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How Large Law Firms Motivate: A Better Chance to Advance, Flexible Schedules

Large law firms are re-evaluating how they hire and retain top performers.

A white paper by Robert Half Legal says law firm managers are realizing they need to do more…

Ex-Prosecutor: DOJ Destroyed My Career

Ryan Rainey admittedly broke a rule when he was a star federal prosecutor, and paid a high price for doing so.

In 2005, he resigned, later pleading guilty to criminal…

Judge Who Had Sensitivity Training Is Accused Again of Rudeness

A Seattle-area judge has been accused of routinely interrupting litigants and lawyers and addressing them in a manner that is “angry, disdainful, condescending and/or demeaning.”

The state Commission on Judicial…

Life After BigLaw: ‘No Job, No Baby and 10 Pounds of Leftover Fat’

Shinyung Oh, the ousted Paul Hastings associate who sent a scathing mass e-mail denouncing the firm’s layoff tactics, is airing her feelings once again,…

Lawyer Chastised for ‘Heartless Attack’ on Counsel for Pin Honoring Slain Son

A Georgia judge has condemned a lawyer for remarks he made at a deposition about a pin worn by opposing counsel honoring his son killed in Iraq.

Judge David Sweat…

Why Don’t Unhappy Lawyers Leave?

Many lawyers reportedly are unhappy with their jobs. Only a small percentage actually decide to do something else.

About 3 to 5 percent, in fact, in Monica…

What’s The Biggest Threat to The U.S. Economy?

BigLaw firm DLA Piper recently surveyed more than 100 corporate clients (PDF) about their priorities for the second half of 2008 and to…

$20K For Associates Who Find Success on Jobs Site

The Internet job placement site Lateral Link has some competition from a new venture called Legal Recruiting Authority.

Lateral Link pays up to $10,000 to associates who find a job…

These Associates Say It’s Never Too Early to Start Rainmaking

Their techniques may differ, but these associates are focused on the same goal: Working on rainmaking early in their careers.

The Recorder interviewed several California associates about their…

9th Circuit to Employers: Don’t Look at Workers’ Text Messages

Venturing into what a federal appeals court panel described as a new frontier of electronic communications law, the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decided today that employers…

Legal Blogger Auditions for ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’

Legal blogger and lawyer Howard Bashman traveled to New York yesterday to audition for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Bashman writes on his How Appealing blog…

Baker & McKenzie in Court Fight Over 11-Year-Old’s Birthday Present?

Legal powerhouse Baker & McKenzie may have met its match: A threatened lawsuit over a domain name has pitted the Chicago-based international megafirm against an 11-year-old…

Okla. Attorney Disbarred; Court Cites ‘Unbelievable’ Testimony

An Oklahoma attorney has been disbarred by the state supreme court after allegations that he forged a letter under another lawyer’s letterhead, purporting to sign it with that lawyer’s name,…

A Letter Left on a Copier Spurs an Associate’s Ethical Response

Associate Louis Schneider says he knew he had to take action when he found a letter on a copy machine last December asking the Las Vegas partner who had hired…

Dean Complains About ‘Glut of Law Schools’

News that the ABA has accredited 200 law schools raises issues about whether “more is better,” according to an Associated Press

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