Category: News Feeds

Ed.
Note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature

Trivia
Question
of
the
Day!

Who
was
the
first
Supreme
Court
justice
to
serve
on
the
Court
with
the
justice
they
previously
clerked
for?

Hint:
The
Judicial
Oath
was
administered
to
the
justice-designate
by
that
justice.

See
the
answer
on
the
next
page.

Chief
Justice
Roberts
is
confounded.
He
is
shaken.
He
is
weary.

As
the
Supreme
Court
begins
its
October
term,
CNN’s
woman
inside
the
beltway,
Joan
Biskupic,

paints
a
picture
of
a
man
simultaneously
obsessed
with
public
perception
of
the
Court
and
utterly
unable
to
see
how
his
rulings
undermine
its
legitimacy.

“Roberts
was
shaken
by
the
adverse
public
reaction
to
his
decision affording
Trump
substantial
immunity
from
criminal
prosecution,”
Biskupic
writes.
“His
protestations
that
the
case
concerned
the
presidency,
not
Trump,
held
little
currency.”

How
could
Americans
not
see
that
he
was
just
calling
balls
and
strikes
when
he
ruled
that
presidents
can
do
crimes?

What
is
wrong
with
you
people?

The
article
quotes
various
former
Roberts
clerks
“defend[ing]
him
to
varying
degrees.”

Erin
Murphy,
a
renowned
federal
appellate
lawyer,
adopted
her
former
boss’s
spin
that
the
case
was
about
protecting
the
institution
of
the
presidency
and
ensuring
that
successive
administrations
wouldn’t
be
“coming
after
previous
presidents”
in
an
endless
round
of
tit
for
tat.

This
is
an
odd
way
to
describe
an
opinion
that
bars
the
prosecution
of
a
sitting
president
for
any
official
action,
up
to
and
including
directing
the
Justice
Department
to
target
his
enemies
—
something
Trump
has
promised
to
do!

Roman
Martinez,
also
a
federal
appellate
lawyer,
if
you
can
even
believe
it,
praised
Roberts’s
immunity
ruling
for
its
“ambiguity
as
to
the
scope
of
the
immunity.”

“There’s
sorta
question
marks
across
different
aspects
of
the
opinion
on
what
it
means,”
he
told
Biskupic.
“We
haven’t
seen
the
ending
yet.”

Oh,

you
thought
the
drafting
was
a
weaselly
way
to
get
around
the
fact
that
it
invented
a
constitutional
doctrine
out
of
whole
cloth?
Can’t
you
see
what
a
stroke
of
genius
it
was
for
the
Chief
to

yaddayaddayadda
over
whether
official
acts
outside
the
“core”
presidential
duties
(whatever

that
means)
are
entitled
to
absolute
or
presumptive
immunity?

But
the
apologetics
prize
goes
to
HLS
professor
Richard
Lazarus,
“a
longtime
friend
of
Roberts
[who]
spent
time
with
him
in
July
immediately
after
the
Trump
decision
was
issued.”

Writing
in
the

Washington
Post
in
August,
he
described
the
immunity
ruling
as
“leaving
plenty
of
room
for
Trump’s
conviction
on
multiple
felony
counts.”

The
opinion
directs
the
trial
court
to
conduct
a
fact-intensive
inquiry
to
determine
whether
Trump’s
shitposts
summoning
a
mob
to
DC
and
his
pressure
campaign
to
force
the
Georgia
secretary
of
state
to
“find
11,780
votes”
were
official
acts,
and
then
pass
it
up
to
the
Supreme
Court
to
let
Sam
Alito
take
a
Sharpie
to
it.
This
provides
“a
surprisingly
clear
road
map
for
the
successful
felony
prosecution
of
Trump,”
Lazarus
insists.

The
professor
shrugs
off
the
fact
that
his
buddy
suggested
but
refused
to
conclude
that
the
pressure
campaign
to
get
Mike
Pence
to
toss
out
the
votes
of
20
million
Americans
was
part
of
Trump’s
job
and
thus
immune
from
prosecution:

Yes,
the
court
was
more
doubtful
about
whether
Trump’s
discussions
with
Pence
were
likewise
outside
the
scope
of
presidential
immunity.
But,
while
that
presents
an
intriguing
legal
issue,
it
has
little
practical
importance
for
the
fundamental
question
of
whether
Trump
can
be
prosecuted
and
convicted
of
federal
felony
offenses.
At
some
point,
additional
evidence
or
felony
offenses
just
become
piling
on.

