I remember being told in the first semester of law school that "ignorance of the law is no excuse." I am beginning to think a corollary for corporate counsel is beginning to emerge: technological risk cannot be solely entrusted to tech experts. Two … [Continue reading]
Waiting for Lawyer School
When you hear a story about the travails of U.S. law schools and law students on the radio, perhaps it is a sign. This morning it was NPR, covering the recent ABA report about how job prospects for law grads are even worse than previously thought. … [Continue reading]
BigLaw: On the Clock
Last time, I noted that BigLaw is not a monolith; it's actually a model. Here's one description from a speech this week given by Richard Susskind (the context is the historical revenues from labor-driven document discovery): The reason these … [Continue reading]
Is BigLaw Burning?
Bruce MacEwen extends the discussion about the inherent problems in the BigLaw business model (and helpfully quotes from an earlier work by George Beaton). Mr. MacEwen trenchantly summarizes why all is not well for these incumbents, and notes the … [Continue reading]
Law School is for Everyone
Concord Law School seems to imply this, on a banner ad soon to appear during your next check-in on LinkedIn: (I'm not sure if the gentleman who appears in the ad is a Concord student, a Concord instructor, or just Mr. Clip Art.) This ad may be … [Continue reading]
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