Evolving Legal Profession (Oct 30, 2019)
Recent reports on how the legal profession is changing and how to be successful in it.
"Slaughters Focuses on Staff Mental Health and Wellbeing with New App," Legaltech News
"Big Four set sights on legal services," Financial Times
"5 Challenges Millennials Pose to Law Firm Culture," Legaltech News
"A face-scanning algorithm increasingly decides whether you deserve the job," The Washington Post
"The Key to Beating Burnout? Career Diversity," The Recorder
"Law Firms Seek Diversity by Recruiting at 'Overlooked' Schools," Bloomberg Law
"U.K. Legal Tech Startup Investments Have Soared Since 2017," Legaltech News
"Why Data Competency Is a Requisite for Tomorrow's Practitioners," Legaltech News
"Priorities for New Lawyers are Changing. Can the Legal Industry Keep Up?," Legaltech News
"Three Challenges Faced by Newly Hired Law School Graduates," Legal Intelligencer
"Ryerson University wants to change legal education forever," Precedent Magazine
"EY, Big Four Top Brand Rankings for Alternative Legal Services," The American Lawyer
"Rolling with the Punches: How to Use Tough Criticism as a Young Lawyer," The National Law Journal
"With IP Accelerator, Amazon Edges Into The Legal Services Arena," Above the Law
"A Few Tips on How to Succeed as an Associate," Daily Report
"Dentons Combines With Two US Firms in One Go, Launching New American Strategy," The American Lawyer
"Dentons rolls out Project Golden Spike," Legal Evolution
"Dentons Chases Big 4's Footprint With 'Golden Spike' Gambit," The American Lawyer
"The Challenge of Retaining Top Young Talent for Law Firms (And Not Breaking the Bank)," Daily Business Review
"Cutting-Edge Practice Areas Are a Worthy Challenge for Young Lawyers," The American Lawyer
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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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