At
the
risk
of
piling
on
Biskupic
for
accurately
reporting
on
the
view
from
inside
One
First
Street,
this
profile
ignores
the
inherent
contradiction
between
Roberts’s
fixation
on
his
own
legacy
and
his
insistence
that
the
Court
is
a
nonpartisan
edifice
of
American
society,
far
above
the
fray.

Because
you
can’t
claim
to
be
committed
to
the
principles
of

stare
decisis
when
you
utterly
disregard
precedent
the
second
you
have
the
votes.
You
can’t
claim
to
be
clinging
to
an
“original”
approach
to
the
Constitution
while
inventing
a
right
to
wander
around
the
streets
with
a
machine
gun.
You
can’t
demand
that
the
citizens
revere
you
when
you
use
your
power
to
thwart
their
express
wishes
at
every
turn.
And
you
can’t
claim
to
be
confounded
by
Trump
while
inventing
new
rules
expressly
designed
to
empower
him
and
ensure
he
never
faces
a
reckoning
for
attempting
to
overthrow
the
government.

Biskupic
quotes
the
Chief
Justice
in
2010
addressing
a
group
of
law
students:
“You
wonder
if
you’re
going
to
be
John
Marshall
or
you’re
going
to
be
Roger
Taney.

The
answer
is,
of
course,
you
are
certainly
not
going
to
be
John
Marshall.
But
you
want
to
avoid
the
danger
of
being
Roger
Taney.”

Perhaps
in
2010
the
answer
to
that
question
was
unclear.
Today
it
is
not.

Cue
1,000
former
law
clerks
turned
appellate
lawyers
to
explain
how actually
he’s
just
a
misunderstood
genius
…

Analysis:
John
Roberts
remains
confounded
by
Donald
Trump
as
election
approaches
[CNN]

---

Liz
Dye lives
in
Baltimore
where
she
produces
the
Law
and
Chaos substack and podcast.

Ed.
note:
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to
our
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feature,

Quote
of
the
Day.

You
have
to
certainly
expect
there’s
going
to
be
a
significant
reduction
of
Black
students
in
our
selective
higher
education
institutions,
and
especially
our
elite
ones,
like
Yale
Law
School.
And
that
is
a
tragedy.

—
Professor
Kevin
Brown
of
Indiana
University
Bloomington’s
Maurer
School
of
Law,
a
Yale
Law
alumnus,
in
comments
given
to
the

Yale
Daily
News,
on
the
decrease
in
racial
diversity
for
the
school’s
Class
of
2027,
the
first
class
admitted
without
affirmative
action,
down
to
50%
compared
with
57%
for
the
Class
of
2026.

---

Staci
Zaretsky is
a
senior
editor
at
Above
the
Law,
where
she’s
worked
since
2011.
She’d
love
to
hear
from
you,
so
please
feel
free
to

email
her
with
any
tips,
questions,
comments,
or
critiques.
You
can
follow
her
on

X/Twitter
and

Threads
or
connect
with
her
on

LinkedIn.

Charlie
Adelson

was
convicted
in
2023
of
hiring
hitmen
to
kill
his
ex-brother-in-law,
Florida
State
Law
professor
Dan
Markel.
But
prosecutors
allege
the
plot
to
kill
Markel
goes
even
deeper.
In
November
of
2023,
Charlie
Adelson’s
mother,
Donna
Adelson,
was

arrested
for
her
alleged
role
in
the
murder-for-hire
plot.

The
trial
of
Donna
Adelson
has
hit

numerous
snags.
But
after
Charlie
Adelson
withdrew
consent
for
his
lawyer
to
represent
his
mother,
her
representation
shifted
to
Alex
Morris.
After
familiarizing
himself
with
the
case,
Morris
expected
things
to
resume
between

November
and
February.
That
estimation
may
have
proved
too
optimistic
given
this
new
setback
—
he’s
no
longer
on
the
case.

The

Tallahassee
Democrat
has
coverage:

Leon
Circuit
Judge
Stephen
Everett
on
Monday
issued
an
order
disqualifying
Robert
“Alex”
Morris
and
Adam Komisar over
actual
and
potential
conflicts
of
interest.

…

“Without
the
establishment
of
a
sufficient
ethical
wall
and
the
fact
that
even
third-party
counsel
cannot
avoid
the
potential
for
conflict,
the
court
cannot
permit
Robert
A.
Morris
or
Adam
Komisar
to
remain
as
counsel
of
record,”
Everett
wrote.
“Nor
will
the
court
permit
this
untenable
situation
to
continue.”

