Half of women working in legal services say their current working pattern is unsustainable for their long‑term health, and 67% have considered changing jobs or taking a career break because of wellbeing concerns. For a profession obsessed with retention and reputation, that is less a wellbeing problem and more a pipeline crisis. The new Pressure Points: […]
Sonia Hickey, LawFuel contributing editor At UC Berkeley School of Law, the future of lawyering is apparently… 1996 with better stationery. Beginning Summer 2026, Berkeley Law’s new Artificial Intelligence Policy makes prohibition the institutional default. The rule is clear – no AI to “conceptualize, outline, draft, revise, translate, or edit” any work submitted for credit.
Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor The confirmation of Justin Smith to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit is a major moment in Donald Trump’s second‑term judicial strategy. The Senate voted along party lines to hand Smith a lifetime seat on a key federal appeals court that covers seven states. To much
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The rise of “luxury lawyers” signals how seriously the world’s top brands now treat law as a core business function, not a back‑office cost. And ‘luxury lawyer’ are a growing sub-branch, well coiffed and dressed of course, in the legal universe. Luxury law sits at the intersection of fashion, beauty, hospitality, automotive, art and high‑end
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Relativity is making a play for one of the last pieces of legal work that has remained stubbornly outside the legal AI ecosystem, Microsoft Word. Its acquisition of Gavel signals a push to connect legal intelligence, document drafting and matter management into a single workflow, potentially eliminating the gap between the evidence lawyers analyse and
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‘ GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A Texas judge’s decision to allow a college quarterback who admitted betting on his own team to remain eligible has exposed what one sports law attorney calls a growing crisis in college athletics. On June 8, Lubbock County Judge Ken Corry granted a temporary injunction allowing Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has been recognized in the top five of Bloomberg Law’s 2026 Leading Law Firms list, which evaluates firms in four categories: financial performance, talent, growth and technology/innovation. The firm’s strong ranking can be attributed to its significant revenue growth, high retention and commitment to adopting generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools that improve efficiency and
Sidley have announced a new round of 52 partners globally, following the promotion of 29 lawyers last year. The firm, which has introduced the salaried partner tier earlier this year is now to return to the annual partner promotion round next year. “This group of newly-elected partners reflects an extraordinary depth of talent and dedication,”
5 Law Firm Marketing Website Winning Moves Rachel Williams, LawFuel contributor If you’ve seen one law firm website, you’ve seen approximately 847 of them. Dark blue header. Stock photo of a gavel. A tagline that says “Experienced. Trusted. Results.” A partner page where everyone looks like they’re suppressing mild indigestion. And an “About Us” page
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But Lawyers Shouldn’t Cancel Their Harvey Subscriptions Yet Norma Harris Anthropic has done something the legaltech market has been quietly demanding for years and made its AI play nicely with the tools lawyers already use. KEY TAKEAWAY: Anthropic has added 12 legal features to Claude — covering contract drafting, e-discovery, research and document management —
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