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By By Emily N. Litzinger and Alexa R. Hanlon for Law.com Immediately after the CDC issued new guidance loosening restrictions for vaccinated Americans, many employers are starting to wonder whether post-pandemic life is nearly in our grasp. After a year of isolation, people are ready to travel, eat indoors at restaurants, attend movies and concerts with […]
By Andrew Maloney for Law.com Like rock shows for startups, companies that go public typically gin up interest with an extended cross-country tour for potential investors. These initial public offering road shows are marketing events—a nearly two-week slog from city to city for senior executives to gauge demand and ultimately sell their securities. They are a “lengthy, […]
By Dan Pickel for Law.com After a year away from the office, an increasing number of attorneys are curious about the prospect of taking their practice to a virtual platform. But leaders at these “distributed” firms say their model isn’t a fit for everyone. FisherBroyles, the largest firm in this category, has added 52 new partners […]
By Amanda Robert for the ABAJOURNAL While most lawyers are passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion, they still struggle with actions and tangible outcomes in this space, Daniel Winterfeldt said during a Monday afternoon ABA Techshow panel called “Harnessing and Maximizing Technology and Data to Drive Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Legal Profession.” The […]
By Dan Packel for Law.com Professional staffers might be the least excited of any of the groups within a large law firm to get back to the workplace. Yes, many firm leaders are still convinced that working in close proximity is necessary to keep the ties that hold a firm together from fraying. Partners value the […]
By Susan Kostal for attorneyatwork.com NALP’s report on law firm diversity in the U.S. shows little improvement, as pandemic pressures stoke concern that even incremental progress is at risk. Spoiler alert: Reading the findings in NALP’s 2020 Report on Diversity in U.S. Law Firms was hardly cause for celebration. The annual report, released by the National Association […]
By Sophie Deering for Law.com/Corporate Counsel While diversity is something that all industries should be striving to achieve to ensure equality in the workforce, this is especially important in the legal industry. Due the sensitive nature of the work, it’s essential that the people being served by the sector are represented by those involved in […]
By Dan Packel for Law.com As we approach the one-year anniversary of when we packed our laptops up, watered our plants one last time, and said goodbye to the office for an indefinite hiatus that no one anticipated would last this long, it finally feels like the finish line is in sight. The administration of […]
By Hugh A. Simons and Joe Blackwood for Law.com Profits per equity partner at the Am Law 100 grew by 22% for the 12 months ending November 2020, according to actual firm data contained in Thomson Reuters recently published State of the Legal Market report. PEP will probably be tamped down through prepayments of rent, etc., and […]
By Karen Sloan for Law.com The long-discussed overhaul of the bar exam is a go. The National Conference of Bar Examiners’ Board of Trustees on Jan. 28 adopted a series of recommendations for the next generation of the licensing exam, meaning that the test will look significantly different when the new version debuts in about five years. […]