Getty Images Ed note: This is the eighth in a series. Read the previous installment here. Picture yourself as a chef in the grand kitchen of networking. The conference has ended, but the ingredients you’ve gathered — the contacts, the conversations — are fresh and ready to be transformed into something delectable. Like a culinary artist, your […]
If someone offers a solution to the access-to-justice crisis, you generally should say yes. The legal needs of millions currently receive the attention of a handful of attorneys and beyond the profession’s long, abysmal record of meeting the needs of low-income folks, middle class families increasingly find themselves priced out of legal help. Or, just […]
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Vault’s 2025 Best Law Firms ranking, which Biglaw firm score best for associate/partner relations? Hint: The international firm has been around 185 years — and counting. See the answer on the next page. The post The Biglaw Firm Where Partners And […]
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Hundreds Of Law Professors File Amicus Brief: See if your school is represented! Didn’t Expect To See That Name So Soon: The prosecution wants a second bite at Jeffrey Williams. A Decision Meant To Last: Cheers to 18 years of sobriety! Are You Caught Up On The Fealty List?: Start with Milbank and go in […]
Moving around the corner to Finsbury Circus Simmons & Simmons has announced plans to relocate its London headquarters in 2030. Owing to “strong growth” in recent years, Simmons & Simmons says it is relocating to support further expansion. The firm’s new home, 25 Finsbury Circus, sits equidistant from Moorgate and Liverpool Street stations and overlooks […]
A round-up of online musings, memes and more I still vividly remember receiving this letter exactly 25 years ago to the day [Guy Owen on LinkedIn] “Dear Sirs” I utterly refuse to use this as a greeting in any correspondence. It is so beyond me that, specifically in the legal profession, this is still used […]
Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Former United States Attorney General Alberto Gonzales appeared on the NPR podcast The Middle with Jeremy Hobson, and he had some choice words for Donald Trump’s attacks on Biglaw. And before some internet troll with a myopic view of America history sees his last name and […]
(Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I’m not casting aspersions, but most U.S. attorneys have served as assistant U.S. attorneys and held senior roles within those offices—that’s valuable experience. — Professor Carl W. Tobias of the University of Richmond School of Law, in comments given […]
If you are not familiar with Newsmax, the gist is that it is a cable television network for people who think Fox News is too liberal. On Monday, Newsmax had its initial public offering. Because we live in hell, the share price soared by more than 1,500% in its first two days of trading. From […]
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