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The American Lawyer

An Innovative Approach To Law Firm Innovation

The legal services industry isn't exactly known for innovation. Lawyers are inherently conservative and change averse animals, and law firms have as a result tended to be years behind other professional services businesses when it comes to areas such as technology, working practices, business development and marketing.
51 minute read

Delaware Law Weekly

McCarter & English Hikes First-Year Salary

Citing a need to be competitive in recruiting freshly minted attorneys, McCarter & English has joined the ranks of law firms raising its first-year associate pay.
17 minute read

National Law Journal

Trump's Election Fuels Worry Over Lawyer Loan Forgiveness

Student debt experts and public-interest advocates are reading the tea leaves about what a Trump administration means for current and future borrowers, lawyers and law students included.
12 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

McCarter & English Latest Firm to Bump First-Year Pay

As of Jan. 1, McCarter & English will increase its starting salary to $150,000 from $135,000 in all of its offices.
15 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Avoiding Verbosity in Legal Writing

Judges have full dockets to manage and countless briefs to read. Your clients and your colleagues are managing a multitude of cases. Why make them read more than they must?
13 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

A Guide To Learning What You Don't Know You Don't Know

Often in this profession, especially as young lawyers, we are asked to work on matters or complete tasks with which we have no prior experience.
14 minute read

National Law Journal

Movers

By | November 07, 2016
37 minute read

The Recorder

3 Reasons Why Associates Are Leaving Law Firms in Droves

Associate attrition is at an all-time high with the average tenure lasting only about two to four years post-JD. Here's why.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Jones Day Lawyer Turned Blogger Tracks Cubs' World Series Hunt

Brett Taylor, editor of Bleacher Nation, doesn't miss the long hours of Big Law. He's too busy figuring out what to write about Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs.
14 minute read

The American Lawyer

The Horror! Young Lawyers Balk at Upper East Side Living

They're flocking to other Manhattan neighborhoods and, yes, Brooklyn in search of broader culture and diversity.
13 minute read

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