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Path To Well-Being In Law Podcast: Episode 6 – Tim Carroll & Margaret Odgen

ALPS

And in any movement, you need a few leaders, a few examples to jump out in front. Across the country we’ve seen a swelling of task forces, work groups, round tables coming out of state bars and state supreme courts, and there are some lessons to be learned from the Virginia experience and their roadmap.

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Two chiefs talked

At the Lectern

.” The subheading is, “The former and current chief justices of California met on a Sacramento stage on Thursday and talked about a range of issues from the court reporter shortage to the state budget and the wisdom of going to law school in the age of artificial intelligence.”

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What IS a paralegal, exactly?

LexBlog

Nor is a paralegal a court reporter. A paralegal does not go to court with the sole purpose of transcribing the hearings or trials. To be an attorney you must attend law school and obtain a Juris Doctorate Degree (JD). With that said, law school is still a BEAST and is a challenge for every single law student.

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Voting Is Open! Pick the 15 Finalists to Compete At Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2024 in February

LawSites

We knew that a systemized approach to addressing value-based considerations would be far more effective at consistently capturing the full value of the legal work being scoped and we delivered on that need with our innovative solution: Modifiers. Another example is our Directory of Alternative Fee Providing Law Firms. Anything else?

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Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022

LawSites

We need your vote! Elevator pitch: Judges are like the umpires of the courtroom, but litigators lack the information they need to understand the parameters of each umpire’s strike zone. Target customer: Medium to large firms, particularly those in the 100-200 range of Am Law’s rankings. Founded: 4/1/2021.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

SCOTUSBlog

So Congress, for the first time, passed a law authorizing the chief justice to hire an administrative assistant. From 1972 to 1985, Cannon served as Burger’s assistant, helping him implement various changes to modernize the court. In that role, he argued 17 cases before the Supreme Court, including U.S. 29, 1941 – Nov.

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Time to Vote: You Get to Pick the Startup Alley Finalists for ABA TECHSHOW 2022

LawSites

We need your vote! Elevator pitch: Judges are like the umpires of the courtroom, but litigators lack the information they need to understand the parameters of each umpire’s strike zone. Target customer: Medium to large firms, particularly those in the 100-200 range of Am Law’s rankings. Founded: 4/1/2021. Clearbrief.