Beyond Biglaw: 3 Associate Lessons From ‘Goliath’
As an associate, you are operating in an environment where information is a limited resource.
As an associate, you are operating in an environment where information is a limited resource.
The final two episodes are extremely anti-climatic, according to culture critic Harry Graff.
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.
Critic Harry Graff praises the show's distinctive visual aesthetic, specifically its on-location shots in Los Angeles.
A former federal prosecutor and Kirkland & Ellis alum talks about his latest TV project.
* Judge Alex Kozinski's acting career continues; check him out in Goliath, the new legal drama from Amazon. [Trial Insider] * Bizarre federal crimes. [Versus Texas] * If HRC is president, who might she nominate to the Supreme Court? [Empirical SCOTUS] * More Supreme Court BS from Chuck Grassley. [Huffington Post] * Hey, look! There's some good news for women in Biglaw. [WILEF Tribune] * The Senate is bringing down the Supreme Court. Will the institution ever recover? [Slate] * More voting shenanigans in Wisconsin. [Salon]
Star Billy Bob Thornton is excellent and the show is very entertaining, according to culture columnist Harry Graff.
Legal and operational leaders are gathering May 6–7 in Fort Lauderdale to confront the questions the industry hasn't answered—with a keynote from Amanda Knox setting the tone.
Biglaw is coming to the little screen.
* Surprise, surprise. The federal government isn't such a great steward of the Trail of Tears. [AP] * Litigator and writer Jonathan Shapiro speaks with Deborah Kalb about his novel Deadly Force (affiliate link) and his latest legal TV show, Goliath, which premieres next month. [Books Q&As] * Thoughts on fixing our broken government from Philip K. Howard, Covington partner turned author and reform advocate. [Wall Street Journal] * The biggest scams you need to know about, before it is too late. [Pawn Hero] * How to get juries to feel an acquittal in their gut. [Katz Justice] * American history is owed to booze. [Law and More]