Evolving Legal Profession (May 30, 2018)

Recent reports on how the legal profession is changing and how to be successful in it.

• "Will Law Firms Bow to Pressure to End Mandatory Arbitration?," The American Lawyer

• "Law Society of Ontario report contemplates alternatives to articling," Canadian Lawyer

• "Will Law Firms Be Ready When the Next Recession Hits?," The American Lawyer

• "Effectively Managing Change in a Law Firm," Slaw

• "The Legal Technology Laboratory," What Great Law Schools Do

• "University of St. Thomas School of Law Mentor Externship Program," What Great Law Schools Do

• "Managing Partners' Frustration Mounts as Law Firm Innovation Stagnates," The American Lawyer

• "ABA 'Furiously Working' to Craft Proposal on Lawyers' Mental Health," The National Law Journal

• "Big Law Leader Shares Struggles with Alcoholism, Challenges for Profession," Law.com

• "A Simple but Important Role in Diversity for Big Law," The Legal Intelligencer

• "Law Firm Survey Says Millennial Era Is Here, But Change Has Just Begun," The American Lawyer

• "43% Of Lawyers Are Millennials, Outnumbering Gen Xers And Baby Boomers," TaxProf Blog

• "Mentoring in the legal profession has had to adapt to a changing world," ABA Journal

• "Thinking differently about legal AI," Law21

• "Law Firm Optimism Up as Pressures Remain on Rates, Cybersecurity: Survey," The American Lawyer

• "Akin Gump Adds On-Site Counseling as Firms Fret Over Mental Health," The National Law Journal

• "Uber CLO Explains Decision to Scrap Mandatory Arbitration Clauses and NDAs Around Sexual Harassment, Assault," The Recorder

• "Legal Operations is Hot. But Legal Culture is Lukewarm Toward It," Legaltech News

• "Rainmakers-in-Training Need Time to Train, Experts Say," Daily Report

• "Do Clients Prefer Lawyers Who Are Hedgehogs or Foxes," The Algorithmic Society

• "Lawyers weigh in: Why is there a depression epidemic in the profession?," ABA Journal

• "The path forward for the legal technician model," ABA Journal