Sentences with phrase «in big law»

At best, this paper is only relevant to the automation of the fraction of the work that is undertaken in Big Law (drawing from data from several years ago).

I haven't heard the people who are in big law firms that have desired this change that have had any effect on making change happen within their organization.

If that were to continue — this implies a rate for the decade of 25 % just in Big Law alone.

The turnover of people in the big law firms, pre-recession at least, was enormous.

Question for Tom Grella: What is it like for a managing partner in a big law firm?

This will become increasingly pertinent as technology continues its gradual shift from back - office to front - office: artificial intelligence is currently one of the hottest topics in Big Law.

But that excludes those lawyers who have clients wealthier than the middle class, which means lawyers with highly specialized professional clients, and those in the big law firms.

All mentors have law degrees, but their practices and businesses range broadly from commercial litigation in a big law firm to nonprofit work.

Formerly in a big law firm, he now represents technology - oriented companies from startups to multinational corporations.

Before moving in - house; Casey served time in big law where his practice focused on complex commercial litigation and electronic discovery.

Many of the industries and practice areas discussed so far apply primarily to those practicing in Big Law and representing large entities — though I would argue that blockchain is yet another technology that flattens opportunities and invites agile individual attorneys and small firms into the competition for business.

For now, I tackle an easier question: what role can Watson play in Big Law?

However, we found that neither speaks accurately to the changes happening in Big Law.

Herrmann's book, and the column more generally (he's still writing it), are an extremely useful resource for helping to answer questions of associates and young partners about the often murky dynamics of life in a big law firm, both in terms of dealing with other lawyers within the firm and in dealing with the in - house lawyers who tend to be our clients.

Throughout 3 - 4 years of classes, extracurricular activities, and firm - sponsored events, there's a subtle but ever - present undercurrent reinforcing a belief that the career path towards becoming a senior partner in a big law firm is the holy grail to which all students should aspire.

A few months back, while I was still at Stanford (I'm now at Harvard Law's CLP), I explored the nature of disruption in Big Law.

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I am not sure that there are significant numbers of C - students getting jobs in Big Law, as alleged, while the top students languish for lack of connections.

And, we all talk about in Big Law how one will follow the other.

Associate salaries and other compensation metrics don't come close to telling the story of changes under way in big law, say many of the profession's sharpest observers.

As one managing partner pointed out to me, «reputation» in Big Law may include AmLaw rankings in terms of profit - per - partner, which is an unusual way to attract clients in most business sectors.

But as I mentioned, there is a lot of room in Big Law for sustaining innovation.

The short term impact is likely to be incremental change in Big Law, on the practice side.

Multistate practice is a hot trend in the Big Law world, and these firms are able to pour much more into advertising than their local competitors.

AI screams loudest in Big Law.

The whole thing is fascinating, but I'm going to skip over the bit where Dolin and Buley present their paper discussing whether the «Innovator's Dilemma» will lead to large - scale incumbent failure in Big Law.

Traditionally, law school graduates who chose to go on to practice law had two primary options of either doing so in Big Law, or running a solo storefront practice.

I found it very perceptive in highlighting the problems inherent in big law firms (often there in small - and medium - sized ones too, it should not be forgotten).

Widespread use of non-partner track lawyers in Big Law (beyond for document review) strikes me as relatively new.

Today's law schools are increasingly chasing their own tails, with the holy grail still being a coveted job in a big law firm that serves large corporations.

In Big Law, the principle of stare decisis applies far beyond legal precedent and well into business practice.

Secondly, while many of the lawyers that have the most grueling schedules are those who work in big law firms that pay well, most lawyers don't have triple figure salaries and many of them still have taxing workloads.

I have a friend in big law who swears that the secret to her (meteoric) success is bringing a notepad to every meeting.

Here are four critical skills that would have been useful to me in Big Law, at the boutique firm, and most certainly in running my solo practice.

«Will this kind of collective decision - making happen anytime soon in big law firms?

Bacal's 325 - page tome provides interesting insight into the birth and demise of a national law firm, and it should be mandatory reading for anyone who aspires to be part of law firm management or works in Big Law.

Until now, probably the most complete efforts has been by Ron Friedmann, who maintains lists of R&D in big law, online legal services, and outsourced legal services.

When you are an associate in Big Law working late nights and regularly showing up in the office on weekends, it's easy to idealize life as a solo practitioner.

Young lawyers in big law firms are usually paired up with mentors within their own firms as part of structured mentoring programs.

«In less than two years at Blank Rome, our insurance recovery team has had the opportunity to solidify our position as one of the leading practices in big law in terms of size, experience, and capabilities.

A lawyer with 10 years in Big Law, and 20 years in technology marketing, she is President of WritMarketing.

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Although the impetus to develop technology - based e-discovery software may have originated in big law, it also affects solo and small firm practitioners.

Today, the business of law focuses law school deans and practitioners in big law firms on something else: maximizing immediate profits for their institutions.

I think this question has some interesting angles to it, particularly for those hoping to work in big law firms or in other offices where a prestigious background is required.

That's true even at the small firms and solo and not just in big law.

Blogging continues to grow in big law firms.

Ludens believes that the depth of experience he has been able to attain so early on in his career was only possible because he is practicing in a big law firm setting.

It became quickly apparent that the opportunities for which I was looking weren't as readily available in my big law prospects.

Having worked in Big Law for the last six years, this was one of two recent posts that validates my experience in Big Law amid a lot of noise about its decline (the other was a great article by Josh Kubicki of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, which appeared in the OBA's JUST «Debatable» column in June).