Can
somebody
please
represent
this
woman
without
conflicting
out?
There’s
no
clear
start
date
on
when
the
trial
will
resume,
but
one
criminal
defense
attorney
following
the
case
estimated
that
the
wait
may
be
as
long
as
January
2026.

Judge
In
Donna
Adelson
Murder
Trial
Disqualifies
Her
New
Attorneys
Over
Conflicts
[Tallahassee]

Earlier:

Revoked
Conflict
Waiver
Means
Delays
In
Slain
Law
Professor
Case

---

Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
 He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.

Is
the
Twitter
comments
section
running
Florida’s
legal
department
these
days?
Has
state
AG
Ashley
Moody
simply
wandered
off
in
shame
after
one
too
many
spankings
at
the
hands
of
the
federal
judiciary?
What
even
is
this
shit?

Florida
Governor
Ron
DeSantis’s
administration
has
tried

multiple
stratagems
to
sour
the
public
on
Amendment
4,
a
ballot
referendum
which
would
enshrine
the
right
to
an
abortion
in
the
state’s
constitution.
Now
Health
Department
General
Counsel
John
Wilson
is
threatening
criminal
penalties
for
a
Gainesville
television
station
if
it
doesn’t
pull
an
ad
supporting
the
state’s
abortion
referendum
off
the
air.

The
spot features
a
Florida
woman
named
Caroline
who
was
diagnosed
with
terminal
brain
cancer
when
she
was
20
weeks
pregnant.

“The
doctors
knew
if
I
did
not
end
my
pregnancy,
I
would
lose
my
baby,
I
would
lose
my
life,
and
my
daughter
would
lose
her
mom.
Florida
has
now
banned
abortion
even
in
cases
like
mine,”
she
said.

According
to
Florida
health
officials,
this
spot
is
a
“sanitary
nuisance”
under the

Florida
Clean
Air
Act,
which

imposes
on
the
DOH
the
duty
to
order
the
remediation
of
sanitary
nuisances
such
as
“air
pollutants,
gases,
and
noisome
odors,”
“improperly
built
or
maintained
septic
tanks,
water
closets,
or
privies,”
“any
condition
capable
of
breeding
flies,
mosquitoes,
or
other
arthropods,”
or
“the
keeping,
maintaining,
propagation,
existence,
or
permission
of
anything,
by
an
individual,
municipality,
organization,
or
corporation,
by
which
the
health
or
life
of
an
individual,
or
the
health
or
lives
of
individuals,
may
be
threatened
or
impaired,
or
by
which
or
through
which,
directly
or
indirectly,
disease
may
be
caused.”

Apparently
the
video
of
this
woman
describing
her
own
experiences
falls
into
that
last
category.

Women
faced
with
pregnancy
complications
posing
a
serious
risk
of
death
or
substantial
and
irreversible
physical
impairment
may
and
should
seek
medical
treatment
in
Florida.
However,
if
they
are
led
to
believe
that
such
treatment
is
unavailable
under
Florida
law,
such
women
could
foreseeably
travel
out
of
state
to
seek
emergency
medical
care,
seek
emergency
medical
care
from
unlicensed
providers
in
Florida,
or
not
seek
emergency
medical
care
at
all.
Such
actions
would
threaten
or
impair
the
health
and
lives
of
these
women.

BREAKING:
Crisis
pregnancy
centers
are
illegal
now.

The
Elias
Law
Group,
which
represents
Floridians
Protecting
Freedom,
the
group
which
placed
the
ad,
responded
with
its
own

letter
to
the
station,
published
by

Florida
Politics,
calling
the
DOH’s
threat
“a
textbook
example
of
government
coercion
that
violates
the
First
Amendment”
and
“a
flagrant
abuse
of
power.”

The
letter
also
notes
that
nothing
in
the
ad
was
false.
Florida’s
six-week
ban
does
have
an
exception
to
preserve
the
mother’s
life,
but
with
a
terminal
diagnosis,
Caroline
would
not
have
qualified.

“Practically,
that
means
that
an
abortion
would
not
have
saved
her
life,
only
extended
it,”
FPF’s
lawyers
wrote.
“Florida
law
would
not
allow
an
abortion
in
this
instance
because
the
abortion
would
not
have
‘save[d]
the
pregnant
woman’s
life,’
only
extended
her
life.”

