For every high-profile, publicized axing of a well-known partner or abrupt, behind-the-scenes removal of an BigLaw associate from his or her office, there are far more “quiet firings.”
Summer associates participating in an American Lawyer survey gave the best grades to law firms that emphasized training and mentoring and offered exciting work.
Two more Magic Circle law firms have announced they will be matching their New York competitors by paying big special bonuses to their Big Apple associates.
A lawyer career consultant puts part of the blame for high associate attrition rates on lawyers who have little clue about the realities of law practice and law firms that…
Once you’ve done a few, associate job interviews often involve some of the same stock questions and answers. But an anonymous young solicitor puts a fresh spin on the subject…
Once upon a time, even major law firms routinely hired associates with the expectation that they could become partners. While no fairy tale, that expectation is now something of a…
CORRECTED: The job is similar, but the pay is different: temp work, in something akin to document review, without a law degree, is dull, thankless work that earns $10 an…
In a New York-centered bonus bonanza that observers say could signal an intent to raise salaries for the Big Apple’s best-paid associates as soon as January 2008, at least six…
What associates want varies, so it can be difficult to pinpoint all of their concerns. But, by overlooking the issues they consider important, law firms are losing out on opportunities…
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