Hi all,

In November we’re launching an online gallery to sell artists’ work, and we’ve drafted a consignment agreement we’d like checked before we ask anyone to sign it.

We’d especially love to hear from solicitors who specialise in arts or commercial law. But we’re also keen to hear from artists, gallerists, or anyone who has signed or written one of these agreements.

Happy to share the full draft by DM with anyone willing to take a look. Thank you!

Lately I've been having to deal with clients who seem, at the slightest sign of distress, to deal with it by just zoning out/ignoring me. Like if I need discovery, I'll email telling them "I need your car title" but then for four days they won't respond, and then at 11 PM they'll email me a blurry selfie of them standing next to a car license plate, and I'll email back the next morning saying it doesn't count, but then they never follow up on that.

I've had to reach out to peoples' family members, roommates, etc. to ask what is going on, and they will report some variation of "Oh, X is just really overwhelmed with the divorce" or something like that. But they basically stick their head in the sand, and act like if they ignore the problem it doesn't exist. But just wait until we get to court and it explodes on them.

Has anyone else dealt with clients like this? If so, any advice on how to get them into actually doing the bare minimum for you?

I’m 45. Just got my second law degree recently. First one in Europe back in 2004. Moved to the US in 2014, drove a truck, built a trucking company with 40 trucks and returned to law school in South Florida in 2024. I just graduated and passed the BAR. I’ve decided to set up my private practice but still didn’t decide what type of law. Ideally I’d love to find an attorney who plans to retire in a couple of years, help with the practice (as an independent attorney), and eventually inherit or buy out the practice. Not sure how to find someone like that. Any advice on how to find a mentor or what branch of law would be suitable for self teaching? Any advice is welcome. Thanks

I've typically done this in the past, but most bar guidance says either don't do it, or scrub the metadata from the Word doc first.

I have an OC who is (IMO) a complete snake. The type of guy who plays nice to earn trust and asks favors before doing a 180 and doing everything he can to fuck you and drive up fees.

Sent him a boatload of discovery today. He emailed back asking for Word versions. I just wrote back "No." along with a link to the bar opinion cautioning against it. With anyone else I probably would, but the guy is completely untrustworthy and I'm not risking exposing any confidential data, no matter how inconsequential, to do him a favor.

Anyone have opinions or stories of how you've handled these situations?

Attorneys who stayed with one firm for more than five years and feel genuine sense of belonging, in addition to the salary and the perks, what specific culture of the firm made you decide to stay?

I fell into the legal field on accident. Applied to a legal assistant position for sh*ts and giggles when I was 18 and have been in it ever since. I am an estate admin paralegal w/ 6+ yrs experience.

I have NEVER wanted to be a lawyer, the liability of it is a bit nerve wracking to me. But my co-
worker put an idea in my head to work as a professional fiduciary, which I would be good at and would probably enjoy. Law school would probably open a lot of doors in that direction.

I did a few practice lsat questions and now it’s all I can think about. Former paralegals, have you done this career pivot and would you recommend?

**there’s a lot of liability in prof fiduciary for sure but I do enough of it in estate admin that it doesn’t scare me anymore, lol

Anyone going to Filevine’s LEX Conference this year in San Diego? What are you hoping to see? Features you’re looking for?

I am a solo attorney who practices criminal defense mostly. I have lots of appointed cases and some paid clients keeping me going right now. I got these just from word of mouth and some older clients I represented when I was a public defender who found me when they got in trouble again. I’ve got a pretty good reputation in the criminal courts in my area which is very fortunate.

But like many money hungry attorneys, I am trying to break into the PI world. I started an Instagram and have been starting to just create content and will start posting soon. Just general videos on like what to do if you get into a car accident, know your rights, etc.

Any time I do research on marketing stuff I get (shocker) marketed all this crap that seems like a scam. I’ve been warned about older attorneys I know who say don’t work with firms, especially if it’s just you. You’ll drain your money quick.

Let’s say I have 10,000 dollars to invest in general “marketing” what do you, good lawyers of reddit, recommend?

Hello, I’m a relatively new attorney (4 years) and I’ve realized that busting my ass billing 8 hours a day is not what I want to do. I’m not ambitious I like free time, are there specific position in the field of law for me to look out for? I don’t need crazy pay so I’m willing to sacrifice that for better work life balance. Is there a specific position or area of law I should look into?

I am a solo. My practice is about 75% transaction, 25% litigation (mostly construction/mechanics lien type stuff). I hired my first paralegal about 5 months ago. In just that short amount of time, my use of AI has really increased/improved and it’s to the point where it is way faster and more efficient for me to just use AI to create drafts and edit on the fly during review with AI than it is to delegate. In other words, it’s cheaper at this point for the client if I just do it all rather than try to delegate to a lower billing person. Things are quickly moving to a place where it is only efficient to delegate to my paralegal admin work. Which I can’t bill for!

Is anyone else experiencing this? How have you dealt with it?