Meanwhile,
DeSantis
is

using
taxpayer
funds
to
run
ads
falsely
claiming
that
the
amendment,
which
enshrines
the
right
to
a
pre-viability
abortion,
would
deregulate
abortion
care
and
override
parental
consent
laws.

“What’s
going
to
happen
is
that
will
create
a
lot
of
bootleg
abortion
clinics
around
the
state,”
he

said
last
month.
Of
course,
he
also
said
that
Florida
is
a

shining
beacon
of
free
speech,
so
…
take
that
one
with
a
giant
grain
of
salt.

---

Liz
Dye lives
in
Baltimore
where
she
produces
the
Law
and
Chaos substack and podcast.

Calling
it
a
major
first
step
in
its
wider
AI
product
roadmap,
the
law
practice
management
company
Clio
today
released
Clio
Duo,
a
generative
AI
product
built
directly
into
the
Clio
Manage
law
practice
management
platform.

Clio
released
the
product
today
at
its
Clio
Cloud
Conference
in
Austin,
Texas,
after
first
announcing
its
plans
to
launch
the
product
at
its
conference
last
year.

“Think
of
Clio
Duo
as
your
AI-powered
legal
partner,”
Clio
founder
and
CEO
Jack
Newton
said
during
his
keynote
this
morning.

According
to
Clio,
Clio
Duo
will
allow
users
to:

• Quickly
  access
  client
  and
  matter
  details,
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• Summarize
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  document
  in
  Clio
  Manage
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  one
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  mobile
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  tasks.
• Work
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  anywhere
  in
  Clio
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  delegate
  assignments
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  Clio
  Duo,
  such
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• Automatically
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  Clio
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  for
  every
  AI-driven
  task.

Clio
Duo
provides
a
chat-like
interface
through
which
users
can
get
answers
in
text
and
table
formats
and
then
copied
and
used
in
other
editors.

Clio
says
that
the
product
can
understand
and
process
complex
queries,
coupled
with
details
from
Clio
Manage,
and
can
prioritize
information
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that
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most
immediately
critical
information
is
always
top-of-mind
across
a
law
firm.

An
audit
log
features
provides
a
clear
trail
of
information
sources,
including
cited
references
and
document
origins,
so
that
every
piece
of
data
and
information
is
traceable
and
verifiable.

Clio
says
that
Clio
Duo
is
a
major
first
step
in
the
company’s
wider
AI-driven
product
roadmap.
Clio
plans
to
expand
AI
capabilities
across
every
aspect
of
its
platform,
it
says.
It
will
include
advanced
AI
features
that
will
be
able
to
perform
a
variety
of
tasks
in
law
firm
marketing,
billing,
legal
documents
drafting,
and
more,
and
will
introduce
features
that
offer
a
more
personalized
AI
experience.

Clio
says
it
has
designed
Duo
with
a
strong
emphasis
on
safety
and
reliability,
incorporating
advanced
guardrails
that
serve
multiple
critical
functions.
These
guardrails
include
real-time
monitoring
for
potential
vulnerabilities,
Clio
says,
such
as
prompt
injections.

We’re
right
in
the
middle
of
conference
season,
and
it’s
time
to
take
stock
of
how
(or
even
if)
you’ve
benefited
from
these
activities.
As
you
may
already
know,
conferences
can
be
time-consuming,
expensive,
and,
in
the
end,
net
little
to
no
actual
new
business.
Considering
all
those
factors,
it
seems
to
defy
logic
that
anyone
still
goes
other
than
to
obtain
CLEs.
Einstein
is
well
known
for
his
definition
of
insanity,
“Doing
the
same
thing
over
and
over
and
expecting
a
different
result.”
Is
that
true
for
you
as
it
relates
to
the
way
you
work
or
don’t
work
a
conference?

The
real
value
in
attending
conferences
occurs
when
the
participant
is
well
prepared.
Devising
a
plan
that
includes
being
added
to
the
agenda
as
a
presenter,
obtaining
an
attendee
list
in
advance,
and
making
a
point
of
scheduling
coffee
meetings
with
prospective
decision
makers
prior
to
the
start
of
the
conference
are
a
few
of
the
insider
tips
on
which
you
must
focus.
With
a
well-thought-out
plan
in
advance,
proper
execution,
and
prompt
follow-through,
you
can
change
the
lackluster
conference
experiences
of
your
past
into
results-oriented
time
where
you
actually
generate
new
business.

