How to Stop Writing Like a Lawyer
Are you guilty of writing like a lawyer? Check out this recent post at Attorney at Work – and the other suggested articles that follow it: “Of all the unexpected gifts from our respective law schools…
Being a Lawyer
Survey: Corporations Looking to Reduce Outside Legal Spending
Just in time for the holidays, a survey indicates that corporations are looking to reduce outside legal spending. Look on the bright side, you will be busier but busy often brings with it more job…
Progressive GCs bring in revenue
If you are not helping your organization improve its bottom line, you may be lagging behind the curve: “The general counsel that are ‘ahead of their peers’ are investigating how their legal team can align…
What to Expect as a New GC
Paul Williams at MLA Global gives his thoughts, as well as those of two GC colleagues, on what a new GC should do when hitting the ground at an organization: “The switch from a non-GC…
Are Lawyers Getting Dumber?
Will the bar passage results this year help clear things up? “Last August, the tens of thousands of answer sheets from the bar exam started to stream into the National Conference of Bar Examiners. The…
NYTimes: Legal Profession a Brutal Environment
The Amazon workplace article at the New York Times has spawned articles on other professions – including life as a Biglaw lawyer. If one thing is for certain, people are much more worried about their…
The Simplest Steps to Beat Back Email
Until the robot apocalypse is complete, we’re still going to have to find ways to deal with more and more email: “Email use continues its upward climb. The Radicati Group recently reported that email use…
The Difference Between In-House and Law Firm Life
Hear from Edward Paulis, Zurich North America vice president and assistant general counsel, on the difference between in-house and law firm life: “‘When I was in private practice, I did not and could not fathom the…
Robot Attorney gets BigLaw Gig
Heads up! If “Ross” the “Robot Attorney” is like most Biglaw lawyers, he will soon start looking for in-house jobs: “Once Ross masters bankruptcy law, the plan is to expand the machine’s training into other practice areas…’As…
Male Lawyers Can’t Get Along in the Workplace?
Apparently, primal competitive instincts prevent male lawyers from getting along in the workplace: “Considering why male friendships can seem stronger among working class men, the professor at the Maryland School of Social Work said: ‘There…