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ABA Will Study Rape Questions' Necessity For Bar Applicants
An American Bar Association commission will issue a report and recommendations by August on the practice of requiring would-be lawyers to disclose and discuss their experiences of sexual violence during the attorney licensure process.
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Skadden Taps SoFi Bank, Shearman Attys For Co-Lead Roles
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has hired two new co-leaders of its financial institutions regulatory group to advise banks, financial institutions and other market participants on regulatory and legislative developments, the firm announced Wednesday.
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DLA Piper Taps Danske Bank Officer For New AI Leader Role
Global law firm DLA Piper has brought on the former group chief data officer for Danske Bank A/S — Denmark's largest bank — as its inaugural chief data and artificial intelligence officer, making it the latest BigLaw firm to have created an AI-related leader role to focus on the emerging technology.
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These Law Schools Are The Tops For BigLaw
The law schools at Georgetown, Harvard and Columbia are renowned for effectively serving as training grounds for BigLaw. But while they may consistently send the most graduates, other law schools are sending a higher percentage of their grads to larger firms.
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Top Law Schools For Legal Industry Careers: By The Numbers
Despite a growing interest in alternative career paths, most law students still gravitate towards joining private law firms, according to the American Bar Association's latest data. Find out which schools came out on top for job placements in BigLaw, federal and state court clerkships, public interest and more.
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The Law School Legal Industry Job Tracker: Class Of 2023
Want to know which schools are sending the highest percentage of graduates to BigLaw? How big a slice are landing those prized clerkships in federal or state courts? Explore the ins and outs of law school graduate placement in our interactive graphic.
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Norton Rose Adds Foley & Lardner Private Equity Pro In Texas
Norton Rose Fulbright has added a Dallas-based private equity lawyer with decades of experience to its corporate, mergers and acquisitions and securities practice who came aboard from Foley & Lardner LLP.
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How In-House Leaders Are Deploying Generative AI
Corporate legal department leaders are using and planning to use generative artificial intelligence to automate legal tasks, manage contracts and eliminate duplicate data, panelists said at the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium's annual conference in Las Vegas.
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Atty's GC Role Helps Her Fulfill Her Childhood Dream
At the age of 9, Hazel-Ann Mayers decided she would become a lawyer because she wanted to help people — and she never thought about any other career. She shared with Law360 Pulse how she has lived out her childhood dream, most recently as general counsel at the education technology company Turnitin.
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Proxy Snapshot: Norfolk Southern Corp.
Giant railway transporter Norfolk Southern Corp. is facing a triple threat from investors at its annual meeting Thursday: a contested election for its board of directors, a shareholder proposal on lobbying disclosure and a proposal to restrict bylaw changes by the board.
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Reed Smith Hires Epiq Exec As 1st Director Of Applied AI
Reed Smith LLP has hired legal technology company Epiq's managing director of applied artificial intelligence to serve as its first director of applied AI, the firm said Tuesday.
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FordHarrison Taps Longtime Atty As New General Counsel
FordHarrison LLP tapped an Atlanta partner who has spent her entire career at the management-side labor and employment law firm to serve as its next general counsel.
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Fisher Phillips Adds Ex-Lyons HR GC To Employment Group
Employer-side labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips has brought on the former general counsel and senior vice president of human resources for professional employer organization Lyons HR to its Atlanta office, strengthening its professional employer organization and staffing practice.
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Ex-Hulu GC Named Lumen Technologies New Legal Chief
Louisiana-based telecommunications company Lumen Technologies announced that longtime general counsel Stacey Goff will be leaving the company, with an experienced former Disney and Hulu executive set to take over the role.
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8th Circ. Seems Unwilling To Revive Ex-Lockheed Atty's Suit
The Eighth Circuit appeared likely Tuesday to uphold the dismissal of a Black former Lockheed Martin in-house attorney's race discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, questioning whether a lesser sanction would've adequately punished misstatements to the trial court about her current high-paying job.
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Globetrotting Atty Continues World Tour, Joins Saudi Aramco
The general counsel of consumer health giant Haleon in London has announced the latest stop in what's been a globetrotting legal career, heading to Saudi Arabia as senior vice president and deputy general counsel of oil giant Aramco.
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Cahill Adds Bankruptcy Partner From Barclays In NY
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP has expanded its bankruptcy and restructuring practice with the addition of an experienced attorney from Barclays Investment Bank, the firm said Tuesday.
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In-House Vets Launch Firm To Help B Corp. Clients B Good
Attorneys Jim Black and Julie Ryan don't just want to help public benefit and B Corporations through their newly launched Washington, D.C., boutique ImpactGC, they also want to be one.
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Colo. Court Order Smashes Atty-Client Privilege, Insurer Says
The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to take up an appeal of a Denver trial court order in a construction insurance case that an insurer warns would "eviscerate privilege protection for the vast majority of attorney-client privileged communications in society."
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Workday Defeats In-House Atty's Bias Suit, For Now
A California magistrate judge on Monday dismissed, for now, a lawsuit by a Workday Inc. in-house attorney who accused the company of discriminatory and retaliatory behavior, which included pay inequities and calling the police to conduct an unnecessary wellness check at his house when he was hospitalized.
