2008 50 Best Law Firms For Women
Working Mother Magazine’s 2008 list of the 50 best law firms for Women is out. AmLaw 100 firms on the list include Skadden, Latham & Watkins, Baker & McKenzie and Sidley Austin. Read More…
Vault 2009 Rankings Available
The complete 2009 rankings are available. In addition to the prestige and “best to work for” rankings, they include the diversity and partner prestige rankings. You can access all the rankings through this gateway page, or by clicking on the links below. Enjoy! Top 100 Law Firms: 2009 Rankings (portal page) [Vault] Top 100 Law […]
The Thirty Years’ Associates Salaries War
Bruce MacEwen, Adam Smith, Esq. Put these trends together, as reported by this month’s issue of The American Lawyer, and what do you get? Midlevel associates, despite their pay jump since 2006, aren’t satisfied with with their compensation; New York City salary levels have penetrated every major market across the country; The annual midlevel associate […]
About Those Law Firm Layoffs? It Isn’t That Bad
With the repercussions of the credit crunch creating a slowdown in finance, real estate and big-deal work, several law firms have unloaded attorneys and have done so under the scrutiny of news outlets eager to report the bad news. But in relative terms, the news might not be all that dismal. “You’d think there would […]
Midlevel Associates: The Paycheck Report
Finally, everyone’s being paid like a New York lawyer. Thanks to an informal wage freeze in the United States’ largest market — and healthy pay increases elsewhere — midlevels in other major cities caught up to the salaries of their New York counterparts this year. However, midlevels outside New York still lag behind in bonuses, […]
Social Networking: For Lawyers Only?
Attorney Robert J. Ambrogi surveys social networking sites specific to lawyers and was struck by how little networking they generate. Compared with open communities that anticipate a mutual benefit, restricted venues sometimes seem like the proverbial parties where no one shows up. Read the story here.
Lionel Hutz Invitational: Round 2
Over at Above the Law SOPHIST pairs up fictional attorneys and lets cast your votes for the least realistic. [Ed. note: This post is by SOPHIST, one of the finalists in ATL Idol, the “reality blogging” competition that will determine ATL’s next editor. It is marked with Sophist’s avatar (at right).] Looks like I seeded Jack […]
Cadwalader and Lawyer Cuts: Pursuing a Clear-Eyed Plan?
It’s been a week since Cadwalader trimmed 96 associates and counsel, bringing its 2008 lawyer layoffs to a total of 131, or about 20% of the firm’s population. Some legal media outlets gave Cadwalader a bashing for the move. The Lawyer, for instance, which earlier this year opened an office in New York, called the […]
Survey: Corporate, Securities Law Are Hottest Practice Areas
via Law.com – Career Center on 8/4/08 With the pressure of regulatory compliance on corporations showing no sign of letting up, corporate and securities law will offer the most job opportunities for lawyers in the coming decade, according to a national poll by staffing agency Robert Half Legal. “A heightened focus on regulatory compliance issues […]