Why has no large law firm ever survived bankruptcy, when Chrysler filed and kept building cars? John Morley argues in #ThePractice that firms collapse on relative, not absolute, profits—each partner's exit making the next likelier. clp.law.harvard.edu/article/why-...

How do judges learn to judge? Two judges—in the US and Brazil—told #ThePractice the same thing: the hardest lessons aren't the law but leadership, empathy, and the humility to say "I don't understand." Read more: clp.law.harvard.edu/article/lear...

Long before states began licensing paraprofessionals, Native American Tribal courts were training tribal lay advocates to practice before the court. A worthwhile read for anyone thinking about access to justice in legal deserts. Read more: clp.law.harvard.edu/article/trib...

What holds a law firm together when its assets walk out every evening? Regan & Rohrer put that to 250+ partners in #ThePractice: money and meaning aren't zero-sum. clp.law.harvard.edu/article/mone...

Do judges actually follow precedent? Holger Spamann, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, put it to the test. In #ThePractice, he describes experiments in which he and his co-authors gave 361 real judges from seven countries actual cases to decide, then randomized the precedents each judge saw.

Cannabis law started at the margins—criminal defense lawyers, legalization advocates. Then Big Law wanted in. Eli Wald on how it's blurring the legal profession's quiet divide. In #ThePractice: clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

What are clients actually buying when they hire a law firm? Salesforce President & CLO Sabastian V. Niles sat down with CLP Faculty Director David B. Wilkins to dig into how the legal profession leads (or lags) in the agentic AI era. Read the full conversation: clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

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What makes a "perfect partner" at a law firm—and are firms actually rewarding it? Moray McLaren in #ThePractice on why the real challenge isn't comp math, it's accountability. clp.law.harvard.edu/article/defi...

A still relevant nugget of info from a 2023 issue of #ThePractice: the cost of law school limits who can attend law school and become lawyers, which has implications for democratic ideals in the U.S. Read more 👇 clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

"Rural lawyers are declining in number, and the real question is whether the trend can be reversed," writes Hannah Haksgaard, professor at University of South Dakota Knudson Law. clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

Bruce Green, director of Fordham Law’s Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, breaks down the factors he thinks should be considered when reimagining attorney discipline in the United States. via Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession (@hlsclp.bsky.social)

“Our [medical-legal partnership] enables doctors and lawyers to work together with a shared vision of supporting at-risk children and families,” says Adrienne Henize, program director @cincyresearch.bsky.social's MLP. "Our patients are their clients.” clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

"The standards belonging to a professional role are not a force field protecting lawyers from moral criticism. Instead, the 'role-differentiated' morality of the legal profession itself requires a defense," writes Brad Wendel in #ThePractice. clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

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“I would rather teach every lawyer in this state how to properly keep their trust account than ever prosecute another trust account case,” says Melissa Scott, general counsel of the Mississippi Bar. Read more in #ThePractice: clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

"Systematic studies of disciplinary rates among court-appointed defense attorneys are rare, but the example of Maine suggests that appointed lawyers may be more likely than others to have checkered pasts." Rebecca Haw Allensworth in #ThePractice: clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

If the purpose of attorney discipline is to protect the public, Bruce Green, Louis Stein Chair of Law at Fordham Law, wonders, “I’m not sure the public has enough of a perception of what’s going on in the disciplinary process to actually have an opinion.” clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

“The purpose of the [disciplinary] system is to protect the public from lawyer misconduct,” says John Gleason, who led the regulatory office at the Colorado Supreme Court for two decades. “That’s an easy phrase to say, but to actually do it is pretty complex.” clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

"Ask yourself whether licensing’s promise to protect the public is fulfilled by a system that doesn’t remove the most problematic providers, but rather shuffles them to the bottom of the barrel of professional practice." clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

Excited for the Legal AI summit at Wayfair today as part of Boston's Tech Week: CLP's faculty director David B. Wilkins will deliver a keynote this afternoon at 1:30 pm. Sign up here: partiful.com/e/pM0Dnw5pQR...

The Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession is proud to present Michael Sandel, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University, with its 2026 Award for Global Leadership. clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

Read the latest issue of The Practice on International arbitration before the new issue comes out 👀 clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

WATCH: Missed our Association of American Law Schools event on "The Profession, the Market, and the State: Professional Independence in a VUCA World"? Check it out now on our site 👇 clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

"'Billable hours pressures' was the most common answer when respondents were asked what about their workplace impacts their mental wellbeing, with 63% of them selecting it from a list of possibilities." via Law.com www.law.com/americanlawy...

