Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 445: Best Practices for Getting Accommodations in Law School
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 442: Quick Tips -- How to Get the Most Out of Your Summer Legal Job
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 253: Bar Exam Best Practices - Creating Good Habits
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 440: Making Good Career Decisions in Law School (w/Sadie Jones)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 249: Quick Tips -- How to Prepare for the NextGen Bar Exam While Still in Law School
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 436: Improving Executive Functioning Skills as a Law Student
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 234: Rebounding from a Bar Exam Failure
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 413: Preparing for the Bar Exam with Themis and UWorld
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 402: Quick Tips -- The MPRE
An Unwanted Spotlight: DOJ Announces Hospice Fraud Is Top Priority
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 205: Quick Tips -- Fighting Perfectionism During Bar Prep
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 198: The NextGen Bar Exam (w/Doretta McGinnis)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 369: Using Spaced Repetition for Your Law School and Bar Exam Studies (w/Gabriel Teninbaum)
ABA Sound Advice: Five Tips for Successful Local Counsel Engagements
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 190: Listen and Learn -- Exceptions to Confidentiality (Professional Responsibility)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 179: Listen and Learn -- Professional Responsibility: Competence
Nota Bene Episode 103: The Diversity and Inclusion Imperative: Codifying Equality into the Lawyer’s Professional Code with David Douglass
5 Key Takeaways | What’s Hot in Financial Technology: Latest and Greatest Developments and Fintech Trends
CorpCast Episode 3: Preview of Business Divorce CLE at 2015 ABA Business Law Section Spring Meeting
Jobs, Funding For Courts On Agenda For New ABA President
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On July 29, the American Bar Association (ABA) weighed in for the first time on the ethical implications of generative AI (GenAI) use with the release of Formal Opinion 512. The 15-page document details, among other things,...more
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The American Bar Association recently issued a Formal Ethics Opinion addressing the ethics of attorney office sharing arrangements. In Formal Opinion 507, issued on July 12, 2023, the ABA Standard Committee on Ethics and...more
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Bert Kaminski is a seasoned legal counsel in the technology industry, specializing in advanced and emerging fields such as cloud computing, internet of things, artificial intelligence, data science & machine learning. Bert...more
The American Bar Association's (ABA) Formal Ethics Opinion 499 takes a small step forward in approving alternative business structures (ABS) in the practice of law. Recently, Arizona and Utah began allowing nonlawyers to...more
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The American Bar Association recently issued a formal opinion providing attorneys with helpful guidance regarding whether, and how, to respond to online criticism: Formal Ethics Opinion 496, Responding to Online Criticism...more
Traditionally, the only place to seek legal advice in the U.S. has been at a firm owned and run by one or more lawyers. Change, though, may be on the horizon. A few states have loosened the rules that enforce this norm, and...more
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