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Lowenstein attorneys and professionals share how pro bono work has been woven into their careers from day one, offering summer associates and junior lawyers hands-on experience in housing, immigration, estate planning, and nonprofit matters. These reflections reveal how early engagement in public service builds essential legal skills while connecting practitioners to a tradition of giving back that has defined the firm since its founding.

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Connect with experienced Chicago lawyers at Foley & Lardner LLP, including Matthew Krueger, Laura Noller, and Kara Sweet. Access their professional contact information and explore their legal expertise to find the right attorney for your needs.

As law firms celebrate longevity and stability, they face a critical challenge that extends far beyond partner transitions: the impending retirement of long-tenured professional staff who hold decades of institutional knowledge. How can firms preserve this invaluable expertise while building a foundation for the next generation of legal professionals?

A leading law firm announces its pioneering ban on generative AI for substantive legal work, attracting top talent who want to learn traditional legal skills rather than become prompt engineers. The firm implements the nation's first client engagement letter provision explicitly prohibiting GenAI usage to maintain privilege and avoid AI-generated errors.

Every law firm founder I coach eventually asks me some version of the same question: what's actually holding the firm back? They assume the answer lives in a process gap, a hiring mistake, or a strategy that needs sharpening. Sometimes it does. But in the vast majority of cases, tactics and systems account for maybe 20% of what separates a firm that's stuck from a firm that's compounding.