Achieving Relevant Success
A recent piece by CNN’s Julie Peterson tells the tale of Joe Bankoff and Gordon Smith, two high-level career lawyers who left the legal profession for the non-profit world at the height of their individual success. Taking huge pay cuts, they chose to invest their time working for non-profits, in an effort...The Benefits of Generosity
In following up on our recent blog post about the Chicago Bar Foundation’s Investing in Justice Campaign, we asked CBF executive director Bob Glaves what he feels makes generosity so important to the legal profession. Glaves noted that while “almost everyone goes to law school with a significant or sole...Walking Their Talk
A month ago we sang the praises of the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, who have adopted the spirit of the Generation Generosity movement and set out to “reset the conversation about lawyers through encouraging simple acts of philanthropy and generosity.” Since the beginning of 2012 their...Getting Schooled
In a recent NY Times blog post, Stanley Fish, author and professor of humanities and law at Florida International University, shared some advance insights on the soon-to-be-published Failing Law Schools, by Brian Tamanaha. In his forthcoming book, Tamanaha declares that the legal education system is...
