US anti-affirmative action group drops lawsuit after law firm changes fellowship criteria – JURIST

US anti-affirmative action group drops lawsuit after law firm changes fellowship criteria – JURIST

The American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER), a group founded by prominent anti-affirmative action activist Edward Blum, agreed on Wednesday to drop their lawsuit challenging law firm Perkins Cole’s diversity fellowship program.... Read more »
Biglaw Firm’s Right To Ditch Law Student Over Objectionable Hamas Views

Biglaw Firm’s Right To Ditch Law Student Over Objectionable Hamas Views

Israeli airstrikes on Gaza (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images) As a lawyer, you want to support freedom of speech. But at the end of the day this is a... Read more »
Getting The Most Bang For Your Law School Buck

Getting The Most Bang For Your Law School Buck

(Image via Getty) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which law school tops National Jurist’s list of the country’s “Best Value Law Schools”? Hint: The schools... Read more »
LawNext Podcast: Building A Subscription Law Practice, with Fidu Cofounder Kimberly Bennett

LawNext Podcast: Building A Subscription Law Practice, with Fidu Cofounder Kimberly Bennett

 Soon after starting her own law practice, Kimberly Bennett decided there had to be a better way than the billable hour to charge for her services. She wanted predictable pricing for her intellectual... Read more »
Sports-Related Employment Law Updates in Puerto Rico

Sports-Related Employment Law Updates in Puerto Rico

A new law in Puerto Rico provides several pay and anti-discrimination protections for athletes on account of their pregnancies. A separate sports-related employment law extends leave protections for eligible athletes, coaches and... Read more »
AI Update: OpenAI’s Chip Production Plans, How Law Firms Really Use AI, Fake Tom Hanks

AI Update: OpenAI’s Chip Production Plans, How Law Firms Really Use AI, Fake Tom Hanks

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, may turn away from purchasing its artificial intelligence chips from Nvidia in favor of an alternative vendor or even producing its own custom chips, Reuters reports. Google,... Read more »
My Lawyer Wrote Everything – Above the Law

My Lawyer Wrote Everything – Above the Law

Olga V. Mack is the VP at LexisNexis and CEO of Parley Pro, a next-generation contract management company that has pioneered online negotiation technology. Olga embraces legal innovation and had dedicated her career to improving... Read more »
Profitability Satisfaction Is Down For Law Firm Leaders

Profitability Satisfaction Is Down For Law Firm Leaders

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to a new survey by LawVision and BigHand of managing partners, COOs, CFOs, pricing chiefs, and other senior law... Read more »
Criminal Defense Clinic: Changing a Mind to Change a Life and Winning the Second Effort – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School

Criminal Defense Clinic: Changing a Mind to Change a Life and Winning the Second Effort – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School

Adrienne Irmer, ’23 and Jamie Halper, ’23 CHANGING A MIND TO CHANGE A LIFEAdrienne Irmer and Jamie Halper had the honor of representing an incredible 59-year-old man who had worked hard to... Read more »
Criminal Defense Clinic: Case Dismissal and Grant of Early Termination Motion – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School

Criminal Defense Clinic: Case Dismissal and Grant of Early Termination Motion – Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School

Merlin MacGillivray, ’24 and Andreas Jackson, ’24 CASE DISMISSED!Andreas Jackson and Merlin MacGillivray represented a 41-yearold man who had been cited for possession of cocaine following a supposed welfare check. Although the... Read more »
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