Summer Associates
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Advertising, Biglaw, Headhunters / Recruiters, Job Searches, Lateral Moves, Sponsored Content, Summer Associates
Summer Associates Or Lateral Hires: Is There A Right Way To Build A Firm?
The ATL gang gathers to discuss the relative merits of a home-grown associate class vs. lateral hiring. -
Gay Marriage, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Music, Non-Sequiturs, Rape, Summer Associates
Non-Sequiturs: 01.06.14
* Great music can inform great persuasive speaking. That’s why Larry Tribe always cranks up YYZ on a loop when prepping for an appearance. [Katz Justice] * If you’re a law student planning for your summer job, this is an absolutely can’t-miss guide. “Be Fashionably Late To Everything To Demonstrate Your Value.” If only this had been around when I was a tyke. [BigLaw Rebel] * If you’re a 1L thinking about what to do this summer, consider applying for a 1L Diversity Fellowship at MoFo. Maybe don’t follow the last item’s advice if you go for this. [MoFo (disclosure: ATL advertiser)] * The attorney for convicted Steubenville rapist Ma’lik Richmond probably should have just kept his mouth shut. [Jezebel] * Who needs domestic surveillance when the next generation helpfully posts all their crimes online. [IT-Lex] * With courts in Utah striking blows for gay marriage and tolerance of religious polygamy, Professor Edward Zelinsky asks if it may not be time to junk the whole civil marriage thing altogether. [Oxford University Press Blog] * Congrats to Forbes’s 30 under 30 for law and policy. As Orin Kerr noted on Lat’s Facebook page, “I am looking forward to the Forbes ‘Top 10 Lawyers Under 10.’” [Forbes] * This isn’t a law school, but this is probably what those deans did over the break. Video after the jump…. [TaxProf Blog] - Sponsored
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… -
Biglaw, Job Searches, No Offers, Quote of the Day, Summer Associates
No-Offered In A Down Market? You May Be Doomed....
You may be able to rebound from it, but you'll always keep the "psychological damage" with you.
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Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Summer Associates
5 Questions To Ask Your Managing Partner
The answers given should give partners a good sense of both their relative standing within their firms and the values that drive the business decisions of their leadership. -
Biglaw, Cold Offers, Job Searches, Kasowitz Benson, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), No Offers, Summer Associates
A Rescinded Offer Is Better Than A Cold Offer, Right?
Additional allegations of shady behavior by a Biglaw firm. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Kasowitz Benson, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Screw-Ups, Summer Associates
A Fall Recruiting Debacle: One Firm Decides To Go Explode Some Offers
Yikes! What would you do if put in such a situation? -
Biglaw, Cozen O'Connor, No Offers, Rankings, Summer Associates
Ranking 2013's Summer Associate Programs: You Were Very, Very Worried About Being No-Offered
Which Biglaw firm ranked the highest among summer associates? Let's find out! -
Amtrak, Biglaw, Blind Item, Job Searches, Rudeness, Summer Associates
Biglaw Blind Item: This Firm's Summer Associates Are 'Idiots'
This Biglaw attorney hates summer associates -- and is happy to announce it in a public place. - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Biglaw, Interview Stories, Job Searches, Summer Associates
How Do You Choose Which Law Firm Offer To Accept?
ATL editors share their musings on choosing a law firm to work for. -
ATL Career Center Survey, Biglaw, Career Center, Career Files, Law Students, Lawyers, Summer Associates
More On The Decline Of The Biglaw Summer Program
A look at some underlying trends concerning post-Recession summer associate programs. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools, Summer Associates
The Chart That Should Make Everybody Doing On-Campus Interviewing Absolutely Freaking Terrified
This infographic on OCI will make you say FML. -
Biglaw, Cold Offers, Job Searches, Law Schools, No Offers, Summer Associates
What Should You Do If You Get No-Offered?
What should you do if you get no-offered? Here are several strategies. -
Pranks, Summer Associates, Videos
This Firm Hired An Actor To Play The World's Worst Summer Associate
What better way to build summer camaraderie than hiring someone for the class to rally against?
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Beyonce, Biglaw, Contests, Fabulosity, Music, Parties, Reader Polls, Sports, Summer Associates
ATL Summer Associate Event Contest (2013): The Winner!
Above the Law readers are a classy bunch -- check out the winner of this year's summer associate event contest. -
Beyonce, Biglaw, Contests, Fabulosity, Music, Parties, Reader Polls, Sports, Summer Associates
ATL Summer Associate Event Contest (2013): The Finalists
Which of these summer associate events is your favorite? Check them out and cast your vote. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Summer Associates
The Incredible Shrinking Biglaw Summer Associate Class Size
Which firm posted the highest decrease in its summer associate class size? You might be surprised. -
4th Circuit, American Bar Association / ABA, Biglaw, Conferences / Symposia, Copyright, Federal Judges, Gay Marriage, Immigration, John Roberts, Morning Docket, Pornography, SCOTUS, Summer Associates, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 08.08.13
* “[J]ust because something is constitutional doesn’t mean it’s the best idea, or even a good one.” Perhaps we’ve given Chief Justice John Roberts a little too much to do. No wonder he’s gotten cranky. [Opinionator / New York Times]
* “It’s raining lawsuits.” As Justice Scalia predicted, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Windsor case, gay couples across the nation have banded together to challenge bans on same-sex marriage. [NBC News]
* The Fourth Circuit ruled that state authorities in Maryland can’t arrest and detain people just because they look like they might be illegal immigrants. They can only do that in Arizona. [Baltimore Sun]
* No more fun during sequestration, ever! Judges, get ready to kiss your “lavish accommodations” at judicial conferences goodbye, because Senator Tom Coburn is on the case. [National Law Journal]
* For all of the talk that Biglaw is in recovery, summer associate hiring just isn’t what it used to be. Summer class sizes shrank since last year. We’ll have more on this later today. [Am Law Daily]
* On Friday, the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar will consider making changes to its law school accreditation standards. Yes, the ABA does have standards. [ABA Journal]
* Open wide and suck this down: A film on the life and times of porn star Linda Lovelace may be lost to the cutting room floor because Deep Throat’s rights holders are seeking an injunction. [The Guardian]
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Biglaw, Cold Offers, Job Searches, No Offers, Sheppard Mullin, Summer Associates
Summer Associate Offer Rates (2013): A Round-Up
Which major law firms issued offers to all of their associates? Here are more names. -
Biglaw, Contests, Fabulosity, Parties, Summer Associates
What Was The Best Biglaw Summer Associate Event Of 2013?
We are now accepting your nominations; please send them our way! -
Biglaw, Cold Offers, Job Searches, No Offers, Patton Boggs, Summer Associates
Summer Associate Offer Rates (2013): Open Thread
Which law firms issued offers to all of their summer associates?