Leigh Jones

November 22, 2006 | The Recorder

More in-house departments are luring away big names, which leads to even more firm attorneys defecting.

By Leigh Jones

7 minute read

January 23, 2008 | National Law Journal

The first few weeks of 2008 already have marked an abundance of lateral hires among partners making a switch for better opportunities -- or so they hope -- at some of the nation's biggest law firms. So far the areas of practice for lateral hires are across the board, though movement in bankruptcy and finance already look particularly active. In one of the more prominent switches, DLA Piper has recruited William Goldman from Sidley Austin to join its restructuring and bankruptcy practice group in New York.

By Leigh Jones

3 minute read

January 29, 2007 | The Recorder

Legal scholars like Harvard's Laurence Tribe are working with law firms as well as teaching, allowing them to use their knowledge and make a little more cash.

By Leigh Jones

6 minute read

May 10, 2002 | New York Law Journal

At 36, Lisa Golden is steering a career that is moving at top speed. So fast, in fact, that her current work representing telecommunications companies as creditors in some of the largest bankruptcies in history is outpacing case law and could have the courts playing catch up.Lawyer Representing Creditors in High-Profile Actions Confronts Novel Issues

By Leigh Jones

8 minute read

November 16, 2010 | National Law Journal

The Illinois Supreme Court has suspended the law licenses of two former associates from prominent law firms over a drunken sexual encounter with a Wisconsin woman in 2005.

By Leigh Jones

3 minute read

September 25, 2006 | The Recorder

Tommie Wilson, now a fifth-year associate at Covington & Burling, says it was more beneficial to her to develop a network of mentors on her own.

By Leigh Jones

7 minute read

October 19, 2005 | Law.com

Although the United States has nearly 200 law schools, there are those who believe the world needs more lawyers and are stepping up to meet the challenge by opening new law schools. For these new schools, obtaining American Bar Association accreditation is the grail, and a school�s bar passage rate is key to capturing it. In order to lure students likely to pass the bar, many schools are offering interesting work-experience arrangements or tuition subsidies.

By Leigh Jones

6 minute read

March 01, 2006 | Legaltech News

As more law professors write legal blogs, they may be chipping away at the ivory tower. The proliferation of blogs is, in part, a reaction to dissatisfaction with law reviews as the primary means for scholarly publishing. But some suggest the immediacy of blogging dumbs it down. "Blogging has the presumption that you write something thoughtful, important and valuable. I don't think the medium allows that," says Katherine Litvak, a professor at the University of Texas Law School.

By Leigh Jones

7 minute read

September 29, 2010 | National Law Journal

The American Bar Association is under fire from attorneys who argue that the organization should stop charging fees for access to its ethics opinions. An outcry erupted this week among practitioners who said that the ABA has a responsibility to the profession and the public to make all ethics opinions available for free online.

By Leigh Jones

3 minute read

November 22, 2004 | New Jersey Law Journal

With the strongest growing economy in the country and a recent lifting of restrictions on law firms seeking to cash in on the boom, Las Vegas is becoming a hot spot for practice expansion.

By Leigh Jones

4 minute read