To
make
my
point
crystal
clear,
think
about
it
this
way;
would
you
willingly
head
into
a
courtroom
for
trial
without
preparing
first?
Of
course
not.
Just
as
there
are
tried-and-true
trial
preparation
tactics
you
learned
in
school
and
on
the
job,
there
are
some
key
“success
elements”
to
obtaining
new
business
from
attending
professional
conferences.
Here
are
three
“no-brainer”
tips 
to
get
the
most
value
from
any
and
all
conferences.

Tip
1:

Develop
A
Strong
Conference
Plan
Or
Strategy

1. Do
   background
   research
   on
   past
   conferences
   to
   determine
   which
   sessions
   and
   receptions
   might
   include
   the
   best
   prospects
   for
   new
   clients
   or
   strategic
   partners
   you’d
   like
   to
   meet.
2. Have
   a
   thorough
   review
   of
   the
   guest
   list,
   if
   you
   can
   obtain
   it
   in
   advance,
   in
   order
   to
   understand
   the
   background
   of
   the
   attendees.
   Review
   the
   list
   and
   place
   a
   check
   next
   to
   the
   people
   you
   most
   want
   to
   meet.
3. Arrange
   pre-event
   meetings
   (breakfast,
   lunch,
   or
   drinks)
   with
   some
   of
   the
   prospective
   attendees.
   Reach
   out
   proactively
   by
   telephone
   or
   email
   to
   schedule
   these
   meetings
   so
   you’ll
   have
   a
   context
   in
   place
   before
   the
   event.
4. Have
   discussions
   with
   peers,
   colleagues,
   and
   friends
   who’ve
   attended
   the
   same
   (or
   a
   similar)
   conference
   in
   the
   past
   to
   get
   the
   “inside”
   scoop
   on
   the
   opportunities
   available.
5. Organize
   a
   conversation
   with
   the
   event
   organizer
   to
   get
   more
   information
   about
   the
   meeting
   and
   to
   arrange
   introductions
   when
   attending.
   This
   can
   pay
   big
   dividends
   if
   that
   person
   is
   open
   to
   helping
   you
   connect
   at
   the
   conference.
6. Set
   goals
   for
   the
   number
   of
   contacts
   you
   plan
   to
   meet
   each
   day.
   Be
   aggressive
   with
   your
   numbers
   to
   ensure
   you’ll
   meet
   enough
   people
   with
   whom
   you’ll
   actually
   want
   to
   follow
   up
   after
   the
   event.
7. Have
   a
   completed
   and
   well-rehearsed
   infomercial
   or
   elevator
   pitch
   to
   ensure
   you’re
   seen
   as
   focused
   and
   polished.
   Be
   prepared
   to
   improv
   or
   change
   things
   up
   based
   on
   with
   whom
   you
   are
   speaking.
8. Use
   a
   list
   of
   relationship-building
   and
   business-focused
   questions
   to
   ask
   those
   you
   meet.
9. Practice
   role-playing
   to
   ensure
   you’re
   ready
   to
   ask
   effective
   questions
   that
   can
   lead
   to
   the
   development
   of
   strong
   relationships.

Tip
2:

Be
Sure
To
Execute
Your
Plan
At
The
Event

Thorough
planning
before
the
conference
matters,
but
just
as
important
is
the
next
element
—
execution.
When
conference
day
arrives,
you’ll
want
to
avoid
becoming
a
wallflower
or
shrinking
violet.
No
matter
how
introverted
you
might
be,
it’s
critical
that
you
show
up
and
perform
with
energy.
Advance
preparation
makes
this
level
of
interaction
more
comfortable
and
natural.
Luckily,
there
are
several
tips
you
can
implement
to
increase
your
“performance”
at
any
conference.

When
meeting
someone
new,
try
to
be
the
first
to
ask
questions.
In
the
beginning,
you
should
focus
on
listening
to
your
contact
and
learning
more
about
this
individual.
The
more
quickly
you
take
in
meaningful
data,
the
more
quickly
you
can
determine
if
this
person
is
someone
you
want
to
invest
more
time
with
or
if
you’d
be
better
served
by
moving
on
and
meeting
others.

