Mandatory Retirement Policies: A Source Of Vulnerability And Opportunity
Roughly half of Am Law 200 firms have mandatory retirement, with most specifying ages in the range of 63 to 68.
104-Year-Old Biglaw Attorney Who Was Still Practicing Law Has Passed Away
One of Biglaw's only practicing centenarians has passed away. RIP.
Do Law School Rankings Affect Your Choice?
Share your insights in this brief survey.
Are You — And Your Law Firm — Ready For Retirement?
Don't postpone these tough but necessary conversations.
Mandatory Retirement Policies And You
Executing a proper plan easily solves the dilemmas brought about by mandatory retirement. While identifying an aging leadership problem is helpful, creating and executing an actual plan is a necessity.
Mandatory Retirement Creates Succession Planning Problems For Top Law Firms
The distribution of aging lawyers is trending upwards, but firms may still have to rethink their insistence on mandatory retirement and succession planning.
Mandatory Law Firm Retirement, Succession Planning, And You
How many law firms are prepared to deal with the void left by retiring partners?
Decrypting Crypto, Digital Assets, And Web3
"Decrypting Crypto" is a go-to guide for understanding the technology and tools underlying Web3 and issues raised in the context of specific legal practice areas.
A 101-Year-Old Attorney Is Still Working At This Biglaw Firm
Which Biglaw firm is keeping this extremely senior counsel on its payroll?
Morning Docket: 11.08.13
* A proposal to raise the retirement age for judges in New York was crushed by voters, but Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman has vowed to continue fighting the requirement — just like a stubborn old man. [New York Law Journal] * Which law schools have the highest percentage of graduates working as corporate directors or executive officers of companies? You might be surprised by some of the results. Or you might not. [National Law Journal] * Dean Lawrence Mitchell of Case Western Reserve Law wants parts of the retaliation suit that’s been filed against him tossed for being “scandalous” and “salacious.” But those are the best parts. :( [Cleveland Plain Dealer] * Thanks to a $25 million donation from an alumnus and his wife, Yale Law School is going to be getting dormitories for law students in the very near future. The thought of all of those coed nerdgasms between future SCOTUS clerks is a thing of beauty. [Fox News] * Clark Calvin Griffith, the former adjunct professor at William Mitchell Law, has been suspended from practicing law for 90 days after exposing his penis to a law student. Stiff punishment. [Pioneer Press] * If you were thinking of giving away guns on Facebook, then you should think again. The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun on the internet is with slideshows of the 572 best kitty cat gifs. [Corporate Counsel] * A police officer in Arkansas ordered a woman to flash him her boobs while she was at work, and when she refused, he allegedly Tasered her repeatedly. She’s obviously suing now. [New York Daily News]
SCOTUS Rules, Nobody Drools
Justice Scalia, please tell us what you REALLY think about mandatory retirement for members of the Supreme Court.
Jones Day: Mandatory Retirement For Big Hitters Creates Opportunity For Others
Some thoughts on the Jones Day partnership from Michael Allen of Lateral Link (sponsored post).
[E-BOOK] 5 AI Productivity Hacks To Save Time And Streamline Your Law Firm
Discover five practical ways to harness AI and eliminate busywork—so you can focus more on your clients and less on repetitive tasks.
Musical Chairs: Sheila Birnbaum Is Leaving Skadden
So where is the legendary litigatrix taking her gigantic book of business?
An Interview with Steven Harper, Former Kirkland Partner and Author of ‘The Lawyer Bubble’
Should you go to law school? Is working in Biglaw still worth it? A former Kirkland & Ellis partner shares his thoughts.
Partners in Practice: The Era of Mandatory Retirement
What's it like for partners to practice law in the era of mandatory retirement?
Old People Will Not Go Quietly
I recently had a birthday. I’m 32-years-old, but my liver has to be at least 60. It’s pretty close to mandatory retirement age. But I’m just getting back from Vegas (full report on twitter) and I can tell you that my liver will not go quietly into the good night. And so I have a […]