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Corporate Counsel

Demand for Contract Lawyers Is Rising From COVID-19 Business Disruptions

Currently much of the hiring is for corporate legal departments who need more lawyers to fill specific niches, or because of reduced productivity from COVID-19-related issues. But increased demand from law firms is anticipated for later this year, recruiters say.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Small Firms and Solos: Do Your Part for Tomorrow's Lawyers—Hire a Summer Associate

We are a small firm and we see a better way: Our five-lawyer firm has increased its summer associate hiring to give as many students as possible the opportunity for a real-world experience.
5 minute read

Law.com

'Take Heart. Be Strong': David Lat On How COVID-19 Has Changed His Life and the Legal Profession

The Above the Law founder-turned-legal recruiter talks about his brush with death and what he's learned from the ordeal.
1 minute read

Legaltech News

Legal Technologists Could Face 'Summer of Contract Work' Due to COVID-19

The gig market for legal technologists may experience a significant uptick this year as downsizing law firms look to continue leveraging their expertise.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Chief Legal Officer of Kelly Services Steps Down, Replaced by Chief Transactional Counsel

Lim-Johnson became the chief legal officer of Kelly Services in 2017. She currently serves as a member of the board of directors of the Washington, D.C.-based Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

COVID-19 Concerns Delay DeSantis' Selections for Supreme Court

Gov. Ron DeSantis is replacing former Justices Barbara Lagoa and Robert Luck, whom he appointed to the Supreme Court not long after he took office in January 2019.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

College Student-Athlete Pay Proposal Gets Senate Backing

The Senate voted 37-2 to support SB 646, which outlines the rights of students and schools related to how college athletes could make money off their "name, image, likeness or persona."
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

6 Ways Legal Leaders Can Combat Silence and Truly Advocate for D&I

Our profession can only achieve genuine diversity, inclusion, equity and elimination of bias when the people in the trenches can speak out against bias without fear of retaliation.
10 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Diversity Needs to Extend to Leadership in the Legal Profession

Diversity has become an expanding focus in the legal field as firms recognize the importance and value of hiring and retaining associates of underrepresented communities.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

It's 2020. Does the Market Know Your Firm's Brand Story?

Judging from conversations with law firm leaders, anxiety pervades the managing class. Their concerns have less to do with the acquisition of new business than the war for talent—at all levels, from first-year associates to senior partners.
7 minute read

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