The National Law Journal This year’s edition of sibling publication The National Law Journal’s annual special report focuses on what, for many law students, is the bottom line: ­whether they stand any chance at all of landing a coveted ­associateship at a major law firm. On that count, the NLJ found the picture marginally brighter […]

By Winthrop Quigley Supreme Court Justice Richard C. Bosson wrote the unanimous opinion that could result in limiting the lateral movement of attorneys between law firms. (journal file) A recent New Mexico Supreme Court ruling could limit a lawyer’s ability to move from one firm to another, the court acknowledged in a unanimous opinion written […]

FORBESWOMAN | 2/21/2013 @ 11:54AM By Melissa Llarena In 2012, 75% of my clients said they called me for career coaching when they could no longer take micromanagement. Some felt like children, others like puppets. All said succumbing to a boss who is constantly checking in became a major time guzzler. Not one client said […]

Midsize firms see culture as a recruiting tool Posted Feb 21, 2013 9:18 AM CST By Debra Cassens Weiss Midsize law firms believe culture helps them in the hiring process. Seventy percent of midsize law firms said a strong culture is among the top two factors in recruiting new lawyers, according to a survey by […]

Are lawyers more miserable than general population? Posted Feb 20, 2013 7:09 AM CST By Debra Cassens Weiss The conventional wisdom is that lawyers are a cynical, miserable lot. Now a positive psychology guru who teaches at Duke Law School is seeking to dispel that notion. Writing as a guest blogger for the Careerist, Dan […]

Future Law School Applicants Are Wealthier, More Self-Confident Than Average College Student By Karen Sloan All Articles The National Law JournalFebruary 8, 2013 inShare No, it’s not your imagination. Aspiring lawyers tend to be more self-confident, enjoy more family wealth and are more likely to have a lawyer parent than the average college student, according to research released […]

Cornell Law Launches Course on Whistleblower Law By Tania Karas All Articles New York Law JournalFebruary 19, 2013 inShare Students at Cornell Law School interested in the federal False Claims Act can now take a course dedicated to the rapidly expanding area of citizen-initiated whistleblower actions. The elective, Whistleblower Law: Involving Private Citizens in Public Law Enforcement, focuses […]

Is Lateral Hiring Good for Law Firm Business? Posted on February 13, 2013 by Kandy Hopkins | Leave a comment Thanks to the dissolution of Dewey & LeBoeuf, lateral hiring had a record year—both in the United States and in U.S.-based London firms. Am Law Daily reports that 2012 lateral hiring hit a three-year high with 2,691 […]

Summer associate hiring down last year amid sluggish legal market By: Beth Moszkowicz Alas, it looks like 2012 was not the best year for law firm summer associate hirings. The median and average numbers of summer associate offers to 2Ls dipped a little bit according to NALP (formerly the National Association for Law Placement). Also down: the […]

The American Bar Association hopes to get information about how well the law school class of 2011 did in the job market into the hands of prospective law students as early as next month — a full year earlier than in the past. via ABA promises to slash lag time for publishing law schools’ jobs […]