Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. There’s a lot of complexity to Big Law firms. But I try to simplify that, and say, “We’re competing everyday in two markets: we’re competing in the market for talent, and we’re competing for the market for clients.” I think, for me, trying to…
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Editor’s note: This story is developing and will be updated. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the 2025-26 academic year will be fully available by Dec. 1 — two months later than the form’s usual…
The bar exam is officially past, and now we wait to learn who passed. This year’s examination included dehydrating applicants and examinees missing out on their family’s Olympic success. While bar exam changes are coming — and law students can get paid to help — at the end of the day, it’s a giant boondoggle…
Matching gifts hold an incredible yet often untapped potential in the world of nonprofit and educational fundraising. To shed light on this powerful tool, we’re excited to present a matching gift Q&A session with Tom Mansmith, consultant and renowned expert in workplace giving and matching gifts. With more than 20 years of experience in the…
Law firms enjoyed monster profits during the lockdown as attorneys adapted to working from home. After the storm passed, firms tried to reconcile a workforce that had grown to appreciate the flexibility of home work with the long-term leases entered before 2020. While senior attorneys balked at being brought back to the office to put…
Can the prosecution be real for a second? There are times where it makes sense to pause and think before you answer a question. Dora The Explorer, one of the greatest characters of our time, frequently gives her viewers time to ruminate over questions like “What’s your name?“, “Can you see the Map?”, and “Holy…
(Image via Getty) A Texas adoption attorney is accused of a nefarious scheme of trying to purchase babies from pregnant inmates via money placed in commissary accounts. Jody Hall is facing two third degree felony counts of sale or purchase of a child, each of which carries a penalty of up to 10 years in…
Overall, schools need to seek out “observability tools that can process, analyze and route data — metrics, events, logs and traces — across any IT environment,” Prevost says. That end-to-end visibility “empowers ITOps, engineering and security teams with shared data, context and workflows to see where a problem originated and its impact,” she says. To…
The challenges facing legal departments are clear: tighter budgets, increasing workloads, and a pressing need for efficiency. While AI adoption in the legal profession is still in its early stages, it offers a promising solution to these issues, particularly for contract review. The question for many legal professionals isn’t whether to embrace AI — it’s…
We recently added 2022 and 2023 Automated Criminal Infractions System (ACIS) court records data to our Measuring Justice Dashboard. We also just released a new Dashboard metric showing how North Carolina criminal charges get disposed. At the Lab, we support evidence-based approaches to criminal justice that promote public safety, a fair and effective system, and…