Above The Law

JANUARY 30, 2025

Since NFL football is the quintessential old boys club, will Roger Goodell and the league get a pass? If DEI efforts are being dismantled, then how will law schools react ? Since women now make up the majority of incoming law school classes, what happens now? What about the Rooney Rule ?

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LDA PRO

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Both are required to conduct extensive study and draught court documentation for the matter they are working on. A paralegal’s primary responsibility is case preparation, which includes gathering information about a case, preparing reports, filing and organizing relevant documentation, and scheduling interviews and depositions.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 25, 2022

Regulatory reform is needed to make sure there is coverage for “legal deserts” where citizens have access to few or no law firms. A lawyer in rural North Carolina shared that his law firm was one of two in a 40-mile radius. The growth rate of law firms is flat. There are 1.3 who can do the work).

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Most popular this year: My interview with Daniel Martin Katz and Michael Bommarito just after their first try at having GPT take the bar exam. Can GPT Pass the Bar Exam? Casetext’s Three Top Execs On CoCounsel, GPT-4 and ‘A New Age in the Practice of Law’. Top 15 of 2023 1. We Find Out.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 11, 2023

Meet Our Guest Expert Mike Quartararo is the President of the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS), the world’s leading organization for training and certification in e-discovery. He also operates a successful consulting practice that provides guidance to corporate legal departments and law firms.

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InHouseBlog

APRIL 27, 2022

Fortunately, the ABA Journal has gathered some experts and put together a fantastic set of tips that are worth a look by all lawyers – corporate counsel and law firm lawyers alike. Applying to law school, figuring out how to pay tuition, taking finals and studying for the bar exam are difficult enough.

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LawSites

JULY 9, 2021

Editor’s note: The first cohort just graduated from Santa Clara University School of Law’s innovative Tech Edge J.D. In this guest post, Laura Lee Norris , director of the program, and Mark Michels , lecturer in law, describe the program and how it prepares students for careers as tech lawyers in Silicon Valley.

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LegalTalkNetwork

AUGUST 7, 2024

While in law school, it is beneficial to take courses related to immigration law and policy, such as immigration law, employment law, refugee law, and international human rights. These opportunities offer valuable insight into the workings of immigration law and can help set you apart from other candidates.

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LawSites

JUNE 15, 2023

Casetext Prepares to Add ‘Communities’. The Failure of Crowdsourcing in Law (So Far, At Least). Round-up: News From Firm Manager, Casetext and Alt Legal (Who?). Casetext’s Crowdsourced Citator Gains Traction, Passes 67,000 Entries. Study Says Casetext Beats LexisNexis for Research, But LexisNexis Calls Foul.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Two popular stories were about GPT taking the bar exam: one in March when GPT passed the bar exam, and the second in November when it passed the legal ethics exam. Based Firm To Develop Proprietary Internal Generative AI App (Aug.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Yes, reports obvious study. Courthouse News Service ] * Law firms band together to oppose SEC request for the names of Covington clients targeted in cyberattack. appeared first on Above the Law. Starting to see why they might be in the merger market. American Lawyer ] * Put aside four days in the office.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 30, 2022

Stevenson: I began my career as a litigation associate with the New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell. I attended depositions, drafted dispositive motions, prepared outlines for oral argument, and attended the hearings. Below, we talk with Heather about her path to success. How did you get started in the legal profession?

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LegalTalkNetwork

AUGUST 16, 2024

Young, author of How to Be Sort of Happy in Law School , suggests, there isn’t a single correct way to navigate law school—you can shape your own unique journey. The result was The Law of Law School: The Essential Guide for First-Year Law Students. Launching Your Own Firm Ready to go solo?

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Rocket Matter

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

So, what's a busy law firm to do? Join us as we unlock the secrets to efficiency, free up your time for the important stuff (like actually practicing law), and introduce you to a web service that's so tailored for law firms it practically passed the bar exam. So, grab your favorite legal pad, and let's dive in.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

APRIL 27, 2023

I’m on a mission this year to interview some paralegals who broke into the paralegal profession without even having a paralegal certificate and to find out how they did it and what kind of lessons they can pass along to others. She was a personal injury attorney and they were looking for a receptionist for their small law firm.

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LegalTalkNetwork

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Earnings within the private sector can also vary due to factors such as the size and reputation of the firm and the nature of the work. Working independently or being employed by a large law firm can also significantly impact these earnings, as well as other variables, such as the region and types of cases handled.

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Paralegal-Edu.Org

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

They handle client files, research relevant laws, and help build solid arguments. Youll find them in corporate legal departments, government agencies, private law firms, and even nonprofits. Sometimes folks jump straight into paralegal work, while others aim directly for law school.

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LawTechnologyToday

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Every Monday and Wednesday, we will be featuring a woman from our class of 2021. Amanda Brown is the Executive Director of the Lagniappe Law Lab. I learned some basic coding, but more importantly, I learned how to use technology to solve problems and deliver services—something I never anticipated learning in law school.

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ALPS

MAY 19, 2021

Today, let’s delve a little bit more into another, I think, area of the wellbeing discussion that is a really important one, and that’s the intersection of wellbeing and the role of law schools. As you move forward, you started preparing your law school reports. Our website’s been updated. Kyle McEntee: Yeah.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

I learned much about the legal profession from defeats that law firms at which I worked endured earlier in my legal career. Shortly after graduating from law school, I worked at a Biglaw shop performing mostly grunt work for some huge litigation matters. You can reach Jordan through email at jordan@rothmanlawyer.com.

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ALPS

AUGUST 11, 2021

It’s against that backdrop that we are trying to encourage people to really both focus on their studies and focus on their well-being. So over the time … You’ve been at Miami Law a little bit over 20 years … What are some of the mental health and well-being issues you’ve seen your students face?

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LegalTalkNetwork

JUNE 18, 2024

Kaplan and I went through several rounds of chapter editing, but with new leadership hired right before my initial publishing date, Kaplan decided to abandon their trade book division and focus efforts instead on their law and medical prep classes. They were nice enough to let me keep the advance and release their rights to my book.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

More broadly, life on the ranch prepared her for other experiences in later years, as she noted that until she began to ride with the cattle drives, “it had been an all-male domain. Also like Ginsburg, O’Connor was unable to find work at a law firm even though she was at the top of her class and an editor of the law review.

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Above The Law

MARCH 4, 2025

Law Firm Following Court Approval. From the Wall Street Journal : KPMG has begun to set up a law firm in the U.S. after a court decision made it the first Big Four accounting firm eligible to practice law in the country. Read more here (gift link). #2 2 KPMG to Launch U.S. Read more here (gift link). #3

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