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In the latest issue of #ThePractice, Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession postdoctoral fellow Tobias Traxler examines the under explored influence of counsel on investment treaty arbitration: clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

The latest issue of #ThePractice explores the hugely important field of international arbitration — from the perspective of law students, arbitrators, and lawyers working in the field: clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

As the HLS team competes in the Willem C. Vis Moot competition on commercial arbitration, read about their journey to Vienna: clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

In a Feb. 17 talk at Harvard Law School hosted by the HLS Center on the Legal Profession, Jack Smith '94 discussed his Harvard years, his long career as a prosecutor, and his belief in the rule of law. youtu.be/2M8vsVfVdpo?...

"Today’s health care landscape is unfortunately 'a battle for scarce resources,' says Jorge Lopez, Jr., executive vice president and general counsel at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

Proud to see Cincinnati Children’s Child Health-Law Partnership (Child HeLP) highlighted. By integrating legal support into pediatric care, research shows clinicians can better address social determinants of health and advance equity for children and families.

“My approach to being an in-house lawyer is that the lawyers must be involved in the business,” says Laura Peabody, CLO, MassGeneralBrigham. “And if your business is patient care, you have to understand the laws that apply and the culture of the care providers.” clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

How are medical-legal partnerships moving the needle on health equity? Learn more about how lawyers and doctors can work together to address social determinants of health: clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

Read about the origins, life, and future of the @petrieflomcenter.bsky.social and the field it's helped substantiate in #ThePractice: clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

Read The Practice from @hlsclp.bsky.social where I. Glenn Cohen, @cshachar.bsky.social, & @susannahb.bsky.social discuss the health law profession, the history of Petrie-Flom, and its current research areas clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

As conversations around the provision of health care continues to dominate, we dive into the role of lawyers. In the latest issue of #ThePractice, we ask: how do lawyers work across professional divisions in health care settings? Read the full issue 👇 clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

As the senior career official in the Department of Justice, "You’re considered the conscience of the department so people trust that you’re going to make the decision that supports what the institution is supposed to be doing," says Brad Weinsheimer. clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

Is legal innovation about tech or the ability to connect with other humans? Nicolás Parra Herrera explains in a new insight. clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

“If we can change the culture of the legal profession, there is no limit to what we can change in terms of the structures of society,” executive director of People's Parity Project Molly Coleman says. “But cultural change is really hard.” clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

"A lot of mistakes in professional ethics come from seeking a false zone of comfort. We as lawyers sit at the intersection of conflict and disagreement ... . It's going to be uncomfortable." W. Bradley Wendel in #ThePractice: clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

In #ThePractice: why should lawyers continue to think about moral philosophy? Are lawyers accountable to the public for the clients they represent? How should lawyers navigate the tension between personal morality and professional responsibility? clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

“Harvard has graduated more Black lawyers than any other law school apart from Howard School of Law, graduates who have gone on to become leaders in virtually every sector of society, including as president and first lady of the United States,” said David Wilkins. hls.harvard.edu/today/celebr...

The Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession was pleased to welcome over 750 Harvard Law School alumni and guests for the 2025 Celebration of Black Alumni on Sept. 12-14! We heard from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Sherrilyn Ifill, Bryan Stevenson, and more. Can't wait for 2030!

We built an enormous tent to host the hundreds of folks joining us Sept. 12-14 at Harvard Law School for the Celebration of Black Alumni! Open to all. Learn more: HLSCBA.com

"The rural and the urban are inextricably linked. Urban people are very reliant on rural resources. It’s not just why lawyers should care ... What would happen if our rural communities dried up and blew away?" Lisa Pruitt in #ThePractice 👇 clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

@ucdavis.bsky.social Law Professor Lisa R. Pruitt spoke to The Practice, a magazine published by @hlsclp.bsky.social for its August issue about legal deserts, or rural areas with too few lawyers and judges to meet demand. Check out the full conversation: bit.ly/3HWuC4r #UCDavisLaw #Faculty

"Rural lawyers are declining in number, and the real question is whether the trend can be reversed," writes Hannah Haksgaard in the new issue of The Practice. After ten years of the South Dakota Rural Attorney Recruitment Program, Haksgaard reviews the data. clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...

We're building an ENORMOUS tent! Come check it out Sept. 12-14 at the Celebration of Black Alumni at Harvard Law School. All are welcome! Register and learn more: HLSCBA.com youtube.com/shorts/1EWhZ...

The August 2025 edition of The Practice is live! In this issue, we dive into legal deserts—a problem symptomatic of a larger issue of rural brain drain. Read more 👇 clp.law.harvard.edu/knowledge-hu...