New Skills Book: Unprecedented: Designing a Human-Centered Law Firm When Everything Is Changing 

Unprecedented: Designing a Human-Centered Law Firm When Everything Is Changing focuses on the ways in which law firms can reinvent themselves amid seismic change in the legal industry. Themes are examined through the lens of a fictional law firm, as it conducts a week-long retreat designed to confront disruptive forces such as generative AI, client power shifts, hybrid work, and outdated economic models.  

The story reveals the messy human realities of change: fear, resistance, hope, and the courage to design something better. Along the way, readers gain insight into design thinking, change management, lawyer development, client centric service delivery, and alternative pricing—presented not as abstract theory but as lived experience inside a firm fighting for its future. 

Reading like a page-turner, each chapter is filled with practical tools such as reflection questions, frameworks, agendas, and exercises—such as an empathy workshop and empathy interviews, providing readers with a model they can adapt to their own organizations. The result is an engaging, accessible blueprint for law firm leaders, legal innovators, academics, and other legal professionals who want to shape the next era of practice rather than be shaped by it. 

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What’s New in PLI PLUS

We add content to PLI PLUS every month to ensure our subscribers have access to the most up-to-date and relevant secondary source legal documents. Renowned legal experts regularly update our acclaimed Treatises, Skills Books, Practice Guides, Course Handbooks, Case Summaries, Transcripts, and Forms to reflect recent changes and developments in the law.

Click here to see what we added in May 2026!

Treatise Update: Commercial Ground Leases 

Commercial Ground Leases (Fourth Edition) provides readers with a definitive guide to drafting, negotiating, and finalizing equitable, error-free leasing documents for both landlord and tenant. Full of numerous appendices, including forms of letter of intent, leasehold mortgagee protection clauses, intercreditor agreements, fee and leasehold deed of trust provisions, estoppel certificate and guaranty, and a complete ground lease with many alternative clauses, this treatise’s adaptable, time-saving language makes it an invaluable resource.  

Highlights of the updated information include:  

  • Chapter 23, Multiparcel Development, presents new material on deal structure—particularly a development agreement for the entire property, defining several parcels for sequential development and allowing the developer to lease each parcel over a time schedule (Section 23:2) 

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Just Updated! Cybersecurity: A Practical Guide to the Law of Cyber Risk 

Cybersecurity: A Practical Guide to the Law of Cyber Risk (Second Edition) serves as a comprehensive reference on the laws and regulations which govern information security in the United States and abroad, as well as the strategies which can be used to mitigate cyber risks. This practice guide details sources of cybersecurity law, risk management tools, and sector-specific regulations.  

Highlights of the new supplement include:  

  • Chapter 4, Executive Orders and Related Actions, discusses the Trump administration’s revocations of Biden-era executive orders affecting national cybersecurity, such as establishment of a regulatory framework for controlling access to bulk sensitive personal and government-related data, which led to the creation of the Department of Justice’s Data Security Program 
  • Chapter 18, Federal Contractor Cybersecurity, outlines the FAR Council’s proposed FAR Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) rule, which sought to establish uniform requirements for handling CUI across federal solicitations and contracts, while also expanding the scope of companies subject to CUI protection requirements 
  • Part IV, Global Cybersecurity Law, includes chapters on the cybersecurity of other nations, such as the European Union, Canada, China, India, and others 

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New Edition: Sports Law 

Sports Law: A Practical Guide to Protecting the Interests of Athletes (Second Edition) provides lawyers, player agents, financial advisors, athletic directors, and other members of athletes’ advisory teams with the tools and understanding they need to protect their clients’ interests before, during, and after their professional careers. Packed with practice tips, sample documents and agreements, and unique insights, it is an essential resource for anyone who counsels or represents athletes.  

