Better Law Practice Through Better People Management
As part of the firm’s effort to attract talent to drive it in a “tech-led, human-powered world,” Ernst & Young has announced that they are paying $100 million in bonuses to reward “human skills, such as leadership, judgment, business acumen, collaboration and an ability to adapt.”
“This significant investment reinforces our commitment to building the workforce…
It’s something we do in all sorts of social and professional scenarios. What exactly should I make of this person? What are their talents, their prospects? What is their likely long term potential? HR professionals, but also everyday professionals, often pride themselves on their ability to answer those questions about the people they work with…
Years ago there was talk of developing a mouse that would use sensors imbedded in the plastic to monitor our emotional state while we work, which would then make suggestions as to how to improve performance. While the prototype was interesting, it never made it to market.
However, now a plethora of wearables are hitting…
Founded in the UK and now expanding into the US, Lawhive acquires solo practitioners and small firms that can retain their professional identity and legal independence while gaining access to shared infrastructure, capital investment and technology designed to standardize best practices and best templates and modernize legal work with online delivery and flat fee…
As the title of the article states, “AI Outperforms Law Professors in Stanford Law Study.” And how was that?
Sixteen law professors from highly regarded law schools were asked to evaluate 3000 answers to 40 reasonably complex contract questions. And 75% of those answers written by AI were judged to be superior to those written…
Daniel Lukasik, long an advocate for recognizing and addressing depression among lawyers, has written an article in the summer 2026 edition of The New York State Bar Association Journal entitled “Overcoming Loneliness in the Legal Profession.”
In 2023, Dr. Vivek Murthy, then US Surgeon General, declared loneliness a national public health epidemic…
Just as we’re starting a new year with new resolutions, a new emotion has been announced.
First, let’s take a look at the old emotions. In 1980, after years of studying emotions, American psychologist Robert Plutchik proposed his Wheel of Emotions, a graphic depicting 27 emotions. Dr. Plutchik listed eight primary emotions as the…
Engaged employees are involved in and enthusiastic about their work and workplace. Actively disengaged employees are disgruntled and disloyal because most of their workplace needs are unmet. It’s also been called “quiet quitting,” a phenomenon Gallup says may currently describe over half of the American workforce.
This year a New York law firm sued one…
You’ve probably read by now of ChatGPT’s legal acumen. ChatGPT averaged C+ when University of Minnesota law professors used it to generate answers in 95 multiple choice and 12 essay questions in exams in four courses. When compared blindly alongside actual students’ tests, ChatGPT scored C+ while the humans averaged B+. While low, if…
Axios recently reported on the state of loneliness in the US. Included were some astounding stats. A Harvard study found that 1 in 3 Americans feel “serious loneliness”–including 61% of younger people and over 50% of mothers with young kids. It cites a recent CDC survey in which 63% of young adults were found to…