Performance Reviews
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Biglaw
Biglaw Firms Are Trying To Rightsize Their Ranks Through Tougher Performance Reviews
Good luck during your performance reviews, associates, because they're going to be extra tough. -
Biglaw
Performance Improvement Plans: The New Way For Biglaw Firms To Conduct Stealth Layoffs
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Biglaw
The Reason Why Biglaw Performance Reviews Are Stressing Associates Out So Much
It's all about job security (or the lack thereof).
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Biglaw
The Rise Of 'Midyear Reviews' That Could Leave Associates Jobless
Hope your review goes well.... -
Biglaw, Sponsored Content
Navigating Your Performance Review
Instead of viewing your performance review as something to be endured, take control of the process to the extent possible. -
Small Law Firms
Associate Job Reviews Are Usually A Big Waste Of Time
There is no reason why annual reviews can’t be an enriching experience, and if law firms kept a few things in mind, they could greatly improve this process. -
Biglaw
Performance Reviews Suck, But This Biglaw Firm Is Trying To Change The Game
If 'flash feedback' is the start of innovation in the employer-employee relationship, then bring it on. -
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In-House Counsel
Don't Like Law Firm Performance Reviews? On Forced Rankings And Grading To A Curve
Corporations that have more rational regimes for evaluating performance suffer, too. Please send help. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 10.13.17
* Roberta Kaplan and Boies Schiller’s Karen Dunn are suing Nazis for the violence that erupted in Virginia. [Slate]
* Filers didn’t seem to care as much about getting an extra year of design patent coverage as policymakers thought. [Patentlyo]
* How to you repair your reputation after a bad performance review? [The Muse]
* What do we want? Justice for Frankenstein’s Monster. When do we want it? Now. [Legal Geeks]
* The Dutch say Microsoft 10 violates local privacy laws, which is pretty bad news when you remember GDPR is about to make those laws way more strict. [TechCrunch]
* What you really need to know about Friday the 13th. [IBT]
* Law firms: get ready for the crushing pressure from PwC… [Law and More]
* Everyone can have a bad week at work. Check out the tips for bouncing back. [Corporette]
* Who wants to watch Marshall the Movie?
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Biglaw, In-House Counsel
The Most Common (Hidden) Managerial Error
What's the one error that people being managed don't notice and many managers don't even realize is a mistake? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 05.31.17
* It’s a party, and all of Donald Trump’s friends are invited! The president’s longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, has been dragged into the probe of Russia’s efforts to influence the 2016 election. House and Senate investigators asked him to provide testimony, but he politely declined because “the request was poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered.” [ABC News]
* “It’s nice knowing this will definitely be a beacon for other trans kids and other members of the community to look to as a source for hope.” A three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit has affirmed a lower court ruling, stating that Title IX protects transgender students’ rights to use the bathrooms of their choice. This is the first time that an appellate court has issued a ruling of this kind. [Reuters]
* “No one knows how many qualified individuals never even advance their names.” Biglaw attorneys would usually jump at the chance to leave private practice and take a gig working for the Labor Department, but under this presidential administration, there seems to be a bit of hesitancy due to their unwillingness to “incur a lifelong Trump association.” [Bloomberg BNA]
* More and more Biglaw firms have decided to reevaluate the way they evaluate their attorneys. Following Allen & Overy’s decision to eliminate performance reviews, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Fieldfisher, Withers, and RPC will each be changing the way they conduct their appraisal policies, and Linklaters will drop financial targets and partner reviews. We may have more on this. [Law.com]
* “Death to the enemies of America! You call it terrorism, I call it patriotism. Die.” Jeremy Christian, the Portland man accused of killing two men in a racially motivated attack on a train, didn’t enter a plea at his arraignment. Instead, he made incendiary outbursts, inviting spectators to shout back at him, calling him a “murderer.” His next hearing is on June 7. [Courthouse News Service]
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Biglaw, Women's Issues
Biglaw Firm Eliminates Performance Reviews, Earns Praise From Female Associates
Will any additional Biglaw firms adopt this model?
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In-House Counsel, Job Searches
4 Red Flags At In-House Interviews
Think about these things as you apply for an in-house job; they may spare you a couple of years of misery. -
In-House Counsel
The Road Not Taken: End Of Year Feelings
There has to be at least one thing you can derive a benefit from in your workplace. Find it, pursue it, and benefit from it. -
Non-Sequiturs
Non-Sequiturs: 01.25.16
* Is there a strategy for dealing with the dreaded performance review? [Modern Mom]
* Particularly pertinent advice on the Monday after a blizzard: how to interview (and what to wear) in a snowstorm. [Corporette]
* Uber is facing a staggering number of lawsuits… and they have 27 job openings for attorneys worldwide. Get those résumés ready. [Fusion]
* You are being judged by the food you choose to eat at your desk; maybe you should rail against the conventions. [New York Magazine]
* Lawyer arranges secret Dominican Republic divorce to shield his assets from his “wife.” [New York Post]
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Boutique Law Firms, Partner Issues, Small Law Firms
Use Reviews Well
When you have your essential sit-down meetings with your supervisees, be respectful but frank, and listen as much as you speak. -
Email Scandals, Job Searches
This Is Not The Email You Want To Receive From Your Law Firm
Is this email anything other than a ham-handed way to get associates to start looking for a new job? -
In-House Counsel
The Road Not Taken: Give Them The Old Razzle Dazzle
The difference between bragging and informing is that informing is based on facts. You probably do a lot of work in the year, so keep track of it. -
Biglaw, In-House Counsel
Why Can't I Tell Who's Good Anymore?
Why is it so much harder to evaluate the quality of your colleagues when you work in-house instead of at a law firm?