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The Impact of Generative AI on the Legal Landscape: A Glimpse into 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology left an indelible mark on the global stage in 2023, and the legal arena was…

Rethinking Bar Associations’ Roles: Fostering Legal Innovation and Cost Reduction

A compelling argument emerges in a recent publication from the Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession at Stanford…

Women Take Charge in Bar Associations, Forming Strong ‘Sisterhood’

In a significant shift for the legal profession in the United States, nearly all of the significant American bar associations…

Bar Associations Slam US Appeals Court’s Termination of Midnight Filings

A proposal by the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals to move up the cut-off for electronic filings from midnight…

ABA Law Connect Project Abandoned

Summary: An alternative program for small businesses to be able to afford legal aid has been thrown out after most…

Is Iowa Going to Abolish Its Bar Exam?

Hat tip to The Pitt News, the daily student newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh, which published an article this…

Wisconsin Public Defenders Demand Raises

The State Bar of Wisconsin and the state public defender's office are demanding a $30 an hour increase in the…

Philadelphia Bar Announces Diversity Scholarships

The Young Lawyers Division of the Philadelphia Bar Association will award its Diversity Scholarships to five local law students at…

DC Bar May Defer Dues for Unemployed Lawyers

While The District of Columbia Bar considers deferring due payments for unemployed lawyers, it has voted to raise annual dues…

Utah To Start Mentor Program For New Lawyers

The state of Utah will become the third in the nation, after Georgia and Delaware, to require people new to…

Japan Goes Ninja on Unregistered Foreign Associates

Japan's Federation of Bar Associations (Nihon Bengoshi Rengokai) has shaken up the island nation's international legal community by declaring that…

Massachusetts Lawyers Expect to Make Less This Year

Nearly 79% of Massachusetts Bar Association members who responded to an online survey believe the economic downturn will affect the…