Prominent Regional Firm To Delay Start Date For First-Year Associates
The firm is the first to defer start dates for incoming associates in 2024. Let's hope this doesn't turn into a trend.
Biglaw Associate Writes Taylor Swift-Inspired ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Departure Memo
From The Tortured Lawyers Department, we now present, The Departure Memo.
Legal Is Changing. And NeoSummit Is Where The Future Is Being Built.
Legal and operational leaders are gathering May 6–7 in Fort Lauderdale to confront the questions the industry hasn't answered—with a keynote from Amanda Knox setting the tone.
Associates Will Never Be Fully Satisfied Without Work-Life Balance
Associates said they would leave their firms thanks to a loss of flexibility associated with office attendance policies.
Biglaw Associates Are Apparently Living Easy With Less Work And Higher Salaries
Average annual hours billed by associates at the top 100 law firms reached the lowest number on record in 2023.
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.
Law Firms Need To Stop Suing Associates For Not Hitting Their Billable Hours
It's up to the firm to help associates succeed, and these lawsuits are really missing the mark.
What Even Is AI ‘Competence’? It Depends.
Takeaways from a Legalweek panel on evolving malpractice risks.
Stroock Reportedly Cut Pay, Hours As It Struggled To Find Merger Partner
Yikes. Wonder what the firm's finances are looking like right now....
A Different Kind Of Player Draft
Younger lawyers are not just ATMs for senior partners, they are not just billable hours, but people who have lives outside of the law.
Where Can Associates Get The Biggest Bang For Their Biglaw Buck?
Say goodbye to New York and a big howdy to Texas.
High Salaries, Low Billables? Some Midlevel Biglaw Associates Have Got It Made
Some firms apparently wants to hang onto associates, no matter what.
Protégé™ In CourtLink® Explains The Whole Case Faster
Designed to reduce manual docket work by prioritizing what litigators need most: on-demand full docket summarization that explains the whole case to date, followed by on-demand document summaries for filing triage, and AI-powered natural language searching for faster search and retrieval.
Biglaw Deferrals Are Spreading Across The Country — And They May Be Coming To Your Firm
These firms will do anything to make more money.
Biglaw Firms Are Using ‘Stay Interviews’ To Keep Their Associates From Making Lateral Moves
And it seems to be working!
Will Associates At Other Biglaw Firms Unionize?
It's highly doubtful.
With Layoffs Looming, Associate Lateral Moves Have Practically Flatlined
Biglaw's got some overcapacity problems.
Should Cooley Associates Take The $100K Deferral Money And Run?
At this point, without any leverage, it might be a very good idea.