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Alcohol Abuse Among Lawyers

Legal Talk Network

When asked more detailed questions, this percentage increased to over 36%, indicating that more than a third of attorneys are dealing with alcohol abuse. Almost half of the attorneys in the study indicated that their drinking problems started within 15 years in the industry, including their time in law school. Today, Ward is sober.

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How to Solve Unmet Legal Needs and Restore Public Trust – A Justice Blueprint

Colin S. Levy

This effort must be coordinated among wide-ranging stakeholders, including attorneys, advocacy groups, bar authorities, courts, law schools, the legal tech industry, legal service providers, legislators, policy makers, regulatory authorities, and research centers. Litigation. Just as the American Bar Association amended Model Rule 1.1

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Executive Director Erika Harold Joins Teaching Faculty for Harvard Law’s Winter Trial Advocacy Workshop

Legal Tech Monitor

She graduated from Harvard Law School in 2007, where she won a Boykin C. Prior to joining the Commission, Harold was a commercial and civil litigation attorney at Meyer Capel, P.C. in Champaign, Illinois, and a litigation attorney at the Chicago offices of Sidley Austin LLP and Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C.

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New Director Named to Lead Illinois Commission on Professionalism, As Jayne Reardon Retires

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A commercial litigation attorney with the firm Meyer Capel P.C. Harold was a 2014 Republican primary candidate for Illinois’ 13th Congressional District and the 2018 Republican nominee for Illinois attorney general. At Harvard Law School, from which she graduated in 2007, she won a Boykin C. Champaign, Ill.,

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Marking the Retirement of Jerry Larkin, Who Led the ARDC With Exceptional Foresight, Integrity, and ‘Irish Wit’

Legal Tech Monitor

When Jerome “Jerry” Larkin joined the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) in 1978, he had just graduated from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, spent eight years in the Catholic seminary system, and knew he wanted to dedicate his career to public service. Rinella , 677 N.E.

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The Law Library of Babel: Exploring the Infinite Dimensions of Law and Technology

Colin S. Levy

I could imagine what would come—what did come—with predictive analysis platforms like Lex Machina that could equip attorneys with data-driven insights extracted from historical legal records, facilitating informed decision-making throughout various stages of litigation. Oxford University Press, 2007. Clarendon Press, 2007.

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Generative AI in Law: Resistance is Futile

Legal Tech Monitor

My past Daily Record articles can be accessed here. ** Generative AI in Law: Resistance is Futile I started writing this column on legal technology in 2007, and over the years I’ve noticed a pattern. The use of generative AI in litigation has been prohibited by some judges. Here is my recent Daily Record column.

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