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- Former N.D. Attorney General Sues Law School Alleging Age Bias in Hiring
- Law Grad Declared Vexatious Litigant After Third Suit Against Lawyers, Firm
- Job Offers to Summer Associates Fell by One-Third From 2009 to 2010
- Fla. Law School to Host Innovative White-Collar 'Boot Camp' for Lawyers
- 5 LinkedIn Tips That Lawyers May Not Know
- Ashurst to Extend Flextime Options for Equity Partners
- Fulbright & Jaworski Picks Up Houston IP Boutique
- New Book Gives Inside View of Mark Lanier's Vioxx Trial Work
- The Rodent: Can We Ever Have Too Many Lawyers?
- Legal Recruiter Responds to BigLaw Attorney's Fraud Suit
- Should I Aim for In-House or Another Law Firm?
- Tips on Transitioning From Accounting Firm to Law Firm?
| Former N.D. Attorney General Sues Law School Alleging Age Bias in Hiring | Top |
| Nicholas Spaeth, the former state attorney general for North Dakota, filed suit Thursday in federal court against the Michigan State University College of Law, accusing school officials of refusing to consider him for a teaching job because of his age and hiring younger applicants with far less experience. | |
| Law Grad Declared Vexatious Litigant After Third Suit Against Lawyers, Firm | Top |
| A Texas appeals court has upheld a trial court's order declaring law school graduate Kristofer Kastner a vexatious litigant, after he repeatedly sued two lawyers and a firm who represented him in a Texas Board of Law Examiners hearing over his withheld law license. | |
| Job Offers to Summer Associates Fell by One-Third From 2009 to 2010 | Top |
| The American Lawyer's Summer Hiring Survey shows that large law firms extended 33 percent fewer job offers to their summer associates last year than the year before -- a drop partially explained by the fact that summer classes were down across the board. | |
| Fla. Law School to Host Innovative White-Collar 'Boot Camp' for Lawyers | Top |
| Florida's Stetson University College of Law, known for having a top trial advocacy program, is teaming up with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers to launch a series of "boot camp" programs for lawyers. The programs will be the first of their kind, according to Stetson. | |
| 5 LinkedIn Tips That Lawyers May Not Know | Top |
| The most recent BTI Consulting report shows that 70 percent of corporate counsel use LinkedIn as a tool, and half rely on it, notes attorney Adrian Dayton. He provides five tips to help lawyers get the most out of LinkedIn's marketing opportunities. | |
| Ashurst to Extend Flextime Options for Equity Partners | Top |
| London-based Ashurst has rolled out a new flexible work scheme for equity partners, intended to make it easier for them to work part time without hindering their progress through the lockstep compensation system. One of the motivating factors for the new policy is a desire to retain more women partners. | |
| Fulbright & Jaworski Picks Up Houston IP Boutique | Top |
| Fulbright & Jaworski has announced a merger with Houston intellectual property boutique Slusser Wilson & Partridge, an addition that will increase Fulbright's expertise and personnel as it represents more plaintiffs in intellectual property cases. | |
| New Book Gives Inside View of Mark Lanier's Vioxx Trial Work | Top |
| Snigdha Prakash, the author of a new book about a 2007 Vioxx trial, had a unique perspective, as she was embedded on plaintiffs lawyer Mark Lanier's legal team. Lanier admits "All the Justice Money Can Buy: Corporate Greed on Trial" isn't always flattering to him, but says it's a good primer on trial work. | |
| The Rodent: Can We Ever Have Too Many Lawyers? | Top |
| A recent study quantifying the surplus of lawyers has led the Rodent to wonder just how many lawyers we need. While currently employed lawyers may say, "no more," the Rodent says Americans' ability to generate exciting and creative litigation simply cannot be underestimated. | |
| Legal Recruiter Responds to BigLaw Attorney's Fraud Suit | Top |
| A legal recruiter sued by a lawyer she recruited to Patton Boggs has filed an answer denying the suit's allegations and stating the pair "never entered into any agreements that imposed obligations on all parties." Recruiter Diane Caldwell's lawyer says Caldwell is "really flabbergasted" at the allegations. | |
| 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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