Attorney at Work

AUGUST 15, 2022

Sam Walton turned a five-and-dime into the Walmart empire using little more than business savvy and a legal pad. His reliance on yellow legal pads is well-documented. How to Use a Legal Pad: You Think Better on Paper. A Legal Pad Is Efficient and Productive. My Stripped-Down Legal Pad Planner.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The latest installment of “Lawyers Royally Bungling with AI” features an Australian attorney who apparently decided that verifying case citations was just too 2024. A reminder that every time you think this story has been hyped enough that lawyers won’t do it again… they go ahead and do it again.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Exciting legal problems! But SOME lawyers do make it into the entertainment game and those lawyers belong to the Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel (AMEC). Won’t someone please think of the lawyers? Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

While law firms struggle to keep a lid on AI security threats and otherwise control lawyers using AI out of turn , Linklaters has a forward-thinking solution that more firms should embrace. out of 10 and bet-the-company lawyering doesn’t grade on a curve. It’s not like Linklaters is alone on this.

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The Estrin Report

OCTOBER 22, 2021

It does little good to be a Top Lawyer if nobody knows about it. This can happen organically because word of good legal work will get around and will beget more legal work. Whether it happens by accident or design, Top Lawyers are known. The legal field is known to be extremely competitive.

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The Estrin Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

T he legal field is known to be extremely competitive. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. That being said, what does it take to stand out and become a “Top Lawyer” in your specific field of law? is the Chief Legal Officer at Florida Peninsula Insurance Company. An Interview With Chere Estrin.

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The Estrin Report

OCTOBER 6, 2021

T he legal field is known to be extremely competitive. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. That being said, what does it take to stand out and become a “Top Lawyer” in your specific field of law? When Shakespeare said “first kill all the lawyers,” it was meant as a compliment. Randy Zelin.

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The Estrin Report

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Lawyers must be able to be strong advocates for themselves, as well as their clients. The legal field is known to be extremely competitive. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. That being said, what does it take to stand out and become a “Top Lawyer” in your specific field of law?

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Above The Law

APRIL 24, 2025

(Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) College sports hasn’t seen a fumble on the big stage this embarrassing since J.D. Order on the next page…) Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Vance held the national championship trophy.

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Above The Law

MARCH 13, 2025

High profile back-to-the-office announcements from Biglaw heavy hitters have many wondering if the legal industry’s remote work flexibility era may soon come to an end. Based on a survey of over 2,800 professionals, Affinipay’s 2025 Legal Industry Report provides a wealth of knowledge about a wide array of issues.

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Above The Law

MAY 19, 2025

Suits promotional image If you’ve ever watched Suits and thought, “I should’ve faked my way into this soul-sucking lawyer gig and avoided all the crushing law school debt,” rest assured that, no, you should not have. I guess we should just be thankful that he didn’t take his cues from Wings.

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Above The Law

MAY 23, 2025

note : This is the latest installment in a series of posts on motherhood in the legal profession, in partnership with our friends at MothersEsquire. Meal Planning: Saving Time, Money, And Sanity Juggling three teens, three sports schedules, and a full career meant that whats for dinner? Welcome Sonya L. Sigler back to our pages.

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Above The Law

APRIL 17, 2025

Lets get one thing straight: there are many ways for a lawyer to mess up a case. Or, as the order puts it, the case “presents an astonishing example of plagiarism in the legal profession.” Lawyers aren’t ethically obligated to generate bespoke, artisanal complaints for each client. You can miss deadlines.

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

People aren’t used to this — especially from lawyers. The legal field is known to be extremely competitive. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. I’ve never had a lawyer be as responsive as you — thanks!” Being a good listener.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

(Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg) Is it a sign of a healthy judiciary when the countrys largest professional association of lawyers has to formally vote on whether Supreme Court justices should follow basic ethical rules? Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 16, 2022

As a sports fan, I always like reading about “coaching trees.” When we talk about expanding relationships, lawyers often think about a particular client contact: “How can I get more of the same work from this person or how can I get this person to use other services or offices of the firm?”

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Above The Law

MARCH 24, 2025

Legal technology’s annual pilgrimage to the New York Hilton Midtown commences with Legalweek 2025 welcoming a motley crew of attorneys and tech vendors. ” Perhaps it’s an ominous reference to the soon-to-be displaced junior lawyers performing all the tasks AI can reliably handle.

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Above The Law

APRIL 29, 2025

Secrets, money, privileged communications, and tech clueless lawyers minding the gate. Artificial intelligence continues to elicit all the hype in legal tech, but cybersecurity should be the story of 2025. Threats are coming and lawyers mostly don’t get it. Law firms are juicy targets. Its a cybercriminal buffet.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 29, 2025

Wells Fargos Legal Specialty Group just dropped its year-end survey, and the results are in: the legal industry is making money hand over fist. And while clients will complain about these hikes, the legal industry was already undercharging for the value of its services before the country absorbed a round of inflation.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Over the years, theyve steadily added to their growing suite of legal technology solutions, from bringing AI-powered contract analysis into the fold with Kira Systems to expanding their grip on firm management with BigSquare. Peppermints flagship product, CX365, functions as a bit of a legal Swiss Army knife built on Microsoft technology.

