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The Legal Intelligencer

Are Hot-Button Opinions Too Hot for Legal Workplaces? 

Of all people, lawyers should be able to lead by example by politely expressing opinions and exercising civil disagreement at work. The cost of silencing ourselves and our disagreeing colleagues is too great.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

The 2023 NLJ 500: First Year Salaries

Check out the newest addition to our survey, the top salaries for some of the largest NLJ500 firms.
1 minute read

International Edition

The Hidden Reason Behind Big Law's Layoffs

It is too easy to blame all the job cuts on market conditions, there is something else going on and it is more worrying for juniors, writes the Global Lawyer.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

2 Young Lawyers, 1 Big Victory: Attorneys Secure Med-Mal Verdict

"We're young partners in this case, and tried this case by ourselves," said defense attorney Sharonda Boyce Barnes of Huff Powell Bailey in Atlanta. "It was a personal victory for us."
6 minute read

International Edition

'It Wasn't an Easy Childhood. But These Experiences Have Shaped Me'

To mark Social Mobility Awareness Day 2023, Pinsent Masons paralegal Renell Harding shares his story of how he ended up pursuing a career in law—despite having no fixed address for many years earlier in life.
4 minute read

International Edition

Associates Making the Leap In-House: Do You Know Where You'll Land?

Associates should be mindful that in-house lawyers are not guaranteed a 40-hour week, sometimes working as many hours as law firm associates.
5 minute read

International Edition

Climate Activist Lawyers to Target Magic Circle Recruitment Events

The group aims to raise awareness among prospective lawyers of how law firms such as A&O are 'profiting from climate disaster'.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami's New Class of Big Law Players Debuts First Wave of Summer Associate Programs

Sidley Austin is hosting the largest class of the five new Am Law 100 firms in town, with 10 summer associates. King & Spalding is the only new arrival not running a summer program.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Valuable Lesson: The Skill of Creating a Great Work Product

Expectations for work product from summer and first-year associates will be different, but the process of receiving, executing and delivering an assignment is a skill, and like all skills, the more you practice, the better you become. Accordingly, focusing on this fundamental process as early as possible will help position an associate for long-term success.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Avoid These Mistakes When Crafting A Legal Resume

At a Saturday breakfast, a student's resume showed only legal experience. Why? Because of a mandate from the school's experts.
8 minute read

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