The Estrin Report

JUNE 26, 2023

The 10 Hottest Job Market Questions By Chere B. Estrin Whether you are looking for a new position, seeking to move up the ladder or just staying where you are, knowledge of the job market is imperative in this ever-changing, moving target, candidate tight market. Here are the top 9 concerns, questions, and hottest topics for today’s job market The Goldman Sachs white paper states that 44% of all legal jobs will be replaced by AI and that it will virtually wipe out the paralegal role.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 27, 2023

Erik Mazzone | The beginning or the beginning of the end? Putting the tools in place to grow your firm. The post What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: Tools for Law Firm Growth appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 24, 2023

What is it about the practice of law that invites loneliness more than other professions? While I am sure there are many additional factors, below are some of the common sources of loneliness that I regularly see in lawyers. The post Lawyer Loneliness: You’re Not Alone in Feeling Alone appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Above The Law

JUNE 26, 2023

Humans must still be in charge of checking the results to validate accuracy. The post The Future Of Legal: Combining AI And Human Expertise For Improved Outcomes appeared first on Above the Law.

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A Synergistic Approach to eDiscovery In the space of eDiscovery, the convergence of document summarization, sentiment analysis, and chatbots represents a significant change in how legal professionals navigate and manage electronic information. These technologies not only expedite the review process but also empower legal teams with deeper insights into the emotional context and key information within electronic documents.

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JUNE 28, 2023

I continue to be surprised at the number of times I learn that a law firm turned over complete oversight of client property to a non-attorney member of the firm’s staff. More often than not, the reason for doing so seemed to be that this individual had been employed at the firm for years and viewed as someone worthy of a high level of trust. And while I do believe the development of trusting work relationships is a good thing, unfortunately there can be a downside.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 29, 2023

Share In a historic decision, the Supreme Court severely limited, if not effectively ended, the use of affirmative action in college admissions on Thursday. By a vote of 6-3, the justices ruled that the admissions programs used by the University of North Carolina and Harvard College violate the Constitution’s equal protection clause, which bars racial discrimination by government entities.

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InHouseBlog

JUNE 28, 2023

Stressed about the economy or your job? Maybe it is time to take a step back and gain a little perspective as this story from the ABA Journal points out. Written in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, it offers a poignant perspective on how a job jolt can have positive ramifications for your life and career. The post-pandemic gyrations of the international economy and inflationary pressures facing the world are a much more unique circumstance than 2008, and the job market for lawyers tod

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InHouseBlog

JUNE 25, 2023

If your law department is considering axing in-house lawyers, consideration should be given to the plausible consequences. A post from the archives of law department management expert Rees Morrison points out that law department down-sizing may lead to significant adverse consequences including the following examples Rees provides. When building the law department of the future, in-house legal teams need to consider those that will help propel the department and organization forward.

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JURIST

JUNE 28, 2023

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine on Tuesday released a report which details the arbitrary detention, torture, and occasional killing of civilians by Russian armed forces in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The report describes the Russian Federation’s widespread practice of arbitrarily detaining civilians in Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine.

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LawSites

JUNE 26, 2023

Rumors had been swirling that Thomson Reuters was about to acquire Casetext, and they proved to be true. Just before 9 p.m. Eastern time today, TR said it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Casetext for $650 million cash. “The proposed transaction will complement Thomson Reuters existing AI roadmap and builds on its recent initiatives, including a commitment to invest more than $100 million annually on AI capabilities, the development of new generative AI experiences across its p

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Above The Law

JUNE 27, 2023

Supreme Court reminds federal judges that Disney's right about the Contracts Clause. The post Supreme Court Subtweets Ron DeSantis That He’s Totally Losing To Disney appeared first on Above the Law.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 27, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the conviction of Billy Raymond Counterman, a Colorado man who was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for stalking based on his Facebook messages. By a vote of 7-2, the justices ruled that the state courts had applied the wrong test to determine whether Counterman’s statements were “true threats,” which are not protected by the First Amendment.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2023

