“Bad actors” refers to lawyers who behave badly, either by engaging in inappropriate conduct (sexual or otherwise) or harassing others on the job. Yet they progress in their legal careers, sometimes earning bigger and better titles and compensation packages, while continuing to behave badly in new settings. What can be done about them? Do recruiters…
It’s typical for attorneys to cycle into and out of government and private practice when there’s a change of administration, especially if there’s a change of political party in the White House. More than 44,000 licensed attorneys serve in the federal government, according to March 2024 data from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Most…
As Ben Franklin said, “in this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.” We need trust and estate lawyers to manage both. But there’s a dearth of up-and-coming practitioners, leading to a critical shortage just when we’re anticipating the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history. In the June 2024 episode of the “Trust…
The legal profession is no playground, so why are schoolyard bullies running rampant? A recent study commissioned by the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism found that, of the more than 6,000 Illinois lawyers who responded, almost a quarter experienced bullying within the past year. See Bullying in the Legal Profession: A Study of Illinois…
