Augustus E. Lines Professor of Law @YaleLawSch. Scholar of law and organization. Lawyer, expert witness, co-host of the New Law Order podcast @TalksonLaw.
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At @Reuters, Morley says lessons from Weil go beyond the legal industry:
“In a way, the culture of law firms is a microcosm of modernity generally.”
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In “Why Law Firms Collapse,” Professor John Morley studied three dozen law firm failures.
On the New Law Order podcast, Morley says Weil followed the pattern “almost uncannily according to script.”
🎧 Listen:
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ALT Professor John Morley giving a lecture
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Weil Gotshal’s impending closure has Professor John Morley's paper on why law firms collapse in the news.
The paper “is an excellent explainer of what can go wrong,” Bloomberg notes.
Read the paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
🧵 More from Morley on Weil:
ALT Photo of a pile of wooden blocks as though recently tumbled. Headline reads "Weil Gotshal End recalls Professor John Morley's "Why Law Firms Collapse."
"The Fall of Weil" is now live on my podcast New Law Order @TalksOnLaw with @joelcoh. Years ago I wrote "Why Law Firms Collapse," a study of three dozen law firm failures, and Weil followed the pattern almost uncannily according to script. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
All episodes of New Law Order are also accessible on YouTube with @TalksOnLaw founder @joelcoh:
youtube.com/watch?v=vJiT4qeK…
My thoughts on the sudden collapse of Weil Gotshal, in today’s Financial Times: ft.com/content/958c09b7-bebf… @WeilGotshal @FT
Happy to see this feature in @FT this morning. Proud of @AnthropicAI and the work I've been able to do as a designer and principal legal counsel to the Long-Term Benefit Trust.
Can AI company Anthropic hold on to its ethical founding principles as it strides to market with its most powerful and unnerving tool yet?
In the latest FT Weekend Magazine cover story, Madhumita Murgia reports on Anthropic’s relentless race to the top ft.trib.al/uGd5vDu
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John Morley retweeted
And I got to hear my husband @ProfJohnMorley present his research at ALEA @UChicagoLaw! Not often that we work in the same city at the same time! Proud wife! ♥️ (2/2)
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"AI is going to be finding cases."
AI insights from our very candid conversation on the future of litigation with John B. Quinn.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Will AI replace lawyers? No. But it will transform how they work.
Watch me with @ProfJohnMorley and @joelcoh on New Law Order as we discuss the potential of AI in improving efficiency and strategy in the legal industry.
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A new podcast co-hosted by Professor @ProfJohnMorley looks at the forces remaking the legal industry.
law.yale.edu/yls-today/news/…
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Will AI replace lawyers? No. But it will transform how they work.
Watch me with @ProfJohnMorley and @joelcoh on New Law Order as we discuss the potential of AI in improving efficiency and strategy in the legal industry.
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NEW PODCAST from Professor @ProfJohnMorley:
Professor @ScottJShapiro tells how AI may change who can navigate the legal system—and who gets steamrolled by it.
“It’s like code that’s never been debugged.”
––@YaleLawSch prof @ScottJShapiro on AI's impact on the legal space.
New Law Order podcast ep 5: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… 🎙️: @ProfJohnMorley @joelcoh
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“It’s like code that’s never been debugged.”
––@YaleLawSch prof @ScottJShapiro on AI's impact on the legal space.
New Law Order podcast ep 5: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… 🎙️: @ProfJohnMorley @joelcoh
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Wiener Opernball 2026! ♥️ What a night!!! Thank you for inviting us, @WrStaatsoper!
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$10M in litigation costs.
$100M claim.
One destroys enterprise value.
The other doesn’t restore it!
Latest New Law Order Podcast is out w/ @BurfordCapital founder, Chris Bogart.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… 🎙️ @joelcoh @ProfJohnMorley #NewLawOrder
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I joined @joelcoh and @ProfJohnMorley on the @TalksOnLaw podcast 'New Law Order', to discuss the beginnings of @quinnemanuel, what separates firms that adapt from those that do not, and the advantages of staying ahead.
Thank you both for having me.
🎧Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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If any of my music fans here are following the Trump admin’s executive orders targeting law firms, my husband @ProfJohnMorley’s new podcast is a must-listen: Episode 1 is a convo with @JeffreyToobin & linked below, Episode 2 is a convo with Brad Karp, Chairman of @PaulWeissLLP.
My friend @joelcoh & I have started a podcast and limited series called #NewLawOrder in collaboration with @TalksOnLaw, creating a space for thoughtful, social science-driven conversations about law firms and the legal industry. Have a listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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We started New Law Order with @JeffreyToobin because he’s spent decades watching how legal institutions respond under pressure.
Episode 1 is about what happens when that pressure is applied directly by the president.
Episode 1 of "New Law Order" is out.
A TalksOnLaw podcast hosted by John Morley (@YaleLawSch) and @joelcoh, featuring long-form conversations with people driving change in law world.
Listen here:
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These are some
Serious high-class folks
Episode 1 with @JeffreyToobin looks at what happens when political pressure against firms stops being theoretical and starts looking like what people now shorthand as “FAFO.”
John Morley retweeted
Episode 1 with @JeffreyToobin looks at what happens when political pressure against firms stops being theoretical and starts looking like what people now shorthand as “FAFO.”