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WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

IMPACT – As the coronavirus spreads, law firms, law schools and legal organizations continue to cancel events and shift operations into remote mode. The ABA has nixed a major white-collar crime conference scheduled for next week in San Diego. At least two law schools have canceled classes. Baker Botts has decided to hold its partner meeting remotely. U.K.-based Linklaters has scrapped its in-person partner conference, as has Simmons & Simmons. Sidley Austin has canceled its partner meeting in Florida, and Latham & Watkins has scotched its global partners meeting. At the same time, litigation is brewing over whether cruise ships, nursing homes and hospitals have taken reasonable measures to prevent the virus from spreading. Go here for Law.com's comprehensive coverage of the coronavirus' impact on the legal profession. 

GETTING CLOSE – Which law school offers one of the best tuition deals for grads wanting Big Law jobs? Y'all, that school is part of today's Go-To Law School countdown, where we reveal Nos. 20-11 on the Top 50 list of the schools that send the highest percentage of law grads into first-year associate jobs at major firms. Tomorrow: We unveil the entire top 50 schools plus scads of information on Big Law hiring, associate-to-partnership data, which schools specific firms hire from the most and more. 

CONSEQUENCES – Lawyers will appear before Judge Trevor McFadden in D.C. federal court today to discuss how last week's appeals court ruling against a subpoena for the testimony of ex-White House counsel Don McGahn affects Congress' bid to get President Trump's federal tax returns. The D.C. Circuit's 2-1 opinion said the House cannot go to court to resolve the interbranch dispute over McGahn's testimony. McFadden, in January, said he would stay his ruling in the House Ways & Means Committee's lawsuit over Trump's financial documents until the circuit court ruled on McGahn.

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EDITOR'S PICKS

Roberts Condemns Schumer's Remarks About Kavanaugh and Gorsuch as 'Dangerous'

What Does It Take to Be the First Top Lawyer for a New Company?

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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

LATERALS – Three law firms have recruited new partners in Singapore in the past week. Anna Zhang reports that Bird & Bird has added partner Jeremy Tan to its technology and communications practice. He joins from CMS. Watson Farley & Williams has hired corporate partner Damian Adams in Singapore from Simmons & Simmons, and Kennedys has hired disputes partner Glenn Cheng, who focuses on engineering and construction law, from K&L Gates Straits Law.

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WHAT YOU SAID

"The average person has about a 20-minute attention span, and for lawyers, it's 18 minutes."

|— Kelli Dunaway, director of learning and development at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, on the need for law firms to develop effective associate training programs.

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