LawSites

JUNE 6, 2023

Noella Sudbury became interested in the issue of criminal records expungement soon after law school, while working as a criminal defense lawyer. Also last year, the Utah State Bar honored Sudbury with its 2022 Distinguished Service Award and, in 2019, Utah Business Magazine named her its 2019 Woman of the Year.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Current restrictions on how lawyers structure their businesses stand in the way of meaningful access to justice for many Americans, so states should follow the lead of Utah and Florida and test out innovative law firm business models through regulatory sandboxes, says Zachariah DeMeola at the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System. (..)

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Above The Law

MAY 28, 2021

* A paralegal who was fired from her law firm job for feeding zoo animals in a viral video has found a new job. CBS News ] * A court has reportedly dismissed a lawsuit filed by spectators who were allegedly banned from Utah Jazz games after a verbal altercation with a professional basketball player. Business Insider ].

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Constandinos (Deno) Himonas, the Utah Supreme Court justice who spearheaded the state’s first-of-its-kind regulatory sandbox to license new forms of legal services and providers, is retiring from the court. 29 letter to Utah Gov. 29 letter to Utah Gov. Lund, past-president of the Utah State Bar, for my LawNext podcast.

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LawSites

AUGUST 9, 2022

As states seek to find innovative ways to address the access-to-justice crisis, a key component has been eliminating or loosening the prohibition on non-lawyer ownership of law firms. as they relate to nonlawyer ownership of law firms, the unauthorized practice of law, or any other subject.”.

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ALPS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

MAPP is the Executive Director of the Utah State Bar’s Well-Being Committee for the Legal Profession working with Utah’s judges, lawyers, and law students to enhance engagement, performance, resilience, and overall well-being. Prior to working in the well-being field, Martha practiced law for almost 18 years.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 25, 2022

Regulatory reform is needed to make sure there is coverage for “legal deserts” where citizens have access to few or no law firms. million lawyers in the United States. Nationwide, there are approximately four lawyers for every 1,000 residents, but the number doesn’t reflect the reality. There are 1.3

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LawSites

JULY 10, 2023

In what is clearly a major milestone for Milestones , a legal tech company whose product provides law firm clients with automatic updates on their cases, it has closed a $2.1 Leading the seed round in the Lehi, Utah, company are three investors: Y Combinator , Ludlow Ventures and Soma Capital.

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ALPS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In terms of being the original co-chair on the national task force on lawyer well-being, Bree has just invested countless hours to give back to the profession through this work and Bree, we’re just so fortunate to have you and to continue to have your leadership of this movement. And I know a bunch of lawyers. MATT: Sure.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 7, 2022

As we continue to emerge from the pandemic, I asked Newton how he sizes up the legal profession today and what he sees as the impact of the pandemic on the practice of law. Many law firms emerged from the pandemic better and stronger than before, he said. Legal Trends Report. Clio’s Place in the Legal Tech Landscape.

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LawSites

MAY 14, 2021

We have a guest panelist sitting in with us today; Jeffrey Brandt , editor of the PinHawk Law Technology Daily Digest and chief information officer at the law firm Jackson Kelly. Utah Sandbox OKs Two Programs Enabling Non-Lawyers To Give Legal Advice On Medical Debt. It’s Game Over.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Attorney at Work’s new “You at Work Spotlight” series focuses on traditional and emerging career paths for lawyers and business professionals. Murdock was elected Managing Partner at Stinson LLP , an AmLaw 200 firm with 450 lawyers in 12 offices nationwide. As I did so, I developed relationships with lawyers throughout our firm.

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LawSites

APRIL 6, 2022

LEAP Legal Software , an international provider of cloud-based practice management software for smaller law firms, has acquired WealthCounsel , a leading provider of software, training and support for estate planning lawyers, and its related company ElderCounsel. already included a significant number of estate planning lawyers.

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LawSites

AUGUST 7, 2023

Nota , the online business banking platform designed specifically for solo and small law firms. Today’s episode offers a different perspective on the DoNotPay controversy – and ended up having an unexpected twist. Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors.

