Poll: US Supreme Court public approval at record low
GALLUP — The U.S. Supreme Court’s eventful 2022-2023 term appears to have had no effect on Americans’ overall opinion of the high court, with its 40% approval rating the same as Gallup found last September, just before the start of the term.
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U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT — Depending on whether they enter the private or public sector, law school graduates range widely in what they get paid at their first jobs.
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JD SUPRA — Artificial intelligence is here to stay and law firms would be wise to learn how to use AI tools to their advantage, particularly in their marketing and business development efforts.
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FORBES — Law firms have been reimagined with a much leaner real estate footprint, and many of the traditional components have been either outsourced or digitalized. This allows such law firms to revolutionize the way legal services are delivered.
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JD SUPRA — Upon completing their studies and passing the bar exam, fresh law school graduates must ponder their future career paths. There is not one route that a law school student must follow upon graduation. The American Bar Association’s “Profile of the Legal Profession” report (2021) highlights the different categories in which law school graduates…
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REUTERS — The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday that sharply curtailed considerations of race in university admissions will hamper decades-long efforts to bolster diversity in the legal profession, law school administrators and other industry experts said.
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JD SUPRA — Companies around the world are rushing to integrate generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into their user interfaces to automate and deliver tailored website and application interfaces, customer service interactions, and advertising content to individual users in more personalized ways than ever.
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LEGAL SPEAK — In this week’s episode, Lloyd Freeman, chief diversity officer at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, discusses where Big Law firms are moving the needle the most when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion—as well as where they’re continuing to fall short.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Federal judges are somewhat less likely to side with employers that deny requests for telework as a disability accommodation after the Covid-19 pandemic sparked a remote work revolution.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Cooley’s offer to pay incoming first-year corporate associates $100,000 to defer start dates for a year presents an interesting quandary for them—take the money, or work in a different practice group come January. What should they do? The differing opinions Cooley associates receive—should they ask for them—will leave them feeling as stumped…
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