Will the traditional law firm survive? If " traditional" encompasses the status quo -- incentives that measure and reward billable hours, a pyramid structure where large numbers of associates are…
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Have you taken my class, Brave New Writer: Leadership Through Corporate Storytelling? If so, you know how adverse I am to cliches. When I see certain ones, I just tell…
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Do you believe in licensing paralegals to give limited legal advice? There are areas of the law where at present, it is not economically feasible for lawyers to provide services…
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Stress doesn't really scare me. It is part and parcel of our lives. Why, might you ask, would anyone say that? Probably because in the second half of my work…
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"My supervisor remarked to me on two separate occasions that I may be "too old" for the type of work I was doing. At the time he said this, I…
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I have always maintained that the paralegal field did not go about establishing itself correctly. It's been piecemeal, guessing and improvising at best. Why? For years, anyone who wanted to…
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LOS ANGELES – The Organization of Legal Professionals, an industry group that includes some of the most respected legal technology thought leaders in the field, announced today that it has finalized preparations…
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The story of Cinderella is familiar to most of us. Nice girl, horrible living conditions, probably violation of child-labor laws, happy ending. When we are children, we believe this story…
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After lunch, he hit me with “You’re doing a great job.” Wow. I liked that. “However,” he proceeded, “if you’re going to succeed here, you’ll have to lose weight.” To…
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Todays Guest Blogger is Terese Cannon, J.D., We are entering a era of major, perhaps even revolutionary, shifts in law practice, legal education, and the role of both lawyers and…
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