Job Survey
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Associate Salaries, Job Survey
Associate Life Survey: Time For A Raise?
Over the weekend, millions of Americans reset their clocks to mark the end of Daylight Saving Time. And millions of other Americans forgot to change their clocks, and showed up to brunch an hour early. But sometimes, early is a good thing. In today’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, we investigate another time of change: […] -
Job Survey, Politics, Pro Bono
Associate Life Survey: Poll Positions
We received 836 responses to Monday’s ATL / Lateral Link survey on whether you’ll be volunteering your services on Election Day, and the results are pretty remarkable. Over 40% of practicing attorneys who took the survey said that they would be helping out: * 23% will be working as election monitors. * 11% […] - Sponsored
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Associate Life Survey: Joining The World's Largest Law Firm?
Earlier this month, an ATL / Lateral Link survey found that 86% of you were talking about politics in the workplace. And 18% of you reported that a fellow associate had tried to convince you to vote for their favorite candidate. But are politics just seeping into your workplace, or will you be taking your […]
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Holidays and Seasons, Job Survey
Associate Life Survey: That Was A Real Holiday?
In last Wednesday’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, we asked you whether you billed over Columbus Day Weekend this year. We received 1,175 responses, and were pleasantly surprised to learn that 26% of you had a pleasant three-day weekend. Associates in Boston were most likely to enjoy a discovery-free Columbus Day, with offices at Bingham, […] -
Holidays and Seasons, Job Survey
Associate Life Survey: Discovery Over Columbus Day Weekend?
So far this year, we’ve found that an awful lot of ATL readers get in the billable spirit over the holidays. Back in January and February, we learned that about a quarter of you worked on Christmas, almost a third of you worked over New Year’s, and more than half of you worked on Martin […] -
Barack Obama, Job Survey, John McCain, Politics
Associate Life Survey: The Law Vote
We received just over 1,200 responses to last week’s ATL / Lateral Link survey on politics in the workplace, and two things immediately became apparent. First, there aren’t that many good political lolcats, so we’ve decided to make do with an lolronpaul (h/t punditkitchen). Second, now that the general election is in full swing, political […] -
Barack Obama, Job Survey, John McCain, Politics
Associate Life Survey: Office Politics?
Back in February, our ATL / Lateral Link survey on politics in the workplace found that 74% of you were discussing politics in the workplace, but less than 3% of you felt any need to conform to a particular political view. At the time, 20% of respondents said that their fellow associates had tried to […] -
Billable Hours, Job Survey
Associate Life Survey: Yikes
We received roughly 1,527 responses to last week’s ATL / Lateral Link survey on whether you’re busy, which is up from the roughly 1,350 responses we received in June. Overall, things are looking slower than they did in December or June, with 32% of associates afraid that they won’t make their hours this year, in […] - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Billable Hours, Job Survey
Associate Life Survey: Gettin' Busy, Or Completely Screwed?
Back in December, one of our ATL / Lateral Link surveys found that about 18% of associates were afraid they wouldn’t make their hours. By June, that number had risen to 28%. In today’s survey, we’ll see if anything has changed now that a horde of new associates have started and a horde of financial […] -
Biglaw, Job Survey
Associate Life Survey: Welcome To The Firm! Or Not.
We have some bad news for this year’s incoming associates. Based on last Wednesday’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, attorneys at your new firm like you even less than they liked summer associates. We received 765 responses, and the number of practicing attorneys who said “First-year associates, hate ’em” beat the number of practicing attorneys […] -
Job Survey
Associate Life Survey: Too Many New Faces?
In today’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, we turn our attention to first-year associates. Last month, we reported that a lot of practicing attorneys don’t really like summer associates: The number of practicing attorneys who said “Summer associates, hate ’em” narrowly beat the number of practicing attorneys who said “Summer associates, love ’em,” by a […] -
Job Searches, Job Survey
Associate Life Survey: Looking For A New Job?
We received 964 responses to our ATL / Lateral Link survey on whether you’re looking for work, and one thing is pretty clear: if you’re a 2L right now, there’s a pretty good chance that the associates you meet in your callbacks don’t actually want to be there. A whopping 45% of respondents who had […] -
Bear Stearns, Job Survey, Wall Street
Associate Life Survey: Life After Lehman Brothers?
As the Fed steps in to save the financial world with a bridge to nowhere AIG, we pause to reflect on the results from Monday’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, which asked whether the woes of Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch would hurt your career. We received 830 responses, and quite a few of them […]
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Job Survey, Wall Street
Associate Life Survey: Scarier Than A Slumping Bear?
Back in March, we found that 27% of ATL readers — and a third of ATL readers in New York — thought the Bear Stearns collapse would hurt their careers. With Lehman Brothers filing for bankruptcy this morning, and Merrill Lynch selling itself to Bank of America, after “a marathon series of meetings at Wachtell, […] -
Job Searches, Job Survey
Associate Life Survey: Looking?
Now that the fall recruiting season is underway,OCI tips, horror stories, and heartbreaks are getting just a wee bit of attention. But while our law student readers are prepping for their interviews, what are the associates up to? In today’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, we ponder whether the associates you meet in your callbacks […] -
Holidays and Seasons, Job Survey
Associate Life Survey: Putting The Labor In Labor Day Weekend
In last Wednesday’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, we asked you whether you billed over Labor Day Weekend this year. We received 1,046 responses, and, not counting summer associates, 55% of you reported that your weekend was actually fun. Associates in New York and Denver were most likely to celebrate the holiday, with roughly two […] -
Holidays and Seasons, Job Survey
Associate Life Survey: Laboring Over The Holiday Weekend?
Back in January and February, we asked you whether you worked on Christmas or New Year’s, or Martin Luther King’s Birthday. We learned that about a quarter of you worked on Christmas, almost a third of you worked over New Year’s, and more than half of you worked on Martin Luther King’s Birthday. This summer, […] -
Job Survey, Summer Associates
Associate Life Survey: Summer Love... Or Lack Thereof
We have some bad news for this year’s summer associates. Based on Monday’s survey, brought to you by ATL and Lateral Link, about one in four attorneys at your firm didn’t like you. The number of practicing attorneys who said “Summer associates, hate ’em” narrowly beat the number of practicing attorneys who said “Summer associates, […] -
Job Survey, Summer Associates
Associate Life Survey: Darn Kids (and Kittens)
Over the last several weeks, we’ve run quite a few ATL / Lateral Link surveys about summer associate issues like assignments, offers, and, of course, lunch. But no matter what the survey topic, two debates have consistently emerged in the comments: 1) Are summer associates an appropriate use of firm resources and associate time? 2) […] -
Job Survey
Associate Life Survey: Dreading That Review?
We received about 600 responses to this week’s ATL / Lateral Link survey on associate reviews, and there were some interesting twists. First, while most firms, 60%, only conduct reviews once a year, a growing number, 35%, are providing six-month reviews as well. A handful of firms split the difference, conducting six-month reviews for laterals […]