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February 08, 2006 |

As Salaries Rise, So Does the Debt

Whether new lawyers land jobs at giant international firms, where salaries recently hit $135,000, or at small practices in the Midwest and elsewhere, they are paying up to 267 percent more for their education, compared with costs in 1990. That means beginning lawyers -- especially those in midsize and small firms -- are shouldering much more debt at graduation, a situation that some observers fear will lead to more loan defaults, attrition and job dissatisfaction. "It stinks," gripes one associate.
9 minute read
January 30, 2006 |

Salaries rise, so does debt

Threatening to trample any optimism among law school graduates created by recent associate salary increases at many of the nation's top law firms are the runaway costs for a legal education that are bounding far ahead of pay raises at firms of all sizes.
9 minute read
January 30, 2006 |

Law School Costs Outpace Associate Raises

Threatening to trample any optimism among law school graduates created by recent associate salary increases at many of the nation's top law firms are the runaway costs for a legal education that are bounding far ahead of pay raises at firms of all sizes.
9 minute read
August 28, 2012 |

Time and Billing Implementations Call for Trust, Skepticism

Trust and skepticism are needed in equal measures when your law firm is installing a time-and-billing system, panelists advised on Tuesday at the International Legal Technology Association's annual conference in National Harbor, Md.
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April 18, 2002 |

Profiles of Change

Think there's only one way to become a star litigator? Far from it. There are many paths to the top. Here, six litigators tell about their varied careers in government and private practice, speaking on topics from their undergraduate majors and initial career goals to their current practices.
13 minute read
February 01, 2006 |

As Salaries Rise, So Does the Debt

Whether new lawyers land jobs at giant international firms, where salaries recently hit $135,000, or at small practices in the Midwest and elsewhere, they are paying up to 267 percent more for their education, compared with costs in 1990. That means beginning lawyers -- especially those in midsize and small firms -- are shouldering much more debt at graduation, a situation that some observers fear will lead to more loan defaults, attrition and job dissatisfaction. "It stinks," gripes one associate.
9 minute read
February 26, 2001 |

Movers & Shakers

Follow lawyers' career moves and law firms' transformations each week with "Movers & Shakers." This week, Philadelphia's Cozen & O'Connor has hired two new attorneys. Judge Seymour Benson, a Seminole County, Fla., Circuit Judge, joined the Orlando office of Tampa's Holland & Knight. And Dorsey & Whitney will expand its Asian practice with an office in Shanghai.
3 minute read
February 03, 2006 |

Law School Debt Outpaces Lawyers' Pay Raises

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