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With the economic downturn in the United States, there will be a return of concerted condemnation on offshore outsourcing. Counsel should be prepared to assist clients in managing the various kinds of backlash they may encounter both during the setup of a transaction and afterwards. Antiglobalization has basically four lines of argument…
You work at a firm with hundreds of lawyers in offices across the country. It does you no good to put your face on billboards; we don’t represent plaintiffs in slip-and-falls. It does you no good (at least from a marketing perspective) to maintain relationships with your old law school classmates now in private practice; it is very unlikely they will refer cases to us…Building a practice is hard. Still, there are things you can do—and that would work for your peers in small or mid-size firms too.
The term networking is sometimes overused and often misunderstood. Some people think that networking merely means using contacts to find jobs. Others dismiss it as psychobabble, a campy way to mystify something that is very simple. Both these perceptions contain grains of truth, but miss the big picture.
What would possess a litigant to put his attorney on the witness stand or the attorney’s advice at issue? At first glance, many tactical considerations weigh in favor of such efforts. For example, in today’s environment of complex commercial litigation a litigant’s attorney typically has the best command of the facts. Unlike other witnesses who may only be privy to pieces of the puzzle, the attorney is uniquely situated to be a “big picture” person as a result of having gathered and marshaled the facts. Learn more about the attorney as witness.
If you want to be a good lawyer, and serve your client well and competently, there is no longer any way to evade the fact that e-evidence is a factor in a growing number of cases.
Is law at essence now about sharp elbows, back-biting, Attila run amuck, fundamentally reduced to head-spinning mergers, portable billings, lateral moves galore--not just a business, but closely approximating a franchise business, with mandatory-hours quotas, and where quantity trumps quality (and quality of life)? Not so fast. The thesis here is that the statesman and stateswoman was always at the heart of the profession. We just need once again to be reminded of the power of statesmanship.
Although there are limits on touch-based torts and property-based torts, is it possible to apply tort law in virtual worlds? Examine some torts that do appear to have application in virtual spaces.
The ABA Book Briefs Podcast is a series of audo interviews, discussions, and readings from ABA Books. Our Feature Podcasts are about 10-15 minutes in length and come out once a month. Occasionally we offer Special Podcasts. You can listen to each podcast individually or you can subscribe to receive them automatically when they are released.
Wildlife Law This episode of the ABA Book Briefs podcast series was produced in cooperation with the ABA Tort, Trial, and Insurance Practice Section’s Animal Law Committee. In this podcast, Gilda Mariani, 2007-2008 chair of the ABA TIPS Animal Law Committee interviews Raj Panjawani editor of the ABA book Wildlife Law: A Global Perspective.
Choose from a wide selection of books that enhance all aspects of their personal and professional life to iPods preloaded with CLE in seven practice areas. Holiday shopping couldn't be any easier!
This hands-on workbook is an invaluable tool for lawyers at all stages of their professional life, from law students to high-level professionals transitioning careers.
Drawing on her years as a practicing lawyer and her experience as a time management consultant to lawyers, Meg Spencer Dixon presents techniques that are workable in the real legal world of too many meetings, too little time, demanding clients, and constant challenges.
More and more firms are hiring professional development experts, and the shared information in this book is invaluable to those, and all firms, and individual attorneys focused on their own professional development.
ABA Publishing Practice Essentials—Articles
Now you can have instant access to articles previously available only to members of certain ABA entities. Articles from Litigation, Probate & Property, The SciTech Lawyer, and Experience are available as searchable PDF downloads.
