Jim Leipold
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Biglaw
Summer Associate Hiring Was Down This Year, But Will It Make A Comeback?
Fingers crossed next year will be better than the last. -
Biglaw, Minority Issues, Partner Issues, Rankings
Corroding Pipelines Prevent Partnership For Many Minority Lawyers
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Are Small Firms Going Big On Legal Tech?
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Biglaw, Job Searches, National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
Now That There Aren't As Many Law Students, Hiring Has Stabilized (NALP 2016)
That state of the legal hiring market is... fine?
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Biglaw, Bonuses, Clerkships, Money
Clerkship Bonus Watch: Will $75K Become The New Standard?
Which litigation powerhouse just upped its signing bonus for federal law clerks? -
Job Searches, NALP
Entry-Level Hiring Starts Long Crawl Out Of The Abyss
Entry-level hiring is up. FWIW. -
Job Searches, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
Some Good -- And Truthful! -- Information About The Legal Job Market
Is the legal job market finally starting to turn around? -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Summer Associates
Summer Associate Hiring: Is It Making A Comeback?
Is the hiring market for summer associates actually heating up? Survey says.... -
Morning Docket, Trials
Morning Docket: 02.25.15
* Smart women, foolish choices? Alexandra Marchuk might regret turning down a $425,001 offer of judgment from the defendants in Marchuk v. Faruqi & Faruqi, in which she wound up getting a $140,000 verdict. [Law360 (sub. req.)]
* In other news from high-profile sexual harassment cases, the trial in Harvard Law grad Ellen Pao’s lawsuit against venture capital behemoth Kleiner Perkins got underway yesterday. [USA Today]
* A guilty verdict and a life sentence in the “American Sniper” trial. [New York Times]
* Embattled politico Sheldon Silver has turned to the talented Steven Molo in seeking to get the criminal charges against him dismissed. [New York Post]
* J.J. Nelson v. Adidas: coming to a 1L Contracts casebook near you? [ESPN]
* Law schools dropping the LSAT: a trend in the making? [BloombergBusiness]
* The latest in Deidre Clark v. Allen & Overy: is plaintiff Deidre Dare ready for her
close-uppsychological exam? [New York Law Journal]* Is the job outlook for law school graduates brightening? Some thoughts from Jim Leipold of NALP. [National Law Journal via ABA Journal]
* As he runs for Congress, what does Staten Island district attorney Daniel M. Donovan Jr. have to say about the Eric Garner case? [New York Times]
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Quote of the Day
NY To $190K? Not So Fast, Because $160K Salaries Are No Longer The Norm
Stop trying to make $190,000 salaries for first-year Biglaw attorneys happen. It’s not going to happen. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Unemployment
How Did The Law School Class Of 2013 Do In The Job Market?
What do you want to hear first, the good news or the bad news? -
NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Quote of the Day, Unemployment
Survey Says: The Class Of 2011 Is Screwed, Forever
Our sincere condolences if you were a member of the law school class of 2011. -
10th Circuit, Celebrities, Constitutional Law, Gay Marriage, Job Searches, Law Schools, Morning Docket, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Social Media, Sports, Trademarks, Twittering, Utah
Morning Docket: 04.11.14
* A three-judge panel of the Tenth Circuit seemed a bit torn as to the constitutionality of Utah’s same-sex marriage ban during oral arguments yesterday. This one could be a contender to go all the way to the Supremes. [New York Times]
* Another concussion lawsuit has been filed against the National Hockey League by a group of former players, this time alleging a culture of “extreme violence.” The pleadings are a bit… odd. We’ll have more on this later today. [Bloomberg]
* “We’re not going back to 2006 anytime soon,” says NALP executive director Jim Leipold. The legal sector lost lots of jobs in the recession, and they’re not likely to come back. Happy Friday! [National Law Journal]
* It’s never too soon to start writing your law school application essay. Please try not to bore the admissions officers — make sure you have a “compelling” topic. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
* Katherine Heigl (remember her?) probably needed some cash, so she filed a $6M lawsuit against Duane Reade for posting a picture of her carrying one of the drugstore’s bags on Twitter. [Hollywood Reporter]
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Biglaw, Job Searches, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), No Offers, Summer Associates
Are Summer Associate Hiring And Entry-Level Hiring Picking Up?
What does the latest report from the National Association for Law Placement tell us about the legal job market?
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Quote of the Day
New York To... 160?
The only place New York will move to 190 is in your dreams. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Professors, Law Schools, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
Entry-Level Employment Falls Again, And It's Possible That Law Schools Have No Clue What To Do About It
How many terrible NALP reports do we have to endure before law schools focus on jobs instead of classes? -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Job Searches, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
NALP13: Entry Level Associates Need Not Apply
NALP numbers show the grim reality of new hiring and starting salaries. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Summer Associates
Summer Associate Hiring Numbers Remain Anemic in 2012
The latest NALP numbers for summer associate hiring in Biglaw are slightly depressing. How bad are they? -
Ask the Experts, Biglaw, Career Files, Conferences / Symposia, Job Searches, Law Professors, Law Students, National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
The Brave New World of Entry-Level Recruiting
How is the entry-level legal job market looking? And what do law firms and law schools think of the current approach to on-campus interviewing? -
Law Schools, Money, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Public Interest
As Law School Costs Skyrocket, Is It Still Feasible To Pursue A Public Interest Career?
Should you go to law school to pursue a public interest career? Sure, but only if you want to be as poor as your clients! -
Accounting / Accountants, Job Searches, Law Schools, Money, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Student Loans, Unemployment
Dear Prudence: My Husband Is Contemplating Ruining Our Lives By Going To Law School
Dear Prudence sets the record straight for the wife of a future law student when it comes to student debt and entry-level jobs.