JURIST

JULY 18, 2023

During my first week in Accra, I had the opportunity to join Ghanaian law students from GIMPA Law School, one of the most prestigious university law faculties in Ghana, for a dinner. As we enjoyed jollof rice and stew, we compared notes on our respective law school experiences.

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ALPS

MARCH 29, 2023

Spare Yourself Headaches I n Your Law Practice by Following these Helpful Communication Tips: Hard to believe that around this time 20 years ago I was finishing up law school at Mercer University School of Law and would soon be prepping for the Georgia bar exam. 

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 23, 2022

SL DeBarros Law Firm. Since passing the bar in 2013, DeBarros has built a six-figure law firm that focuses on sports and entertainment and has been featured in the news and on numerous podcasts. Are you going to research that legal issue to ensure preparedness and a sound knowledge of the law? Woodstock, IL.

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InHouseBlog

JANUARY 9, 2023

If AI passes the bar exam, it certainly will not have trouble crafting a 62-page critical client memorandum that finishes with an unequivocal “maybe” Then it may move swiftly to increase 6-minute billing increments to half-hours (have to charge up those batteries and electricity isn’t cheap!), How did it do?

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The Crime Report

JUNE 22, 2021

A Lawyers Justice Corps should replace the bar exam as a certification of competence for new attorneys, argues Touro College Law Prof. Thomas Law Journal. The LJC concept, developed by the Collaboratory on Legal Education and Licensing for Practice at Touro College-Jacob D. Emerita Eileen Kaufman.

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LDA PRO

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The distinction between various job titles among legal practitioners is a typical source of misunderstanding for individuals outside the legal community. Both are required to conduct extensive study and draught court documentation for the matter they are working on. Study and education. Which the lawyer obviously lacks.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

However, I cant resist writing about the California State Bars latest snafu: the February bar exam held this week. The California State Bar has its very own BOGO now. The bar is falling all over itself in apologies, as well it should mea culpas from an institution not known to readily take responsibility for screwups.

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The Estrin Report

MARCH 2, 2023

There was always a new paralegal that could be hired or another lawyer graduating from law school. Table of contents The Power Has Shifted to Employees Why You Should Care About the Cost of Employee Turnover What Does It Cost to Replace a Young Attorney in Your Law Firm? She was top of her class and law review.

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 13, 2021

Saying that the Supreme Court “chose to duly play its part in a system designed to exclude,” Shandyn Pierce, a member of the UC Hastings College of Law class of 2020, writes a scathing column in The Recorder criticizing the court’s handling of the latest bar exam, which he passed.

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JURIST

JANUARY 5, 2021

.” The recommendations are the result of a three-year, “comprehensive, empirical study to ensure that the bar examination continues to assess the minimum competencies required of newly licensed lawyers in an evolving legal profession, and to determine how those competencies should be assessed.”

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LegalTalkNetwork

AUGUST 7, 2024

In January 1972, immigration attorney Leon Wildes received a call from an old law school friend asking for his help with a deportation case involving a musician and his wife. Immigration law classes are not strictly required to practice in this field, but they can enhance your expertise and potentially improve your job prospects.

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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. program, which combines legal, business, and technology education with hands-on skills development and individualized mentorship, all while leveraging the school’s Silicon Valley location.

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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? LexFusion’s Joe Borstein and Casey Flaherty on the 2022 Legal Market in Review. Top 15 of 2023 1. We Find Out. Top 15 of All Time 1.

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LegalTalkNetwork

AUGUST 16, 2024

If you’re reading this blog, it’s likely because you’re either a legal professional with an empty bookshelf or you’re trying to come up with a gift idea for the lawyer in your life who’s impossible to buy for. Clarke School of Law, often finds law students in his office, teary-eyed and frustrated.

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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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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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LawTechnologyToday

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The Legal Technology Resource Center ’s Women of Legal Tech initiative is intended to encourage diversity and celebrate women in legal technology. Every Monday and Wednesday, we will be featuring a woman from our class of 2021. Every Monday and Wednesday, we will be featuring a woman from our class of 2021.

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Above The Law

JUNE 17, 2021

Let her worry about passing the baby bar before she concerns herself with the legal profession's sexism.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 30, 2022

Attorney at Work’s new “Women in Law” series honors Women’s History Month with a focus on successful women lawyers who have carved a path for themselves in the legal industry and beyond. Columbia University School of Law. How did you get started in the legal profession? Deputy General Counsel. Massachusetts.