At
some
point
during
your
conversation
it
might
be
appropriate
to
ask
your
new
contact
if
any
of
his
or
her
colleagues
at
the
conference
might
benefit
from
meeting
you.
Sometimes
the
person
you’re
talking
to
may
be
better
suited
to
connect
you
to
a
prospect
than
to
become
an
actual
prospect.
Try
to
understand
your
contact’s
business
role,
position
level,
and
circle
of
influence.
These
factors
can
prompt
the
contact
to
effectively
introduce
you
to
his
or
her
contacts.
In
addition,
your
contact
may
know
about
a
cocktail
reception
or
other
similar
event
that
could
put
you
in
a
room
of
possible
prospects
that
you
never
would
have
met
otherwise.
Be
open
to
connections
this
contact
can
facilitate.

Don’t
let
a
good
contact
slip
away.
If
you
meet
someone
who
strikes
you
as
interesting,
well
connected,
or
a
prospective
client,
be
sure
to
get
his
or
her
card.
Try
to
make
arrangements
with
this
person
later.
You
could
do
so
by
saying,
“It
was
really
nice
meeting
you
and
hearing
about
all
that
you
do.
If
you’re
open
to
it,
I’d
really
like
to
meet
again
and
discuss
ways
we
might
be
able
to
help
one
another.
How
about
breakfast
tomorrow?”
If
the
individual
isn’t
available,
make
sure
you
collect
all
of
the
person’s
contact
information
so
you
can
follow
up
accordingly.

Schedule
as
many
quality
meetings
with
other
attendees
as
possible.
You’re
not
building
your
book
of
business
when
you’re
in
your
hotel
room
watching
bad
movies.
Review
the
one
to
three
days
that
you’re
there,
and
commit
any
free
time
to
holding
more
one-on-one
meetings.
No
comma
needed.

Just
as
when
attending
any
networking
event,
label
your
collected
business
cards
with
an
A,
a
B,
or
a
C
to
ensure
that
you
remember
whom
you
met
that
you
thought
might
be
most
valuable
to
your
network.
This
also
will
help
ensure
follow-up
with
the
A’s
and
B’s
directly
after
the
conference.

Connect
with
your
new
friends
on
LinkedIn.
This
will
help
you
better
understand
each
new
contact’s
background
and
who
else
they
know.
This
little
step
can
make
your
follow-up
meetings
even
more
interesting.

Schedule
follow-up
calls
with
attendees
before
you
leave
the
conference.
If
you’re
speaking
with
someone
and
it
makes
sense
to
speak
again,
pull
out
your
phone
and
schedule
the
time
while
that
contact
is
right
in
front
of
you.
This
is
better
than
getting
back
to
them
when
they
might
be
too
busy
to
take
your
call.

Speak
to
the
people
sitting
next
to
you
at
each
meal
and
workshop.
Sometimes
the
best
opportunities
happen
when
you
least
expect
it.
You
can
easily
double
or
triple
your
chances
of
meeting
a
valuable
connection
just
by
doing
this
one
thing.

Tip
3:

Seize
Your
Window
Of
Opportunity
After
The
Conference

The
third
element
of
being
successful
at
a
conference
happens
after
you
leave.
Remember
that
when
developing
new
business
you
typically
have
a
short

48-hour
window
to
follow
up
in
order
to
get
the
best
possible
results.
You’ll
need
to
get
moving
straight
away
when
you
return
to
the
office.

Some
of
my
attorney
clients
will
wait
weeks
before
making
follow-up
phone
calls.
Don’t
leave
to
chance
that
your
new
contact
has
a
good
memory;
you
can
lose
the
chance
to
make
a
connection
with
even
those
who
do
once
they
get
back
to
their
“daily
grind.”

Additionally,
communicating
early
is
important
because
the
energy
of
the
conference
is
still
fresh
for
your
prospects.
If
you’re
looking
for
one
way
to
help
make
a
follow-up
call
or
email
stick,
say
the
following
to
a
valuable
connection
before
leaving
the
conference,
“I’d
really
like
to
follow
up
with
you
again
to
continue
this
conversation.
Is
it
best
to
reach
you
through
email
or
just
to
call?”
This
way
you
also
ensure
you’ll
be
touching
base
using
the
contact’s
preferred
manner
of
communication

