Albany Law professor Ray Brescia discusses his new book on the legal profession
ABA JOURNAL — Ray Brescia, a law professor at Albany Law School in New York, has taken a hard look at the country’s legal system in his new book, Lawyer Nation: The Past, Present, and Future of the American Legal Profession.
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MINNESOTA LAWYER — They’re the two letters that won’t seem to go away, regardless of one’s profession: AI. Through applications such as ChatGPT, artificial intelligence has been touted as everything from a timesaver to the thing that will kill all creative pursuits. But at this moment, do lawyers really have a solid use for it?
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WSOC TV 9 — The Mecklenburg County Bar is inspiring young people to become attorneys and judges after a recent study found that less than 5% of lawyers are people of color.
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JD SUPRA — Amid discussions on profitability as the engine of growth, the changing dynamics within the legal space, data protection and cybersecurity, and heightened client expectations, one resounding theme continues to reemerge: the imperative of scalable innovation.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — The US Supreme Court rejected a Massachusetts intellectual property lawyer’s bid to probe the legality of the California bar exam, which he say discriminates against lawyers over age 40.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — The cost of an attorney is far out of reach for many middle- and low-income Americans. This has serious negative consequences on both society and the rule of law, according to Ray Brescia, a professor at Albany Law School and author of a new book about the future of the legal profession.
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YOUNG LAWYER RISING — Guest Michael Kippins is a Boston-based civil rights attorney with Lawyers For Civil Rights. Driven by a desire to advocate for those too often left without robust representation, Kippins made the courageous jump from a big law setting to his civil rights practice and hasn’t looked back.
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LAW 360 — Law school graduates participating in a practice program will now be able to stay in the program for longer and have another chance to pass the Florida Bar before their certification expires, according to a rule change published by the Supreme Court of Florida Thursday.
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REUTERS — Law firms ended 2023 on strong financial footing after a sluggish start, an industry report released on Monday found.
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THOMSON REUTERS — The latest Thomson Reuters 2024 Report on the State of the US Legal Market surveys a sector that’s still feeling aftershocks from the tectonic shifts of the past decade.
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