This post was written by Allison Frankel, editor, On The Case Speaking late Saturday afternoon at the Aspen Ideas Festival, U.S Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was every bit as diplomatic as you would expect a woman who has survived the Senate confirmation process to be. Chief Justice John Roberts? “A great chief justice,” who …
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Alison Frankel on America’s opportunity gap – and why it’s bad for lawyers
This post was written by Allison Frankel, editor, On The Case Near the end of a delightful interview at the Aspen Ideas Festival, CBS journalist Rita Braver asked Williams & Connolly superlawyer Robert Barnett – who also happens to be her husband of many decades – what advice he would offer to young attorneys. Could …
Alison Frankel on the biggest idea at Aspen Ideas Festival
This post was written by Allison Frankel, editor, On The Case Biggest idea at Aspen Ideas Festival: Don’t run from risk. Grab it For lawyers and their clients, opportunity is knocking. You just have to be willing to open the door. It is a truth (almost) universally acknowledged that a law firm in possession of …
Alison Frankel on election savant Nate Silver: Why punditocracy gets politics wrong
This post was written by Allison Frankel, editor, On The Case If Nate Silver, the data-driven New York Times FiveThirtyEight blogger who nailed state-by-state results in the 2012 presidential election, had been a better baseball player or a more satisfied KPMG numbers cruncher, our current political discourse would be a lot less analytically savvy than …
