The United States has never consented to the International Criminal Court's jurisdiction over Americans, and that is not a clo...
Criminal
The dangerous consequences of a public military execution
By Allan Lee Dollison
Drawing on his military service in Afghanistan, a former Army officer argues that publicly livestreaming the execution of Fort...
The Trump administration's Civil Rights Division has shifted its focus from protecting historically marginalized groups agains...
Artificial intelligence is enabling boutique law firms to turn greater efficiency into new business models by expanding capaci...
Tax
California's billionaire tax puts residency under the microscope
By Robert W. Wood
California's proposed billionaire tax could trigger legal disputes over retroactivity, residency and asset valuations, while i...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Why formality still matters in the age of remote proceedings
By Ronda J. McKaig
As remote court appearances become more casual, the traditions that reinforce respect for the judicial process and public conf...
Let a thousand boutiques bloom
By Michael Katz
Boutique law firms can serve as laboratories for innovation, giving lawyers greater flexibility to experiment with workplace s...
Growing a law firm without losing the client
By John M. Feder
Law firms can grow without sacrificing client service by ensuring that increased efficiency, technology and staffing support r...
The hardest part of growing a boutique law firm isn't getting clients
By Hossein Berenji
Boutique law firms can grow without sacrificing quality by building strong systems for senior review, mentorship, consistent p...
The boutique model: Building infrastructure before the ceiling hits
By Dan Katz
For boutique law firms, preserving the advantages of specialization requires building the systems, accountability and discipli...
Casting a wide net: Litigation generalization in an age of specialization
By Stephen G. Larson
A broad and diverse litigation practice sharpens legal judgment, strengthens courtroom advocacy and prepares trial lawyers to ...
The boutique boom: A golden age for modern boutique law firms
By Michelle E. Armond, Josepher Li
As Big Law chases scale, profits and superstar partners, boutique firms are proving that smaller, specialized teams can delive...
Top 10 tips to manage boutique law firms
By Timothy D. Reuben
Law school doesn't teach attorneys how to run a business. Sustaining a boutique law firm for the long term requires developing...
The boutique advantage: Building a law firm around talent, focus and trust
By Skip Miller
Boutique law firms can compete with larger rivals by focusing on their strengths, hiring and mentoring exceptional talent, gro...
Hiring and retaining talent
By James W. Spertus, Kevin J. Minnick
Hiring and retaining exceptional lawyers is the defining strategy for a successful litigation boutique, where talent, autonomy...
Technology
Big Law's AI advantage is real. Your brand is the one thing it can't compress
By Lindsey S. Mignano
As AI narrows the cost and efficiency advantages boutiques have traditionally had over Big Law, individual reputation for exce...
Growing a firm while protecting its values
By Amy Oppenheimer
Growing a boutique law firm requires founders to share control while protecting the values that matter most. Thoughtful hiring...
Elite over enormous: Why team effectiveness eclipses team size
By Parag L. Amin
Boutique law firms can offer a competitive advantage over larger firms by building tight-knit teams that communicate efficient...
Technology
The boutique lawyer's AI problem extends beyond hallucinations
By Sharon Appelbaum
Used with discipline, AI can strengthen confidentiality, vendor oversight and the record of a lawyer's judgment in high-stakes...
Artificial intelligence could give boutique law firms the leverage to handle sophisticated legal work once requiring much larg...
The Education Department's Title IX reset largely formalizes the framework already in force, but schools and colleges should e...
Constitutional Law
Twelve angry men, or 6? Clancy, Kian and the constitutional jury
By Jeffrey M. Chemerinsky, Andrew H. Choi
The U.S. Supreme Court's review of Kian v. Florida could restore the 12-person jury requirement in state criminal trial...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Persuasion techniques: AI shortcuts put conscientious lawyering to the test
By Christopher Frost
Preventing AI-generated citation errors requires more than checking sources--it demands conscientious legal practice grounded ...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
The discipline of declining: Why turning down work can protect lawyers and their clients
By Shari L. Klevens, Alanna G. Clair
For lawyers accustomed to saying "yes," knowing when to decline a matter can be an important professional skill, particularly ...
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Who really owns the tractor after the sale?
By Subrat Suryakant Kamat, Roberto Escobar
As modern tractors become increasingly dependent on proprietary software, farmers and manufacturers face new legal questions i...
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
The cost of incivility: When lawyers cross the line
By Richard Seely
Incivility in litigation comes at a price, from unnecessary legal fees to sanctions and disbarment. Practicing civility protec...
Family
Nightmare surrogacy cases are the exception to the normal practice of reproductive law
By Ralph M. Tsong
Nightmare surrogacy cases have the potential to make bad law. While some regulation may be helpful, lawmakers should seek stak...
Constitutional Law
Institutional differences between the US legal system and classical sharia
By Terri R. Brown
The U.S. Constitution and classical Sharia law differ fundamentally in their sources of authority, separation of religion and ...
Environmental & Energy
Shadows and student parties: How CEQA litigation lost the plot, and Prop. 45 fixes it
By Sean R. Marciniak
Prop. 45 takes on the CEQA paralysis keeping affordable homes and essential projects from getting built.
The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will require extensive planning, coordination, detection systems and expanded counter-drone auth...