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LawSites

MARCH 6, 2023

That means that, in a multi-generational family of lawyers, an attendee this year could well have had a parent and grandparent attend in some prior year. Moderated by the aforementioned Jayne Reardon, the idea was to stage a fictional committee meeting to debate changes similar to those adopted in Utah and Arizona.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

MARCH 24, 2022

Small law firms generally have it pretty good, in that they’ve mostly had to compete only against other small law firms, that aren’t particularly innovative either , and that also don’t spend money aggressively to build their businesses. So, yes: Walmart can open law firms. That’s a whole new ball game.

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LegalTalkNetwork

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

From our audio coverage alone, we learned about modern trends for law firm growth and the declining equity partner track. We also discovered alternative legal careers that don’t necessarily involve the practice of law. Tune in to hear how big law is innovating around practice whereas smaller firms are innovating around process.

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LawSites

JANUARY 23, 2023

Axiom , one of the longest-running alternative legal services providers, today joins the ranks of licensed legal services providers as it opens Axiom Advice & Counsel LLC (AA&C), a law firm in Arizona, where it plans to provide corporate legal services to businesses. to operate with an integrated law firm.

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ALPS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Catapulted by the leadership of original National Task Force on Lawyer-Well Being member Chief Justice Donald W. Hello and welcome to episode six of the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being Podcast Series. The Path to Well-Being in Law. Lemons and his colleague Justice William C. Episode Transcript: Chris Newbold: .

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LawSites

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Attendees included early-stage startups, veteran CEOs, major investors, law firm chairs, corporate general counsel, and others. Law firm leaders could attend without fear of being hounded by vendors. It brought together individuals from across the spectrum of those who are helping to drive innovation in legal.

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ALPS

JANUARY 13, 2021

Transcript: CHRIS NEWBOLD: Hello and welcome to episode nine of the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being podcast series, the path to well-being in law. He also was a trial lawyer. We were in the same firm, had offices down the hall from each other, shared cases, tried cases together. What brought you to this work?

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Do lawyers return to the office or not? If a law firm is unable even to decide whether its staff should return to the office, or when that return should happen, or how to structure that return, then how can that firm implement lasting and innovative changes in its technology infrastructure and systems?

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Do lawyers return to the office or not? If a law firm is unable even to decide whether its staff should return to the office, or when that return should happen, or how to structure that return, then how can that firm implement lasting and innovative changes in its technology infrastructure and systems?

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ALPS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

This week on the Path to Well-Being in Law podcast, Bree and Chris continue their mission to highlight people doing important work in the space of lawyer well-being by welcoming Heidi Alexander. Heidi is Massachusetts’ first director of Supreme Judicial Court, standing committee on Lawyer Well-Being. Transcript: .

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LawSites

JULY 29, 2021

Other investors included Jack Newton , cofounder and CEO of law practice management company Clio ; Lightbank ; Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures ; Gaingels , a network of LGBT investors; Lisa Stone , WestRiver Group managing director and former founder and CEO of BlogHer; and EquityESQ, led by San Diego lawyer and investor Ed Diab.

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LegalTalkNetwork

JUNE 4, 2021

Decisions about law school were intensely complicated because of the pandemic. Conversations on Above the Law’s Thinking Like a Lawyer and the ABA’s Law Student Podcast reveal the legal ed landscape is still pretty muddy. Sales may be as alien to lawyers as UFOs. Should students go all in? Bail altogether?

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) asked the federal district court for the District of Columbia for voluntary remand without vacatur of environmental assessments and findings of no significant impact in three cases challenging oil and gas lease sales in Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Lawyers for Climate Action NZ v.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In a December 2020 letter, during his presidential transition, he asked Democratic senators to recommend public defenders and civil rights lawyers, who have generally been underrepresented on the federal bench, for judgeships. She spent the year between college and law school as a reporter and researcher at Time magazine in New York.

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