If the conversation recorded on this YouTube video is real, then it is shocking. In it, a male lawyer seeks to convince his female client to give him oral sex — urging, “30 seconds of pleasure, big deal!” This appears to be the same recording described in these 2006 New York Post and…
New Service Helps Lawyers Navigate Rankings
According to the blog launched today, RankingsForLawyers, there are more than 700 different lists that rank lawyers in the United States. While any lawyer can name at least some of these lists — such as Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers — keeping track of all of them is an overwhelming task. That is the…
$200 Discount for Legal Marketing Conference
There is what looks to be a great legal marketing conference this week in Washington, D.C., and here is your chance to attend for $200 off the standard registration price. The Nov. 8 and 9 The Law Firm Marketing Strategies Conference is sponsored by the ABA Law Practice Management Section and features a…
Site Focuses on Legal Writing and Research
Through The Scout Report, I recently learned of the Web site of the Legal Writing Institute, an organization that serves as a forum for discussion and scholarship about legal writing, analysis and research. Features of interest here include:
SoCal Lawyers’ First-Hand Accounts of Fires
In the wildfires that spread across Southern California last week, law firms and law schools were among those forced to evacuate, as the National Law Journal reported this week. Some of the lawyers who were directly affected by the fires tell their stories on the latest edition of the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer. My…