Starting Salaries
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Law Schools
A Law Degree Isn't Always A Ticket To Riches
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money, Partner Issues
Stats Of The Week: The Great Associate Pay Raise Of 2016
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Partner Issues
Could Biglaw See Another Associate Pay Raise -- Followed By A Recession?
Another pay raise is possible; another recession is likely.
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
Breaking: NY To $180K!!! Cravath Raises Associate Base Salaries!!!
Happy happy, joy joy! What does the new Cravath pay scale look like? -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
NY To $190K: What Should The New Biglaw Pay Scale Look Like?
What should the new starting salary be, and how should pay rise with seniority? -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
NY To $190K: If Not Now, When?
Some speculation as to when this blessed event might happen. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
NY To $190K: An Addendum On Leverage
In figuring out which Biglaw firm will bring us the next pay raise, it's important to consider the concept of leverage. -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
NY To $190K: Who Will Lead The Charge?
A Biglaw pay raise will happen (someday); when it does, who will be the first mover? - Sponsored
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
NY To $190K: 5 Arguments In Favor Of A Biglaw Pay Hike
The halls of Biglaw are abuzz with talk of a possible base salary increase; here's the case in favor. -
Biglaw, Money
Nationwide Pay Raise Watch: A Long-Neglected Market Gets A Raise
Another salary bump sets the market in one corner of the legal world. -
Biglaw, Money
NY To $190K!? Which Firm May Be Raising First-Year Salaries?
Stay tuned for a possible influx of more cold, hard cash in your paychecks, U.S. associates. Be sure to check the UPDATE to this report. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.17.15
* “The top is eroding and the bottom is growing.” Even as class sizes get smaller and tuition gets lower, the law school brain drain continues. America’s best and brightest won’t be fooled into studying law when the job market is still so unstable, but others have been. [Bloomberg]
* Attorneys for California’s sex workers have filed suit to overturn the state’s ban on prostitution, claiming that “[t]he rights of adults to engage in consensual, private sexual activity (even for compensation) is a fundamental liberty interest.” Yeah, okay. [AP]
* “The simple story is that $160,000 as a starting salary at large law firms is less prevalent than it was immediately prior to the recession.” You can scream “NY TO 190K!” all you want, but starting salaries have remained flat. Sowwy. [DealBook / New York Times]
* U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York has involved himself in an “escalating war of words” with members of the federal judiciary that he may come to regret. Will this “petulant rooster” be able to kiss and make up? [New York Times]
* Per a recently filed lawsuit, Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees still hasn’t paid a single law firm for their representation in the Biogenesis case. He allegedly owes Gordon & Rees $380,059 in unpaid fees. Come on, A-Rod. You’ve got the cash. [New York Daily News]
* Infamous plaintiffs’ attorney Steven Donziger of the $9.5 billion Chevron / Ecuador kerfuffle decided that if he can’t win his case in a court of law, he might as well try to win it in the court of public opinion. Check out his side of the story. [Law360 (sub. req.)]
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Law Schools, Money, Rankings, Student Loans, U.S. News
10 Law Schools Where Starting Salaries Outweigh Debt
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Associate Advice, Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Money
Top Biglaw Firm Offers Associates Motivational Quotes Instead Of Monetary Raises?
Did this firm forget that money is the best motivator of all? -
Biglaw, Crime, Dewey & LeBoeuf, Law Schools, Morning Docket, Murder, Police, Rankings, Real Estate, State Judges, State Judges Are Clowns, U.S. News
Morning Docket: 03.12.14
* If the Dewey & LeBoeuf criminal defendants end up going to trial, it’s fair to say the star witnesses in the case will be those who’ve already pleaded guilty — all seven of them. [Am Law Daily]
* Biglaw firms are constantly shrinking in size, leaving many office buildings wide open. Landlords are desperate to put asses in seats, so it’s kind of like law school. [Washington Post]
* “A judicial post is not an hereditary position.” There’s nepotism, and then there’s nepotism, and this Georgia judge is really trying to keep it all in the family. He’s basically ensured that his seat on the bench will go to his daughter. [Daily Report (reg. req.)]
* Let’s keep the rankings party going with an infographic about job rates and median starting salaries. Law schools tied for first place with $160K Biglaw salaries: 21. Not shocked. [U.S. News & World Report]
* The family of Danielle Thomas, the woman who was murdered by indebted law school grad Jason Bohn, is suing the NYPD with claims that the police ignored her calls for help. Sad. 🙁 [New York Post]
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Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Bonuses, Boutique Law Firms, Fabulosity, Litigators, Money, Small Law Firms, Texas
The $160K-Plus Club Welcomes A New Member
How would you like to work at a firm that pays first-year associates the equivalent of $414,000 in New York City? -
Associate Salaries, Biglaw, Boutique Law Firms, Fabulosity, McKool Smith, Money, Small Law Firms, Susman Godfrey, Texas, Williams & Connolly
The $160K-Plus Club: Which Law Firms Pay the Biggest Starting Salaries?
Which law firms pay starting salaries that exceed $160,000? Let's make a list. -
Associate Salaries, Money, NALP, National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
Starting Salaries Are Swirling Down The Drain
NALP figures paint dismal picture of the salary realities for recent law school graduates...