Last year I made up a new term, Macro-Legal-Economics, to highlight the need for our profession to better understand the larger trends that drive access to legal services for everyday people and how...
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The Robot Lawyers are Coming?
With the recent news that the artificial intelligence tool GPT-4 passed the bar exam with flying colors, it is easy to imagine a would-be Paul Revere shouting this at a bar association meeting...
Right-sizing “Right to Counsel” for Eviction and Other Civil Cases
The concept of “Civil Right to Counsel” is having its moment, particularly in the context of evictions. There rightly is a lot of support for the idea that, given the stakes involved, no one should...
2023 Resolution for the Legal Profession: Using Our Privilege in a Positive Way to Make the Justice System Fairer and More Equitable for All
This year marks my 7th annual resolution for our legal profession, and while it may not be as catchy as prior ones like my 2022 resolution that the bar exam must go (and it still needs to go!), this...
‘Tis the Season for a Lot of Bad Advice on Charitable Giving. There is a Better Way.
The holiday season officially is upon us, and with it comes many traditions we look forward to this time every year. The spirit of giving is certainly one of them. Unfortunately, another thing we...
How to be Perfect—the Lawyer Version
The genesis for the tongue-in-cheek headline for this post is a great book I read earlier in the year by Michael Schur, who was the creator of the television series The Good Place. In the book,...