July 2017

     

    Pro Bono

    How to best fit pro bono into your law practice

    With the Trump administration proposal to eliminate funding for the Legal Services Corporation, pro bono work will be in even higher demand. That will make it all the more important for lawyers to choose the right pro bono project, manage it well and communicate efficiently with clients.

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    Practice Technology

    Legal tech gurus forecast how AI will impact your practice

    There are generally two schools of thought when it comes to the effects of artificial intelligence (AI) on the future of the law practice. One faction believes that robots and all AI are going to render lawyers largely redundant or drastically reduce their numbers. On the other side are those who say artificial intelligence is vastly overblown, that it’s just a fad and that it will not have that big of an impact on the legal industry.

    Litigation & Trials

    10 Tips for effective opening and closing arguments

    Opening and closing statements are the bookends of your trial, and offer a chance to tell your client’s story, framing it the way you want the jury to hear it. A solid opening statement gets the trial off on the right track. “This is the only time you’re really going to have the chance to make a first impression in front of the jury,” said litigation expert Miranda Lundeen Soto, a partner at Shook Hardy & Bacon in Miami. She was a panelist in the ABA webinar “Openings and Closings 101.”