lawyering
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lawyering
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Copyright has been a major battleground for the generative AI sector, with publishers, musicians and artists lawyering up or cutting deals to get paid for technology that is being built with their content.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Classes in natural-language lawyering, decentralized technology, disruptive innovation and coding for lawyers sit alongside IP and patent-drafting courses that have folded AI into the curriculum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
They should be screaming, lawyering up, doing whatever they can to slow it down—shareholder suits, creative litigation, anything.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2025
“It’s a whole new branch of lawyering that I, as a lawyer, didn’t grow up knowing, which is: If you get a story out, who cares if you drag people through the mud?”
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2025
Walter tried to listen politely, but he'd already decided to leave the lawyering to his lawyers.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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