Evolving Legal Profession (Feb 5, 2025)
Recent reports on how the legal profession is changing and how to be successful in it.
"Legal Departments, Firms Expect Gen AI to Boost ALSP Usage," Legaltech News
"Smaller Firms in 'Growth Mode' as Competition, Rates Heat Up," The Legal Intelligencer
"Was It Ever A Profession? A Look at the History of Law Firms as a Business with RJon Robins," Law.com
"Law Firms See Generational Shift In Leadership In 2024," Law360
"Davis Wright Tremaine Turns to Gen AI to Teach Its Associates Legal Writing," Legaltech News
"Case Western Law Requires First-Year Students to Pass AI Seminar," Bloomberg Law
"Avoiding the Great Gen AI Wrecking Ball: Ignore AI's Transformative Power at Your Own Risk," Law.com
"Building an Ownership Mindset as a Gen Z Junior Associate," Law.com
"Should I stay or should I go?" CBA/ABC National
"Choosing the right employer for your legal career," Law360 Canada
"In-house counsel survey finds drop in diversity prioritization, more lawyers in non-legal roles," Canadian Lawyer
"Balancing Hybrid Work With Relationship Building, Newly Merged Ballard Spahr Prioritizes 'Coaching Aspect' of Training New Associates," The American Lawyer
"Lessons From Five Popular Change Management Concepts: A Guide for Law Firm Leaders in 2025," The Legal Intelligencer
"Justice Department Attorneys Vote to Unionize on Cusp of Trump," Bloomberg Law
"Vancouver law firms stick to traditional office spaces: report," Canadian Lawyer
"Partnership: Disadvantages of the equity partnership," Law360 Canada
"The Law Firm Disrupted: Tech Investment Is Necessary Yet Expensive. The Big Four Have a Leg Up," Law.com
"AI's Place in Big Law Broadens, As Firms Embrace Fresh Uses of the Technology," The American Lawyer
"Training Lawyers in AI and Using AI to Boost Training,"The American Lawyer
"AI in 2025: Five Key Predictions on How It Will Reshape Law Firms," Law.com International
"Set Up Associates for Success by Making Expectations Compelling," Bloomberg Law
"Turning Over Legal Tedium to AI Requires Lots of Unglamorous Work on Front End," Corporate Counsel
"Former Arnold & Porter Leader James Jones Dies at 79," The National Law Journal
"In Free Agent Lateral Era, Big Law Has 'Entire Teams Dedicated to Identifying' Top Talent," The American Lawyer
"Five Big Questions Facing Law Firm Managing Partners in 2025," Bloomberg Law
"These Issues Will Be Top Of Mind For Small Firms In '25," Law360
"Lawyer v. Attorney: Are all titles created equal?" ABA Journal
"Three Big Law Practice Areas Will Thrive in Trump's First Year," Bloomberg Law
"How the world's 'most-feared' law firm uses flexible work policies to lure its attorneys to the office," Fast Company
"KPMG Law US Targets Alternative Business License, Shaking Up Legal Status Quo," Law.com International
"KPMG Seeks License to Operate US Law Firm Based in Arizona," Bloomberg Law
"KMPG Wants to Provide Legal Services in the US. Now All Eyes Are on Their Big Four Peers," The American Lawyer
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