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SEC's Grewal Says Self-Reporting Best Bet For No Penalties
Self-reporting is the most important factor that U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement staff weigh in determining cooperation credit and whether a firm should face a penalty, SEC Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal said in an interview with Law360.
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Nutter Adds Former McDermott, Boston Beer Co. Atty
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP has expanded its food and beverage team with the addition of a McDermott Will & Emery LLP partner and former corporate counsel at the Boston Beer Co. in the firm's New York office, the firm said Monday.
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3rd Circ. Won't Revive Ex-Pa. Agency Atty's Firing Suit
The Third Circuit on Monday declined to revive a former Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development attorney's suit alleging his firing violated his 14th Amendment rights, reasoning that the lawyer failed to show how his termination constitutes a deprivation of property.
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Elite's Latest Leadership Hire Joins From Discovery Education
In the latest of several major moves since its shift in ownership last year, Elite Technology, a provider of financial and practice management solutions to law firms, announced Monday that it has hired the former general counsel of Discovery Education as its chief legal officer and corporate secretary.
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Hill Int'l Moves Its Ex-GC To New Acquisitions Chief Role
Hill International Inc., one of the world's largest project and construction management companies, said Monday it has appointed William Dengler Jr. to the new role of chief acquisition and administrative officer, using his experience as Hill's former general counsel to help the firm grow.
Expert Analysis
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Keys To Digitizing Inefficient Contract Management Processes
Neville Eisenberg and Mark Grayson at BCLP explain how they sped up contract execution for one client by replacing email with a centralized, digital tool for negotiations and review, and how the principles they adhered to can be helpful for other law firms looking to improve poorly managed contract management processes.
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Practicing law through virtual platforms will likely persist even after the pandemic, so law firms and senior lawyers should consider refurbishing their associate mentoring programs to facilitate personal connections, professionalism and effective training in a remote environment, says Carol Goodman at Herrick Feinstein.
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How Law Firms Can Welcome And Celebrate Autistic Lawyers
As the U.S. observes Autism Acceptance Month, autistic attorney Haley Moss describes the societal barriers and stereotypes that keep neurodivergent lawyers from disclosing their disabilities, and how law firms can better accommodate and level the playing field for attorneys whose minds work outside of the prescribed norm.
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Law Firm Tips For Evaluating AI And Machine Learning Tools
Many legal technology vendors now sell artificial intelligence and machine learning tools at a premium price tag, but law firms must take the time to properly evaluate them as not all offerings generate process efficiencies or even use the technologies advertised, says Steven Magnuson at Ballard Spahr.
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A Call For Personal Accountability On Diversity And Inclusion
While chief legal officers are increasingly involved in creating corporate diversity, inclusion and anti-bigotry policies, all lawyers have a responsibility to be discrimination busters and bias interrupters regardless of the title they hold, says Veta T. Richardson at the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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Learning How To Code Can Unleash New Potential In Lawyers
Every lawyer can begin incorporating aspects of software development in their day-to-day practice with little to no changes in their existing tools or workflow, and legal organizations that take steps to encourage this exploration of programming can transform into tech incubators, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.
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Supporting Associates Amid Pandemic's Mental Health Toll
As junior associates increasingly report burnout, work-life conflict and loneliness during the pandemic, law firms should take tangible actions to reduce the stigma around seeking help, and to model desired well-being behaviors from the top down, say Stacey Whiteley at the New York State Bar Association and Robin Belleau at Kirkland.
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Mentoring a law student who is preparing for the bar exam without attending law school is an arduous process that is not for everyone, but there are also several benefits for law firms hosting apprenticeship programs, says Jessica Jackson, the lawyer guiding Kim Kardashian West's legal education.
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The Importance Of Client Engagement In Law Firm Innovation
As clients increasingly want law firms to serve as innovation platforms, firms must understand that there is no one-size-fits-all approach — the key is a nimble innovation function focused on listening and knowledge sharing, says Mark Brennan at Hogan Lovells.
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The Unique Challenges Facing Women-Owned Law Firms
In addition to establishing their brand from scratch, women who start their own law firms must overcome inherent bias against female lawyers and convince prospective clients to put aside big-firm preferences, says Joel Stern at the National Association of Minority and Women Owned Law Firms.
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The Pursuit Of Wellness In BigLaw: Lessons From My Journey
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Jane Jeong at Cooley shares how grueling BigLaw schedules and her own perfectionism emotionally bankrupted her, and why attorneys struggling with burnout should consider making small changes to everyday habits.
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Why We Must Recruit And Advance More Black Prosecutors
Black Americans make up a disproportionate percentage of the incarcerated population but are underrepresented among elected prosecutors, so the legal community — from law schools to prosecutor offices — must commit to addressing these disappointing demographics, says Erika Gilliam-Booker at the National Black Prosecutors Association.
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Young lawyers overwhelmed with a crushing workload must tackle the problem on two fronts — learning how to say no, and understanding how to break down projects into manageable parts, says Jay Harrington at Harrington Communications.
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A Scientific Path For Improving Diversity At Law Firms
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.