I knew that she understood the interests
of real lawyers out there in the trenches because she was one herself.
What is surprising is that law schools, the training ground
for real lawyers, have traditionally shared a similar focus on litigation.
Just
like real lawyers, law students get overwhelmed with work and tend to leave things to the last minute.
Real blogging
by real lawyers, as opposed to lawyers and law firms throwing up «blogs» to grab attention and web traffic.
The organization believes putting real stories of
real lawyers out there will help to change that perception as individuals generally respect their own lawyers, just not the profession as a whole.
You are helping millions of people and small businesses to thrive by
making real lawyers like you more accessible online.
It is also really exciting to see how many other entrepreneurs are building new online resources
involving real lawyers.
It's time for a fourth wave of blogging
where real lawyers write about real stuff for real.
The «blogs as advertising» approach used by so many lawyers opens the door
for real lawyers to shine in their blogging.
Kevin O'Keefe
at Real Lawyers Have Blogs gives the ILTA conferees a big pat on their collective backs for their tweeting and blogging, noting that, just two years ago, he criticized ILTA attendees for the silence of their blogs during that year's conference.
To have the opportunity to listen in
on real lawyers gathering together for a conference call to discuss current day law and technology issues is a tremendous milestone for Law2.0 — I wish Denise and Leo all the success with TWiL and I look forward to listening to future episodes.
«It's a path along which all of us in this room have had to travel not so much because it's a typical career but because, despite our efforts, despite our talents, despite our creativity, we're made to feel, or we feel, like we're
not real lawyers because of the colour of our skin,» he said.
To sum up, the arrival of AI marks a Renaissance for the legal industry because it permits lawyers to be
real lawyers again and not tired process units counting down the hours of their day.
We just can't afford to keep all of you very expensive scholars who can't teach our students
real lawyering skills.
LexBlog is that mighty platform that enables thousands of lawyers in the US to blog successfully, proving, in the words of Kevin's own blog, that Real Lawyers [do indeed] Have Blogs.
I recently got a press release from a lawyer - who - has - never - practiced who very conspicuously puts JD after her name (
real lawyers never put JD or Esq. after their own names) even though her ten years of experience do not include even one year of actually practicing law, as far as I can tell.
With so many bona fide lawyers struggling to obtain a job or attract clients, it's hard to believe that some people not only manage to
impersonate real lawyers, but find real business and jobs as well.
«The ONLY advice I give away: If you get served with a demand from a lawyer or a summons from a court, CALL
A REAL LAWYER»
LawBot co-founders, Ludwig Bull and Rebecca Agliolo (pictured above) said: «To demonstrate the utility of our system, we are organising a competition
between real lawyers and our predictive algorithm.
Lucent Law's Forms & Essentialssm combines the convenience and affordable pricing of the form sellers with the knowledge, expertise, and follow - through of
real lawyers licensed to practice in the states where the documents will be used and the services provided.
I have had calls from lawyers in the midst of handling apparent fraud attempts who were wanting to verify whether the lawyers named as the drafter of the collaborative family law agreements presented to them by the fraudsters were in
fact real lawyers.
Thanks so much to Lisa Kennelly at Lexblog for a very kind post about this blog in Kevin O'Keefe's
fantastic Real Lawyers Have Blogs.
My musings and those of Venkat Balasubramani over whether to shut down our blogs and start afresh with new ones garnered some attention from other legal bloggers, among them Bruce Carton today at Legal Blog Watch, Colin Samuels at Infamy or Praise, Kevin O'Keefe
at Real Lawyers Have Blogs, and Ron Coleman at Likelihood of -LSB-...]
Besides, as Kevin O'Keefe
from Real Lawyers Have Blogs eloquently put it: «When you have a blog that never links to other bloggers, it's like going to a networking event and refusing to talk with anyone.»
This is a viable alternative business model
for real lawyers to connect with clients in a very meaningful way.
Instead, enroll in a program run
by real lawyers with years of experience in being number one in the SERPS, that teaches you how to:
Lastly, Kevin O'Keefe
of Real Lawyers Have Blogs addresses a concern that's common among lawyers thinking about blogging: the fact that there are already other successful blogs on the subject out there.
Still many doubted the significance of these achievements when it comes to
real lawyer work.