by HolAdmin | Apr 8, 2025 | American Legal News
Biglaw Associate Quits With Dramatic Flair: Strong commitment to morals underneath all of the cog metaphors. Did You Hear About The Paul Weiss Partner Event?: It might not have been about the Order, but the whole thing was a PR nightmare — you’ll love it! Doug Emhoff...
by HolAdmin | Apr 8, 2025 | American Legal News
In Season 9, Episode 5 of “Notes to My (Legal) Self,” I had the privilege of sitting down with Robert Hanna, a passionate advocate for legal talent solutions and community building in the age of AI. We delved into the transformative power of mentorship, the role of...
by HolAdmin | Apr 8, 2025 | American Legal News
The billable hour is not the natural state of legal billing. In fact, it wasn’t invented until after World War I, when Reginald Heber Smith proposed to move his firm to the model — setting up a system around 6 minute increments because “I can more easily add,...
by HolAdmin | Apr 8, 2025 | American Legal News
Getty Images It is nice to be a highly credentialed lawyer. I am a highly credentialed lawyer. However, nobody else really cares whether or not you are a highly credentialed lawyer. All those awards, articles, presentations, and certifications are perfectly reasonable...
by HolAdmin | Apr 8, 2025 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. It’s very alarming to think that all we’re doing is our job, and we have to fear. We should not have to fear that. We don’t want judges worried about the decisions that they’ll make in any particular case. It’s...
by HolAdmin | Apr 8, 2025 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Please welcome Renee Knake Jefferson back to the pages of Above the Law. Subscribe to her Substack, Legal Ethics Roundup, here. Welcome to what captivates, haunts, inspires, and surprises me every week in the world of legal ethics. Happy First Monday! On the...
