Veteran Investigative Journalist Allen Pusey Named E&P of the ABA Journal

Veteran investigative reporter and editor Allen Pusey has been named editor and publisher of the ABA Journal, the flagship publication of the ABA and the world’s most widely circulated legal…

Oct 31, 2011 5:34 PM CDT

Around the Blawgosphere: Lawyer Bloggers and Disclaimers; The ‘Ten Crack Commandments’ in Practice

Legal Blogging v. Advertising

Late last week, the Virginia State Bar ruled that Richmond, Va., lawyer Horace Hunter, who posts at Richmond Criminal Defense News,…

Oct 28, 2011 1:51 PM CDT

If You Could Create a Lawyer Superhero, What Would Be His / Her Name? Powers?

For our November issue, we asked pop culture writer and comic book aficionado Jesse Thompson for his picks of the top 10 lawyers…

Oct 26, 2011 8:18 PM CDT

McElhaney: The Burden of Reasonable Doubt

The young lawyer was right in the middle of final argument when he had one of those awful moments of self-awareness and wondered if he would be able to finish…

Oct 21, 2011 11:50 PM CDT

Around the Blawgosphere: Smartphones and Dumb Moves; Axiom, Clearspire Big Competition for Solos?

What Firms Compete Best with Solos?

At My Shingle, Washington, D.C., solo Carolyn Elefant says that she knows where she stands when she’s competing with the Am…

Oct 21, 2011 1:59 PM CDT

What Tasks—at Work or Home—Would You Outsource, If You Could? And What Would You Never Outsource?

Earlier this month, we saw a post at the blog Spend Matters on legal process outsourcing titled: “Outsourcing the Right Things for the Right Reasons.” The post…

Oct 19, 2011 5:00 PM CDT

Law School Grads: Take This Six-Question Survey on Finding That First Job

Readers had a lot to say in 120-plus comments on last week’s story about two law firms’ announcement that Oct 12, 2011 4:51 PM CDT

How Would You Change Your Law School’s Admission Policies?

This week, we noted a study that found that more than three quarters of the students at the nation’s top 20 law schools come from the…

Oct 5, 2011 4:00 PM CDT

SCOTUSblog Founder on How to Start Your Own Appellate Practice

Have you ever dreamed of opening your own appellate practice? The 2011 U.S. Supreme Court term opens Oct. 3, and along with the government lawyers and big firm attorneys, many solo and small firm practitioners will be entering the doors at 1 First St. ABA Journal Podcast moderator Stephanie Francis Ward talks with two lawyers about how and why they built their own appellate practices.

Oct 3, 2011 9:01 PM CDT

The Confession: Excerpt from John Grisham’s Winning Entry for Harper Lee Prize

Oct 1, 2011 10:00 AM CDT

Around the Blawgosphere: How Will Bloomberg Law’s Sponsorship Change SCOTUSblog?

SCOTUSblog Now Brought to You By …

One week before the U.S. Supreme Court’s first Monday, SCOTUSblog launched a redesigned site. Robert Ambrogi’s Lawsites…

Sep 30, 2011 1:52 PM CDT

Would You Hire Someone Who Is Unemployed? Have You Ever Landed a Job Despite Being Unemployed?

This week, we noted a jobs bill supported by President Barack Obama that would allow unemployed people to collect damages for discrimination when would-be…

Sep 28, 2011 6:35 PM CDT

Around the Blawgosphere: Pruning Phony Web Client Reviews; What Does It Mean to Be a Virtual Lawyer?

Spotting Fakes

At Small Firm Innovation, Washington, D.C., solo Carolyn Elefant notes a New York Times article about researchers at Cornell University…

Sep 23, 2011 1:30 PM CDT

John Grisham on Grappling with Race, the Death Penalty; and Lawyers ‘Polluting Their Own Profession’

John Grisham isn’t certain what’s happened to the image of lawyers in the five decades since To Kill A Mockingbird was published. But he’s fairly sure that his readers might…

Sep 23, 2011 12:04 AM CDT

Does Your Firm Offer Sabbaticals? Have You Ever Taken One or Thought About Doing So?

In July, we noted that law firms in Singapore, which pay their associates approximately $50,000 in U.S. dollars, are offering those associates, among other things,…

Sep 21, 2011 5:21 PM CDT