Nashville, Tennessee’s Bass, Berry & Sims has announced the completion of its first associate litigation training program, culminating in full-scale mock jury trials at Vanderbilt University Law School. The six-month program was designed to provide associates with direct litigation, trial advocacy, and jury persuasion experience. The goal of the training is to prepare associates to become [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 22, 2009
Howrey, which laid off 25 staff in April, is adopting an “apprenticeship” program for its incoming associates, similar to that proposed by Drinker Biddle in May. Under Howrey’s Tier 1 Program, new associates will spend only one-third of their time in their first year on billable client work. The rest will be spent on pro bono [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 24, 2009
The state of Utah will become the third in the nation, after Georgia and Delaware, to require people new to the practice of law to participate in a yearlong, mandatory mentoring program intended to foster professionalism, ethics, and practical advice. The Utah Supreme Court has already approved the program, called the New Lawyer Training Program, and [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 15, 2009
Law Technology News has announced the law firm and in-house law department winners in its sixth annual Law Technology News Awards program. In brief: Most Innovative Use of Technology During a Trial: Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant & Miller’s system that handled e-discovery for an anti-trust case involving more than 19 million electronic pages and 1,100 boxes of hard [...]
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