biglaw, Divorce Train Wrecks, Family Law, Partner Issues, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
Divorce Can Tragically End Your Biglaw Practice
The divorce started as amicably as one could reasonably hope for, but as distrust bubbled, the split escalated from a perfunctory proceeding into contentious brawl. -
Job Searches, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
A Solo Practitioner's Cautionary Tale
Thinking of starting your own solo practice? Here's a cautionary tale. -
Divorce Train Wrecks, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners
A Solo Practitioner's Choice: Marriage v. Career
Is her law practice is to blame for the divorce, or did she bring this upon herself by choosing her career over family? -
Bad Ideas, Law Schools, Money, Small Law Firms, Solo Practitioners, Student Loans
Every Law School Mistake Ever, From One Lady
How the other half is ruined.
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Gain An Instant Understanding Of New Complaints With LexisNexis Snapshot
AI-powered complaint summaries to help you spot new lawsuits, new challenges, and new business.
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Why Do AI And Legal Professionals Make The Perfect Partnership?
For many legal departments, generative AI is the technology they’ve been waiting for.
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Law Firms Now Have A Choice In Their Document Comparison Software
Six months on since its launch, over 200 firms worldwide are now using Draftable Legal for accurate and reliable document comparison, including UK Top 50…
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Diving Into Generative AI: A Practical Guide For Law Firms Starting From Scratch
NetDocuments’ Michelle Spencer on where to start, what to ask, and considerations for implementing generative AI tools in your organization.
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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.
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Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Law Schools
Law School Gives Up On Actually Trying To Get Grads A Real Job
There is going to be a doc review shop at a law school. And apparently the law school is okay with that, even excited. -
Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Job Searches, Money
More Extreme Low-Paying Lawyer Jobs!!!
We need some kind of designation to separate these jobs from the below-market-but-not-yet-insulting jobs -
Contract Attorneys, Document Review
Why The New Normal For Document Review Spells Disaster
What job is so bad it has me questioning my very faith in humanity? -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel, Partner Issues
On In-House Self-Loathing: I Used To Be Smart!
Will going in-house make you... less intelligent? -
Blogging, Facebook, Health Care / Medicine, Social Media
Preventing Depression Among Lawyers
Can effective use of social media help prevent depression for many lawyers? -
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Advertising, Law Schools, Money, Pictures, Shameless Plugs, Student Loans, This Is an Ad
Law School Debt: An Infographic
An infographic about law school debt.