February 24, 2026 Seven years ago, I wrote what turned out to be one of the most popular posts over the course of this blog: Top 10 Reasons the Billable Hour Needs to Go. News flash: The billable...
January 30, 2026 By Bob Glaves | CBF Executive Director AI is seemingly everywhere today, and whether we are ready or not, it is already starting to disrupt the consumer market for access to legal...
December 19, 2025 By Bob Glaves | CBF Executive Director As we end 2025, a new ABA report and the most recent ARDC annual report confirm that we have more lawyers than ever before. In Illinois, over...
October 7, 2025 Above the Line Network (ATLN) has launched the ATLN Hub, a new website that provides an online home for the growing community of leaders working together to make legal services more...
September 26, 2025 By Bob Glaves | CBF Executive Director When I kicked off this short series with my June post, I talked about the very real sense of “AI Overwhelm” many of us feel when this...
August 25, 2025 By Bob Glaves | CBF Executive Director In my June post, I gave you an overall take on how to think about AI in the legal context, and now comes the promised follow-up on thinking...