Associates
1853 ABA Journal Associates articles.
Seating is limited for would-be lawyers taking the Tennessee bar exam in July, so the Tennessee Board of Law Examiners has taken the unprecedented step of scheduling a fall exam to help accommodate those who didn’t get a seat.
May 22, 2020 12:19 PM CDT
For weeks, larger law firms have been announcing layoffs, furloughs and pay cuts. The impact is widespread, with the legal services sector
losing 64,000 jobs in April.
May 21, 2020 2:21 PM CDT
Yale Law Women’s latest report on top law firms for gender and family friendliness is taking a new approach, with more categories and more opportunities to acknowledge law firms.
May 21, 2020 10:26 AM CDT
Judge winnows claims in sex bias suit against Jones Day
U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss has tossed some claims and allowed others in a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by former…
May 20, 2020 4:21 PM CDT
Irell & Manella is changing focus after a string of departures cut gross revenue by 39% over a five-year period.
May 19, 2020 12:11 PM CDT
As reports build of pay cuts, furloughs and layoffs at law firms, it’s understandable that associates are concerned. Now, a new survey of 1,335 associates quantifies the extent of their worries.
May 14, 2020 3:30 PM CDT
More law firms announced pay cuts, layoffs and furloughs this week, but the pace is slowing. Since the ABA Journal reported on such measures
last Thursday, at least eight more law firms gave staff members and lawyers bad news.
May 7, 2020 3:42 PM CDT
Few glitches and 1 surprise in SCOTUS teleconference arguments
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas asked questions during the high court’s first teleconference arguments Monday, something he rarely does.…
May 4, 2020 3:39 PM CDT
At work, Hogan Lovells senior associate
Russell Hedman leads and negotiates complex M&A and investment transactions. Outside the office, he plays in a Denver band called the
Rocket Surgeons.
Apr 30, 2020 10:54 AM CDT
The managing partner of Pierce Bainbridge Beck Price & Hecht has denied a report that the firm is shutting down following the loss of about 50 lawyers,
including three name partners who left earlier this month.
Apr 17, 2020 9:45 AM CDT
More and more law firms are cutting salaries, reducing partner compensation, and furloughing or laying off employees because of the novel coronavirus. Since the ABA Journal’s story
last Thursday on the trend, at least 19 additional large and midsized law firms have taken temporary measures to reduce costs because of financial uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 16, 2020 3:48 PM CDT
“The students might be operating remotely, or the firms are not having a summer program, but they will pay the students some amount of money,” says Austen Parrish, dean of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
Apr 14, 2020 10:00 AM CDT
Several major law firms announced pay cuts and some furloughs this week, joining at least nine midsize and large firms that took those steps last week.
Apr 9, 2020 1:02 PM CDT
Judge is accused of using staff to run personal errands
Ethics charges filed Friday accuse an Atlanta municipal court judge of using court staffers to run personal errands and regularly…
Apr 8, 2020 4:43 PM CDT
Some law firms have announced that they are delaying the start date of their summer associate programs and shortening their length because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 3, 2020 9:54 AM CDT
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