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Home Daily News BigLaw associate’s admonition to be available… Law Firms BigLaw associate’s admonition to be available 24/7 with ‘no exceptions, no excuses’ goes viral By Debra Cassens Weiss April 6, 2023, 9:30 am CDT A Paul Hastings associate’s best-practices advice to junior colleagues in an internal presentation wasn’t that far off the mark, legal … Read more
Home Daily News Lowenstein Sandler lays off 16 staff members,… Layoffs Lowenstein Sandler lays off 16 staff members, citing changing needs and shifting market By Debra Cassens Weiss March 16, 2023, 12:07 pm CDT Lowenstein Sandler has laid off 16 business services professionals, the law firm confirmed to Law.com Wednesday evening. Lowenstein Sandler is providing … Read more
Legal professionals from around the world descended on the Hyatt Regency Chicago for the ABA Techshow 2023, and they were greeted by a packed exhibit hall featuring a record number of vendors. After a hybrid event last year, this year’s conference marks the first fully in-person Techshow since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Attendees … Read more
Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Early Stephens, the CEO of Actionstep, a practice management software developer that serves law firms worldwide, about its newly released survey, 2023 Midsize Law Firm Priorities Report, which focuses on the most prominent priorities and trends impacting legal teams. Ari Kaplan: Tell us about your background in your role at … Read more
By Marcus G. Ollig For the past 20 years in the legal recruiting business, my firm, the Advocates, has focused on helping our clients land key lateral attorneys and improve retention through several unique processes designed to match candidates’ personalities to the right law firm and corporate cultures for them. For us, the matching of … Read more
Home Daily News Am Law 200 firm cuts lawyers and staffers… Layoffs Am Law 200 firm cuts lawyers and staffers as it looks at cost-cutting measures By Debra Cassens Weiss February 14, 2023, 10:00 am CST Image from Shutterstock. Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch confirmed Monday that it has laid off lawyers and staff members. … Read more
Home Daily News As more law firms adopt 3-day-per-week schedule,… Practice Management As more law firms adopt 3-day-per-week schedule, one ties attendance to cash By Debra Cassens Weiss January 26, 2023, 3:14 pm CST Image from Shutterstock. As more law firms mandate or encourage three days per week in the office, one is using the … Read more
Home Daily News Former Proskauer COO is enjoined from using… Law Firms Former Proskauer COO is enjoined from using trade secrets allegedly stolen from firm By Debra Cassens Weiss January 25, 2023, 9:40 am CST Updated: A federal judge in Manhattan, New York City, has issued a preliminary injunction barring former Proskauer Rose chief operating … Read more
Home Daily News Law is the most stressful profession, newspaper’s… Careers Law is the most stressful profession, newspaper’s analysis finds By Debra Cassens Weiss January 24, 2023, 12:48 pm CST Image from Shutterstock. The most stressful occupation in the United States is being a lawyer, according to an analysis by the Washington Post of data … Read more
For many of us, building a legal career is like climbing a mountain. It’s an obvious analogy; you put in lots of hard work, never taking your eye off the prize at the top. Working through the pain by visualizing the euphoric view at the peak. After thousands of hours spent climbing toward the top, … Read more