The Organization of American States (OAS) on Friday announced that it approved a resolution urging Nicaragua to “cease all human rights violations, release political prisoners, and respect religious freedom and freedom of expression, as well as the rule of law.” The resolution was led by the US, Canada, Chile and Costa Rica. The OAS’s Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) additionally made several requests to extend protections for political prisoners and indigenous

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LawSites

JUNE 26, 2023

In what appears to be a first for a state bar association, The Florida Bar is providing each of its 110,000 members with free access to legal trust accounting software – a move its new president believes will help attorneys better comply with trust accounting requirements and better protect the public from trust violations. The Florida Bar, the official regulatory and disciplinary arm of the Supreme Court of Florida, has entered into a relationship with the legal financial management company Not

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Above The Law

JUNE 26, 2023

Deeply, deeply unserious people. The post Sam Alito Defenders Explain How Private Air Travel & $1000 Wine Are JUST LIKE Free Cookies And Plastic Easter Eggs appeared first on Above the Law.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 27, 2023

Share The justices narrowly rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of a Pennsylvania law that allows any company doing business in the state to be sued there – even if the corporation is not headquartered in Pennsylvania and the conduct at the center of the lawsuit occurred somewhere else. It was a major decision in personal jurisdiction – a court’s power to hear a lawsuit against a particular defendant.

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JURIST

JUNE 27, 2023

A man was stoned to death Monday in northwest Nigeria after being accused of blasphemy, raising concerns about escalating threats to religious freedom in the region. Local authorities confirmed the incident with a statement on Sunday, saying: On 25th June 2023 at about 0955hrs, a distress call was received at about 0920hrs that one Usman Bud, a butcher at Sokoto Abbatoir, allegedly blasphemed the holy prophet Muhammad (SAW).

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LawSites

JUNE 28, 2023

Law firms are awash in data. Yet relatively few firms know how to responsibly protect and leverage that data — let alone have the data infrastructure needed to achieve that. Fortunately, there are practical frameworks law firms can implement to manage their data, make the most of their internal applications, take advantage of third-party data sources, and address the critical challenges involved in building a modern data infrastructure, says Jeff Cox , director of content at legal data and analy

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Above The Law

JUNE 30, 2023

This is gaslighting, plain and simple. The post The Supreme Court Is Lying To You About This Web Designer Opinion appeared first on Above the Law.

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ABA Journal

JUNE 26, 2023

Effective time management is an essential element of a successful law practice, and efficient timekeeping is an important part of that equation.

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JURIST

JUNE 30, 2023

Myanmar’s human rights situation has deteriorated to “alarming levels,” according to a report published by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday. The report states that, because Myanmar’s junta has prioritized their own needs over those of the people, “[u]rgent and concrete steps are needed to ensure essential needs of all people are met, including food and healthcare, and to respect, protect and fulfil peoples’ fundamental rights

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LawSites

JUNE 28, 2023

Yesterday afternoon, I had the chance to sit down for about 20 minutes via Zoom with Jake Heller , the founder and CEO of Casetext , to discuss his company’s acquisition by Thomson Reuters in a $650 million cash deal. What follows is a transcript of our conversation, which I have condensed and edited very slightly for style and continuity. References to the morning investors’ call are to yesterday morning’s briefing by Thomson Reuters to its institutional investors, which I w

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Above The Law

JUNE 29, 2023

Kavanaugh bends over backward to pass the buck on his affirmative action vote. The post Consummate Textualist Brett Kavanaugh Fails Basic Reading Comprehension In Affirmative Action Case appeared first on Above the Law.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 30, 2023

Bull Garlington | These memory hacks will carry you through some of the most critical recall challenges. The post Memory Hacks That Make You More Productive appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2023

In a statement to the press on Saturday, the UN Security Council called for fighting to stop in Sudan in the name of civilian protection. “The fighting has to stop,” said Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of June. “And civilians must be protected.” The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human rights followed up , saying it was “gravely concerned̶

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