William Henderson
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American Bar Association / ABA, Job Searches, Law Professors, Law Schools, Money, Quote of the Day, Student Loans, Unemployment
Quote of the Day: The Law School Dream Is Dead
Joblessness, debt, and bitter rage: just some of the shiny, new things a law degree will get you in 2013. -
Career Center, Career Files, Law Schools, Law Students, Pre-Law, Reader Polls
The Downhill Road from 1L to 3L
How do 1Ls and 3Ls view law school? Quite differently, as it turns out. - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms. -
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?
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Biglaw, Conferences / Symposia, Lateral Moves, Musical Chairs, Outsourcing, Partner Issues, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: And Then They Came for the Partners
Think that life for Biglaw partners is a bowl of cherries? Think again. -
Biglaw, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Law Professors, Money, Quote of the Day
Quote of the Day: Mo' Money, Less of Everything Else?
What causes a large, storied law firm to fail? Could part of the problem be too much money, but not enough history or shared values? -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools, Partner Issues
Are Graduates of Elite Law Schools 'Too Good' for Biglaw?
Are graduates of elite law schools "too good" for Biglaw? Interestingly enough, they tend not to stick around large law firms. Grads of many lower-ranked schools make partner at higher rates than grads of certain top law schools. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Law Schools, LSAT
Does Hiring Smart People Hurt Law Firms?
Here’s an argument you don’t hear everyday: law firms who hire the smartest people are hurting their business. That’s the gist of the argument by Bill Henderson, a professor at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law who studies the legal profession (and whom we’ve quoted often in these pages). At least if we define “smart” […] -
Law Schools, Rankings, U.S. News
Can Stanford Become the #1 Law School? Outlook Not So Good.
Late last month, we posed a question: Can Stanford overtake Harvard and Yale and become the #1 law school? We consulted our Magic 8 Ball, which gave this answer: “Outlook Not So Good.” And it’s not just the Magic 8 Ball. Professor Bill Henderson, one of the leading academics studying the legal profession, constructed a […] - Sponsored
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
In this CLE-eligible webinar, we’ll explore the most common accounting pitfalls and how to avoid them for your firm. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money, Skaddenfreude
NYC to $200K? The American Lawyer Weighs In
The American Lawyer’s 2007 Associates Survey is now available, via Law.com. Good stuff! A summary of the survey’s key findings, by editor-in-chief Aric Press, appears here. The WSJ Law Blog collects additional highlights here. It seems that ATL readers and law firm consultants aren’t the only ones predicting pay raises in the reasonably near future. […]
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
ChatGPT ushers in the age of generative AI – even for law firms.
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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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…