Evolving Legal Profession (May 7, 2025)

Recent reports on how the legal profession is changing and how to be successful in it.

• "Stewardship and the post-AI legal profession," Jordan Furlong

• "Big Law is losing its young, ambitious talent to the startup world," Business Insider

• "The 4-day workweek sounds appealing, but it's just a dream for most law firms," Canadian Lawyer

• "The Fully Human Lawyer: Coming to Consensus in Perilous Times," The American Lawyer

• "Free Market Free-For-All? How the Decline of OCI Broadened Big Law's Recruitment Pool — and Added Anxiety," Law.com

• "The lawyers pushing back on Trump's campaign to corral big law firms," The Washington Post

• "In Wilmer Executive Order Case, Judge Indicates It Could Be 'Weeks' Before Decision, Calls EO 'Retaliatory,'" The National Law Journal

• "Democratic lawmakers press more law firms about their deals with Trump," Reuters

• "Trump 'Shakedown' Deals Prompt More Questions for Law Firms," Bloomberg Law

• "Democratic Lawmakers Urge Big Law Firms to 'Disavow' Deals with Trump, The National Law Journal

• "The Office Is Back, But Are Lawyers On Board?" Law360

• "Practice With Purpose: Rethinking How We Train Lawyers," New York Law Journal

• "Goal of law office design shifting from efficiency to coffee shop style social hub: survey," Canadian Lawyer

• "Judge blocks most of Trump order against Susman Godfrey, laments law firms 'capitulating,'" Reuters

• "Doubts and Discord: Internal Fallout Inside Law Firms Striking Deals With Trump," The American Lawyer

• "Law Firms Made Deals With Trump. Now He Wants More From Them," The New York Times

• "Over 800 Law Firms, Solos Put Names on New Amici Briefs Backing Jenner & Block, Wilmer," The American Lawyer

• "Law firm targeted by Trump sues as five other top firms make deals," Reuters

• "Kirkland, Latham, A&O Shearman, Simpson and Cadwalader Make Deal With Trump," The American Lawyer

• "Mounting Discontent and Resignations Face Law Firms in the Wake of Trump Deals," The National Law Journal

• "Trump Attack on Big Law Moves Beyond Revenge, Latest Deals Show," Bloomberg Law

• "Employee Race Data Wiped From Federal Human Resources Website," Bloomberg Law

• "Unions, groups launch pro bono legal network for federal employees," Reuters

• "Trump attacks on law firms begin to chill pro bono work on causes he doesn't like," NPR

• "GCs Fret That Law Firm Settlements Will Embolden Trump to Wreak More Havoc," The American Lawyer

• "Young Attorneys Test Courtroom Civility," Daily Business Review

• "Many Lawyers Don't Expect Gen AI to Bring Down Law Firm Rates," Legaltech News

• "AI Disruption Is Coming — Later but (Much) Bigger than Expected," The American Lawyer

• "For Most In-house Legal Teams, Gen AI Adoption is Still on the Backburner," Legaltech News

• "Democratic lawmakers press Paul Weiss, other firms on Trump deals," Reuters

• "Are Trump's Deals With Big Law Firms Enforceable?" The American Lawyer

• "Another Law Firm Braces for Possible Blowback From Trump," The New York Times

• "Cadwalader Is Trump Target as Firm Talks White House Deal," Bloomberg Law

• "How Long Is Big Law's Memory?" The American Lawyer

• "Big Law Mostly Sits Out Industry Response to Trump Orders," Bloomberg Law

• "346 Former Judges in Amicus: Executive Order Against Perkins Coie 'Undermines the Rule of Law'," The National Law Journal

• "US Courts Cautiously Experiment With AI to Speed Up Their Work," Bloomberg Law

• "The Rule of Law, Trump, and the Quiet Crisis in Global Law Firms," Law.com International

• "Will This Age of Discontent Threaten the Future of Big Law?" Law.com

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