Fall Recruiting Open Threads: Vault 41 – 60 (2011)
We’re doing our annual march through the Vault prestige rankings, to give ATL readers the opportunity to have their say about perks and pitfalls at these firms. If your firm actually let you swap your...
View ArticleThe Growing Trend of Staff Layoffs: Fulbright and Goodwin Announce Cuts
Over the summer, we wondered: what can law firms do to prepare for a possible double-dip recession? One obvious answer: firms can “right-size” themselves, by making sure that they are as lean and as...
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Letter from London: Prison for Biglaw Partner With Fabricated Kidnapping Story
“Oh, What a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive,” said Judge Guy Anthony, quoting Sir Walter Scott’s poem Marmion, as he sentenced British Biglaw attorney Francis Bridgeman to 12...
View ArticleLaw Firm Merger Mania: Fulbright and Pillsbury Are Talking
The last we heard from Fulbright & Jaworski and Pillsbury Winthrop, the former was busy conducting staff layoffs, and the latter was exploring on-shore outsourcing options. Today, we have bigger...
View ArticleUniversity of Texas Law School Tries To Become Hogwarts
Everything is softer in Texas? Occasionally we have an opportunity to look at how soft law school has become. Gone are the trials by fire immortalized in the book One L. Now it seems that law schools...
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Infographic of the Day: Commence the Biglaw Twitter Wars
Who is the king of Biglaw Twitter? Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Biglaw, DLA Piper, Fulbright & Jaworski, Infographic of the Day, Social media,...
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Staff Layoff Watch: Are More Cuts Coming to Fulbright?(And could a merger be...
Is Fulbright & Jaworski gearing up for additional staff layoffs? Perhaps in preparation for merging with another firm? Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on...
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Law Firm Merger Mania: Fulbright & Jaworski Smells Sweet to Norton Rose
Norton Rose and Fulbright & Jaworski are merging. Let’s learn about the size, name, and leadership of the new entity they will form. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a...
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Leading Lady Lawyers: Ranking the Am Law 100 By Women in Leadership Roles
You may (or may not) be surprised by how few women sit on the executive committees of the top law firms in the country. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on...
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Career Alternatives for Attorneys: NFL Football Coach
How does one go from Harvard Law School to coaching an NFL football team? Let’s find out! Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: 4th and 1, Biglaw,...
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