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• Law Professors Find a Hard Road to Federal Appointments
• Real Estate Coming Back, but Firms Still Cautious on Hiring
• ABA Defends Its Oversight of Law Schools to Senator
• N.J. Lawyer Population Grows, While Discipline Cases Decline
• ABA Urges Firms to Plan for the Worst
• Gibson Dunn's San Francisco Office Gets New Leader, Goes Into Hiring Mode
• ABA Faces Diversity Dilemma With Proposed Change to Law School Standards
• Heavy-Hitting Sports Lawyer Takes Team to Husch Blackwell
• U.K. Top 50 Law Firms Post Best Growth Figures Since 2008
• Dive Bar Provides Attorneys With Underwater Fellowship
• Should I Aim for In-House or Another Law Firm?
• Tips on Transitioning From Accounting Firm to Law Firm?

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Law Professors Find a Hard Road to Federal Appointments	Top
With one of their own sitting in the Oval Office, it's reasonable to think that legal academics might enjoy an edge in snagging nominations for plum judicial and executive branch posts. But some law professors have received a relatively chilly reception in Washington of late.
Real Estate Coming Back, but Firms Still Cautious on Hiring	Top
As the commercial real estate market picks up, tech companies expanding into new digs and an uptick in off-market deals are helping keep big-firm real estate departments busy in San Francisco. Some firms are even thinking about hiring again, but stress they're going to be very cautious -- and choosy.
ABA Defends Its Oversight of Law Schools to Senator	Top
The American Bar Association has responded to a July 11 letter from Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, expressing concern over the debt and job prospects of law graduates and requesting detailed information about student scholarships and accreditation -- but the memo likely won't satisfy ABA critics.
N.J. Lawyer Population Grows, While Discipline Cases Decline	Top
Despite an ever-climbing lawyer population in New Jersey and a rise in the number of formal ethics complaints filed in the state, attorney discipline dropped in 2010 for the second consecutive year, the Office of Attorney Ethics said Thursday in its annual report.
ABA Urges Firms to Plan for the Worst	Top
The American Bar Association will use its annual meeting next month in Toronto to urge lawyers, law firms and bar associations to take disaster planning seriously. The ABA has also published a disaster planning guide specifically for lawyers, which details how to create a business continuity plan.
Gibson Dunn's San Francisco Office Gets New Leader, Goes Into Hiring Mode	Top
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has selected land use attorney Mary Murphy to be partner in charge of San Francisco, as the office looks to do some hiring. "I'm very interested in continuing to look for lateral partners," says Murphy, who joined Gibson Dunn in 2006 from Farella Braun & Martel.
ABA Faces Diversity Dilemma With Proposed Change to Law School Standards	Top
The ABA is trying to reconcile the legal profession's need for greater diversity with its desire to push law schools to better prepare students to pass the bar. For the second time in four years, it is considering raising the minimum bar-passage-rate requirement for law school accreditation.
Heavy-Hitting Sports Lawyer Takes Team to Husch Blackwell	Top
Last week Paul Jacobs was running Jacobs Chase, a 28-attorney firm in Denver with a history of major sports deals. Jacobs is now of counsel at Husch Blackwell, which also hired 23 attorneys from the firm he co-founded.
U.K. Top 50 Law Firms Post Best Growth Figures Since 2008	Top
The U.K.'s top law firms have endured turbulent market conditions to achieve their best growth performance since 2008, with the top 50 firms expanding their revenues by 3.6 percent over the last financial year. In addition, the group as a whole saw profits per equity partner rise by 4.4 percent.
Dive Bar Provides Attorneys With Underwater Fellowship	Top
Bob Kelley, a founding partner of Kelley/Uustal, loves the water, being a lawyer and scuba diving. Combining his favorite interests, he came up with the Underwater Bar Association for scuba-diving lawyers -- or the Dive Bar for short. Unlike other legal groups, the Dive Bar prefers heading out to sea over banquets.
Should I Aim for In-House or Another Law Firm?	Top
After 15 years at a litigation boutique, I need to move on. Do I go in-house or move to another firm? And any networking advice?
Tips on Transitioning From Accounting Firm to Law Firm?	Top
I am a lawyer currently working for a Big 4 accounting firm, and I'd like to transition to a law firm and practice tax law. Is it true this is a difficult move? Any advice on making the transition easier?

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