By Samantha Stokes | April 2, 2020
Transitioning to remote work has rattled the entire legal industry, but lawyers with kids, especially women, are facing even more challenges.
The American Lawyer | Expert Opinion
By Hugh A. Simons | April 2, 2020
There is little point to having a summer program this year, Hugh Simons argues. He offers a path for firms to cancel their programs, some guesses as to who may be first to do it and what firms should offer summer associates in return.
By Karen Sloan | April 2, 2020
Moving on-campus interviews from late summer into late fall or early winter will give students some breathing room and give law firms some time to better assess their hiring needs, career services deans say.
By Karen Sloan | April 2, 2020
The findings of a survey of nearly 2,500 law firm partners and associates reveal that most associates don't plan to stick around long term, and partners view them as less committed to their jobs than they were.
By Jack Newsham | March 31, 2020
Another New York midsize firm, Rivkin Radler, announced its own cost-saving moves this week by withholding partner pay and reducing associate and staff pay.
By Jack Newsham | Christine Simmons | March 31, 2020
Partners "have been told not to expect any distributions during the peak months of the crisis," according to an internal memo, as the firm looks to avoid layoffs.
The American Lawyer | Analysis
By Jack Newsham | March 26, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic and its economic impacts have law firms considering belt-tightening, but it's not yet clear whether many firms will cut or change their summer associate programs.
By David Thomas | March 23, 2020
The stay-at-home orders come on the heels of similar decrees in California, Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania.
By Karen Sloan | March 23, 2020
Law firms say they want the delay, in part, because a move to to pass/fail grading for the spring semester will muddy the hiring process. It's also unclear whether firms will even be in a position—or have the need—to dispatch partners to law schools for interviews in late summer.
By Samantha Stokes | March 18, 2020
For mothers in particular, the demands of remote working can be intense, and the coming weeks will hold lessons for law firms that go beyond the current crisis.
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