By putting business ahead of the rule of law when faced with assaults on their independence, many large US law firms have tarnished their reputations. Tomorrow's lawyers could make them pay the price.| jordanfurlong.substack.com
President Donald Trump’s recent speech to the Department of Justice was meant as a declaration of war against lawyers. His words made clear that the most effective way to consolidate autocracy is by systematically dismantling the independent centers of power that support a healthy democracy, including the independent public prosecutor. As the Executive Orders targeting law firms underscore: the entire legal profession is next. This is no coincidence.| Verfassungsblog
Generative AI is going to free up hundreds of hours of lawyers' time, whether the lawyers like it or not. How should they use this gift? By reinvesting those hours in these four types of development.| jordanfurlong.substack.com
Generational differences are a fact of law firm life, but they don't have to be a source of tension. Reframe and restructure your approach to demographic diversity and make it a competitive strength.| jordanfurlong.substack.com
The slow collapse of first-year hiring at law firms will reveal all the defects in our lawyer licensing system. If we want there to be a legal profession in 2050, we need to act now.| jordanfurlong.substack.com