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Clifford Chance partner wrote ‘happily ever after’ post before he died in yacht disaster

Updated: A partner at Clifford Chance and his wife are among six people confirmed dead after a superyacht sank off the Sicily coast during a storm Monday.

Aug 20, 2024 11:43 AM CDT

Lawyer who described fishing trip in response to overdraft inquiry resigns from bar

A Connecticut lawyer has resigned from the bar after he was accused of telling ethics investigators that their trust account inquiries weren’t a priority, and he had been enjoying a fishing trip while they pressed for information.

Aug 20, 2024 11:08 AM CDT

4 of 5 modern lawyer presidents graduated from T-14 law schools; Harris wouldn’t be in that group if elected

Updated: Vice President Kamala Harris would be the second modern president with a law degree from a school outside the top 14 if she is elected in November.

Aug 20, 2024 8:50 AM CDT

Disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi has smaller hippocampus than 98% of population, neurologist testifies

Updated: A neurology professor testified last week that disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi has such a small brain hippocampus that 98% of people likely have a larger one.

Aug 19, 2024 2:33 PM CDT

Ex-bankruptcy judge who tried to avoid deposition in romance case ordered to take ethics training

A former bankruptcy judge has been sanctioned for trying to avoid a deposition by submitting to an unauthorized off-the-record interview with the law firm that employed his romantic partner.

Aug 19, 2024 12:37 PM CDT

Lawyer who reported suspected wrongdoing can’t collect whistleblower award, DC Circuit says

An in-house lawyer who reported suspected wrongdoing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission can’t recover a whistleblower award, a federal appeals court has ruled.

Aug 19, 2024 10:31 AM CDT

New metric inspired by baseball stats aims to measure real value of lawyers’ work

The Thomson Reuters Institute is introducing a new metric that measures how well lawyers are generating fees and collecting them by comparing them to their peers.

Aug 19, 2024 9:18 AM CDT

Legal Ed council broadens proposed accreditation standard addressing diversity

The council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has proposed reframing a contentious law school accreditation standard that encourages diversity to instead focus on achieving “access to legal education and the profession” for all qualified aspiring lawyers.

Aug 16, 2024 4:35 PM CDT

California signs deal with Kaplan for bar exam with plan for potential copyright issues

Despite concerns about copyright issues, the State Bar of California and Kaplan Exam Services signed an agreement allowing the company best known for test prep to create multiple-choice, essays and performance test questions for a California Bar Exam for use starting in February 2025.

Aug 15, 2024 2:52 PM CDT

Conflicts controversy follows revelation prosecutor sent nude photos to federal judge

A revelation that a prosecutor sent nude photos to a federal judge has led to an allegation that a U.S. attorney’s office tried to use the situation to force recusal.

Aug 15, 2024 1:10 PM CDT

‘Professional development strategy’ is reason for delayed start date for associates, midsize firm says

Midsize law firm Bass, Berry & Sims is pushing back the start date for its 22 incoming associates from September to January. The delay is a “professional development strategy” intended to give current junior associates more experience in transactional matters amid an uptick in such work, said Kerry Price, the…

Aug 15, 2024 11:25 AM CDT

Clifford Chance partner wrote ‘happily ever after’ post before he died in yacht disaster

Lawyer who described fishing trip in response to overdraft inquiry resigns from bar

4 of 5 modern lawyer presidents graduated from T-14 law schools; Harris wouldn’t be in that group if elected

Disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi has smaller hippocampus than 98% of population, neurologist testifies

Ex-bankruptcy judge who tried to avoid deposition in romance case ordered to take ethics training

Lawyer who reported suspected wrongdoing can’t collect whistleblower award, DC Circuit says

New metric inspired by baseball stats aims to measure real value of lawyers’ work

Legal Ed council broadens proposed accreditation standard addressing diversity

California signs deal with Kaplan for bar exam with plan for potential copyright issues

Conflicts controversy follows revelation prosecutor sent nude photos to federal judge

‘Professional development strategy’ is reason for delayed start date for associates, midsize firm says

Teen on field trip ends up in handcuffs and jail garb because judge didn’t want to be ‘played with’

Racial disparities in law school applicants remain, AccessLex Institute says

Trademark lawyer is profiting from Harris-Walz foresight

Disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi ‘didn’t seem all there’ in late 2020, ex-employee testifies in embezzlement trial

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