How law firms can use social media to recruit lawyers and staff

March 19, 2025

THE SOCIAL MEDIA BUTTERFLY — The competition for top legal talent has never been tougher. Law firms that rely only on job boards and traditional networking are competing for the same small pool of active job seekers. But the best candidates are often not looking.

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Advice on starting a career in public service

March 19, 2025

THE NATIONAL JURIST — Lady Justicemay wear a blindfold, but she’s not blind. As a symbol of fairness and equity, Lady Justice embodies the ideals at the heart of the legal profession. With a blindfold, scales and a sword, she represents the impartiality, balance and authority required to uphold justice.

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Utah scales back programs that loosened restrictions on performing legal services

March 19, 2025

REUTERS — Utah is scaling back a four-year-old program that loosened rules for delivering legal services in the state, leading nearly 30 businesses and law firms to exit or be eliminated, according to Utah Supreme Court orders and a court official.

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A look at legal operation trend predictions in 2025

March 19, 2025

JDSUPRA — Legal teams are at an inflection point — while the legal technology market is predicted to soar to $50 billion by 2027 with increased spending and innovation, 70% of digital transformations fail due to poor adoption strategies. 

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Study of legal artificial intelligence finds some models can improve work quality and efficiency

March 19, 2025

LAW SITES — Just last week, I wrote about a first-of-its-kind benchmarking study of legal AI tools, and now comes another, much-different study, that is also the first of its kind.

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Why pro bono work is important for practicing attorneys

March 19, 2025

LAW 360 — For Fordham University School of Law’s Dora Galacatos, a legal clinic offering pro bono counsel is as close to “church” as she’ll get.

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ABA Legal Education Council suspends enforcement of accreditation standard on diversity

March 19, 2025

ABA JOURNAL — The council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has suspended enforcement of the accreditation standard originally titled “ 

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More than 950 law professors and scholars sign letter declaring the US is in a constitutional crisis

March 19, 2025

AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY — More than 1,000 law scholars from around the country have signed on to a bipartisan letter decrying President Trump’s slew of illegal executive orders and actions and declared, “We believe we are in a constitutional crisis.”

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A feature on Penn State Dickinson Law dean and AALS president-elect Danielle Conway

March 19, 2025

MSN — Penn State Dickinson Law Dean Danielle Conway says it was a long-term misunderstanding she had as a Philadelphia middle schooler that led her to become an attorney.

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How to assess the legal risk of continuing DEI policies amid recent executive orders banning them

March 19, 2025

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW — With a series of executive orders, the Trump administration has put a target on corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. As of this writing, key portions have been enjoined by a federal court.

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