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Tell me what your firms are doing to prepare lawyers and business professionals for AI integration?

How do you politely tell a superior that being young doesn't mean I’m their personal IT department? I’m tired of being the Technology Liaison just because I’m under 40. The partners assume that be… more

Are there any good law firms left to go work at? It seems the days of great law firms to work at are far gone. I would like to move on from where I’m at presently, but all I see are the same places t… more

💭 How do you keep whatever's going on outside of work from affecting your workday?

Hi, does anyone know about the progression / development for a PMO officer? Thanks

Does anyone here act in any capacity as a religious leader/practitioner in addition to their work as an attorney?

More and more lawyers at the firm are complaining about Harvey AI, anyone else having bad experiences?

What is the best AI for summarizing medical records? We have co counsel and it is not great.

How have you used AI to boost your personal productivity? Not in your individual practice or research. What are some ways it’s actually been helpful in your day to day life outside of the law?

I’m 90% sure my firm is over-billing a clueless legacy client and I can’t sleep. I’m seeing entries for research that take ten minutes being billed as three hours because the client is an elderly exec… more

Class of 2016 and just paid off my 200k student loans. Just bragging, because for the first 3 years out of school I thought I was shooting for the 25 year forgiveness and tax bomb option. Whew. Now on… more

What are the typical billing rates for paras at your firm?

I’m defending a case with a pro se plaintiff that seems to be using AI to draft emails, discovery, motions, and other court filings. Thoughts on dealing with this? Based in NYC.

Has anyone in this bowl left the practice of law and built a company of their own? If so, would love to hear success and failure stories.

I’ve officially reached the age where I’m The Old Lawyer who doesn't know how to use the new e-filing system. A first-year associate had to show me how to flatten a PDF and I felt a piece of my di… more

What is typical total compensation for an AmLaw 200 equity partner?

I’m now responsible for delegating work as a senior associate (litigation). I’m likely in pre partner territory. However, I have so much on my plate I can barely get through my substantive work. Em… more

Anyone have tips on helping their assistant/secretary improve with kindness? My assistant has been making more mistakes than usual the past few weeks. I know she knows how to do the job but keeps trip… more

Slightly demoralized first-year staff attorney here, but doing associate-level work (research, motion drafting, etc.). Is that enough to push for a transition to the associate track, or do firms usual… more

Anyone work as a regulatory attorney for a non profit? How is your experience? Any pros or cons?

How is it working at data privacy/cybersecurity law firm? I’ve only worked as an in house counsel (mainly contract review and transactional work and little bit of data privacy research and counseling)… more

What do you do to ward off burnout? I need a break but feel badly asking for one because we are so understaffed

I joined a “big law” firm in the insurance defense department as a 4th year because it was my only way in. But previously, I was a commercial litigator at a mid sized amlaw200 firm. I am interested … more

What has your experience with Tavrn AI been? We did trial runs with West and Lexis. We found both to be just okay. Both trials had no limits, with AI output in minutes. With Tavrn, it has been a hard,… more

As a defense attorney I am seeing an uptick in poorly plead complaints on minor injuries on cases riddled with liability issues. What happened to screening cases?

Best online CLE providers for civil litigators? Looking into Federal Bar CLE but not sure

Talk to me about ramping up as a junior lateral. I’m going crazy not having enough work to do. I lateraled a couple of months ago and am the only associate in my practice group. Partner who hired me h… more

My opposing counsel is literally gaslighting me in every meet-and-confer. They claim they never received emails that I have read receipts for, and they’re misrepresenting my position to the Judge in e… more

👀What’s a sure fire way a leader can kill a team's morale?

If you knew your workload would never meaningfully decrease, would you still choose this career?

How common is it for a lawyer to give his legal assistant a bonus at the end of the yea? Smallish Canadian city, massive firm. Is this a new trend, within the last 5 or how many years?

What does be more strategic even mean in practice? Say you were to get that feedback without any meaningful extra info, what would you assume it means in your day-to-day work?

Those of you who use ChatGPT for research and brief writing, how much do you trust the results?

I want to gather data and research through this app from lawyers. Does anyone know how I can go about contacting fishbowl and seek consent to perhaps share survey links?

What is your billable requirement? Is it reasonable?

I currently make $103k as an associate and have a monthly 185 billing requirement which equates approximately 2200 hours annually.

Am I being underpaid as an a… more

Recruiter indicated that an offer was coming, but it’s been almost 3 weeks since my last interview and it’s been crickets… is this a normal timeline? In house position for context

I need help. I have experienced countless forms of harassment and discrimination with the company I work for by management. They are trying to push me out the door by making the environment uncomforta… more