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The American Lawyer

Full Pay for Less Work Greets Proskauer Parents Returning From Leave

A new program allows primary caregivers to work a 75 percent schedule while receiving 100 percent of their preparental leave pay.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

6 Biggest Career Mistakes Made by Lawyers: Part One

Thirty-two years in the legal ­profession, the last 15 of which have been as a recruiter and consultant, has provided a unique perspective on the career paths of lawyers. I have witnessed some, who I would have bet would become wildly successful, fall far below ­expectations. Others, who, early in their careers, were not superstars, ultimately rose to extraordinarily high levels, much to the surprise of many who started with them.
15 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Kelly's Story

By | September 16, 2016
Reflections on 9/11 and the Lawyers Assistance Program
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Associate Salaries: What Am I Worth?

Philadelphia law firm salaries are once again in the news. Repeating ­practices from a decade ago, the largest firms in New York raised ­first-year ­starting ­salaries from $160,000 to $180,000. Large Philadelphia firms are now feeling the pressure, demonstrated by Dechert's decision to match the raises initiated by white-shoe Wall Street firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore. The publicity generated by the astronomically high salaries suggests to outsiders that the legal profession continues to be an exceedingly well-paying career option. It also creates an expectation that large law firm jobs paying salaries of $180,000 are the norm. To the contrary, the vast majority of lawyers, both experienced and fresh out of law school, will not work for law firms ­paying $180,000 to first-year associates. They will instead work at small and medium-sized law firms, government agencies, and in the nonprofit sector.
15 minute read

Litigation Daily

Tired? Busy? Hate Going to Meetings? These Debevoise Lawyers Show Why You Should Join a Bar Association Anyway

Deborah Enix-Ross remembers the first time she attended a bar association meeting many years ago. “I looked around, and not only was I the only woman in the room, I was the youngest person by 25 years,” she said. “I thought 'Why am I here?” She and three other prominent Debevoise & Plimpton lawyers explain why it's worth it.
8 minute read

The American Lawyer

Courting Women, Davis Polk Launches Alumni Rehiring Program

The program, which offers training and mentorship to women and others who have left the firm, often to raise children, may help to promote gender diversity.
22 minute read

The American Lawyer

Midlevel Associates are High as a Kite

They claim to be on Cloud 9, our survey shows. Really?
18 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Nobody Escaped This Nightmare': NYLJ Readers Recall 9/11

By | September 08, 2016
To mark the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the New York Law Journal asked readers to share their memories.
70 minute read

The American Lawyer

Pay Equity Suits Could Impact Recruitment of Female Partners

A handful of gender bias suits against law firms this year could make it all the more difficult for firms without women in leadership positions to attract female lateral partners, consultants say.
15 minute read

Texas Lawyer

How to Help Mitigate That 'I'm Done Practicing Law' Feeling

Some simply want out of law practice, some want a simpler, less stressful type of practice, and others want out of leadership or group/firm practice. It is a menacing moment to understand that a life time of effort has now come into question and in order to honor one's deepest needs, it might be time to step away.
10 minute read

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