What would Donald Trump do? (WWDTD)
I don’t think anyone really likes Donald Trump (DT). I feel like that’s kind of his shtick. Relentless; unapologetic. He will run you over if you’re standing in between him and his goal. And while you...
View ArticleYou shouldn’t be burdened with a student loan…
I had a couple of hours to kill last night and stumbled upon one of my all time favorites on Netflix: The Firm. This little clip reminded me of how I thought it would be after law school. (See clip...
View Article3 Things I Wish I Knew Before Going into LegalTech
Like many people, I went to law school, passed a bar exam, but then found myself not actually practicing within the field that I had spent so much time and money to be trained. I had taken stock of...
View ArticleIt’s a Double Life for the New Lawyer
Joe Mornin is a programmer and third-year law student at UC Berkeley. He built Bestlaw, a browser extension that adds features to Westlaw. He's worked at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Berkman...
View ArticleYoung Lawyers, Move to Silicon Valley!
Updated: January 31st, 2015. This article was originally posted on November 11, 2013. This week it was announced that the Stanford Graduate School of Business, for the first time in its history, was...
View ArticleLawyers Moonlighting as Entrepreneurs
So many articles have been written about how lawyers make terrible entrepreneurs. Lawyers are mischaracterized as risk averse, unimaginative and perfectionists to a fault. Most also believe that...
View ArticleThe Lawyer Who Became the King of SaaS
From lawyer to tech start-up guru, and the undeniable thought leader for the SaaS movement in Silicon Valley, Jason Lemkin continues to build a following of founders, CEO’s and sales execs through his...
View ArticleA Chart Summarizing the New York Bar Exam Changes
What’s new with the New York Bar Exam in 2016? Big changes are coming to the New York Bar Exam beginning in July 2016. As you may know, the NY Bar has decided to adopt the Uniform Bar Exam (“UBE”) to...
View ArticleReciprocity and the Future of the Florida Bar
In July 2015, the newly elected President of the Florida Bar, Ramon Abadin created a firestorm of controversy with a proposal to allow attorneys from other states to practice law in Florida without the...
View Article3 Reasons Attorneys Should Embrace Their Machine Competitors
Technological developments hit every industry eventually, and the time has come for the legal profession. The accessibility of online legal tools that offer assistance in drafting simple legal...
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