9 December 2010 – As the U.S. economy shows a slight pick up in activity, companies have started to hire temporary workers.  But with a difference.  After the trials and tribulations of being forced to lay off people during the recession, many companies do not plan to use temporary workers just for the recovery’s shaky beginnings [...]

30 November 2010 –  As we previously reported (but which we reluctantly have not continually followed) over the summer an ABA committee recommended that the ABA consider the accreditation of law schools outside U.S. borders.  Must be an issue because there are just not enough lawyers and too many legal jobs unfilled, right? The ABA had solicited comments (the [...]

  Vault Career Services has launched its ”2011 Vault Law School Ranking Survey”.  The purpose of this survey is simple:  to determine which law schools produce the most employable lawyers.  It is aimed at law firm recruiters and asks them to rank law schools under a multitude of criteria.  You can access the survey by clicking here.  [...]

  29 October 2010 — There is an excellent piece in Slate on the issue that demand for lawyers has fallen off a cliff, both due to the short-term crisis of the recession and long-term changes to the industry, and is only starting to rebound. The lawyers that do have jobs are making less than they [...]

Virtual LegalTech is on September 23rd and one of the webinars is on social media and e-discovery. The cross roads of social media and e-discovery are the new lawyer nightmare.  Posse List members across the whole e-discovery vortex –– the data collector vendors, the forensic experts, the contract attorneys, etc. —   are dealing with it.  [...]

8 September 2010 — Being the 800-pound gorilla in the search-engine space … and seemingly everything else internet related … Google is probably at the top of the list of most government regulators all over the world.  As well as anybody competing against Google.  And as the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times have [...]

  One area we have tried to cover at The Posse List is heathcare for contract attorneys.  The new health care law makes sweeping changes to our nation’s health care system. Many provisions will have a significant impact upon employers and their employees. While many of the changes are phased in gradually over the next eight [...]

  From the SEC: Tuesday, September 28, 2010: “An Evening with the SEC” You are cordially invited to attend a panel discussion and networking event at the Securities & Exchange Commission. This is an opportunity for you to hear from SEC attorneys, economists, accountants, and examiners about their experiences working at the SEC.  You will [...]

27 August 2010 — The Posse List team was in Las Vegas this week at the annual International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) conference, led by our Chief Technology Officer Scott Madsen.   It is a four and a half day event with a packed agenda and we find it to be the best event of the year (and each [...]

There were a number of articles on document review and contract attorneys last week.  The discuss the challenges faced by contract atorneys and legal support professionals, how to recruit for and manage document reviews, setting up workflows, etc.   Here are the links:  Challenges for Corporate eDiscovery/Litigation Support Professionals – http://bit.ly/bQR6TP Climbing Back – Socha and [...]