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Bliss Lawyers Celebrate 5-year Anniversary Amid New Market 'Reality'

Five years ago Bliss Lawyers was a fledging enterprise with a unique approach to lawyering and an ambitious goal: improving the degree of satisfaction for both employee and client and helping to create happier lawyers.

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Does Having Malpractice Insurance Decrease Malpractice?

Approximately 62.1% of all American lawyers work in a law firm comprised of one to five attorneys, according to findings revealed in Clara N. Carson’s The Lawyer Statistical Report: The U.S. Legal Profession in 2005 (released in 2012). Despite that, solo and small firm attorneys account for more than 90% of all discipline complaints, according to Leslie C. Levin, who penned The Ethical World of Solo and Small Law Firm Practitioners.

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Lawyering One Per Diem at a Time

The legal profession is quickly warming up to the notion that hiring an attorney on a daily basis, rather than long-term, is a viable and cost-effective way to get a job done.

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Bar Exam Pass Rate Plummets Over Last Decade

Prospective lawyers are failing their respective bar exams with greater frequency, leaving some to question if there are fundamental flaws with the legal education system.

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When There’s a Will, There’s a Way

At least 55% of Americans do not have a Last Will and Testament, according to LexisNexis.

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Equal Justice Conf. Takes Aim at Rising Court Costs, Importance of Pro Bono Work

Considering the devastating long-term impacts of inadequate representation for low-income earners, the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service and the National Legal Aid & Defender Association will host the annual Equal Justice Conference later this week, according to information from the ABA.

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How to Become An Attorney-at-Author

“There is a distinct difference between writing like a lawyer and everybody else in the world,” says Steve Berry, a New York Times best-selling author and former attorney.

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For ABA Woman’s Commission Chair, Every Month is Women's HIstory Month

March is Women’s History Month, and retrospectives, presentations and discussions about hot-button gender-equality issues have again come into the national spotlight. For Michele Coleman Mayes, chairwoman of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession, though, every month feels like Women’s History Month, likening the experience to a sort of “Groundhog’s Day.”

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