Evolving Legal Profession (Aug 16, 2023)
Recent reports on how the legal profession is changing and how to be successful in it.
"EEOC Settles First-of-Its-Kind AI Bias in Hiring Lawsuit," Bloomberg Law
"Can AI Help Law Firms Solve the Boom-Bust Hiring Cycle?," The American Lawyer
"Legal Recruiting Startup Flo Recruit Raises $4.2 Million, Eyeing Expansion of Law School Network," Legaltech News
"ChatGPT on Campus: Law Schools Wrestle With Emerging AI Tools," Bloomberg Law
"Don't Write That Confidential Email In Public! AI Can Now Snag Keystroke Sounds With 95 Percent Accuracy," Above the Law
"No One Gets There Alone: The Value of Mentorship Programs in the Legal Profession," New York Law Journal
"Vinson & Elkins Mandates Four Days in Office, as Movement Spreads Outside New York," The American Lawyer
"As Pressure Grows for In-Office Mandates, Washington Law Firms Likely to Face 'Resistance'," The National Law Journal
"Law firms moving quickly on AI weigh benefits with risks and unknowns," ABA Journal
"Legal Marketers and Business Developers Are Bullish on AI, Despite Some Firms Pushing Back," The Legal Intelligencer
"Harvard Launches New Initiative to Better Understand — and Shape — the Future of AI," Legaltech News
"GCs Increasingly See Top-Tier Tech as Powerful Lure in Talent Wars," Law.com
"As Big Law Marches to Most Days in Office, Some 'Bank' Remote Days," The American Lawyer
"How Gen X Is Shaping the Modern Legal Industry," Law.com International
"Pipe Dream of In-Office Demands: How to Enhance Engagement and Make a Hybrid Model Work," The Legal Intelligencer
"'We Won't Mandate': West Coast Law Firms Aren't Following Wall Street Back to the Office," The Recorder
"High-Growth Law Firms Are 'People Centric' And May Be Getting a Remote-Work Boost," The American Lawyer
"Young Partners Need to Embrace an Ownership Mentality," Law.com
"Is Biden's latest plan to cancel student debt vulnerable to legal challenges?," ABA Journal
"Baker & Hostetler Helps Georgia Law School Create Legal Tech-Driven Course," Daily Report
"What If AI Is Actually WORSE For Access To Justice?," Above the Law
"How Summer Associates Can Maximize the Last Few Weeks on the Job," Bloomberg Law
"Mastering AI Supervision: A Teachable Skill for Modern Lawyers," Legaltech News
"Unlocking Success in AI Supervision: Cultivating Mindsets and Skills for Lawyers and Measuring Impact," Legaltech News
"ChatGPT Doesn't Have Ethical Obligations, But Attorneys Do," Bloomberg Law
"Generative AI Slated to Shake Up Competition in Big, Midsize Law Market," The Legal Intelligencer
"New York City's AI Hiring Bias Law Creates Hurdles for Companies," Bloomberg Law
"Judges' Generative AI Orders Aren't Prompting Firms to Look Inward — Yet," Legaltech News
"From Mentorship to Multidisciplinary Collaboration: The Evolution of the Duty to Supervise," Legaltech News
"Big Law Firms Continue Downsizing Office Spaces Amid Hybrid Work Arrangements," Law.com
"Fox Rothschild to Reduce Phila. Office Space by Over 40%," The Legal Intelligencer
"Four-day office rule gains traction among New York law firms," Reuters
"Third Major Biglaw Firm To Require 4 Days In Office," Above the Law
"New York Law Firms Could Prompt More 4-Day Office Policies," The American Lawyer
"Law Schools Must Embrace AI," The National Law Journal
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