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Rule 5.5 Demystified: What Every New Lawyer Needs To Know To Practice Ethically | Justia CLE & Webinars

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Scott Kozlov is currently the Chief Ethics Officer and Legal Counsel for Cook County Clerk’s Office, where he oversees ethics and compliance efforts, policy enforcement, and investigations of statutory and ordinance violations, among other legal matters. credit hours will apply to Legal Ethics/Professional Responsibility credit.

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What If I Don’t Want to Litigate? Law Degree Alternatives: Exploring Unconventional Career Paths

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ABA Legal Education Section releases employment data for Graduating Law Class of 2022, American Bar Association (2023), [link] (last visited Feb 27, 2025). ABA Legal Education Section releases employment data for Graduating Law Class of 2022, American Bar Association (2023), [link] (last visited Feb 27, 2025).

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What is a Legal Assistant? How to Become One?

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The terms legal assistant and paralegal may be used interchangeably, but the jobs of the contemporary legal assistant and paralegal differ. Moreover, the American Bar Association (ABA) still only changed the definition of paralegal, which specifies that one cannot use the term legal assistant in 2020.

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The State of LGBTQ+ Representation in the Legal Profession: Stats, Trends & Challenges 2025

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It might be hard to conclude, therefore, that the increase in identification reflects growing acceptance within the legal industry. A study released in 2020 by the ABA in conjunction with Syracuse University focused on the experiences of people with intersecting identities, specifically those who have disabilities or are LGBTQ+.

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CLE on the Big Island of Hawaii | Postponed Until Week of December 6, 2020

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THIS CONFERENCE HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 6, 2020. Internet for Lawyers and CLEwebinars.com , its online webinar division, are co-sponsoring a five-day Continuing Legal Education Conference on the Big Island of Hawaii , March 23-27, 2020.

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The 2020 Influential Women in Legal Tech

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Alice Namuli Blazevic Partner at Katende, Ssempebwa & Company Advocates and Co-Founder of The Legal Innovation Hub Kampala, Uganda Alice is an award-winning lawyer, international speaker, author, innovator, and mentor. You can see the original new here The post The 2020 Influential Women in Legal Tech appeared first on ELTA.

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60% of GC Concerned Over Mounting Risks Caused By New Data Sources and COVID Challenges, FTI/Relativity Survey Finds

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” While GC in 2020 felt relatively well prepared (4.02 In parallel with the rising concern over the effects of emerging data sources, legal teams feel less prepared to handle them, with the average preparedness rating for this area dropping from 3.77 in 2020 to 2.9 A webcast discussing the findings will be presented Dec.