Associates Should Be Careful When Badmouthing Partners
Partners usually do not take kindly to being badmouthed, and this might have serious consequences on an associate’s career.
Partners Usually Have Difficulty Keeping Secrets From Associates
Once one associate knows confidential information, most of the other associates will shortly find out such details.
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
Partners Should Avoid Badmouthing Their Law Firm To Associates
Perhaps most importantly for partners, badmouthing a law firm to associates does not make these partners look good.
Exposing A Colleague’s Disbarment: Gratuitous Gossip, Or A Public Service Message?
The answer: as usual, it depends.
Beyond Biglaw: Speak Kindly… About Yourself At Least
Lawyers must train themselves to never speak ill of themselves, according to columnist Gaston Kroub.
On The Merits Of Celebrity Legal Gossip
Why should lawyers care about celebrity gossip? New columnist Jenny Brandt explains.
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.
Moonlighting: Office Gossip — Good for You??
Is there anything beneficial about gossiping at work? Susan Moon provides some tips.
Moonlighting: Office Gossip — It’s Not High School; It’s Much, Much Worse
Some thoughts on why people gossip at work -- and suggestions for how to resolve your issues with co-workers.
Murder Trial Jury Selection Turns into Gossip Girls; Everyone Loses
Gossipy prospective jurors scuttle a high-profile murder trial in Florida. Keep your mouths shut, people!
Ways and Means of Mass Distraction
Thoreau admonished us that we cannot “kill time without injuring eternity.” But what did he know? That proto-hippie pond-fetishist could not have imagined today’s world, where our collective attention spans have shriveled to goldfish levels and so much actual productive white-collar labor can be, to an observer, indistinguishable from simply loitering in front of a […]
How Checkbox’s ‘Legal Front Door’ Can Transform Your Workflow
Leveraging agentic AI to triage, prioritize, and automate the law department inbox.