Big Law Feeders, Bar Fee Fight, Justices Go to Congress: The Morning Minute
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March 08, 2019 at 06:00 AM
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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
|RECRUITING RACE - Which law schools dominate the Big Law associate hiring market? The Go-To Law Schools ranking is out, detailing the 50 law schools that sent the highest percentage of recent grads on to jobs at large firms. (There's a familiar name in the top spot!) In addition to the ranking, our detailed report looks at the campuses that produced the most new partners last year; which schools offer the most Big Law bang for the tuition buck; and the schools that outperform their U.S. News ranking when it comes to large firm hiring. Plus, our report looks at what recent changes to NALP's hiring guidelines mean for summer associate recruiting.
JANUS' REACH - Three Texas lawyers are seeking to unwind mandatory dues for their state bar, claiming in a lawsuit that their “coerced” membership helps support programs for minority, immigrant and disadvantaged communities that they do not endorse. Greg Land reports the case is the latest challenging mandatory bar membership in the wake of Janus v. AFSCME, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that public-sector non-union workers cannot be required to pay union dues as a condition of employment.
SUPREME WITNESSES - In a rare public hearing before members of Congress, Justices Elena Kagan and Samuel Alito discussed law clerk hiring, cameras in the court and ethics. Tony Mauro reports they said Chief Justices John Roberts is considering the creation of a SCOTUS code of conduct.
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EDITOR'S PICKS
|US Labor Judge Warns Lawyers About 'Tone' in Oracle Discrimination Case
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
|CAPITAL REBUILD - Shearman & Sterling is attempting to rebuild its Hong Kong law capital markets practice after losing at least 10 lawyers, including its team leader, in recent months. John Kang reports that sources familiar with the matter said Shearman has been approaching potential candidates from outside the firm. In addition to external hires, the firm will also promote lawyers internally, according to one source, who added that the new Hong Kong law capital markets team will be smaller than the previous one.
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WHAT YOU SAID
“Among all the things I thought I'd be doing a chair as a firm, the idea of announcing an award for information on the shooting of an associate is not what I had in mind.”
— BALLARD SPAHR CHAIRMAN MARK STEWART, DISCUSSING THE FIRM'S $10,000 REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF AN ASSAILANT WHO SHOT A PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATETHIS WEEK. (THE ASSOCIATE IS RECOVERING IN A HOSPITAL.)
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