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The Legal Intelligencer

The Importance of Treating Nonattorney Staff Well

Your first few weeks as a young ­attorney at a new job (in the public or private sector) will be a whirlwind of trainings, signing forms, meeting your fellow attorneys and potentially even getting that terrifying first assignment. It should also involve introductions to your nonattorney colleagues—assistants, paralegals, office managers, supply managers, etc. While it is obviously critical for you to produce an excellent work product and develop a good reputation for yourself among your fellow attorneys, it is equally critical—though too often overlooked—that you learn (and quickly) how to properly interact with and treat your nonattorney colleagues.
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The American Lawyer

Illinois Train Crash Claims Life of Law Firm Associate

Melanie Swearengen, 35, a young lawyer at personal injury firm Napoli Shkolnik, died late last week near St. Louis after her SUV collided with an Amtrak train.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

The Law Firm Value Proposition

How to Successfully Hire Lateral PartnersEvery firm the author meets with has a long list of must-haves when it comes to potential lateral hiring, yet very few have defined their value proposition or can live up to an equally long list of offerings for a lateral partner to considerthem. Here are his suggestions for successfully hiring laterals.
13 minute read

The American Lawyer

AI Drive Gains Momentum as Baker McKenzie Signs Machine Learning Deal

The global legal giant has become the latest Am Law 100 firm to begin using artificial intelligence software in an attempt to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Legal Industry Sees Jobs Numbers Dip in July

The U.S. legal industry lost 4,300 jobs in July following three prior months of job gains, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Remote Working Programs: True Flexibility or Masked Rigidity? YL Editorial Board

Recently, a handful of prominent law firms have implemented formal work-from-home policies in an ­effort to both appeal to attorneys ­seeking flexibility and accommodate the ­ever-changing modern workplace.
16 minute read

The Recorder

McGuireWoods' Latest Lateral Recruit a DLA Piper Driverless Pro

Elliot Katz, a former global co-chair of the connected and self-driving car practice at DLA Piper, has joined McGuireWoods' new Bay Area base as a partner.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Law Associate Hiring Picked Up For Class of 2016

New associate hiring at the nation's largest law firms offered a rare bright spot in an otherwise ho-hum 2016 entry level legal job market, according to the latest analysis by the National Association for Law Placement.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Buchanan Grabs 8 From Obermayer, Bolstering Employment Practice

Eight lawyers from Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel have moved to Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, rebuilding Buchanan's labor and employment practice in Philadelphia.
27 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Newsmakers: Month of July

John Meredith has become chief operating officer of Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry.
4 minute read

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