Quietly and without fanfare, the ABA 509 Required Disclosures website was updated with the 2015 reports. December 15th is the required reporting day, but you don’t see it mentioned that often. Law schools are required to post their 509 reports on their website...
A couple of weeks ago I received a summons to serve as a juror. My first one ever. Lawyers usually don’t like jury duty because we almost always get struck. It’s a waste of our time. But as I’m not one to shy away from my civic duty, I committed to...
If you haven’t been paying attention, there are some fairly serious amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) that are going into effect on on December 1, 2015. The amendments, which apply to both new and existing civil actions pending in federal...
It’s been a couple of years since I’ve made a large scale post on resources for new associates and lawyers, so I thought I would give it updating. But once I got into it, I decided to not go with a half measure and instead make as a robust online resource...
If you’ve been out of the loop the past few years, crowdfunding has become a major force in how capital is raised – outside of vcs, angels, banks, and the like. Crowdfunding is the process by which business, causes, and people raise monetary contributions...
We’re probably a month out from most law schools opening their doors again for the Fall. There is also going to be a new (though smaller) crop of 1Ls heading in those doors. It’s been a few years since I first touched on the topic of being in law school...