Success
Tactics
For
Following
Up
With
Potential
Strategic
Partners

1. Review
   the
   person’s
   LinkedIn
   profile
   to
   see
   your
   second-degree
   and
   his
   or
   her
   first-degree
   connections.
   This
   will
   help
   you
   better
   qualify
   possible
   introductions
   you
   might
   ask
   your
   new
   contact
   to
   make.
2. Develop
   questions
   to
   better
   understand
   the
   individual’s
   business,
   including
   your
   contact’s
   target
   market.
   Try
   to
   think
   of
   connections
   you
   could
   foster
   for
   this
   new
   acquaintance.
   Always
   remember
   that
   networking
   is
   a
   two-way
   street.
3. Ask
   questions
   to
   understand
   whether
   meeting
   face-to-face
   or
   by
   telephone
   to
   follow
   up
   makes
   more
   sense.
   Disqualifying
   potential
   contacts
   is
   just
   as
   important
   as
   qualifying
   them,
   and
   doing
   so
   can
   conserve
   your
   valuable
   time.
4. Set
   a
   “loose”
   agenda
   for
   your
   next
   meeting
   to
   ensure
   both
   parties
   will
   get
   value
   and
   walk
   away
   with
   concrete
   plans
   to
   help
   one
   another.

Success
Tactics
For
Following
Up
With
Prospective
Clients

1. LinkedIn
   is
   an
   excellent
   tool
   for
   following
   up
   with
   new
   contacts.
   Look
   for
   common
   first-degree
   connections
   to
   determine
   connections
   you
   have
   in
   common.
   This
   helps
   with
   relationship
   building
   and
   finding
   natural
   affinities.
   Then
   you
   can
   reach
   out
   to
   your
   new
   friend
   with
   a
   personal
   message
   and
   invite
   them
   to
   a
   lunch,
   drinks
   or
   a
   follow-up
   call.
2. Take
   a
   few
   minutes
   to
   develop
   rapport.
   It’s
   fine
   to
   talk
   about
   the
   conference
   or
   acquaintances
   you
   may
   have
   in
   common
   with
   this
   person.
   Hopefully,
   you
   jotted
   some
   quick
   notes
   about
   your
   new
   connections
   while
   still
   at
   the
   conference
   so
   that
   you
   have
   topics
   to
   chat
   about
   afterward
   that
   you
   can
   tie
   back
   to
   your
   initial
   conversation.
   For
   example,
   compare
   notes
   with
   your
   contact
   about
   who
   you
   thought
   was
   the
   best
   conference
   speaker
   or
   which
   was
   the
   best
   reception
   you
   attended.
3. When
   you
   get
   to
   the
   phone
   call,
   be
   alert
   for,
   and
   even
   gently
   probe
   for,
   any
   legal
   issues
   or
   problems
   with
   existing
   vendors
   your
   prospect
   might
   be
   having.
   Anytime
   someone
   shares
   this
   type
   of
   information
   with
   you,
   this
   is
   an
   opening
   for
   you
   to
   move
   forward
   and
   help
   the
   person
   improve
   the
   situation.
   If
   you
   do
   identify
   problems
   you
   could
   ask
   what
   issues
   in
   particular
   are
   causing
   the
   contact
   and
   their
   company
   the
   most
   frustration.
   Make
   sure
   you
   know
   if
   they
   are
   interested
   in
   discussing
   this
   with
   you
   before
   asking
   this
   question.
4. Schedule
   a
   full
   meeting
   during
   this
   follow-up
   call.
   The
   goal
   isn’t
   to
   “close
   a
   sale,”
   but
   rather
   to
   gain
   commitment
   to
   the
   next
   step:
   a
   full
   meeting.
5. Try
   to
   understand
   whether
   your
   contact
   is
   a
   decision
   maker
   for
   the
   company
   or
   newer
   counsel.
   If
   not
   the
   main
   decision
   maker,
   ask
   subtle
   questions
   about
   the
   contact’s
   business
   to
   find
   out
   who
   the
   decision
   makers
   are.
6. Set
   an
   agenda
   for
   your
   meeting.
   This
   will
   set
   up
   the
   meeting
   to
   accomplish
   both
   your
   goals
   and
   those
   of
   your
   contact.

Keep
in
mind
that
relationship
building
takes
time.
Unless
your
new
contact
has
needs
for
your
services,
it
might
be
months
or
years
before
the
business
comes
your
way.
The
good
news
is
that
with
strong
relationship
building
skills,
questioning
skills
and
follow
up,
you
have
a
much
better
chance
of
landing
the
business
than
if
you
did
none
of
the
above.

Like
with
any
good
story,
there’s
a
beginning,
middle
and
end.
Think
of
each
conference
the
same
way.
There’s
planning,
execution
and
follow
through
needed
to
have
a
happy
ending
with
your
conferences.
I’m
sure
if
you
think
back
to
the
conference
you
attended
most
recently,
you’ll
see
a
number
of
my
suggestions
would
ultimately
have
“filled
the
gaps”
that
existed
without
any
processes
being
utilized.
Use
these
methodologies,
and
you’ll
experience
a
dramatic
shift
in
your
results,
which
is
the
name
of
the
game
here.

