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Good News for New Lawyers: Fewer Grads Mean Better Job Prospects
May 20, 2015
The job outlook for new lawyers is improving, recent figures show. That may have as much to do with fewer law school graduates looking for work than to any actual improvement in the job market for entry-level lawyers. Nearly 60 percent of all 2014 law school graduates were employed in full-time, long-term legal jobs, requiring bar passage as of March 15, according to data released Wednesday by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. That’s up nearly 3 percent from...
May 20, 2015
The job outlook for new lawyers is improving, recent figures show. That may have as much to do with fewer law school graduates looking for work than to any actual improvement in the job market for entry-level lawyers. Nearly 60 percent of all 2014 law school graduates were employed in full-time, long-term legal jobs, requiring bar passage as of March 15, according to data released Wednesday by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. That’s up nearly 3 percent from...
Dealing with Difficult People? First Look in the Mirror
May 20, 2015
We’ve all faced the challenge of dealing with difficult people – those who refuse to give you what you want in negotiation for no clear reason other than sheer stubbornness. But dismissing others as stubborn, irrational, and difficult is typically a mistake. When dealing with difficult employees, clients, customers, and others, the most important step you can take is typically to stop looking at them as stubborn and to begin listening closely to their concerns. Take the case of a new multinational...
May 20, 2015
We’ve all faced the challenge of dealing with difficult people – those who refuse to give you what you want in negotiation for no clear reason other than sheer stubbornness. But dismissing others as stubborn, irrational, and difficult is typically a mistake. When dealing with difficult employees, clients, customers, and others, the most important step you can take is typically to stop looking at them as stubborn and to begin listening closely to their concerns. Take the case of a new multinational...
UK Law Firm First To Go Public
May 20, 2015
Birmingham-based Gateley announced Tuesday that it had retained Cantor Fitzgerald Europe to provide financial advice on a plan to raise as much as 10 million British pounds in an initial public offering later this year, Bloomberg reports. That would be over $15 million in U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate. Nonlawyers are permitted to invest in a law firm under the U.K.’s Legal Services Act. which was enacted in 2011. Gateley’s 81 partners plan to retain over 50 percent of the firm’s...
May 20, 2015
Birmingham-based Gateley announced Tuesday that it had retained Cantor Fitzgerald Europe to provide financial advice on a plan to raise as much as 10 million British pounds in an initial public offering later this year, Bloomberg reports. That would be over $15 million in U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate. Nonlawyers are permitted to invest in a law firm under the U.K.’s Legal Services Act. which was enacted in 2011. Gateley’s 81 partners plan to retain over 50 percent of the firm’s...
Facebook Instant Articles
May 19, 2015
Today we’re excited to introduce Instant Articles, a new product for publishers to create fast, interactive articles on Facebook. As...
May 19, 2015
Today we’re excited to introduce Instant Articles, a new product for publishers to create fast, interactive articles on Facebook. As...
Law Firm Leaders Optimistic About Demand
May 19, 2015
Law firm leaders responding to an Altman & Weil survey are optimistic about market demand, even as they express concerns about overcapacity. Leaders in 32 percent of the law firms surveyed said market demand has returned to prerecession levels, while leaders at 41 percent of the firms expected demand to return in the next few years, according to the survey (PDF) and an Altman Weil press release. Leaders of 320 U.S. law firms with 50 or more lawyers participated in the survey, including 45 percent...
May 19, 2015
Law firm leaders responding to an Altman & Weil survey are optimistic about market demand, even as they express concerns about overcapacity. Leaders in 32 percent of the law firms surveyed said market demand has returned to prerecession levels, while leaders at 41 percent of the firms expected demand to return in the next few years, according to the survey (PDF) and an Altman Weil press release. Leaders of 320 U.S. law firms with 50 or more lawyers participated in the survey, including 45 percent...
Lex Machina’s Legal Analytics Named 2015 New Product of the Year by American Association of Law Libraries
May 19, 2015
The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) announced today that it has selected Legal Analytics, a first-of-its-kind...
May 19, 2015
The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) announced today that it has selected Legal Analytics, a first-of-its-kind...
Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications Coming Soon
May 18, 2015
@USDOT secretary Anthony Foxx (@SecretaryFoxx) announces accelerated timetable for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications; tech also supports vehicle-to-infrastructure comms; aims to reduce accidents, fatalities; DOT hopes for completion of @FCC radio interference testing within yr; Foxx encouraged @NHTSAGov to accelerate its plans: to ensure regulatory framework supports rapid progress, & to ultimately require all new vehicles support V2V I'm proud to announce that DOT is accelerating our timetable...
May 18, 2015
@USDOT secretary Anthony Foxx (@SecretaryFoxx) announces accelerated timetable for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications; tech also supports vehicle-to-infrastructure comms; aims to reduce accidents, fatalities; DOT hopes for completion of @FCC radio interference testing within yr; Foxx encouraged @NHTSAGov to accelerate its plans: to ensure regulatory framework supports rapid progress, & to ultimately require all new vehicles support V2V I'm proud to announce that DOT is accelerating our timetable...
New uscourts.gov Launched
May 18, 2015
The federal Judiciary’s website, uscourts.gov, has a fresh look, improved functionality, and webpages that adjust automatically...
May 18, 2015
The federal Judiciary’s website, uscourts.gov, has a fresh look, improved functionality, and webpages that adjust automatically...
Great Neural Plasticity Video – Hard to Overcome Learned Bias
May 18, 2015
Engineer shows how hard it is to overcome a System 1 learned program with new information. Be patient in mediation!
May 18, 2015
Engineer shows how hard it is to overcome a System 1 learned program with new information. Be patient in mediation!
10 Predictions: How IBM’s Watson Will Impact Law
May 17, 2015
IBM CEO: All systems that counted - tabulated results. Programmable systems. Smart phones, current computers. Cognitive Computing. Learns, natural language, unstructured. Augment the decisions we make. The gray area where there is no right and wrong answer. Percent confidence, reasons. Application to law: Analyze evidence against complex legal structure. Here are 10 predictions: Watson is almost certainly the most significant technology ever to come to law, and it will give lawyers...
May 17, 2015
IBM CEO: All systems that counted - tabulated results. Programmable systems. Smart phones, current computers. Cognitive Computing. Learns, natural language, unstructured. Augment the decisions we make. The gray area where there is no right and wrong answer. Percent confidence, reasons. Application to law: Analyze evidence against complex legal structure. Here are 10 predictions: Watson is almost certainly the most significant technology ever to come to law, and it will give lawyers...
