A recent survey indicates that pay equality is not the norm in the upper reaches of the in-house counsel world: Women lawyers working in top in-house jobs make significantly less than their male counterparts, a…
It’s not just about the day to day demands for law departments – law department strategic planning is something that a GC and other in-house counsel must keep in mind to ensure a company’s success:…
Summer is not over yet – so there is still time to stock up on some books to read thanks to the ABA Journal’s recent survey of the greatest law novels “ever”: We’ve attempted to…
Cue Austin Powers – is a law degree worth one million dollars? Perhaps this will finally convince law schools that they are charging too little and that law students can easily afford another couple hundred…
As we all know, in-house counsel are some of the most irresistible beings to inhabit the planet. But, be forewarned, you can be fired for being irresistible. So, you might just have to tamp down…
Yet another report is indicating that partner and associate hourly billing rates continue their inexorable rise at BigLaw: Billing rates increased 3.1 percent for law firm partners last year, while associate rates jumped 7.4 percent….
Happy Monday, dear readers. A new survey is in and the results are not pretty: Americans were asked to rate 10 professions on their contributions to society. Lawyers were dead last. Read: Sad: Lawyers Contribute…
For some, speaking in front of large crowds is terrifying. Try doing it while being heckled by your own staff: The general counsel for the California Public Utilities Commission found he was talking to an…
Help for the legal procrastinator – and tip of the hat to the WSJLawBlog on their recent link to a law review article from the New Mexico Law Review that can help. Here is the…
Well the results are in and they may be surprising to those watching the legal industry. Forget high legal unemployment rates and soaring law school costs – parents want their kids to become lawyers: Mamas…