Remember the bot that sues Equifax for data breaches that made headlines last fall? Although celebrated by most of the #altlaw crowd, surprisingly, the bot wasn’t as well received by many of the solo and small firm lawyers on one of my listserves.
Many of these lawyers expressed concerns about the ethical implications of the
As the saying goes, you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink. Likewise, law schools can offer up all kinds of innovative, forward-looking programs on law and technology, or clinics that offer low bono services. But they can’t force students intent on finding a job at big law to take
Family law is one of those practice areas that everyone loves to hate. Clients complain not only about their partners or spouses but about the high cost of divorce, and the often protracted contentious proceedings can take a toll on family law attorneys who practice in the field. In short, family law is a practice
Last week, I returned from a trip to China with a new accessory in tow: a fake Coach bag. Though I’m aware of arguments that purchases of counterfeit luxury items harm the brand, other studies have found no discernible effect . In any event, because I can’t fathom ever paying a few hundred dollars on
Starting and running a law firm isn’t always the joyful journey that many of us imagine. When it comes to the decision of whether to start a firm, many lawyers suffer from analysis paralysis, drawing up detailed business plans and weighing the pros and cons and waiting for “the right time,” (whenever that is) that
Editor’s Note – Everything we wrote about Briefcatch in this post remains accurate, but now Briefcatch is available for Mac – so watch our unboxing here –
Last month, I sat through a demo of BriefCatch, a new Word add-on developed by lawyer and legal writing expert, Ross Guberman, who is profiled here.
Ordinarily, referring to a person as a “tool” isn’t particularly complimentary because the term describes a person whose ego exceeds his talent. That said, I don’t think that this week’s guest, Legal Writing Pro Ross Guberman will take offense because his new product, Brief Catch captures Ross’ legal writing expertise and talent and makes those
This is the second part of a two part interview with Megan Zavieh of Zavieh Law and The Playbook: The California Bar Discipline System Practice Guide for lawyers representing themselves in California disciplinary proceedings. You can read Part I here.
Once you had the idea for The Playbook, did you take steps to validate
State bar defense and ethics is one of those practice areas that I generally associate with difficult-to-research case opinions and opaque disciplinary procedures unfamiliar to most attorneys. Yet even though this practice area retains many of the characteristics of 19th century law practice, state bar defense and ethics lawyer Megan Zavieh is anything but traditional
Earlier this week, this news story about Ieshia Champs, a single mom with five kids who will graduate from law school in May degree, went viral. And why not? What could be more inspirational than a determined woman and single mom realizing her dream of becoming a lawyer without letting anything stand in her way?