Paul Weiss
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Biglaw, Law Schools
Yale Law Students Protest Paul Weiss Recruiting Event
Students concerned about climate change demanded that the firm #DropExxon. -
Law Schools
Harvard Law School Students Protest Paul Weiss Recruiting Event
Students asked the storied firm to #DropExxon. - 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
After Taking Heat Last Year, Paul Weiss Spent 2019 Providing Firms A Blueprint For Improving Diversity
It's time to put a little more heat on the rest of Biglaw to be a little more like Paul Weiss.
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Biglaw
Biglaw Bonus Bonanza Gets Underway With Latest Announcement
Early adopters are making their move. -
Biglaw
Biglaw Yelp Reviews Are Your Dose Of Surreal Comedy Today
This gives us an idea... why not an Above the Law sponsored competition? -
Biglaw
Repeat After Me, 'Partnership Without Equity Is Not A Partnership'
Non-equity partnerships can be great jobs. But they are not partnerships. -
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Law Schools
Law School Graduation Speaker Who Stepped Aside Amid Protest Delivers Speech That Could Have Been
Jeh Johnson spoke to law school graduates this weekend about the importance of sticking to standards. - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.29.19
* Loretta Lynch is re-joining the private sector. The former Attorney General is heading to Paul Weiss. [National Law Journal]
* Consistency? From Mitch McConnell? About the Supreme Court? HAHAHAHA. [The Hill]
* A deeper look at the case against former Skadden counsel, Greg Craig. [Politico]
* Are you a lonely lawyer? Ironically, you are not alone. [Law.com]
* “Gay Panic” may not be a defense in New York much longer. It’s about time. [New York Law Journal]
* Yeah, you really should be worried about the Big Four accounting firms moving into Biglaw territory. [Big Law Business]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.01.19
* Shortly after AG Bill Barr released his four-page summary of the Mueller report, special counsel Robert Mueller himself stepped forward to tell Barr that he objected to his conclusion that President Trump had been cleared of obstruction, “express[ing] a frustration over the lack of context.” [New York Times]
* Congressional Democrats can move ahead with their emoluments suit against Trump over his business thanks to a ruling by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, where he found the narrow definition of emoluments championed by Trump to be “unpersuasive and inconsistent.” [Washington Post]
* Kannon Shanmugam may have been the first to leave Williams & Connolly to join the new Supreme Court practice at Paul Weiss, but he certainly isn’t the last. Five of his colleagues followed him, and the group continues to grow. [National Law Journal]
* Remember Am Law 200 firm Stinson Leonard Street? You should probably forget that name, because the firm is rebranding itself as Stinson. Going by one name is apparently the cool, new thing for Biglaw firms. [American Lawyer]
* Biglaw money fight: The ex-chair of the government contracts practice at Dentons, a legacy McKenna Long partner, claims the firm owes her more than $390,000, but Dentons claims she owes the firm almost $2 million. [Big Law Business]
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Courts
Arguing Before SCOTUS: An Advocate's Perspective
What's it like to argue before the Supreme Court of the United States? A leading high-court advocate offers insights and tips. -
Biglaw
Partners At This Biglaw Firm Are REALLY Making It Rain
It's a torrential downpour of cash for partners at this firm. -
Biglaw
If A Biglaw Firm Falls In The Woods And No One Issues A Press Release About Its Lack Of Diversity...
This is an industry-wide problem... and it's time to shine the spotlight on the folks keeping quiet about it.
Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Biglaw
Paul Weiss Launches Supreme Court Practice As Press Spotlight Returns To Partnership Diversity
The arrival of a partner of color refocuses the discussion on what firms need to do to address diversity. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 01.28.19
* Paul Weiss really showed its “commitment to putting the white in white shoe” with its new partnership class, and the New York Times is on it! See our coverage from December here. [New York Times]
* President Donald Trump recently met with a group of right-wing activists led by Ginni Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, where they criticized transgender people and women serving in the military. Trump reportedly looked “taken aback“ during the meeting, which is a bit of a rarity. [New York Times]
* Some pretty major lateral moves for some pretty major players when it comes to appellate practice: Lisa Blatt is returning to Williams & Connelly where she’ll lead the firm’s Supreme Court practice, and Kannon Shanmugam is leaving Williams & Connolly to lead a new Supreme Court practice at Paul Weiss. Congrats! [NLJ; NLJ]
* “I’m here to speak for the people who don’t have a voice.” Rappers Jay-Z and Meek Mill have launched the Reform Alliance, an initiative for criminal justice reform, with the goal of dramatically changing laws and policies to reduce “unreasonable” probation, parole, and prison terms. [CBS News]
* What happened to the people who were told that they passed the D.C. bar exam, when in reality they actually failed? “Just shock. I didn’t think that could happen. I never heard of a bar committee changing the results.” Here’s a bit of a depressing update. [Washington Post]
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Biglaw
The Never-Ending Billable Hour: A 106-Year-Old Is Still Working At The Biglaw Firm Where He Started His Career
He loves the time he's spent at his firm -- all 80 years of it. -
Biglaw
Should Christmas Eve Be A Firm Holiday?
Is this a perk or something we should be doing as a default? -
Biglaw
Biglaw Firm Whose Latest Partnership Did No Favors For Diversity Pledges To 'Do Better' Next Time
The firm's chairman hopes this PR nightmare won't 'erase the firm’s diversity achievements over the past 75 years.' -
Biglaw
Paul Weiss 'Addresses' Partnership Diversity Kerfuffle
The firm is doing the right thing... but maybe not as eloquently as it could. -
Biglaw
Paul Weiss Press Release Captures Everything Broken About Biglaw In One Image
Biglaw can't solve this problem until it sees it. This image suggests that may still be a ways off.