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Law 360

JULY 3, 2024

Boxing has influenced my legal work by enabling me to confidently hone the skills I've learned from the sport, like the ability to remain calm under pressure, evaluate an opponent's weaknesses and recognize when to seize an important opportunity, says Kirsten Soto at Clyde & Co.

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Above The Law

APRIL 2, 2025

At one point, early in the generative AI era, I wondered if developing this technology to essentially take over first-pass review and hand senior lawyers who view computers much like the Supreme Court views voting rights access to interrogate discovery materials might deal a devastating blow to the alternative legal service provider sector.

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Above The Law

MAY 5, 2025

Interestingly, the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) resulted in an eerily similar surge in legal demand as the financial markets began collapsing in 2007, leading to that year being one of the more prosperous years for law firms. Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer.

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 2, 2021

When the Center on the Legal Profession at Harvard Law School explored law firm work allocation in 2017 , longtime partners confirmed that traditional work allocation has an implicit bias toward associates who can easily develop relationships with partners. “An Underrepresented Groups Can be Overlooked.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 30, 2025

The timing couldn’t be worse given the legal and political climate, where access to pro bono representation is more critical than ever. If lawyers could understand how the firm kept account of attendance (keycards, logins, etc.) Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer.

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Above The Law

MARCH 31, 2025

You’ve heard of lawyers using AI to do their research or even draft briefs, but sending an AI Avatar to deliver the oral argument is a new one. Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. And it’s not a popular one with the judges! In Dewald v. Hey, at least it wasn’t a cat.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

My lifelong participation in the sport of dressage — often called ballet on horses — has proven that several skills developed through training and competition are transferable to legal work, especially the ability to harness focus, persistence and versatility when negotiating a deal, says Stephanie Coco at V&E.

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LegalTalkNetwork

DECEMBER 6, 2024

The holiday season is upon us, and finding the perfect gift for the lawyers in your life can be a real case of objection overload. Conrad Saam and Gyi Tsakalakis of Lunch Hour Legal Marketing have compiled a list of thoughtful, unique, and practical gifts that will bring a smile to even the most serious lawyers and legal professionals.

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Above The Law

APRIL 23, 2025

But they also are not lawyers, understandably troubling educators and applicants when they learned that a bunch of non-lawyers used AI to develop questions. Garbage in, garbage out is a real problem, and whether it’s writing or vetting the questions, having a non-lawyer on the other end of the keyboard raises risks.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

As Dykema CEO Leonard Wolfe told Bloomberg Law , Ron consistently demonstrated a level of knowledge and excellence that led to a successful legal career. Wolfe continued, saying, He also was a clear leader, as involved in the business of the firm as he was with individual lawyers learning their craft.

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The Estrin Report

MARCH 30, 2023

More so as legal professionals, we understand that communication is vital towards a successful outcome whether personally or professionally. As in life in general, in the legal profession listening is not only important but may be the key to effective communication. However, many times this seemingly simple skill is taken for granted.

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Above The Law

JULY 11, 2023

The post GC Writes The Legal Equivalent Of Maximum Side-Eye In Response To Latest Lawyer For Coach Bob Huggins appeared first on Above the Law. Bob Huggins is trying to pull a George Costanza and the GC isn't having it.

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JURIST

APRIL 3, 2021

NCAA lawyer Seth Waxman argued against the Ninth Circuit’s ruling on Wednesday, saying that such limits were actually pro-competition because they preserve the sense of amateurism that characterizes the sport.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 28, 2022

Attorney at Work’s “Women in Law” series focuses on successful women lawyers who have carved a path for themselves in the legal industry and beyond. Associate Regional Chief Legal Officer. How did you get started in the legal profession? What advice do you have for women lawyers and law students? Meet Elena Kohn.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 27, 2025

It also provided some very lazy lawyers with some very embarrassing moments. And the brightest minds in legal technology have thrown a lot of energy and money into solving these issues. In a legal setting, this translates a system that completing tasks based on goals without constant supervision.

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The Estrin Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The problem is, those brand new positions may be sporting brand new titles and you haven’t a clue what to look for anymore. I read the job description further: Develops and implements learning solutions to address identified gaps or challenges to assist lawyers with learning about and adopting innovation tools. . By Chere B.

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Rocket Matter

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

However, even though you can attract quality leads through Google Ads, there are a few hurdles many lawyers face when implementing it. Many personal injury lawyers and law firms also advertise for the same keywords. This intense competition drives up costssome legal keywords cost upwards of $100 per click.

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