Large law firm salary hikes create competition for talent
REUTERS — Ronald Schutz, chairman of Robins Kaplan’s executive board, spoke with Reuters this week about that salary increase, what associates want in a law firm, and why the firm has placed a premium on hiring former federal clerks.
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ABA JOURNAL — Can we lawyers step into the eudaimonic turn? What if, instead of thoroughly exhausting ourselves unearthing or stirring up problems around every corner, we also invested (and replenished) energy in fostering good?
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — In his welcome address to incoming Harvard Law students this year, Harvard Law School Dean John F. Manning ’85 made the case that lawyers and the legal profession will be central to resolving many of the challenges facing the nation and the world today.
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MALDEF — MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) announced the appointment today of Leticia Marie Saucedo as a National Senior Counsel.
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME SCHOOL OF LAW –U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame Law School alumna and longtime faculty member, returned to campus at the beginning of the fall semester to teach an intensive course to 15 third-year law students.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH S. J. QUINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law is excited to welcome Hallie Jay Pope as a visiting associate professor. Pope will develop the Creative Advocacy Lab, a cross-disciplinary clinic dedicated to promoting access to justice and democratizing legal information. Also, this fall, Innovation…
Read More about University of Utah Law to launch Creative Advocacy LabOpinion: What law firms need to do to retain women lawyers
ABA JOURNAL — And now, with the perspective gained from time and experience in my new role on the corporate legal team at a global media company, I ask: Are we willing to keep making progress only at the edges, moving the needle so faintly year after year without addressing what is really going on? When…
Read More about Opinion: What law firms need to do to retain women lawyersKirkland & Ellis firm seeks better connections with Utah’s law schools with Salt Lake City office launch
REUTERS — Kirkland & Ellis, the highest-grossing law firm in the U.S., is hoping to build its relationships with two prominent law schools in Utah with its office launch in Salt Lake City.
Read More about Kirkland & Ellis firm seeks better connections with Utah’s law schools with Salt Lake City office launchNew York State Bar Association creates taskforce to support the post-pandemic legal profession
REUTERS — Asserting that the pandemic has transformed the practice of law and that COVID-19 may linger in some form indefinitely, the New York State Bar Association on Wednesday announced a task force to study the lessons of the crisis and make recommendations for “new ways of doing business that would benefit the entire legal community.”
Read More about New York State Bar Association creates taskforce to support the post-pandemic legal professionUS Attorney General Merrick Garland calls on law schools and firms to help prevent evictions after US Supreme Court decision
BLOOMBERG LAW — The Biden administration is calling on law firms and law schools to help fight evictions following a U.S. Supreme Court decision last week to remove protections created by the federal government in response to the pandemic. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday urged members of the legal community to take immediate action to help…
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