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Conferences / Symposia, Health / Wellness, Job Searches, National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
The Touchiest-Feeliest Law Jobs Conference Of The Decade
Now that you have a job, how do you feel about it? -
Biglaw, NALP, Summer Associates
Stat Of The Week: Law Firm Summer Hiring Flat (But Not Flatlining)
Half of law firms made fewer summers offers than the year before, a break from the previous two years where most firms reported that they had increased offers. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Biglaw, Minority Issues, Partner Issues
Diversity In The Legal Profession Has Flatlined Since The Great Recession; Who Is To Blame?
When it comes to diversity, it doesn't just get better; we must make a real and sustained effort.
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.06.17
* What’s it like to be the “tweetingest judge in America”? Justice Don Willett of the Texas Supreme Court tells us what it’s like to live a week in his life in this endearing column. From letting us know where he spends much of his time (the local Chick-fil-A) to revealing the reason he Tweets so much (to get reelected) to describing his love for his children, Justice Willett is a true gem of the judiciary. [Wall Street Journal]
* Judge Timothy Parker of the Carroll County District Court in Arkansas has resigned from his post and agreed to never serve as a judge again to avoid being charged with ethical misconduct. Judge Parker was accused of arranging for defendants’ pretrial releases in exchange for sexual favors, but says he never contested the allegations on the record because he has kids and “[didn’t] want them exposed to that kind of crap.” [AP]
* The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund has threatened to file suit against the National Park Service for “stonewalling and refusing to release permits that are vitally needed by organizers in order to plan and execute peaceful, lawful free-speech activities” — that is, protests and rallies — of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. Only three groups out of 26 have received permits, and the inauguration is in two weeks’ time. [Reuters]
* “While it is encouraging to see small gains in most areas this year, the incredibly slow pace of change continues to be discouraging.” The most recent National Association for Law Placement report has revealed that as usual, women and minorities are just barely making progress at the nation’s largest law firms when it comes to their representation as a whole and their presence in firm partnerships. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Per Altman Weil’s latest report on law firm mergers, there were six fewer mergers in 2016 than in 2015. Although just 85 deals were announced last year compared to 91 in 2015, they were “better” than those announced in years prior, and in fact, some of the biggest names in Biglaw agreed to combine, including the Eversheds and Sutherland Asbill merger and the Arnold & Porter and Kaye Scholer merger. [Big Law Business]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 08.01.16
* If you thought you were going to be making $180K after graduation, then you better lower your expectations by quite a bit. Be prepared to make less than $65K! The National Association for Law Placement has released its annual edition of the bi-modal salary distribution for recent law school graduates, and the wide chasm between peaks on the bell curve looks more unhealthy than ever. [Big Law Business]
* In the wake of the Democratic National Convention, everyone wants to know the names on Hillary Clinton’s Supreme Court shortlist. It might surprise you that insiders say President Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland, is at the top of Clinton’s list of eleven potential candidates. We’ll have more information on this later today. [The Hill]
* “What we’re seeing is a sort of shift around social norms. Kennedy is the best Geiger counter. He’s a very good instrument for measuring that.” SCOTUS seems to be cutting back on its defense of religious freedom in favor of supporting government regulators, and the high court’s swinger has led the way in the wake of Scalia’s passing. [USA Today]
* Federal prosecutors from the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office and the DOJ are now investigating whether Mossack Fonseca, the infamous firm behind the Panama Papers, knowingly assisted its clients in laundering money and/or evading taxes. A firm spokesperson has denied all accusations of criminal wrongdoing. [Wall Street Journal]
* “You can sentence me to whatever you want, I guess. This sentence, I won’t outlive it.” Convicted murderer Drew Peterson was sentenced to an additional 40 years in prison in a murder-for-hire plot to kill prosecutor James Glasgow. In 2047, Peterson will be 93 years old, and he’ll be up for parole for the murder of his third wife. [Chicago Tribune]
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Law Schools, Money
Did Firms Raise Salaries High Enough?
Is $180,000 high enough? -
Biglaw, Partner Issues
Stats Of The Week: The Last Of The True Biglaw Partnerships
As Biglaw begins to run itself more like a “business,” vestiges of the traditional law partnership have started to fall away. -
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? - Sponsored
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Lexis Create provides simple access to internal and external knowledge — directly within Microsoft Word. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
The Brain Drain Hasn't Destroyed Biglaw... Yet (NALP 2016)
Whether you think the problem is a brain drain or a pipeline problem, the talent flow has been interrupted. -
Biglaw, Law Schools, National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
NALP 2016: Nobody Really Likes The New OCI, But Nobody Can Change It
The new OCI is good for the best students and no one else. -
American Bar Association / ABA, Law Schools
The Fall Of Systemic Deception At Law Schools
We long ago declared victory for law school transparency. Here's why. -
Biglaw, Reader Polls
Do You Have A Mentor? Do You Want One?
Take the Above the Law mentoring survey. -
Biglaw, Job Searches
Stats Of The Week: Biglaw Hiring Looking Up
Law firm hiring is at its most robust since the recession.
Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How Generative AI Will Improve Legal Service Delivery
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
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Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
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Biglaw, Reader Polls
Do You Have A Mentor? Do You Want One?
Law schools and law firms invest a lot of blood and treasure in recruitment, but how are they doing on mentoring? -
Reader Polls
Calling All Millennial Lawyers...
New lawyers: share your insights into law firm recruiting and firm practice -
Law Schools
Law Schools More Transparent Than Ever
Our profession needs affordable, transparent, and fair entry. It starts with something as simple as law schools doing the obvious. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 07.30.15
* The National Association for Law Placement released slightly improved jobs numbers for the law school class of 2014, so yay? [National Law Journal]
* The battle royale that pits local musicians versus Biglaw heavyweight Skadden continues to rage on. [Washington Post]
* Guess what? Prosecutors don’t like the Second Circuit’s higher threshold for insider trading cases and now they’d like the Supreme Court to do something about it. [Wall Street Journal]
* A group of merchants including Amazon, Wal-Mart and Starbucks want the $7 billion settlement negotiated over interchange fees with Visa, Mastercard and American Express in an antitrust case vacated due to attorney Gary Friedman’s alleged misconduct. [Law360]
* Don’t cha love it when media scandals become real life litigation? All your deflategate legal questions answered. [Stradley Law]
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Biglaw, Job Searches, Lateral Moves
6 Tips For Smarter Lateral Hiring
Practical advice from experienced recruiters about the increasingly important process of lateral hiring. -
Biglaw, Billable Hours, In-House Counsel
Beyond The Billable Hour: 6 Key Insights
What does the rise of alternative fee arrangements mean for both law firms and their clients? -
National Association for Law Placement (NALP), Technology
How To Conquer Your Inbox: Tips From The NALP Conference
If you check your email 100 times per day and lose two minutes each time, that’s over three hours a day you’re losing to your inbox.