Evolving Legal Profession (May 27, 2020)
Recent reports on how the legal profession is changing and how to be successful in it.
"With Return to Offices Still Uncertain, Big Law Shifts From When to How," The American Lawyer
"Your Doors Are Open, Now What? Top 10 Tips for Employers," New York Law Journal
"Small, Midsized Firms Take No Frills, Budget-Friendly Approach to Remote Work," Legaltech News
"Law Firm Leasing Activity Craters as Industry Rethinks Its Real Estate Footprint," The American Lawyer
"Milan's New Normal: What Returning to the Office Looks Like," Law.com International
"In Shrinking Job Market, Can Recent Grads Find Opportunity in Legal Tech?," Legaltech News
"The Legal Industry's Existential Doubts Go Beyond the Coronavirus," The American Lawyer
"Changes in the Law Practice After COVID-19…What Will Be the New Normal?," The Legal Intelligencer
"Latham & Watkins Virtual Experience Program Attempts to Bring Life in Big Law Online," Legaltech News
"Lawyers See Coming Surge in White Collar Criminal, Civil Cases Stemming From Pandemic," New York Law Journal
"Law Firms Gear Up for Expected Jump in Bankruptcies Triggered by Coronavirus," The Wall Street Journal
"Don't Get Cocky: Firms May Not Be Prepared for Long-Term Remote Work," Legaltech News
"Lawyers Strike Back as COVID-19 Becomes the Mother of Law-Firm Innovation," The Legal Intelligencer
"Could Litigation Change Forever? Zoom Trials Already Cutting Costs for Litigants," Daily Business Review
"Law firms are seeing major slowdown in business because of COVID-19, data shows," ABA Journal
"As Texas Reopens, Most Law Firms Stick With Remote Work," Texas Lawyer
"Finding Real Life in Teaching Law Online," The New Yorker
"New Program Links Out-of-Work Lawyers to Legal Departments Overwhelmed by Coronavirus Impact," Corporate Counsel
"Demand for Contract Lawyers Is Rising From COVID-19 Business Disruptions." Corporate Counsel
"The Coronavirus Will Change the Legal Industry's Approach to Remote Work-But How?," The American Lawyer
"ABA Annual Meeting will be held online, Board of Governors decides," ABA Journal
"Judiciary Prepares for Gradual Reopening During COVID-19, but Tells Courts to Heed Local Officials," The National Law Journal
"Utah's high court proposes nonlawyer ownership of law firms and wide-ranging reforms," ABA Journal
"Reinventing Your Law Firm: If Not Now, When?," The American Lawyer
"Pandemic IX: Law firm transformation," Law21
"Navigating the Pandemic: Tips for Young Lawyers on the Rise," The Legal Intelligencer
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