This article examines the implications of the entry onto the scene of Acculaw – a company that administers a low cost training program for law graduates and then offers them to large law firms, thus relieving those…
Efforts to remedy the imbalance between male and female equity partners in the UK’s largest firms don’t seem to be making much progress, according to the annual ‘UK 200’ report released by The Lawyer. Since…
There may be more mergers between large law firms in the pipeline, according to Mark Wood – a restructuring partner from the Nottingham office of law firm Eversheds. Wood said:…
The Am Law Daily has completed its Diversity Scorecard for 2010, showing a 0.2 per cent increase in the proportion of minority lawyers at big firms, to 13.9 percent. While 0.2 per cent is an unimpressive gain by any…
The 250 largest law firms in the US reduced their lawyer headcount by about 3,000 lawyers last year, and has scaled back by about 9,500 lawyers since 2008, according to a survey of the National Law Journal. These…
Interesting article here about the demand for recruits with an interest in energy law in Canada. In light of predictions that the energy sector will fuel Canada’s economic growth for the next five years: ‘Almost all…
Interesting article here about the follow on effects of all those deferred start dates for associates during the height of the recession in 2008 and 2009. The deferrals created a backlog of associates, and large law…
A new player will enter the UK top 50 law firms with the merger of Weightmans and Mace & Jones. The merged firm – under the banner of Weightmans - will have a headcount of over…
This is an interesting article about the plight of associates that find themselves in a failing law firm. The article looks back to the period from late 2008 through the end of 2009, when a string of law firms were…
The law schools at the University of Chicago and Howard University represent the best value for money in the US law school market, according to a list published in the National Law Journal. These send the highest…
US law firms seemed to be moving in the right direction on diversity issues, hiring more women, people of color and people with disabilities, until the recession caused the industry to over 5,800 lawyers' jobs. The…
UK firm Linklaters has been recognised as having the greatest demographic diversity among 48 leading law firms. The diversity ranking, compiled annually by the Black Solicitors…