With law school enrollments nationwide declining, Cornell Law and Fordham University of Law are ramping up new programs! The growing problem facing law schools, the legal profession and ultimately the clients of lawyers was discussed recently in the article, ‘Correlation Or Coincidence?…Desperate Law Schools = Lowest Bar Exam Pass Rate In A Decade!‘. The premise […]
Would law firms ever consider using artificial intelligence (AI) capable robots to replace first year associates? And if not associates, how about some other ‘timekeeper’ within a firm? In its annual “Law Firms in Transition” survey of 320 large law firm managing partners, legal consulting firm Altman Weil found that 35% of the participants questioned would, among other things, be […]
Interesting statistics about the future of the law profession due to the ‘collapse’ in the number of law school applications! Two articles this week from two different publications concerned the state of the profession of law from the perspective of the new crop of prospective lawyers who are applying to law schools and who will ultimately […]
Hallmark Abstract Service, Boom Business Network, Gargano Law Group And Sterling National Bank Are Pleased To Present The Following CLE Program… The Top 10+ Difficult Issues That Cause Problems with Real Estate Closings (…and the attorney’s ethical duty to overcome them) 2 CLE Credits in Ethics and Professionalism Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Cost To […]
For those students who took on debt to attend law school, some of the dollar amounts that they accumulated is astounding! The question ultimately then becomes whether many will be able to pay that debt back and therefore, whether the investment was a good one? Some will of course get great paying jobs and have little problem, while for […]
Probably not, particularly given the fact that the average income for the 354,000 attorney’s who filed as solo practitioners was $49,130 in 2012! Given that average income statistic I would therefore assume that few if any are expressing pity for the disparity in the lifestyles between the top and the bottom rungs of the Am Law […]
While there’s nothing better than telling a client great news, conversely, the bad news contact can be one that’s extremely difficult to initiate! As a result, sometimes we are tempted to take the easy way out! In residential real estate, some examples of the disappointing news that may have to be conveyed includes… The sellers rejected the offer […]
For any of us who own a business, we face a variety of known and unknown risks that can range from simply presenting a hiccup all the way to an event that might potentially impede our ability to move forward as a going concern! Hopefully none ever come to fruition but, the question still remains […]
We Look Forward To Seeing You There! Simply RSVP Using The Link In The Invitation Below Please join Thomas Kokinias, Senior Vice President at Sterling National Bank, Hallmark Abstract, and Fidelity National Title Group for a complimentary CLE Seminar and Breakfast. Ethical Issues and Transactional Pitfalls Course Description: In this seminar, we will address some practices […]
Sometimes you just have to laugh! And for fairness, next up will be a joke about title insurance companies. Lawyer Largesse If you think lawyers don’t have hearts, read the best lawyer story of all time…Bar none. The Salvation Army realized that it had never received a donation from the city’s most successful lawyer, so a volunteer […]
