Evolving Legal Profession (Apr 17, 2024)
Recent reports on how the legal profession is changing and how to be successful in it.
"Technology makes it easy for lawyers to work across borders: regulations should too," The Conversation
"Could Gen AI Be a 'Pivotal Moment' for the Legal Aid Market?" Legaltech News
"Lawyers Say Technology Improves Employee Satisfaction. So Why Are Firms Slow to Modernize?" Legaltech News
"AI in Employment Law: Balancing Innovation, Bias, and Legal Compliance," The Recorder
"The AI Revolution Is Here. Who Will Be the Winners and Losers in Legal Services?" Corporate Counsel
"7 Pieces of Advice for Mid-Level Associates," Daily Report
"Time to Move Past the Term 'Nonlawyer' as Legal Industry Evolves," Bloomberg Law
"The Law Firm Disrupted: A Fight Over Names That Just Won't Seem To End," Law.com
"AI Discrimination Will Be Enforcement Target, Agencies Say," Bloomberg Law
"AI Revolution in Employment Tools Surfaces Risks for Businesses," Bloomberg Law
"ANALYSIS: Legal Workers Use AI for Research, Despite Red Flags," Bloomberg Law
"Education in the Age of Gen AI: Experiential Training Is Essential for Success," Legaltech News
"The Law Firm Disrupted: Getting a Head Start on the Office of the Future," Law.com
"In-Office Work Requirements Vary Across Southeast Am Law 200 Firms," Daily Report
"Still Don't Want to Go Anywhere? Business Development for Those Who Are Remote(ly Interested)," Daily Report
"Petitioners Seek to Remove 'Non-Lawyer' From ABA Vocabulary. Lively Discussion Ensues," The American Lawyer
"Canadian Lawyer partners with legal associations to survey legal graduates," Canadian Lawyer
"Education in the Age of Gen AI: The Old Way of Training Law Firm Associates 'Just Doesn't Work'," Legaltech News
"Using AI to Improve DEI Outcomes in the Workplace," New York Law Journal
"The Slackers Are Running the Joint — Gen X Law Firm Leaders and Their Impact," The Legal Intelligencer
"Freshfields the Latest to Move to 4 Days in US Offices," The American Lawyer
"Mentorship Must-Haves: The Secrets to Mentor-Mentee Relationships That Last," The Legal Intelligencer
"Embracing innovation: Nonlawyers should be allowed to own Ontario law firms," Law360 Canada
"Build a culture of investment in your law firm partnership," Jordan Furlong
"'I Took The Plunge': How A Risk Paid Off For One Associate," Law360
"How Senior Associates Can Build Their Books Of Business," Law360
"Is AI coming for your job?," Precedent Magazine
"AI can narrow justice gap, but women lawyers slower to adopt it, Berkeley study shows," Reuters
"Joshua Lenon at Clio says Canadian lawyers are slow to adopt tech, but big changes are coming soon," Canadian Lawyer
"KPMG Looks to Beat Big Law at AI by Leveraging Size and Capital," Bloomberg Law
"Raising Concerns on Long-Term Strategies, Midsize Law Firms Remain Stagnant on RTO," Law.com
"Virtual Work is Convenient and Omnipresent. Is it Stunting Young Lawyers' Development?" Daily Business Review
"Washington Becomes Second State to Adopt Alternative Pathways to the Bar," Law.com
"Washington adopts new lawyer licensing paths as other states mull bar exam bypasses," Reuters
"This state is creating a way to skip the bar exam and making it easier to pass for those who take it," ABA Journal
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Shauna C. Bryceis a Harvard Law School-educated lawyer who was on the hiring committee of an Am Law 200 law firm. She’s an author of several books, a contributor on legal careers to Forbes, Bloomberg Law, the American Bar Association, Lexis/Nexis, and many more, as well as an affiliate member of NALP and a president emeritus of The National Résumé Writers’ Association.
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