Career Research: Legal News & Commentary

ABA Law Practice Division, The Management Issue (Sept. 2023)

Articles in this issue include:

• Edward Cheng, How to Manage AI Without Becoming a ChatGPT Lawyer (Sept. 14, 2023)
• Alan Klevan, How to Manage Yourself – Tips to Avoid Burning Out (Sept. 14, 2023)

ABA Law Practice Division, The Attorney Well-Being Issue (May 2023) 

Articles in this publicly accessible issue include:

• ABA Law Practice Division Lawyer Well-Being Committee, Self-Care is a Must...So Ordered! (May 9, 2023)
• Rorri Geller-Mohamed, Reframing Attorney Well-Being to Include Equity and Inclusion (May 9, 2023)
• Anna Rivera Rodgers & Cassie Gillespie, One Firm’s Journey to Address Trauma Exposure and Chronic Stress in the Workplace (May 9, 2023)

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BLS Library's HeinOnline database: ABA Law Library Collection: Periodicals - Includes ABA's practice-oriented journals and newsletters (alphabetically arranged).  

BLS Library's HeinOnline database: Bar Journals - Provides 150+ titles, including nearly all state bar journals (including NYSBA Journal w/ a 1-year embargo on recent issues), selected ABA publications and a few city bar journals.

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Law.com - Aggregates legal news and analysis from ALM publications such as: The American Lawyer, Connecticut Law Tribune, Corporate Counsel, Delaware Business Court Insider, Delaware Law Weekly, Litigation Daily, Legal Tech News, National Law Journal, New Jersey Law Journal, New York Law Journal, The Recorder (CA), Supreme Court Brief and Texas Lawyer. 

• Tip: Click: Menu > Publications to access/search a specific publication like: New York Law Journal.
• Tip: Click: Menu > Communities to access the feature: How I Made It (Q&A with legal practice leaders, bar association leaders & law firm partners)
• Tip: Click: Menu > Topics > All Law Topics to review content by legal subject.  Includes:
  • Career Development
  • Diversity
  • Flexible Working
  • Gender Diversity
  • Judges
  • Law Firm Hiring
  • Law Firm Office Launches and Closures
  • Lawyer Compensation (under categories: General, Government, In-House, Law Firm)
  • Mental Health
  • Women in Law
  • Work Life Balance
  • Young Professionals

ALM also offers:

• Lawjobs.com job postings
• Raising the Bar: Career Insights Blog + a link to Lawjobs on Twitter.   

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Law360 - Publishes subject-oriented and regional (CA, CN, DE, FL, GA, NJ, NY, PA and TX) legal news and expert analysis.  Includes articles providing strategies and advice (Keys to Managing the Stresses of Law School, What Associates Need To Know Before Switching Law Firms), expressing opinions (It's Time For Lawyers To Stand Up For Climate Justice) and highlighting new developments (FCC Launches New Space Bureau And Int'l Affairs Office).                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Includes: The 2023 Summer Associates Survey + link to the complete survey (based on "nearly 1,200" law student responses)

Tip: At Law360, click tab: See All Sections to view news and analysis by practice area and to view Law360 Pulse articles by region.

• Tip: Click tab: Pulse to view surveys and tools such as:
  • 2024 Associate Salary and 2023 Bonus Tracker
  • 2023 Compensation Report: Law Firms
  • 2023 Law Firm Culture Survey
  • Law360 Pulse Leaderboard
  • Law360 Pulse Merger Tracker (monitors law firm mergers and acquisitions)
  • Lawyer Satisfaction Survey: Charting a Course Beyond the Traditional Goal Posts (Apr. 2023)
  • Study Sees Promise For Gen AI Tools In Closing Justice Gap (discussing Colleen V. Chien & Miriam Kim,  Generative AI and Legal Aid: Results from a Field Study and 100 Use Cases to Bridge the Access to Justice Gap (March 14, 2024). Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, Forthcoming.)
  • Tracking Law Firm Layoffs in 20 (updated Mar. 22, 2024)

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Lexis+ Legal Research home screen, Explore Content: Legal News - Includes Law360 and ALM publications like The American Lawyer, The National Law Journal, New York Law Journal and New Jersey Journal.  Supports searching by publisher, state and legal practice area.

Lexis+ Legal Research home screen: Explore Content: News - Includes many U.S. publications like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Also includes numerous foreign publications.

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Mondaq - Aggregates news and commentary written by “professional advisers” on legal and financial topics. Provides pull-down menus of topics and regions. 

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Practical Law: What's Market - Includes practice notes on current trends and market practice.  Scope: antitrust, corporate, securities, employee benefits/executive compensation, labor/employment, finance, intellectual property/technology and litigation topics.  

Thomson Reuters Law School Portal > Westlaw pull-down menu option: Westlaw Precision > Westlaw Precision pull-down menu option: Westlaw Today - Offers current legal news + option to view this news by legal practice area.

• Tip: Westlaw Today also includes special topics, such as Civil Rights, Legal Industry, Legal Innovation and On the Move (= attorneys/law firms).  

Westlaw Precision > Secondary Sources - Includes:

• Legal Newspapers & Newsletters (including newsletters of some ABA groups)
• Westlaw Bulletins (includes: Westlaw Bulletin, U.S. Supreme Court and additional Westlaw Bulletins arranged by state) & Westlaw Topical Highlights arranged alphabetically by legal topic

Westlaw Precision - Reuters Legal includes ability to view/search:

• Reuters Legal - National
• Reuters Legal - New York
• Reuters Legal stories arranged alphabetically by legal topic 

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