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Contingency Plans and Business Continuity for Lawyers
The phrases “contingency plan” or “business continuity” are lingo for saying that it's important for you to prepare for unforeseen consequences. Other times people call it “scenario planning.” Either way, lawyers are horrible at applying it to themselves. For now,...
Law Schools ABA 509 Disclosures Reports 2019 (Stats + Graphs)
Another year, another data dump. December 15th is the annual reporting day for ABA 509 Disclosures for all ABA approved law schools. These are required public disclosures that law schools must make as part of their ABA accreditation. As soon as the ABA started...
Using Twitter To Influence The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is often seen as the land of philosopher kings. A handful of lawyers, educated in the same institutions, following a set path to donning the robes, cloistered above the legal system of the United States, doling out...
What is “Citation Stickiness?”
I recently came across a concept in a law review article (yes, I read law review articles in my free time) that's new to me: Citation Stickiness, by Kevin Bennardo & Alexa Z. Chew. From the abstract: A citation is sticky if it appears in one of the parties’ briefs...