| Making the Leap: Tales of a J.D. Hopeful | Top |
| In the first article by a new columnist for The Legal Intelligencer, third-year law student Ellie Austin says, "I write to be a voice of many friends and colleagues who find themselves where they never thought they would be: law school graduate with no job, no prospects, and mountains of debt." |
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| San Francisco Assistant DA Acts as Fixer (in a Good Way) | Top |
| San Francisco Assistant District Attorney Sharon Woo was probably the only person connected to last year's scandal at the San Francisco crime lab to emerge with her reputation not just unscathed, but enhanced, based on her actions both before and after the scandal broke. |
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| Legal Industry Shows Signs of a Rebound -- With a Caveat | Top |
| Law firm profits and lawyer productivity rebounded in 2010, but that was due mostly to cost cutting, according to the latest report from Citi Private Bank's Law Firm Group. |
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| Cuts at UNLV Could Render Law School a 'Mediocre Institution' | Top |
| Public law schools are no strangers to funding cuts, but few have found themselves in the dire situation facing the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The university president has proposed a steep budget cut that could mean a 20 percent tuition hike. |
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| Former Linklaters Managing Partner Joins SJ Berwin | Top |
| In a notable coup, U.K. firm SJ Berwin has announced the hire of former Linklaters managing partner Tony Angel as a nonexecutive director. Widely seen as one of the most successful firm leaders of his generation, Angel will help SJ Berwin through an expected growth phase that may include a U.S. combination. |
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| Commentary: What Poets Can Teach Lawyers | Top |
| Poetry about lawyers teaches them about themselves: who they are, what they do and how others perceive them, says attorney Michael P. Maslanka. He discusses several poems about lawyers and the practice of law that may help provide attorneys with some perspective and inspiration. |
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| Arnall Golden Gregory Sees Profits Per Partner Jump 24 Percent | Top |
| Arnall Golden Gregory had a much better year than expected, said the firm's managing partner, Glenn P. Hendrix. The firm's profit per partner in 2010 shot up 24 percent to $585,500 over the previous year, revenue increased by 7 percent and revenue per lawyer increased by 9 percent. |
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| Former L.A. City Attorney Joins Liner Grode | Top |
| Former Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo is joining Liner Grode Stein Yankelevitz Sunshine Regenstreif & Taylor after being of counsel in the Los Angeles office of Goodwin Procter for nearly two years. He said he was lured by the innovative approach to billing that Liner Grode offers. |
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| Lawyers Break Away From Troubled Firm to Maintain Minority-Owned Status | Top |
| After merging last year with Adorno & Yoss, New Jersey's Wong Fleming is now re-emerging as a 45-lawyer firm with a national presence. Daniel Fleming, Wong Fleming's managing partner, said they left the firm now known as Yoss because Yoss was at risk of losing its minority-owned status. |
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| Law Schools Helping to Pay the Price for Students' Firm Employment | Top |
| SMU Dedman School of Law's Test Drive program pays employers $3,500 to take in recent graduates for one or two months. And Duke Law School's Bridge to Practice program pays unemployed recent grads a modest stipend while they spend eight weeks with legal employers. Are such programs helping? |
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| Should I Give Myself a Deadline to Leave Law? | Top |
| I'm a third-year associate, but law practice is not for me. Networking for law-related alternatives has been going well. I plan to quit by year's end, even if I don't find something else by then. What do you think? |
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| 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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