Evolving Legal Profession (Mar 22, 2017)

Recent reports on how the legal profession is changing and how to be successful in it.

• "Trump budget eliminates Legal Services Corp. funding," ABA Journal

• "Legal Services Corp., Under Trump, Faces New Threat to Existence," The National Law Journal

• "Survey Finds Midsized LA Firms Looking for Right Fit," The American Lawyer

• "Getting over technology," Law21

• "ABA Harnessing Legal Technology to Combat Surging of Hate Crimes," Legaltech News

• "Are Lawyers With Foreign Law Degrees at a Disadvantage in the US Market?," The Recorder

• "A Fumble on a Key Fafsa Tool, and a Failure to Communicate," The New York Times

• "Is Your Firm's Partner Comp Spread Too Narrow?," The American Lawyer

• "More Companies Consolidate Outside Legal Work: LexisNexis Report," Law.com

• "Report finds increase in consolidation of outside legal work,"ABA Journal

• "More Than 150 Law Firm Leaders Urge Govt to Continue Funding of Legal Services," The American Lawyer

• "H-1B Quick-Processing Suspension Worries Employers, Applicants, Visa Holders," The Recorder

• "Paladin Looks to Connect Private-Sector Law with Pro Bono Opportunities," Legaltech News

• "Considerations When Changing Law Firms," The Recorder

• "Three Law Tasks 'Virtual Assistants' Can Handle For You," Legaltech News

• "Confronting Academia's Ties to Slavery," The New York Times

• "Legal's Relationship With Procurement Experts Is Growing, Survey Says," LegalTech News

• "JPMorgan Software Does in Seconds What Took Lawyers 360,000 Hours," Bloomberg