Legal Education

Corporate Counsel

Michael Bonasso, William E. Vita | Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC)

Law school enrollment is tanking, threatening the viability of some law schools. A continuing stream of announcements of law firm layoffs fills the legal periodicals. Client expectations about what they will pay for and what they expect to receive in return are changing dramatically. Are these...

Ethics

Douglas S. Eakeley

Douglas S. Eakeley was invested with the Alan V. Lowenstein Chair of Corporate and Business Law at a ceremony at The Rutgers School of Law - Newark on June 7, 2013. What follows are excerpts from his acceptance remarks. We all know why we’re here today: to honor Alan Lowenstein, who died...

Technology

Dan Bennett | Thomson Reuters

The use of mobile technologies continues to explode within the practice of law. Tablets, particularly the iPad, are being rapidly adopted. Together with ultra-thin laptops and smartphones, it’s hard to imagine an attorney who doesn’t use one or more (or even perhaps all) of these...