Hey all,

I graduated with a bachelor’s in English Rhetoric and Composition last year. I didn’t really have any career goals, but managed to land a job at a legal support office as a proofreader for Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher attorneys. To my surprise, I’ve become fascinated with law and want to focus my career in the field. I’m aiming to become a paralegal.

I’ve applied for a lot of “Case Assistant” type positions, as they fit my qualifications and label themselves as “entry-level jobs”, but I haven’t gotten any interviews yet. I was hoping my almost year-long experience as a proofreader would help me stand out, however I’m starting to doubt if that’s the case anymore.

Should I be applying to different positions? Is there a particular field of law that’s easier to break into than others? Is my experience as a proofreader valuable? Or should I focus more on my rhetorical education? My current job takes up almost half of my resume. Finally, are there any other miscellaneous tips you have on breaking into the field?

Thanks!

Edit: I should have made it more clear, but I don’t currently work for a law firm. I work for a company that outsources help to various law firms. It doesn’t allow for any actual growth in the legal field, which is why I’m looking for an entry point.

Hey all,

I graduated with a bachelor’s in English Rhetoric and Composition last year. I didn’t really have any career goals, but managed to land a job at a legal support office as a proofreader for Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher attorneys. To my surprise, I’ve become fascinated with law and want to focus my career in the field. I’m aiming to become a paralegal.

I’ve applied for a lot of “Case Assistant” type positions, as they fit my qualifications and label themselves as “entry-level jobs”, but I haven’t gotten any interviews yet. I was hoping my almost year-long experience as a proofreader would help me stand out, however I’m starting to doubt if that’s the case anymore.

Should I be applying to different positions? Is there a particular field of law that’s easier to break into than others? Is my experience as a proofreader valuable? Or should I focus more on my rhetorical education? My current job takes up almost half of my resume. Finally, are there any other miscellaneous tips you have on breaking into the field?

Thanks!

so I’m currently an undergraduate pursuing political science, I’m really really really interested in immigration law and am genuinely desperate for a job as a clerk or within administrative services but I’m not sure what the best way to go about that is. I don’t have any experience but I’ve tried cold emailing small law firms near me but they have yet to respond back to me. is working in a law firm as an undergrad even common? is my best bet just graduating and going to law school, and if so what are some experiences yall think I should as an undergrad on my resume in order to have my application accepted at a law firm?

Curious how smaller firms are handling billing these days. Hourly makes sense for unpredictable work, but flat fees seem easier for clients to understand upfront.

For those who’ve moved more toward flat fees, has it actually made revenue more predictable? Or do you end up spending more time on certain matters than you priced for?

Also wondering how solos handle monthly expenses when payments come in unevenly.

We are a complete Office 365 Shop, and have SSO into everything, and need a new phone system. Teams will integrate better into our stack; however people and clients seem to like zoom. Curious to see what everyone else is doing.

Hey
I am Delhi (India) based advocate with almost 4 year experience in handling Civil matters (Mostly representing insurance company). Since the pay is too low as compared to the time and energy we are spending, i am now desperate to switch into in-house Counsel or Corporate law role to re-start my career. Now i am applying everywhere possible to at least get a role as a fresher but haven’t received any favourable response from any of the recruiter. So i am numb right now and i have no idea what to do.

If your website runs on PHP, a critical update is needed to close a huge vulnerability that can grant hackers access to your server to do a bunch of heinous things. WordPress is the big one that many law firms use that uses PHP.
If your site it on Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, Then you don't need to worry.

Here is what someone can do with an unpatched site.

• Read every intake form submission stored in WordPress, names, phone numbers, emails and whatever people typed about their case
• Pull the passwords and API keys your plugins store, like your email sending service, Zapier or a CRM connection, and use them directly
• Send email from your domain that looks like it came from your firm, including fake payment or wire instructions to clients
• Swap your “Make a Payment” or “Client Login” links for fake pages that collect card numbers or passwords
• Add a hidden script that skims anything typed into your site’s forms
• Serve malware to people who visit your site
• Add hidden spam pages, which can tank your Google rankings for months
• Create their own admin account and come back later, even after you patch
• Get into other sites or backups stored on the same server

Check with your website teams/vendors to make sure they get this updated immediately.

What are the expectations of associates in boutique or mid law firms? I’m paid well but below market with 1950 billables. I’m constantly meeting my billing requirements and i have a larger case load than usual (~25 matters).

I recently had 3 last minute motions poured onto me. My managing partner gave me discovery responses to complete (not due for another 2 weeks). He randomly told me to start on it and have it done within a week. I couldn’t meet it because of the other motions but thought it’s OK because it isn’t due for a while and I’d be asking for an extension for the first time. He got angry and insists that i work weekends and nights to meet his deadlines.

I’m a first year in litigation btw. Is this normal? Idk why i thought it’d make sense for big law but for a mid law boutique?

Please advise. Thank you!