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The Second Year Blues: Tips for Second-Year Law Firm Associates

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The American Bar Association supports Lawyer Assistance Programs in each state, to which lawyers, law students, and judges can reach out without stigma for help with substance use, stress, and other mental health concerns. Offer to take new acquaintances to lunch to hear about their work experiences.

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Five Ways To Write Better Briefs

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Legal writing projects, encompassing legal briefs, motions, and closing arguments, are often the backbone of a law firm’s workload. Use Shorter Words Considering the frequency with which judges and lawyers review legal documents daily, try to prepare concise briefs and clearly communicate your arguments.

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ABA Annual Meeting 2019

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Returning home with 15 episodes (linked below), it was our pleasure to interview the leadership, network news personalities, federal judges, ABA Medal winners, top presenters, singers , and more who participated in one of the legal profession’s largest gatherings. Avoiding Malpractice in Family Law. Judge Joan V.

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5 Inspiring Legal Professionals Making Positive Change for Lawyers in the LGBTQ Community

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“Since then, one of my soap boxes that I try to advocate on all the time is that we need to see more lawyers in senior positions in leadership positions, in these amazing roles like partners and law school deans and professors and judges talking about the struggles they’ve faced and how they’ve gotten through it.”

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State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting 2019

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Tune in to hear the touching story of an inspirational letter that went unanswered for decades. State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting 2019: Ted Boutrous and Tom Leatherbury on Open Government Law and Fake News. State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting 2019: ‘Get Paid and Have a Life’ with Judge Audrey Moorehead. pic.twitter.com/QkIVXpaxqf.

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ABA TECHSHOW 2019 – The Long Play

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Of special note was keynote presenter and 1871 CEO Betsy Ziegler discussing the direction of the legal profession as well as Judge Scott Schlegel, who is implementing innovative new methods to decrease recidivism with his Smart on Crime Initiative. Tune in to hear how he does it. ABA TECHSHOW 2019: Smart on Crime Initiative.

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Jacqueline Schafer on Writing Briefs at the Speed of AI: How ClearBrief is Transforming Legal Drafting

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Rigorous security and confidentiality controls provide the trust needed to gain adoption at top law firms. Younger associates and paralegals tend to be most enthusiastic about the technology while firm leadership lags. So but I hear we have another Schwartz. Then I’m sure the judge is saying sorry, doesn’t cut it.

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