National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
-
Law Schools
Law School Grads See Best Job Outcomes In 12 Years -- But Not Black Grads
Disheartening news on the diversity and inclusion front. -
Law Schools
Record-Breaking Employment Rate For Law School Class Of 2019 Stopped Dead In Its Tracks By Pandemic
We'd celebrate these numbers, but this is kind of scary for future classes. - Sponsored
Mitigating M&A Cyber Risk: Pre- & Post-Acquisition Due Diligence
Why M&A cybersecurity due diligence? -
Biglaw, Law Schools
Law Firm Associates Don't Know When Their Jobs Will Start, And Some Have Had Offers Rescinded
Welcome to the employment scene for entry-level law firm associates thanks to the coronavirus crisis.
-
Biglaw
Almost All Law School Students Received Biglaw Offers, But Will Coronavirus Ruin Summer Associate Programs?
Can COVID-19 do away with these historic numbers? -
Law Schools
Trio Of Elite Law Schools Try Biglaw Early Interviews To Give Their Students Even More Of A Leg Up
More fallout from the changed NALP recruitment rules. -
Law Schools
It’s Not An Interview With The New York Times Editorial Board, But...
A seat on the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) Board of Directors is important, at least in this little corner of the legal world. -
Law Schools
Why I’m Running For The NALP Board Of Directors
The foremost question any candidate for office has to answer is why. -
Law Schools
Job Market For Law School Grads Is The Best We've Seen In 10 Years
Very exciting news for those seeking entry-level jobs in the legal world. - Sponsored
The Ethical use of Generative AI
What’s the key to empowering your legal team with the efficiency and insight of AI while protecting the integrity of their work? Read this article… -
Biglaw
70 Percent Of Biglaw Firms Are Not On Board With $190K For First Year Associates
The gulf between the Biglaw haves and have-nots continues to grow. -
Law Schools
Law School Students Are Taking To The Street Over Biglaw Firms With Mandatory Arbitration Agreements
Students are amping up pressure on Biglaw firms that use mandatory arbitration agreements. -
Biglaw, Law Schools
Biglaw Offer Rates For Law School Student Recruitment Reaches Historic Highs
These figures are even better than rates measured before the recession. -
Law Schools
First Monday Musings by Dean Vik Amar: A Few Interesting Topics At The January 2019 AALS Meeting
What's going on with the GRE v. LSAT debate for law schools, and how will schools deal with NALP's new rules? -
Law Schools
The Recruiting Game Done Changed
All of the timelines and guideposts that served as the foundation of entry-level recruiting have been eliminated.
Sponsored
How To Maximize Productivity With Westlaw Precision With CoCounsel
Attention Buyer: Not All Legal AI Models Are Created Equal
The Ethical use of Generative AI
Sponsored
New Report - Are Small Firms Achieving Their Legal Tech Goals?
Mitigating M&A Cyber Risk: Pre- & Post-Acquisition Due Diligence
-
Law Schools
New NALP 'Rules' For Law School Recruitment Seem To Promote Organized Chaos
The new rules are that there are no rules! -
Law Schools
Job Market For Law School Grads Is 'Best Since The Recession,' Bolstered By Biglaw Hiring
Exciting news that must be tempered with some cold, hard facts. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 06.27.18
* A Republican-appointed federal judge has ordered that families separated at the border be reunited within 30 days, and if children are younger than 5, they must be reunified within 14 days of her order. [USA Today]
* Immigration attorney Andrea Martinez claims that an ICE officer broke her foot and detained her in a room while she was covered in blood as she attempted to drop off a 3-year-old boy to be reunited with his pregnant mother before they were deported to Honduras. [Daily Beast]
* “Did Justice Anthony Kennedy Just Signal His Retirement? The depressing defeatism of Kennedy’s work this term indicates his time on the court could be coming to an end.” Given the fact that Justice Kennedy’s recent opinions have seemed a bit phoned-in… Rick Hasen might just be right. [Slate]
* In case you missed it amid all of the fanfare of Biglaw’s 2018 associate salary raise, the public interest pay gap is now even larger. Public interest salaries have been stagnant for way too long. In fact, according to NALP’s Public Service Attorney Salary Survey, the median entry-level salary is just $48,000. [Big Law Business]
* Sedgwick, the dearly departed Biglaw firm that suddenly closed its doors in January, is now facing a $450,000+ default judgment in a landlord/tenant lawsuit, which includes $31,982 in “failure to vacate” fees. Oopsie. [American Lawyer]
* Even though Florida Coastal has filed suit against the ABA, the law school accreditor has decided to extend a little olive branch to the school. It won’t have to reveal its weak first-time bar exam pass rate record to current students. [Daily Business Review]
-
Lateral Moves, Sponsored Content
NALP 2018: 'YOU’RE GOING TO HOLLYWOOD!!!!!!!'
Perhaps the most important takeaway from the confererence is that the lateral hiring market remains very active, which is consistent with what recruiters are seeing on a daily basis. -
Law Schools
Diversity & Inclusion For Recent Law School Grads Seems To Be Taking A Back Seat In Private Practice
The percentage of black law school graduates who are working in private practice is stunningly low. -
Law Schools
Legal Recruiting And You: How The Sausage Is Made
NALP is a quasi-governing body that oversees legal recruiting from both the law school and Biglaw perspective. -
Biglaw
Biglaw Summer Programs Continue To Shrink, With 43 Percent Of Firms Making Fewer Offers
Should law students start freaking out about their future employment prospects?