The newest edition dives into the latest changes in the NIL landscape (Chapter 11), stemming from the new model of college athletics, influenced by market forces, institutional compensation strategies, and judicial oversight. Author Luke Fedlam, a partner at Amundsen Davis, LLC and co-Chair of their Entertainment, Sports and Media Law Service Group, injects the book with insight on various topics such as marketing agreements (Chapter 6), intellectual property protection (Chapter 10), real estate development (Chapter 13), and the world of esports (Chapter 15).  

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Free Form of the Month

PLI PLUS offers unlimited electronic access to more than 4,500 downloadable, searchable, and editable legal forms ready for use in your practice. In an effort to highlight this unique content type, we’ve selected one form per month and made it available for anyone to download for free – no subscription required.

May’s free form:

Healthcare Organization Change of Control Restrictive Covenants Clause

More information about Legal Forms & Checklists

  • Forms & Checklists Flyer – This flyer provides an overview of the forms & checklists on PLI PLUS and highlights a handful of popular examples.

Shining a Spotlight on Librarians

As National Library Week draws to a close, we would like to shine a spotlight on some of the librarians who have donated their time and expertise to “The Practising Law Librarian” podcast.

Taryn L. Rucinski – Giving Back to the Profession

Taryn Rucinski, Law Library Manager at the U.S. Court of International Trade, on the importance of law librarians:

“In a world drowning in information, we need a next generation of pioneers to help the larger legal community navigate information literacy at a very different level.”

A copy of this podcast transcript is available on PLI PLUS here.

Lawyer in the Library: A Conversation with Avery Le

Avery Le, Director of the Homer M. Stark Law Library, on the importance of AI in classrooms:

“I remember spending a lot of time on creating homework assignments and exercises and coming up with new hypotheticals. I think AI would be really helpful for that. We wouldn’t have to spend our time spinning our wheels trying to come up with new creative ideas.”

A copy of this podcast transcript is available on PLI PLUS here.

Embracing Change: The Law Librarian’s Journey

Zanada Joyner, Associate Director for Collections and Information Discovery at Francis King Carey School of Law at the University of Maryland, on providing access:

“The spirit here is definitely access and as much access as we can provide. That is consistent with the mission, the values, the priorities of the university and the university system, understanding that those are not always compatible with what librarians want to do.”

A copy of this podcast transcript is available on PLI PLUS here.

Finding Your Joy on PLI PLUS

This year’s National Library Week theme, “Find Your Joy,” features Mychal Threets as an honorary chair. Threets reminds us of the important link between the care for our mental health and the joy we can discover in library usage. Below is a roundup of practical and popular resources on PLI PLUS to help users nurture their well-being, thrive, and find joy personally and professionally.

Beyond the Courtroom: Proven Strategies from the Legal Field for Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, and Well-Being in the Modern Workplace is a practical, evidence-based leadership book that translates the lessons, pressures, and interpersonal dynamics of legal practice into universal strategies for stronger leadership, management, emotional intelligence, communication, and well-being across all professions.

Taking Control of Your Well-Being: Mental Health and Wellness for Attorneys is designed to help attorneys manage their mental health by providing resources, techniques, and strategies for navigating the unique obstacles within the legal profession.

PLI PLUS also features transcripts tackling this topic, such as:

PLI PLUS also offers open access to periodical publications on the topic of mental health, such as the following articles included in the PLI Chronicle:

For more content on wellness and mental health for attorneys, browse the Attorney wellness practice area here: Attorney wellness

We’ve also compiled a research guide on the topic of wellness, which can be accessed here: Research Topic Guide on Wellness and Mindfulness. This includes sample searches and highlights even more helpful results.

Meet the PLI Library Team!

Happy National Library Week from our library team to yours! This year’s theme, “Find Your Joy,” focuses on the innumerable ways readers can cultivate joy through their utilization of libraries, inspiring all users to discover what sparks their individual joy.

Our team of dedicated librarians finds joy in helping the legal community access the resources they need. We look forward to helping you—schedule a one-on-one session with a PLI librarian today!