Associate Salaries
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
D.C. Heavyweight Announces Tentative Future Raises
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
Raises Have Slowed Down... Associate Anger Has Not
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Associate Salaries, Boutique Law Firms, Money
Elite Boutique Firms Continue To Outdo Biglaw When It Comes To Associate Salary Raises
If a boutique firm can dedicate its resources to paying its talent well, then your Biglaw firm can too.
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
T-Minus 7 Days Until BakerHostetler Gets Their Raise Game In Order
We really don't know anything about BakerHostetler except an expressed intent to do... something. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
World's Biggest Law Firm Makes A Salary Announcement
Biggest fish of all takes the plunge. Or perhaps tests the water. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
The Firms That Are Losing The Battle In Biglaw's Salary Wars
Pay your associates fairly now, or pay the price later. The choice is up to you. -
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Infographic Answers: How Much Do Lawyers Make By Practice Area?
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money, Rankings
Which Law Firms Are The Most Obsessed With Associate Raises?
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.06.16
* In case you haven’t been keeping score like we have, these are the firms that recently raised salaries: Jackson Walker. Where are the rest? If you’re worried you’ve missed any of our coverage on pay raises, check out our omnibus 2016 salary chart where we collect these stories. [2016 Salary Increase / Above the Law]
* “[I]t’s stunning that it takes a court decision for federal employees to be held accountable to the law.” Perhaps someone should tell Hillary Clinton about this, but according to the D.C. Circuit, federal officials may not use private email accounts to avoid having their documents and messages fall under public records laws. [The Hill]
* Steven Davis, the former chairman of Dewey & LeBoeuf, owes quite the pretty penny to Citibank in the form of an unpaid loan. Davis was ordered by Judge Nancy Bannon to pay nearly $400K to the bank to cover what was once his capital contribution to the firm before it flopped under his leadership. [New York Law Journal via ABA Journal]
* Thanks to a string of victories in fending off complaints about its controversial practices, it’s highly unlikely that the Securities and Exchange Commission will stop using its system of in-house administrative law judges any time soon. The SEC is very reluctant to give up its perceived “home court” advantage. [DealBook / New York Times]
* If you’re thinking of applying to law school with a criminal record, you probably don’t need to worry too much about whether you’ll be accepted. From murderers to bank robbers, plenty of ex-cons have gone to law school before you, and many of them are successful in their non-criminal careers. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
A 'Sort Of, Not Really' Cravath Match For The Holiday
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.05.16
* In case you haven’t been keeping score like we have, these are the firms that recently raised salaries: Kilpatrick Townsend, Sutherland, Norton Rose Fulbright, Morgan Lewis (additional details), Troutman Sanders. If you’re worried you’ve missed any of our coverage on pay raises, you can check out our omnibus 2016 salary chart where we collect these stories. [2016 Salary Increase / Above the Law]
* “The plan was always to retire after this summer, retirement just came a little sooner than I’d hoped.” Olympic gold medalist Shannon Vreeland isn’t going to the Rio Olympics this summer; instead, she’ll be swimming in the completely the uncharted waters of law school at Vanderbilt. Will she be the new Aquagirl? [SwimSwam]
* Worried about Brexit? So are clients who have hired Mischon de Reya lawyers to make sure the British government doesn’t try to leave the EU without consulting parliament. “Everyone in Britain needs the government to apply the correct constitutional process and allow parliament to fulfill its democratic duty,” says a firm partner. [Bloomberg]
* Judge Richard Posner would like to sincerely apologize for saying that the Constitution isn’t worth the time judges have spent studying it. What he really meant to say was that he thinks the Constitution is so vague that judges are simply “do[ing] the best they can” to make the 17th century document applicable to our modern world. [WSJ Law Blog]
* “I thought you wanted to do this. The time is right and you’re ready, you just need to do it! You can’t think about it. You just have to do it. You said you were gonna do it. Like I don’t get why you aren’t.” Michelle Carter, the Massachusetts teen who walked her boyfriend through his suicide via text, will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter. [AP]
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
One More Raise Before You Head Off For The Weekend
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
A Whole Mess Of Raises Around The Country
More raises, but some offices received considerably less than others.
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
Profits Per Partner At ALL Law Firms That Have Not Raised Salaries For Associates
Stop being so greedy, partners. It's time to spread the wealth! -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
Global Firm Irks Associates With Subpar Salary Announcement
Is this a sign of trouble for the firm? -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
Remember That Raise We Told You About... We Have Some Bad News
Two weeks after raises, this firm drops some unfortunate news on its associates. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
The Exact Email You Want To Receive Before The Long Weekend
It's raise time, b*tches. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
$180,000 For First-Years, ??? For Everyone Else
Check out the update to our story -- there are lots of reasons to be pissed... -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.01.16
* In case you haven’t been keeping score like we have, these are the firms that recently raised salaries: Foley Hoag, Patterson Belknap, Venable (officially), and Seward & Kissel. If you’re worried you’ve missed any of our coverage on pay raises, you can check out our omnibus 2016 salary chart where we collect these stories. [2016 Salary Increase / Above the Law]
* Thanks to the power of “a phenomenally strong public interest created by modern media” and an attorney who “fell below the standard of a reasonable professional judgment” in handling the case, Adnan Syed, whose murder conviction was the subject of the acclaimed first season of the “Serial” podcast, has been granted a new trial. [NPR]
* First comes raises in the United States for the third-largest law firm by headcount, then comes yet another merger. DLA Piper is combining with Grönberg Advokatbyrå, a 21-lawyer Swedish boutique that practices litigation, corporate, and compliance work. If all goes well, the merger is expected to close in October 2016. [Big Law Business]
* This list of the world’s wealthiest lawyers includes several Biglaw celebrities, a few current and former television judges, a handful of ex cons, and even people who have been disbarred. Some lawyers have higher net worths, but they don’t use their law degrees, so they weren’t included on the list. [Money Inc. via ABA Journal]
* What’s it like to train for the Olympics and complete law school at the same time? Ask Ashley Higginson, who recently graduated from Rutgers Law. Today, the steeplechaser will be competing to qualify for the Rio Olympics. Best of luck from all of your friends here at Above the Law! You can do it! [NJ Advance Media for NJ.com]
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
With Deadline Looming, Firms Continue To Issue Raises
Keeping your associates in the dark as to their financial futures is not the credited way to improve morale.