Evolving Legal Profession (Oct 11, 203)

Recent reports on how the legal profession is changing and how to be successful in it.

• "Growing expenses hamper Midsize law firm profitability: Firms still feeling the pinch of increasing lawyer costs," Thomson Reuters

• "With more lawyers doing pro bono, profession can meet access-to-justice gap, says Lynn Burns," Law Times

• "How to Become a 'Complete' Lawyer: 8 Tips for Young Lawyers," The Legal Intelligencer

• "Understanding the ABCs of AI: Should Lawyers Get 'AI Certified'?," Legaltech News

• "How 11 Major Law Firms are Joining Forces to Maximize AI Use," Law.com International

• "Biglaw Not As Plugged Into AI As We Thought,"Above the Law

• "In-House Attorneys Don't Trust Their Understanding of AI — and Thus Most Aren't Using It," Corporate Counsel

• "First all-remote, full-time law degree with ABA blessing set to start next fall," Reuters

• "Ahead of the Curve: Using ChatGPT for Law School Admissions," Law.com

• "A lawyer looks at 100," ABA Journal

• "Tech Survey Reveals The Era Of Biglaw AI Is Already Here," Above the Law

• "Technology Is the Great Equalizer in a Hybrid Workforce," Legaltech News

• "Is Generative AI Coming For Your Billable Hours?," Legaltech News

• "Generative AI Is a Catalyst for Law Firms and Talent Development," Bloomberg Law

• "Keeping Up Appearances: Slow-to-evolve dress codes often burden female and minority lawyers," ABA Journal

• "4 Ways Young Attorneys Can Find The Perfect Mentor," Law360

• "With Flexibility and Changing Norms, 'Side Hustles' May Be on the Rise in Big Law," The American Lawyer

• "Bar associations are stifling innovation and driving up costs, report says," Reuters

• "States Need To Rethink Bar Associations To Close Justice Gap," Law360

• "Rethinking Bar Associations' Roles: Fostering Legal Innovation and Cost Reduction," JD Journal

• "'History is made' as Michigan judges are ordered to use lawyers' preferred pronouns," Reuters

• "Michigan judges can't disregard pronoun preferences of parties and lawyers, new rule says," ABA Journal

• "In 5-2 Vote, Michigan Becomes First State To Require Judges To Use Pronoun Preferences Of Lawyers And Parties," TaxProf Blog

• "The Flight to Quality and Workplace Experience," Law.com

• "Law Firms Find 'Back to the Office' Means Different Things For Different People," Law.com International

• "How Core Weeks and Days Boost Return to Office," SHRM

• "Remote GC Revolution Fizzles Out as Employers Flock to 'Hard Hybrid'," Corporate Counsel

• "Legal education's day of reckoning approaches," Jordan Furlong

• "Will Innovation Help Law Firms and Clients Control the 'Cost Monster'?," The American Lawyer

• "Building cohesion in the post-pandemic law firm," Jordan Furlong

• "What is the future of remote working in the law firm world?,"ABA Journal

• "Are Law Firms' Real Estate and Tech Spending Invariably at Odds? It's Not That Simple," The American Lawyer

• "Law.com Trendspotter: Blanket Attendance Mandates Reveal the 'Core' of Law Firm RTO Struggles," Law.com

• "How Husch Blackwell's Virtual Office Prioritizes In-Person Connections," Law.com

• "The Law Firm Disrupted: What I've Learned About the New Normal," Law.com

• "Consolidation Is Significantly Altering the Legal Tech Landscape in 2023," Law.com

• "Legal Tech Vendors Are Taking On Generative AI Education. Are Attorneys Welcoming It?" Legaltech News

• "Bye-Bye, OCI? Law Firms Pursue 'Free Market' Alternatives to 'Artificial' Campus Recruiting," The American Lawyer

• "With 'Exploding Offers' and 'Elite' Advantages, Early Campus Recruiting Gets Mixed Reception,"The American Lawyer

• "Say Farewell To OCI Hell: Biglaw Firms Are Now Relying On Precruiting To Fill Their Summer Associate Classes," Above the Law

• "The 'Attorney Concierge' Era for Business Development Professionals Is Over," The American Lawyer

• "Public defender caseload standards from 1970s due for overhaul, study says," Reuters

• "Public Defender Schedules Are So Swamped It Probably Isn't Constitutional," Above the Law

• "Thinking Differently: Facilitating Entrepreneurship In Law Firms," The American Lawyer

• "How to Build the Law Firm of the Future," Law.com

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