Solving Biglaw’s Gender Gap
The time has passed to get mad about the gender gap -- but the time has not passed to do something about it.
Jones Day Does Not Have A Sense Of Humor
The firm sends a stern rebuke to ALM objecting to their coverage. And it's hilarious.
The Next Chapter In Legal Tech Innovation: Introducing Protégé™
Meet LexisNexis Protégé™, the new AI assistant that leverages personalization choices controlled by the user or their organization to optimize the individual’s AI experience.
13 Things That Keep GCs Up At Night
"Stop writing useless memos" and other takeaways from the NYLMA GC Summit.
Non-Sequiturs: 06.05.14
* Apparently Hogwarts has opened up a law school. Protip: Slytherin kids make the best lawyers. [Legal Cheek] * Judge Ana Gardiner was disbarred for texting the prosecutor while presiding over a murder trial. It’s good to see Broward County take back the spotlight of crazy from Brevard County. [Daily Business Review] * Don’t dress as an animal at a zoo unless you want to get shot. [Seattle Post-Intelligencer] * Remember the Seinfeld episode where Uncle Leo thinks every bad break is the result of anti-Semitism? Meet Uncle Leo the Lawyer. [Las Vegas Review-Journal] * What does your hair mean for your career? [Corporette] * Skadden Arps says there’s no such thing as “clandestine contracts” with high-frequency traders. They probably wanted to check with their clients before making that claim… [Wall Street on Parade] * Elizabeth Wurtzel wants to have babies. Woe to the Republic. [Time] * We are entering the Age of Narcissism. [What About Clients] * We’ve discussed the troubling statistics showing that black people are by and large shut out of career advancement in Biglaw. Aric Press, editor-in-chief at ALM, discusses the study with Lee Pacchia below…. [Mimesis Law]
Are The Am Law 100 Rankings Unfair? Let’s Whine About Vereins
Should vereins be counted as single entities for purposes of the Am Law 100 rankings, and did vereins get unfairly slammed in the latest Am Law 100?
The 2014 Am Law 100: ‘The Super Rich Get Richer’
How did your firm fare in this year’s Am Law 100 rankings?
How Lexis’ CounselLink+ Reimagines The Redline
Contracts are now integrated into an end-to-end system, and efficiencies abound.
Why Do Law Firms Get Hired — And Fired — By Their Clients?
Interesting findings from a new survey.
Which Firms Have The Biggest Gaps Between Their Highest- and Lowest-Paid Partners?
Here are the ten firms with the biggest income disparities within their partnerships, and the five firms with the most equal distribution of profits.
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. […]