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Opportunities diminishing for women at large law firms, study finds
On the heels of a survey from the National Association of Law Placement that found the percentage of women attorneys at U.S. firms dipped slightly this year, the National Association of Women Lawyers has released a report corroborating a drop in the percentage of women attorneys entering the 200 largest firms.
ASSOCIATE MOVERS
Crescent Moran joins the Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn's corporate and securities department and employee benefits practice group in the Detroit office. Plus more movers in this week's column.
ASSOCIATE MOVERS
Annette Lopez joins Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart's environmental and land use and business litigation practices as an associate. Plus more movers in this week's column.
ASSOCIATE MOVERS
Jodi Schwimmer joins Dechert's finance and real estate practice as counsel. Plus more movers in this week's column.
ASSOCIATE MOVERS
Sabrina Nizam joins the Davis, Matthews & Quigley's domestic relations and family law group as an associate. Plus more movers in this week's column.
Five LinkedIn tips that lawyers don't know
Maximize the power of this growing professional social-networking site.
'Soft bounce' in entry level associate hiring, NALP reports
New figures show that offer rates to summer associates rose from the historic low of 69% in 2009 to 87% in 2010. That 18% increase puts offer rates back in the ballpark of the 90% offer rates of 2008, which was the last summer program season before the financial crisis hit in earnest.
Advice for success: Go abroad, young lawyers
Three lawyers shared their thoughts on globalization with more than 100 up-and-coming attorneys chosen for the Leadership Counsel on Legal Diversity's new Fellows Program.
ASSOCIATE MOVERS
Melissa Tapanes Llahues and Michael Marrero have been promoted to partnership at Bercow Radell & Fernandez. Plus more movers in this week's column.
Buddy or boss?
As lawyers begin to take on more responsibility, they must, of necessity, begin to distinguish between their roles as colleagues, friends and "buddies" to other lawyers and staff members, and their role as supervisors and "bosses."
ASSOCIATE MOVERS
Erin Payne joins Jackson Lewis as an associate in the Atlanta office. Plus more movers in this week's column.
Former big firm associates suspended over sexual encounter
The Illinois Supreme Court has suspended the law licenses of two former associates from prominent law firms over a drunken sexual encounter with a Wisconsin woman in 2005.
ASSOCIATE MOVERS
Justin Ackerman joins Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir's business services group as an associate. Plus more movers in this week's column.
ASSOCIATE MOVERS
Jennifer Abramowitz joins Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton?s labor and employment practice in the Century City, Calif., office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
ASSOCIATE MOVERS
Sanjay Ghosh joins Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough as an associate in the Atlanta office. Plus more movers in this week's column.
ASSOCIATE MOVERS
David Blake joins Plunkett Cooney's litigation practice group in Detroit. Plus more movers in this week's column.
ASSOCIATE MOVERS
New arrivals at Briggs and Morgan; Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz; and Rutter Hobbs & Davidoff.
ASSOCIATE MOVERS
Scott Gilbert has been promoted to partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson in the Chicago office. Plus more movers at this week's column.
ASSOCIATE MOVERS
Stacey Gulick has been promoted to partnership at Garfunkel Wild. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
