As the economic downturn hits big law firms, resulting in layoffs and a few dissolutions, legal job seekers—and the people who help them find jobs—are also feeling the pain.
A former partner at Baker Botts who practiced law for 25 years has given up her corporate finance practice to work full time on writing books with Christian themes.
A futurist argues that the legal profession is about to undergo a “fundamental transformation” in which conventional legal advisers will be much less prominent and legal services will be “commoditized”…
A Chicago law firm has laid off four of its 14 associates after hiring seven lawyers earlier this year in anticipation of an increase in construction litigation that never materialized.
Michael Weinberg knew he wanted to own his own business when he went to law school, but he followed the traditional career path and ended up as an associate at…
A California state employment lawyer who criticized emergency regulations on employee meal and rest breaks says he’s considering a lawsuit after he failed to win his job back.
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