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So You Want to Be an Adjunct Law Professor? 6 Lessons from My Experience

Attorney at Work

A surprisingly large number of lawyers, judged from my anecdotal experience, are interested in teaching a law school class. I just wrapped up my whirlwind of a first semester as an adjunct law professor teaching Contract Drafting at the University of Richmond School of Law. This was invaluable for me.

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Time’s Up: Will Law Firms Say Goodbye To Billable Hour In The (Gen)AI Era?

Above The Law

The traditional path involves calling a law firm partner, who assigns an associate to do the first draft, resulting in a $2,000 bill for approximately four hours of workmainly research, drafting, and revisionat a weighted rate of $500 per hour.

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Paralegal Roles in Other Countries

Paralegal Bootcamp

They are responsible for: Drafting documents/agreements Corresponding with clients Meeting with clients for the signing of documents Legal Research Using eDiscovery software Representing individuals in small matters Administrative duties. One website in France calls a Law Clerk a, “Second-in-Command Lawyer.” Education/Certification.

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GEDIP’s Reccommendation on the Proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence

Conflict of Laws

Written by Hans van Loon, former Secretary General of the HCCH and Honorary Professor of the University of Edinburgh Law School. This will detract from its effectiveness. The text of the Recommendation can be found here. This post is cross-posted at the EAPIL blog].

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Master Legal Writing Skills: Tips, Techniques, and Essential Training Courses

Legal Writing Launch

This blog covers the following topics: The Importance of Legal Writing Skills Effective Legal Writing Tips and Techniques Top Legal Writing Strategies for Success How to Improve Your Legal Writing Legal Writing Courses and Training Options Legal writing skills are foundational to the practice of law. Why is this?

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Not Again! Two More Cases, Just this Week, of Hallucinated Citations in Court Filings Leading to Sanctions

LawSites

The Massachusetts case did involve a lawyer, as well as the lawyer’s associate and two recent law school graduates not yet admitted to practice. He blamed the mistake on his own ignorance of AI and attributed the inclusion of the cases to two recent law school grads and an associate who worked on the memoranda.

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Plagiarism Police come for Winston & Strawn

Patently O

Winston Strawn Plagiarism Complaint Winston Strawn Plagiarism Attachments I recall being asked to draft my first patent infringement complaint back in early 2003 – a few months after graduating from law school.

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