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Patchwork Efforts Grow Lawyer Pipeline To Reach Legal Deserts

By Anna Sanders and Anna Scott Farrell

A patchwork of local pipeline programs aims to educate and bring the next generation of attorneys to rural communities and legal deserts across the country.

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    Courts

    AAA President Joining Clio To Lead Courts Expansion

    Artificial intelligence company Clio has tapped a former Michigan Supreme Court chief justice and president and current CEO of the American Arbitration Association as general manager of judiciary.

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    Georgia Pulse

    Gordon Rees Brings On Atty Trio In 3 Southeast Cities

    Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP has brought on a Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP partner, an of counsel at Cochran & Edwards LLC and an attorney at Leitner Williams Dooley & Napolitan PLLC, strengthening the firm's Baltimore, Atlanta and Nashville, Tennessee, offices with attorneys who have experience in labor and employment, commercial litigation and general liability matters.

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    Daily Litigation

    Public Entity Specialist Among 4 Scarinci Hollenbeck Hires

    Scarinci Hollenbeck LLC announced a new round of hires Wednesday, bringing on a partner specializing in representing public entities and a counsel focusing on complex commercial disputes from Weiner Law Group.

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    California Pulse

    OpenAI Adds ChatGPT Configuration Tuned To Legal Work

    Artificial intelligence company OpenAI, following the release of the latest model of its ChatGPT software earlier this month, announced on Thursday a legal-specific configuration to perform legal research, analysis and writing.

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    Tech Co. Settles Suit Over Flawed NC Digital Court System

    A putative class of individuals who alleged they were wrongfully arrested or detained due to glitches in North Carolina's electronic court system has settled its federal lawsuit against Tyler Technologies, the software developer behind the new digital court system, according to a notice filed Wednesday.

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    DC Pulse

    Hogan Lovells Hires Original Member Of McDermott+

    Hogan Lovells Cadwalader has hired a new principal adviser in its Washington, D.C.-based health practice who was among the original group of lobbyists who helped launch McDermott+, a recently shuttered subsidiary of McDermott Will & Schulte LLP, her new firm announced. 

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    Modern Lawyer

    ArentFox Schiff Hires Haynes Boone Real Estate Chair In NYC

    ArentFox Schiff LLP has picked a former Haynes Boone real estate litigation chair to be its new real estate litigation practice leader in its New York City office, the firm announced.

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    Holland & Hart Names Marketing, Business Development Chief

    Holland & Hart LLP has tapped a member of its executive leadership team to take over as its next chief marketing and business development officer.

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    Daily Litigation

    Orrick Hires Google Ad Tech Litigator, Kressin Powers Partner

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has hired an attorney from Kressin Powers LLC who previously served as a senior litigation counsel in the U.S. Department of Justice, where he helped represent the government in its antitrust suit against Google's alleged ad monopolization practices.

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    Daily Litigation

    Sorrels Law Expands Beyond PI With New Biz Law Practice

    Texas firm Sorrels Law has expanded beyond its flagship personal injury litigation offerings with a new business law practice group aimed at handling complex commercial disputes for corporations, businesses and individuals.

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