JURIST

DECEMBER 2, 2021

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Lawyers from across Afghanistan have sent letters to the Taliban cabinet seeking the restoration of the Afghanistan Independent Bar Association after the Ministry of Justice took over its premises and assumed its lawyer licensing power last week. And the association should be merged in the Ministry of Justice.

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Above The Law

JUNE 23, 2021

Perhaps most obviously, lawyers make daunting litigants because they know the law better than other litigants.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 18, 2023

Do you want to know what a path from paralegal to lawyer can look like? I started the process, then went to work for a law firm and a team of lawyers that had me sitting second chair at trials, and they paid me very well. Again, that was learned from having a lawyer come to me and say, “Hey, great job marking up this contract.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 23, 2024

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 25, 2024

These were the top 7 actionable strategies and tips for litigation paralegals to accelerate their paralegal career in 2024. How to Get Up to Speed Fast on Your Cases I think one of the tips for litigation paralegals that could help here is what I had recommended in our three-step roadmap for new litigation paralegals.

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JURIST

JANUARY 25, 2023

(MSG Entertainment) regarding its reported use of facial recognition software to identify and deny entry to MSG venues for all lawyers affiliated with law firms that represent clients in pending litigation related to MSG Entertainment. The policy may affect up to 90 law firms and thousands of lawyers.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Law360 Sunday released a study showing only a moderate increase in the number of female lawyers working in law firms, despite the efforts to improve diversity, equity and inclusion. For example, only 12 percent of the attorneys who litigated before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board were women. Currently, only 38.9

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LegalReader

MAY 25, 2022

Many clients who worked with specific lawyers will share their experiences online. This is a great way to see how good or bad the attorney is for business litigation.

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Lawyers who received litigation funding from Pravati Capital are sometimes tripped up by contract provisions that leave them owing more than double the amount that…

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HowAppealing

MAY 4, 2022

“Who Are the Best Lawyers? There’s Litigation About That. Elsewhere, two attorneys — both of whom handle marijuana-related matters — are in a dispute over who can call themselves the ‘dopest lawyer.'”

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CARET Legal

APRIL 15, 2024

Case management software is reshaping how civil litigators prepare for their cases, making it a smoother, faster, and more efficient process. Enter civil litigation legal tech – a suite of innovative tools designed to help the civil litigation case process.

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LawSites

MARCH 6, 2024

Hotshot , a learning platform for legal professionals, today released the first five courses in a planned series designed to teach lawyers and other legal professionals about artificial intelligence and its impact on law practice. Introduction to LLMs for Lawyers. Using AI: Litigators. Using AI: Transactional Lawyers.

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Above The Law

APRIL 26, 2024

The post How Transactional Lawyers Can Better Serve (And Maintain) Their Clients appeared first on Above the Law. From importing your checklist to delivering the closing book, you can bolster client service throughout the entirety of a transaction. Sign up, attend, and receive CLE!

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JURIST

MARCH 3, 2022

Sarah Asmeta, a trainee lawyer, appealed against this notification on grounds that it was contrary to constitutional rights and freedoms, specifically in the workplace. However, the Court of Appeal held this appeal inadmissible stating these rights and freedoms were available only to lawyers and did not extend to trainees.

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LegalReader

JUNE 29, 2021

Law is a mark of prestige, and lawyers are a part of that esteem, but an average IQ of lawyers and their emotional intelligence plays a great role in building their career. Learn why litigators should care about the lawyers IQ.

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LawSites

JANUARY 31, 2024

TermScout , an AI contract review company, has launched a first-of-its-kind AI marketplace where lawyers and other contracting experts can build and sell their own contract review AIs, developed based on their unique expertise. Lawyers who develop screens can decide whether to sell them or offer them free.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 23, 2022

“Firm splits with lawyers who won gun rights case at Supreme Court; The exit follows a decision by Kirkland & Ellis to drop Second Amendment litigation”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 6, 2024

A lawyer in Dunnellon, Florida, has filed a lawsuit alleging that attorneys at Blank Rome filed an “utterly baseless” suit against her in a bid…

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ABA Journal

MARCH 28, 2022

For young litigators who want to be considered “a lawyer’s lawyer,” careers spent mostly working from home may not get you to where you want…

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Lawsuits & Litigation Adria Hillman Divorce divorce lawyer Elite World Group My Unorthodox Life Netflix Silvio Scaglia Hillman is now alleging Haart neglected to pay her nearly $500,000 for her services.

