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Connecticut Law Tribune

On the Move: A Roundup of Attorneys Taking Leadership Roles, Switching Firms

Murtha Cullina has strengthened its corporate group with two new lawyers. Mark J. Tarallo has joined the firm as a partner in its Boston office and Brian W. Fischer is a new associate in the firm's Hartford office.
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Mastering Time Management as a Junior Associate

From an early age, we are ­conditioned to do our homework on time, ­complete chores without delay, and balance extra-curricular activities and family time. The time-management skills we develop over the years are naturally beneficial, but they do not seamlessly translate to associate life at a law firm. This is particularly true after college and law school where we grow accustomed to each professor handing out a syllabus at the beginning of the semester to highlight the course assignments, reading lists, and exam schedule.
14 minute read

The American Lawyer

Akerman Adds Ex-ACLU Lawyer, OnRamp Fellowship Recruit

Sara Mandelbaum, a former staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union and Paul Weiss, has joined Akerman's litigation group in New York. She is the Am Law 200 firm's first hire from the OnRamp Fellowship, a program started in 2014 that seeks to bring women back into the workforce.
22 minute read

Daily Report Online

A Lawyer's Open Letter to Bar Examiner Chairman

By | October 11, 2016
The Georgia Board of Bar Examiners should do more than acknowledge its wrong after incorrectly failing 90 bar exam takers; it should help recover what was lost.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Movers

By | October 10, 2016
Lateral moves and new arrivals in this week's column.
34 minute read

The American Lawyer

Jobs Report Shows Small Gains for Legal Sector

Legal sector jobs ticked up ever-so-slightly in September, regaining lost ground from the prior month but still lagging behind a five-year high water mark set in 2013
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Federal Judge, Facebook and Kirkland Make Amends in Court

Days after a federal judge blasted Kirkland & Ellis and its client Facebook Inc. for sending a junior associate alone to court, a team of five lawyers representing the social networking giant, including deputy general counsel Paul Grewal, appeared before the judge Tuesday, offering an apology that a partner didn't appear.
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Is it Disrespectful to Send an Associate to Court? Maybe Not.

Was it disrespectful for a law firm to send an associate to federal court in Brooklyn, New York, to represent a big client, in this case Facebook Inc., to a pretrial conference unaccompanied by partners?
16 minute read

The American Lawyer

Big Law Associates Committee Unveils First Grants

Using a fresh fundraising approach to support legal services for the poor, a group of Big Law associates recently announced their first grants to four legal aid groups. The Associates Committee, launched by Skadden's Corey Laplante, said the four will receive a total of $200,000 raised from 200 associates who donated $1,000 each.
11 minute read

National Law Journal

Movers

By | September 26, 2016
Lateral moves and new arrivals in this week's column.
39 minute read

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