Both my firm and this blog, MyShingle.com are sponsoring 2-3 paid, 6-week fellowships this summer for rising 1-Ls or 2-Ls. The position is posted online here. You can apply either through that site, or directly to me by sending the required materials to elefant@myshingle.com. The positions start May 25, so I’m accepting applications
Lawyers Can Use Competitors’ Names to Advertise…But Should They?
If you’re looking to steal a rival law firm’s Google Thunder, the coast is clear (except in North Carolina) opines Professor Eric Goldman in a soon-to-be-published SSRN article, Regulation of Lawyers’ Use of Competitive Keyword Advertising.
Goldman explains that use of a competitor’s name as a keyword violates neither publicity rights nor trademark law,
Ethics Is Only 1/5 of What Lawyers Need to Know For A Digital & Dynamic Practice
Like law, the energy and utility industry where I spend my days has traditionally been heavily regulated. What that means is that rules for participants or relief for consumers come by way of regulatory commissions rather than statute or contract. But that model changed when utilities dipped their toes into social media where as this
Best Bet for Finding A Legal Job After Law School: Bet On Yourself
Although employment prospects for new law grads are showing signs of life, overall post-graduation employment remains at a dismal 56 percent average rate for all law schools. And while connections, solid skills and networking can improve the odds of finding a position , your best bet for finding a job after law school may
Determination of A Bonafide NY Office Requirement Is Next Step To Its Demise
The New York Journal reports on a recent Court of Appeals ruling interpreting NY Judiciary Law §470 as requiring attorneys who are not residents of New York to maintain a physical office in the space to practice. That physical office requirement means a real space – not a kitchen table or a corner in Starbucks.
What Makes A Great Client?
Tales about clients from hell abound. Visit any lawyer listserve and you’ll encounter weekly threads populated with complaints about crazy clients or advice on how to fire them. Bad clients aren’t exclusive to the legal profession either – doctors deal with them and one designer even set up a Clients from Hell website dedicated to
Stop the Madness: How The NYCLA’s Ethics Opinion on LinkedIn Forces Lawyers To Act Deceptively And Violate Linked In’s User Agreement.
Deceive – to mislead by a false appearance or statement
By now, in 2015, most of the general public over the age of 21 have been using Google, Facebook and LinkedIn for nearly a decade. During that time, they’ve acclimated to the culture of each of these online universes, and grown as adept in distinguishing
Dismal Legal Employment Rates for Class of 2010: It Could Be 1937 All Over Again…Except Now, The Solo Option Is Feared, Not Revered.
For a profession that prides itself on hewing to precedent, how soon we lawyers forget our collective history.
This time, amnesia has taken hold with respect to findings about unemployment trends in the legal profession as well as the promise of solo practice in a recent article, What Happened to the Class of
Three Reasons Why Other Solos Have the Potential To Be Your Great Friends
In the past, when I’ve worked at jobs, most of my friendships – to the extent that I formed them at all – never left the workplace. So this article, Lifehack article, Ten Reasons Why Your Coworkers Have the Potential To Be Your Greatest Friends caught my eye, if only to enable me to belatedly
Your Law Firm As a Family Business
Back in the day, farmers always hoped for at least one son who could provide free labor to keep the farm running. Likewise, today’s lawyers can also ask their children — or other family members — to lend a hand in the family business.
I’ll confess that I’ve done so on more than one occasion.