Compensation
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Jon Stewart, Money, Rankings, Reality TV, Television
The $47 Million Dollar Law Degree: Judge Judy Is America's Highest-Paid TV Star
Judge Judy Sheindlin retains her place as the highest-paid TV star. But how much more is she making than everyone else? -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Fabulosity, Money, Munger Tolles & Olson, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
It's Official: Supreme Court Clerkship Bonuses Hit A New High
What's the new going rate for Supreme Court clerkship bonuses? - 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. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Job Searches, Money
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: A Major Firm Raises Associate Starting Salaries
Which firm just raised first-year associate pay? How high? And why now?
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Partner Issues, Skaddenfreude
How Much Do You Make -- And Why?
You should be prepared to explain -- first to yourself, and then to others -- WHY you earn what you do. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Fabulosity, Money, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, Supreme Court Clerks
Are Supreme Court Clerkship Bonuses Climbing Again?
How much are some outgoing SCOTUS clerks now pulling down in bonuses, and which firms are leading the market higher? -
Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Biglaw’s Unwritten Purpose
What is the purpose of the grand Biglaw experiment? Some thoughts from Anonymous Partner. -
Allen & Overy, ATL Career Center Survey, Biglaw, Magic Circle, United Kingdom / Great Britain
ATL Law Firm Ratings: Magic Circle in NYC Edition
How do the Magic Circle firms stand up in the ATL Insider Survey? -
Amy Schulman, Bonuses, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Money, Rankings
Who Are America’s Best-Paid General Counsel? (2013 Rankings)
Last year was very good for GCs. Who are the nation's highest-earning in-house lawyers? Check out these new rankings. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
4th Circuit, Bar Exams, Biglaw, Deaths, Divorce Train Wrecks, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Law Schools, Martin Lipton, Money, Morning Docket, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Morning Docket: 07.18.13
* It’s Alito time, bitch! If you were wondering about any of the cases in which the justice recused himself last year, his latest financial disclosure report is quite telling. [Blog of Legal Times]
* Yet another appellate court has ruled that Obama’s recess appointments to the NLRB were unconstitutional. Alright, we get it, just wait for the Supreme Court to rule. [TPM LiveWire]
* Hey baby, nice package: With stock awards soaring, general counsel at some of the world’s largest companies had a great year in 2012 in terms of compensation. [Corporate Counsel]
* NYU Law professors want Martin Lipton of Wachtell Lipton to swallow a poison pill and step down from the school’s board of trustees over his ties to the University’s unpopular president. [Am Law Daily]
* Now that they’ve stopped acting like the doll they were arguing about in court, MGA has put aside its differences with Orrick to amicably settle a fee dispute in the Bratz case. [National Law Journal]
* Who needs to go on a post-bar vacation when you can take a vacation while you’re studying for the bar? This is apparently a trend right now among recent law school graduates. Lucky! [New York Times]
* A man puts assets into his pin-up wife’s name on advice of counsel, she files for divorce, and the firm allegedly takes her as a client. This obviously happened in Florida. [Daily Business Review (sub. req.)]
* David Schubert, the deputy DA who prosecuted Paris Hilton and Bruno Mars, RIP. [Las Vegas Sun]
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Advertising, Biglaw, Job Searches, Lateral Moves, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Shameless Plugs, This Is an Ad
The Aspiring Lateral: Money Talks
We’ve been conditioned to believe that lateral moves are all about money, but in many cases, lateral candidates do not talk enough about money. -
Biglaw, Bonuses, Money, Partner Profits
Associate Bonus Watch: Cahill Summer Bonuses Are Back
For at least the fourth year in a row, Cahill is paying summer bonuses. How big are they? -
Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Which Firms Have The Biggest Gaps Between Their Highest- and Lowest-Paid Partners?
Here are the ten firms with the biggest income disparities within their partnerships, and the five firms with the most equal distribution of profits. -
Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits
Not A Popular Policy: Withholding 20 Percent of Partner Pay
Which firm is withholding the partner pay, and why?
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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ATL Career Center Survey, Biglaw, Summer Associates
Which Biglaw Summer Associates Are Happiest With Their Firms?
A look at the top-rated Biglaw summer associate programs, according to the ATL Insider Survey. -
Biglaw, Gender, Money, Partner Issues, Rankings, Women's Issues
Which Firms Offer Women the Most Power and Highest Pay?
In a profession ruled by men, these Biglaw firms have taken steps to level the playing field for women. -
Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money
How Much Does Your Law Professor Make? University of Minnesota Law School Edition
Professors at Minnesota Law might not make as much as their coastal counterparts, but they still do quite nicely. -
Biglaw, Lateral Moves, Money, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Videos
The 'Biglaw Partner Compensation' Is Too Damn High
Biglaw's lateral hiring frenzy is destabilizing the profession. -
Biglaw, BuckleySandler, Chadbourne & Parke, Choate Hall & Stewart, Cozen O'Connor, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Fabulosity, Fenwick & West, Kasowitz Benson, Money, Munger Tolles & Olson, Partner Issues, Partner Profits, Rankings
The 2013 Am Law 200: A 'Hiring Binge' Hangover
Which firms had the highest revenue last year, according to the latest Am Law 200 rankings? -
California, Eugene Volokh, Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money
How Much Does Your Law Professor Make? UCLA Law Edition
The top professors at UCLA Law do very, very well for themselves. -
Law Professors, Law School Deans, Law Schools, Money, Texas
How Much Does Your Law Professor Make? University of Texas Edition
They say everything is bigger in Texas. Is that true of law professor salaries?