---

Steve
Fretzin
is
a
bestselling
author,
host
of
the
BE
THAT
LAWYER
Podcast,
and
business
development
coach
exclusively
for
attorneys.
Steve
has
committed
his
career
to
helping
lawyers
learn
key
growth
skills
not
currently
taught
in
law
school.
His
clients
soon
become
top
rainmakers
and
credit
Steve’s
program
and
coaching
for
their
success.
He
can
be
reached
directly
by
email
at [email protected].
Or
you
can
easily
find
him
on
his
website
at www.fretzin.com or
LinkedIn
at https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevefretzin/. 

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if
*we*
don’t
mention
it,
law
school
applicants
wont
even
know
ChatGPT
exists!
That
somewhat
implausible
sentiment
is
the
only
explanation
for

the
results
of
the
latest
survey
from
Kaplan.

Kaplan
asked
law
school
admissions
officers
about
the
policies
at
their
schools
surrounding
generative
AI
and
the
application
process.
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questions
in
the
survey
broke
it
down
into
the
various
ways
applicants
might
use
something
like
ChatGPT
to
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their
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and
for
each
possible
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Writing:
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surveyed,
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school
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allowing
applicants
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use
Generative
AI
programs
such
as
ChatGPT
to
write
their
essay;
45
percent
have
an
official
policy
prohibiting
it;
and
54
percent
have
no
official
policy
at
all.

Brainstorming:
16
percent
of
admissions
officers
say
their
law
school
has
an
official
policy
allowing
applicants
to
use
GenAI
programs
to
brainstorm
essay
ideas;
an
identical
16
percent
have
an
official
policy
banning
it,
while
the
remaining
68
percent
have
no
official
policy
in
place.

Feedback:
15
percent
of
admissions
officers
say
their
law
school
has
an
official
policy
allowing
GenAI
programs
to
provide
feedback
for
essays
that
applicants
independently
draft;
an
identical
15
percent
have
an
official
policy
against
its
use,
while
the
remaining
70
percent
have
no
existing
official
policy.

What
the
majority
of
law
schools
need
to
learn
—
and
fast
—
is
that
“no
official
policy”
is
basically
giving
a
green
light
to
GenAI.

Despite
the
lack
of
an
official
policy
at
most
schools,
admissions
officers
definitely
have
some
strong
thoughts
about
the
use
of
generative
AI.
One
said,
“I
don’t
believe
there
are
effective
ways
to
use
Generative
AI
in
the
admissions
process
as
I
believe
any
use
of
it
diminishes
the
applicant’s
own
voice.
It
also
harms
writing
skills,
which
have
already
declined
in
recent
years.”

Another
said,
“The
point
of
the
personal
statement,
for
us,
is
to
learn
more
about
the
applicant
and
evaluate
their
writing
abilities.
Applicants
should
be
encouraged
to
submit
something
authentic
in
their
application,
in
their
own
voice.
I
don’t
believe
using
AI
even
for
brainstorming
encourages
authenticity.”

Amit
Schlesinger,
executive
director
of
legal
and
government
programs
at
Kaplan,
expressed
surprise
at
the
lack
of
an
official
policy
at
most
law
schools:
“We’re
somewhat
surprised
that
more
law
schools
don’t
have
official
policies
to
provide
pathways
and
guardrails
on
how
applicants
can
use
GenAI,
given
its
rapidly
growing
adoption,
but
we
don’t
believe
that’s
a
tenable
position.
As
we
see
it,
in
a
way,
no
policy
at
all
may
be
understood
by
applicants
as
a
de
facto
policy
of
allowing
it,
which
only
muddies
the
waters.
Applicants
may
view
official
policies
on
the
use
of
GenAI
as
crucial
because
they
provide
clear
guidance
and
ethical
boundaries,
ensuring
a
level
playing
field.
Transparent
rules
help
applicants
understand
how
they
can
responsibly
leverage
GenAI,
while
preserving
the
integrity
of
the
admissions
process
and
allowing
them
to
showcase
their
genuine
capabilities.”

GenAI
is
rapidly
going
to
radically
change
the
law
school
application
game.
Law
schools
need
to
reckon
with
that,
and
the
sooner
the
better.

---

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Rubino
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Editor
at
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