Evolving Legal Profession (Feb 8, 2023)
Recent reports on how the legal profession is changing and how to be successful in it.
"'Culture' Is Not Just a Buzzword — It's Your Key to Attracting and Keeping Talent," Daily Report
"USPTO Says No CLE Credits For Pro Bono Patent Work," Law360
"Alternative legal services providers hit $20.6B share of legal market, new report says," ABA Journal
"Gossiping Is Much Harder When Lawyers Work Remotely," Above the Law
"Alternative legal services market hits $20.6 billion — report," Reuters
"Market for alternative legal services growing dramatically, new report shows," Thomson Reuters
"Advantage Shifting To Mid-Law Firms In Legal Talent Market," Law360
"Could ChatGPT Soon Find Itself in Data Privacy Regulators' Crosshairs?," The National Law Journal
"Now THIS Is How You Bring ChatGPT Into Lawyering!," Above the Law
"ChatGPT Is Already Helping Write Law Firm Press Releases. Don't Panic Yet," The American Lawyer
"AI Risks Guide Sets Starting Point for Compliance, Regulation," Bloomberg Law
"Why Human-Centered AI Is the Future of Legal: The Future is More Ironman than Terminator, and That Is a Good Thing!" Legaltech News
"The Focus on ChatGPT Is Missing the Forest for the Tree: New AI Models Are Really, Ridiculously Powerful," Legaltech News
"No, Ruth Bader Ginsburg did not dissent in Obergefell — and other things ChatGPT gets wrong about the Supreme Court," SCOTUSblog
"Experts Seek Clarity From EEOC on Handling AI Bias in HR Processes," Legaltech News
“Casetext CEO speaks with Reuters about how ChatGPT could impact the legal profession,” JD Supra
"More Law Schools Launch Hybrid JD Programs," Law.com
"Generative AI Tools Will Upend the Delivery of Legal Services," Law.com
"ChatGPT passes law school exams despite 'mediocre' performance," Reuters
"A robot was scheduled to argue in court, then came the jail threats," NPR
“Servant Leadership For Lawyers,” Law Practice Today
"What ChatGPT can, cannot do," The Lawyer's Daily
"Why Lawyers Should Dig Deep With Their Mentees," Daily Report
"What Do Young Attorneys Want? Transparency, Flexibility," Law360
"The Upheaval in Big Law Will Make History," Law.com
"Did Legal Tech Grow Too Big, Too Fast During the Pandemic?," Legaltech News
"Is it All Really Doom and Gloom?," Law.com International
"Major, Lindsey & Africa Acquires Hire an Esquire, Eyeing Its Recruitment Technology," Legaltech News
"AI Chatbot ChatGPT Passes Multiple Choice Portion of MBE," Law.com
"Some law professors fear ChatGPT's rise as others see opportunity," Reuters
"AI program earned passing bar exam scores on evidence and torts; can it work in court?," ABA Journal
"Judges Weigh in on Clerkships + More US News Analysis," Law.com
"An Innovator's Approach to Hybrid: Empathy and Iteration," Law.com
"The Work Considered Worth 'Fleeing to Quality' For Is Shrinking," Law.com
"Emory Law Launches Environmental DEI Initiative," Daily Report
"Law Firm Office Policies Evolve, as Firms Get Creative and Flexible," Daily Report
"What's Keeping Law Firm Leaders Up at Night?," Law.com
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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.
As one of the country’s best known résumé writers and career coaches, Shauna’s also worked with some of the nation’s top attorneys, who’ve worked places like Google, Dreamworks, Major League Baseball, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the White House. She’s also helped those just starting their legal careers, including law students getting their résumés ready for on-campus interviews (OCIs), summer associate positions, law clerk positions, externships, internships, judicial clerkships, and first-year associate roles. She’s even coached Tier 4 law students to compete with students at Top 5 schools to land high paying jobs in Am Law 100 law firms.
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