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The Legal Ease

JULY 23, 2020

In this week that NY law grads were originally scheduled to be taking the bar exam, the New York State Court of Appeals (the highest court in the state) has announced a revision of its rules to temporarily authorize qualifying graduates of ABA-accredited law schools to practice law in New York under supervision pending their admission to the bar.

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ALPS

MAY 19, 2021

Our tag line which we just adopted is, the Institute for Wellbeing in Law, leading the legal profession to greater wellbeing. 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.

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LawSites

JANUARY 2, 2024

used his year-end report to weigh in on the impact of artificial intelligence on the legal profession, saying he does not believe AI will replace human judges. ” He notes that AI can earn Bs on law school exams and even pass the bar exam, and he says that legal research “may soon be unimaginable without it.”

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Paralegal-Edu.Org

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

While the spotlight often shines on lawyers, paralegals also have an enormous impact on legal cases. Both paralegals and lawyers contribute significantly to the legal process. They handle client files, research relevant laws, and help build solid arguments. Paralegals are like the architects of an organized legal strategy.

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LexBlog

JULY 26, 2019

I think a shorter list is what one is not, but in summary, paralegals provide day to day support by assisting attorneys, law offices, or other various agencies conducting research, drafting legal documents, and handling cases. A good paralegal knows the general laws and does the work assigned. What a paralegal is NOT.

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Rocket Matter

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Let's face it: you didn't go to law school to become a web developer. You went to fight for justice, to solve complex legal problems, and maybe—just maybe—to rock a killer suit while doing it. So, what's a busy law firm to do? The time drain Time is money, especially in the legal world where billable hours are king.

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SquirePattonBoggs

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The bar exam, so the saying goes, is like fording a river that is a mile wide but only an inch deep. Cliché though it may be, the analogy serves as a useful reminder that the exam tests candidates largely on settled, black-letter law rather than novel questions typical of law school exams.

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Above The Law

MARCH 4, 2025

Anthony has now re-emerged, and has seemingly confirmed her legal aspirations. According to Parade , Anthony was working as a legal assistant as recently as 2022. Best of luck to Casey Anthony in her quest to act as a “legal advocate.” I am a researcher.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The decentralized judiciary is composed of imperial, unaccountable, life-tenured judges, many of whom lord total power and demand unquestioning fealty from two to four recent law graduates, not just for their one- or two-year clerkships, but for their entire legal careers. The federal judiciary has a harassment problem.

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 18, 2023

In today’s legal profession, lawyers must be technologically competent. Law schools have a duty to maintain a rigorous program of legal education and enable students to develop their professional identity. Hainsworth Law Library, is well-known for his Legal Tech Institute for practicing attorneys.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 30, 2025

If the law schools are now majority women, what does this order do to all those women and minority lawyers looking to succeed and finding that doors may once again be hard to pry open. Do firms and corporate legal departments continue to observe DEI principles but on a sub rosa basis? What about law schools?

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Talking to people who are not attorneys will help ensure that your strategy is translating well, and they can help you think of options outside of the law that you may have overlooked. The legal field is known to be extremely competitive. What is the “backstory” that brought you to this particular career path in Law?

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ALPS

AUGUST 11, 2021

It’s to introduce you to thought leaders doing meaningful work in the well-being space within the legal profession and in the process to build and nurture a national network of well-being advocates intent on creating a culture shift within the profession. For those of you who are new to the podcast, our goal is pretty simple.

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LegalTalkNetwork

JULY 26, 2019

Legal Talk Network had the privilege of attending the 6th Annual Wolters Kluwer Leading Edge Conference in Riverwoods, Illinois just outside of Chicago. The first day was really a half-day, but it was probably the most important because attendees got to pick the legal education topics for discussion. Economic Condition of Law Schools.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Look over this list of my blog posts that were most popular this year, and there is no doubt about the topic that most captivated the legal industry. 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.

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Above The Law

MAY 22, 2025

It’s law school graduation season, and after a trying journey, everyone’s favorite reality TV star turned entrepreneur and actress, Kim Kardashian, has graduated from her legal apprenticeship program. “I finally graduated law school after 6 years!!!”

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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.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

* With the Trump sentencing delayed, prosecutors are gearing up for the inevitable request that state crimes should be legal if the convict wins a national election. NY Law Journal ] * Weil being dealt double whammy with a pair of practice leaders expected to depart. appeared first on Above the Law.

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