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Legal Tech's Solution to Tighter Budgets, More Data Privacy Work? Contractors

The rise of more data privacy contract work could ultimately help spur greater data privacy knowledge and skills within legal tech organizations in the near future, even as these part-time roles eventually become less prominent.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

In Competitive Hiring Market, Baker Botts Hires First-Ever Chief Recruiting Officer

Baker Botts hired Polsinelli's chief recruiting officer as its first chief recruiting office, a newly created C-suite role, in an effort to help the firm 'maintain momentum.'
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Eckert Seamans Forms 'Inclusion Council' to Direct Diversity in Recruiting, Better Retention

The newly minted Inclusion Council has already created a language guide to educate employees on the implications of the language they use even in ordinary conversation and how certain terms or phrases might impact co-workers.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Grass Is Greener Where You Water It—How to Address Lawyer Turnover, Retention

Most law firms these days are not struggling to find clients or billable work, but they are struggling to find lawyers capable of doing the work and willing to work the hours to meet client demands.
8 minute read

Legaltech News

UK Firm Mishcon de Reya Is Hiring a GPT Specialist. Will Others Follow?

"I'm convinced that we'll see more of this. And again, it's going to be from the firms that are not just approaching this from a marketing and PR point of view," Jeffrey Brandt, chief information officer at Jackson Kelly, told Legaltech News.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

'Things Have Changed a Fair Bit': Latest Tech Layoffs Have Begun to Cut Into Legal Departments

"If you still have a job and it's decent, you're going to stay. People are really valuing their jobs right now," said Sean Burke, founding partner of Whistler Partners.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

TRU Aims Annual Scholarship Program at E-Discovery Skills Gaps, Cyber Talent Shortages

This year's program offerings include a paid internship with Complete Discovery Source. "From an e-discovery software perspective … you really have to wield the proprietary technology people are using in this space in a way that is tactical and technical," said Jared Coseglia, founder and CEO of TRU Staffing Partners.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

All You Need to Know About the Lateral Hiring Market in 2023

Placement professionals from around the country highlight what lateral talent wants, who is hiring, what practices are hot, who is getting signing bonuses or guarantees, what challenges firms will face, and opportunities for success in 2023.
1 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

Delaware Adjusts Bar Admission Requirements, Aiming to Attract Talent to State

Changes include offering the bar exam in both February and July beginning in 2024, reducing the number of essay questions on the exam from eight to four and cutting down the length of required clerkships from 21 weeks to 12.
2 minute read

Legaltech News

Amid AI Innovation Race, Can Legal Tech Still Compete for AI Talent?

Amid the waves of layoffs in Silicon Valley many Big Tech companies are still actively hiring AI talent. But that may not necessarily put the legal tech market at a disadvantage.
3 minute read

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