The path to law firm partnership gets longer for new associates
REUTERS — The number of years it takes to become partner at a major law firm is getting longer and longer, new research shows, despite tentative moves by some large firms to speed the way. Associates last year took an average of nearly nine years to make partner at the firms where they began their careers, according…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Law firm leaders, partners, and recruiting departments already know how to find the same small number of diverse candidates year in and year out, say Intellectual Ventures’ Arvin Patel and Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP partner Jonathan K. Waldrop. The key to improving firm diversity is to dramatically increase diverse hires, implement diverse hiring…
Read More about How law firms can improve diversity effortsBlack Women Law Deans to be Honored for Antiracism Efforts
BLOOMBERG LAW — This summer, the deaths of George Floyd and others sparked demands for systemic reform, including in the legal profession. And law schools were among the institutions that jumped at the opportunity. Now, five Black women law school deans will be recognized for their efforts to reshape legal education and provide law students and young…
Read More about Black Women Law Deans to be Honored for Antiracism EffortsBoston University Law dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig discusses programs to improve diversity in the legal profession
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig had only been a tenure-track professor for four years when she decided to start a workshop that would help other black women law faculty advance in their careers. Now in its 14th year, the Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop & Writing Retreat—named for the first…
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JD SUPRA — 2020 was the year of The Great Pause. While law firms did not turn to layoffs as seen in previous downturns, they hit the pause button on hiring almost entirely. By the end of 2020, firms were awash with cash, low on talent and beginning to see signs of a recovering market. In 2021,…
Read More about What Law Firms Can Learn From the Unprecedented Hiring Market of 2021Law Firms Can’t Just Keep Throwing Money at Growing Talent War: 2022 Report on the State of the Legal Market
THOMSON REUTERS — Having regained their footing after navigating the depths of the pandemic, law firms are facing a growing talent war that threatens to upend the legal industry’s newfound momentum. But the 2022 Report on the State of the Legal Market, issued today by the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law…
Read More about Law Firms Can’t Just Keep Throwing Money at Growing Talent War: 2022 Report on the State of the Legal MarketUS Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire
AP NEWS — Longtime liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, numerous sources said Wednesday, giving President Joe Biden his first high court opening, which he has pledged to fill with the historic naming of the court’s first Black woman. Breyer, 83, has been a pragmatic force on a court that has grown increasingly conservative, trying…
Read More about US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retireNew York State Bar Association says law graduates should not have to disclose juvenile records to become licensed
REUTERS — New York should stop asking aspiring lawyers about their juvenile criminal records during the character and fitness review required for licensing, the New York State Bar Association said Monday. Forcing law students to disclose information about sealed criminal records, juvenile delinquency, dismissed cases and non-pending arrests that didn’t lead to a conviction — which is…
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THE NATIONAL LAW REVIEW — Young lawyers are a significant investment for a law firm. From the hiring process to training, the goal should be to attract and retain lawyers for the long term. If an associate is brought on and ends up leaving, law firms have to start all over and reinvest in hiring another,…
Read More about How law firms can improve recruiting tacticsOregon Supreme Court advances alternative methods to becoming a licensed lawyer
OPB.ORG — Oregonians may soon have some options when it comes to becoming licensed attorneys in the state, following a recent decision by the state Supreme Court. The Oregon Supreme Court unanimously supported the concept of two alternatives in addition to the Uniform Bar Exam — currently, the sole pathway to attorney licensure for people in…
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