Building a Better Legal Profession
am 28.11.2007 von http://log.handakte.de/Building a Better Legal Profession is a national grassroots organization founded by students at Stanford Law School in January 2007.[1] The group collects and publicizes employment data at large private law firms as a way of encouraging workplace reform at these companies. By encouraging students to “vote with their feet” and select future employers based on quality-of-life criteria …
Why Do So Few Women Reach the Top of Big Law Firms?
Jurabilis / Although the nations law schools for years have been graduating classes that are almost evenly split between men and women, and although firms are absorbing new associates in numbers that largely reflect that balance, something unusual happens to mo…
Wikis for the Legal Profession
Handakte WebLAWg / With the increased use of “wiki” in the legal profession, there is a surprisingly great knowledge gap. What is a “wiki” and how can it prove beneficial to my work? From the basic to expansive side of this recent phenomenon, Mi…
Law Firms Owned By Private Equity Funds?
Law & Justice / The British government proposes allowing non-lawyers to partner with lawyers to run combined firms and the creation of an independent body to handle complaints against legal professionals. The proposed reforms to the legal profession in England and W…
Kommt das Ende der billable hour bald?
Jurabilis / Charging by the houror in six-minute blockswas originally meant to improve transparency. The problem, says Hugh Totten, a member with Valorem (latin for value), a new Chicago-based law firm that offers clients contingency fees (payable o…
Die Nestflucht der Großkanzlei-Associates: Warum und wohin?
Jurabilis / At the 250 largest law firms, the arrows are pointing up for many associate indicators. Summer internships are up. Incoming associate classes are up. Recruiting costs for both summer and first-year associates, in dollars and in partner time, are…
LexMonitor
Transblawg / LexMonitor is a sort of US blawg portal, like Jurablogs on steroids. As reported by Kevin OKeefe in Real Lawyers Have Blogs, it has just soft launched (seems to mean launched in a beta version). LexMonitor is a free daily review of law blogs…
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