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The Estrin Report

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Lawyers must be able to be strong advocates for themselves, as well as their clients. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. That being said, what does it take to stand out and become a “Top Lawyer” in your specific field of law? As I mentioned above, I started as a litigator in a law firm.

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ABA Journal

AUGUST 31, 2023

A North Carolina lawyer told a disciplinary commission that she thought that substituting a litigant for her criminal client during an arraignment was “an acceptable…

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In what it described as a case pitting “real lawyers against a robot lawyer,” a federal court in Illinois has dismissed a law firm’s suit against the self-help legal service DoNotPay. “MK has not alleged any lost revenue or added expenditures as a result of DNP’s conduct,” wrote U.S. .

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ABA Journal

JUNE 8, 2022

A court filing seeking legal fees in privacy litigation against Google indicates that one of the plaintiffs’ lawyers—David Boies—is making $1,950 per hour. The hourly…

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JURIST

JANUARY 12, 2023

Unspecified changes would limit “the participation of overseas lawyers who are not qualified to practice generally in Hong Kong in cases involving national security issues in an appropriate manner.” Currently, the LPO requires a lawyer to reside in HKSAR for at least three months before or after admission to the court.

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

As a lawyer, I have learned that effective presence is an equal companion to competence, character, compassion and courage. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. Lawyers are often smart, ambitious, and highly educated. I also have a developing practice, partnering with another lawyer, in Civil Rights Law.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

The pair found love on the high seas of litigation. The post Johnny Depp Dating Lawyer Who Represented Him In Defamation Trial appeared first on Above the Law.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

That’s especially true for litigation firms, which take direction from court rules and judges about when and how things get done. Most attorneys should probably be ruled by their calendars, with law practices running on deadlines.

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Law 360

MARCH 8, 2024

As increasing numbers of attorneys struggle with stress and mental health issues, business litigators can find protection against burnout by remembering their important role in society — because fulfillment in one’s work isn’t just reserved for public interest lawyers, say Bennett Rawicki and Peter Bigelow at Hilgers Graben.

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Law 360

MARCH 26, 2024

My experiences as an abstract spray paint artist have made me a better litigator, demonstrating – in more ways than one – how fluidity and flexibility are necessary parts of a successful legal practice, says Erick Sandlin at Bracewell.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The professional life of lawyers in Myanmar was not easy even before the coup, Now, it’s worse. In Myanmar – especially for litigation lawyers – popularity, social connections and the favor of court clerks play a greater role in their success than specialization and lawyering experience.

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ABA Journal

MAY 24, 2023

Updated: A federal judge in Colorado has warned lawyers for litigants in a business dispute that he will not “sit idly by in the face…

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ABA Journal

MARCH 9, 2022

Troubles continue to mount for lawyers involved in challenges to the 2020 presidential election results. In Texas, lawyer Sidney Powell is facing ethics charges for…

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Above The Law

AUGUST 9, 2022

It is imperative that IP lawyers educate themselves on the litigation risk insurance space. The post 3 Questions For Litigator Turned Litigation Risk Insurance Broker (Part I) appeared first on Above the Law.

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LegalReader

MAY 20, 2021

Graduate law degree holders can also break into the IT world as cybersecurity lawyers. Cybersecurity lawyers work either as advisors or litigators.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 4, 2024

States’ inadequate responses to the climate crisis have driven the rise of litigation cases against national and sub-national governments. Reflecting these developments, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has found that “ climate litigation can affect the stringency and ambitiousness of climate governance ”.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 11, 2022

“Kramer Levin combines with litigation firm to enter D.C. firm Robbins Russell; Robbins Russell formed in 2001 by former Mayer Brown, DOJ lawyers”: Sara Merken of Reuters has this report. market; Kramer Levin combining with Washington, D.C.

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