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The American Lawyer

Senior Associates' Billing Rates See The Biggest Jump

“You’re getting some associate rates cresting to over $1,000 an hour, as much as some junior partners," said Jennifer McIver, of Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions.
4 minute read

International Edition

Long Hours, Lack Of Boundaries: Associates In India Are Leaving Their Firms

Associates in India are unhappy with law firm work culture and are expressing their dissatisfaction by leaving firms and sometimes the profession. What are Indian law firm leaders doing about it?
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Kline & Specter and Bosworth Resolve Post-Settlement Fighting Ahead of Courtroom Showdown

While the litigation between Kline & Specter and Bosworth is pointed toward conclusion, the firm is still dealing with a lawsuit that, while not directly involving Bosworth, is closely linked to the dispute.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Balancing Hybrid Work With Relationship Building, Newly Merged Ballard Spahr Prioritizes 'Coaching Aspect' of Training New Associates

“We have consistently gotten feedback that these coaching programs are what associates want."
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

How a Paul Weiss Associate’s Career Took Off With Help From a Social Mobility Alliance

"I still remember arriving in London wearing my 20 quid suit," says private equity associate Arun Sohan-Pall, who launched his career with help from The PRIME alliance.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Training Lawyers in AI and Using AI to Boost Training

Am Law 100 firm Husch Blackwell has tapped an outside provider to enhance its educational efforts for rising attorneys using AI, while the broader industry confronts questions of how to safely and successfully apply the new technology.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Are Counsel Ranks Getting 'Squeezed' as Nonequity and Associate Pay Grows?

When it comes to compensation raises for counsel, they can end up in “no man’s or no woman’s land,” said Jeff Lowe at CenterPeak.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ballard Spahr Aims to Balance Hybrid Work With Relationship Building in Training New Associates

The firm's first-year integration program, branded Ballard Blueprint, emphasizes coaching and offers additional programming spearheaded and led by the first-years themselves.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Reflections on the Changing Legal Profession Upon 40 Years in Practice

Eric Lewis, chair of the boutique litigation firm Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss, looks back on how the legal profession has changed over the 40 years he’s been practicing.
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Holland & Knight Matches Milbank Bonuses for Some Associates

Amid questions over how much of the Am Law 100 will pay out special bonuses for 2024, Holland & Knight matched the Milbank base bonus scale while also matching on special bonuses for some associates. But the biggest bonuses are limited to associates in large markets.
3 minute read

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