Evolving Legal Profession (Oct 11, 203)
Recent reports on how the legal profession is changing and how to be successful in it.
"Growing expenses hamper Midsize law firm profitability: Firms still feeling the pinch of increasing lawyer costs," Thomson Reuters
"With more lawyers doing pro bono, profession can meet access-to-justice gap, says Lynn Burns," Law Times
"How to Become a 'Complete' Lawyer: 8 Tips for Young Lawyers," The Legal Intelligencer
"Understanding the ABCs of AI: Should Lawyers Get 'AI Certified'?," Legaltech News
"How 11 Major Law Firms are Joining Forces to Maximize AI Use," Law.com International
"Biglaw Not As Plugged Into AI As We Thought,"Above the Law
"In-House Attorneys Don't Trust Their Understanding of AI — and Thus Most Aren't Using It," Corporate Counsel
"First all-remote, full-time law degree with ABA blessing set to start next fall," Reuters
"Ahead of the Curve: Using ChatGPT for Law School Admissions," Law.com
"A lawyer looks at 100," ABA Journal
"Tech Survey Reveals The Era Of Biglaw AI Is Already Here," Above the Law
"Technology Is the Great Equalizer in a Hybrid Workforce," Legaltech News
"Is Generative AI Coming For Your Billable Hours?," Legaltech News
"Generative AI Is a Catalyst for Law Firms and Talent Development," Bloomberg Law
"Keeping Up Appearances: Slow-to-evolve dress codes often burden female and minority lawyers," ABA Journal
"4 Ways Young Attorneys Can Find The Perfect Mentor," Law360
"With Flexibility and Changing Norms, 'Side Hustles' May Be on the Rise in Big Law," The American Lawyer
"Bar associations are stifling innovation and driving up costs, report says," Reuters
"States Need To Rethink Bar Associations To Close Justice Gap," Law360
"Rethinking Bar Associations' Roles: Fostering Legal Innovation and Cost Reduction," JD Journal
"'History is made' as Michigan judges are ordered to use lawyers' preferred pronouns," Reuters
"Michigan judges can't disregard pronoun preferences of parties and lawyers, new rule says," ABA Journal
"In 5-2 Vote, Michigan Becomes First State To Require Judges To Use Pronoun Preferences Of Lawyers And Parties," TaxProf Blog
"Law Firms Find 'Back to the Office' Means Different Things For Different People," Law.com International
"Remote GC Revolution Fizzles Out as Employers Flock to 'Hard Hybrid'," Corporate Counsel
"Legal education's day of reckoning approaches," Jordan Furlong
"Will Innovation Help Law Firms and Clients Control the 'Cost Monster'?," The American Lawyer
"Building cohesion in the post-pandemic law firm," Jordan Furlong
"What is the future of remote working in the law firm world?,"ABA Journal
"Are Law Firms' Real Estate and Tech Spending Invariably at Odds? It's Not That Simple," The American Lawyer
"Law.com Trendspotter: Blanket Attendance Mandates Reveal the 'Core' of Law Firm RTO Struggles," Law.com
"How Husch Blackwell's Virtual Office Prioritizes In-Person Connections," Law.com
"The Law Firm Disrupted: What I've Learned About the New Normal," Law.com
"Consolidation Is Significantly Altering the Legal Tech Landscape in 2023," Law.com
"Legal Tech Vendors Are Taking On Generative AI Education. Are Attorneys Welcoming It?" Legaltech News
"Bye-Bye, OCI? Law Firms Pursue 'Free Market' Alternatives to 'Artificial' Campus Recruiting," The American Lawyer
"With 'Exploding Offers' and 'Elite' Advantages, Early Campus Recruiting Gets Mixed Reception,"The American Lawyer
"Say Farewell To OCI Hell: Biglaw Firms Are Now Relying On Precruiting To Fill Their Summer Associate Classes," Above the Law
"The 'Attorney Concierge' Era for Business Development Professionals Is Over," The American Lawyer
"Public defender caseload standards from 1970s due for overhaul, study says," Reuters
"Public Defender Schedules Are So Swamped It Probably Isn't Constitutional," Above the Law
"Thinking Differently: Facilitating Entrepreneurship In Law Firms," The American Lawyer
"How to Build the Law Firm of the Future," Law.com
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