Should Law Firms Still Use The Billable Hour?
We're hosting a fresh conversation about the billable hour in 2017. Follow along here!
Non-Sequiturs: 10.29.15
* "Coming to SCOTUS: Battle of the dueling interpretive canons." [LAWnLinguisitcs] * Fun fact: the highest scorer on the July 2015 Florida bar exam didn't even go to law school in Florida. [Daily Business Review] * What is "Lean Law," and how can it help you in your legal practice? [Law Reboot] * Additional information from Bob Ambrogi about the big announcement by Harvard Law and Ravel Law today. [LawSites] *" I felt kind of stupid." A Georgia man fled the courtroom just minutes before being acquitted. [New York Daily News] * Dahlia Lithwick on Dale Cox, the Louisiana prosecutor who wants to "cold cock" defense counsel. [Slate] * Are you "a Yuppie, professional or other generic dweeb between the ages of 22 and 82"? Here's an idea worth considering. [What About Paris?] * Former Wachtell Lipton lawyer Stephanie Lee and her Skybuds colleagues are 90 percent of the way to their Kickstarter goal -- and they still have 20 days left in the campaign. [Kickstarter] * I'll be speaking next week at the Los Angeles LMA chapter's Continuing Marketing Education Conference next week; I hope to see some of you there! [Legal Marketing Association]
Paying for Law School in 2025: A Straight-Talk Playbook
Juno has consistently secured the best private loan deals for students at the Top MBA programs since 2018—now they’re bringing that same offer to law students, at no cost. Students can check their personalized offers at juno.us/atl This article is for general information only and is not personal financial advice.
Non-Sequiturs: 10.13.15
* More cease-and-desist action from the world of Donald Trump. It seems he's gone and pissed off Aerosmith. [Fortune] * First-person accounts of providing abortions on the cusp of Roe v. Wade. [New York Magazine] * This is the exact opposite of how a school district should handle teacher molestation cases, though I can see it playing well in law school fact patterns in the near future. [The Atlantic] * Kansas Secretary of State to begin his prosecution of voter fraud cases, after first being given authority to do so earlier this year. [Talking Point Memo] * These are now skills lawyers need: the ability to sell, sell, sell. [Law and More] * A change.org petition to prevent gun suicides. [change.org] * Practical advice (in podcast form) for making your law practice lean. [Law Reboot]