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This Startup Uses AI To Save Lawyers Time—And Help Plaintiffs Get Higher Settlements
August 14, 2024
When EvenUp COO Ray Mieszaniec’s father was permanently disabled in a car accident, he ended up settling for less than $200,000 after years in court.
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The legal profession in 2024: Democracy, salary and hiring, general counsels, and legal education
February 21, 2024
David Wilkins explains how a host of contentious new issues that are increasingly landing on lawyers’ desks are transforming the practice of law.
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Harvard Law School’s David Wilkins says that generative artificial intelligence has the potential to transform the practice of law.
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Charles Fried: 1935-2024
January 26, 2024
Charles Fried, a consummate professor, renowned legal philosopher, and beloved colleague, died on Jan. 23 at his home in Cambridge. He was 88.
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How Some Law Firms Are Reimagining Succession Planning
November 15, 2023
Janet Goelz Hoffman, a Chicago-based senior counsel and pro bono counsel at Katten Muchin Rosenman, successfully accomplished a feat few lawyers want to think about—…
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US law firms rethink China future amid economic woes, data crackdown
November 6, 2023
A hard-fought race by U.S. and global law firms to expand into China has turned into a retreat for many, thanks to growing pressures on…
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Harvard Law’s Center on the Legal Profession co-hosts the International Legal Aid Group's 14th biennial conference.
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Global law firm Dentons is the first to enter India by combining with New Delhi-based mid-size firm Link Legal. The deal, which involves no transfer…
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As he prepares to graduate, Rehan Staton gives thanks for sacrifices by his dad, brother, and help from pals, professors — and Tyler Perry.
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Allen & Overy has been seeking to crack the US legal market for decades. Partners at the London firm on Sunday joined hastily convened calls…
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Culture Wars Catch Big Law Firms Balancing Client, Staff Demands
January 20, 2023
When the Supreme Court overturned abortion rights last year, Cozen O’Connor’s executive chairman quickly dashed off an email to everyone at the law firm. Cozen…
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The legal profession in 2023
January 13, 2023
Now that the champagne is long gone, the confetti has been swept up, and we are settling into 2023, Harvard Law Today wondered what changes the new year might have in store for the practice of law.
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In Law Firm Race For Revenue, Top Dogs Stand Alone
December 6, 2022
Inflation, hand-wringing over the economy and even a possible recession will do little to close the widening revenue gap between a handful of legal giants…
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HLS alum named the next Chief Justice of India
October 26, 2022
D.Y. Chandrachud LL.M. ’83 S.J.D. ’86, who has served on the Supreme Court of India since 2016, has been appointed to serve as the next Chief Justice of India.
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No C-suite is an island
September 21, 2022
During the daylong conference “Reimagining the Role of Business in the Public Square,” panelists weighed the responsibilities corporations have to the country and exchanged ideas about how to move firms further on their environmental, social, and governance — or ESG — pledges.
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What Does It Mean To Be a Corporate Citizen?
September 20, 2022
“There could really be no more important discussion than the one we are having today,” said Kissel professor of law David Wilkins last Thursday, introducing…
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Lawyers Join In Reimagining Role Of Public Companies
September 16, 2022
Speakers cited everything from the late Queen Elizabeth’s commitment to the environment to the founder of Patagonia giving away his $3 billion company, but the…
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‘These are the most important problems for our society to grapple with’
September 7, 2022
Harvard Law School Professor David Wilkins, the faculty director of the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession, says corporations are increasingly under pressure "to change the way in which they relate to the world, relate to the environment, relate to their stakeholders, and relate to broader issues around social justice."