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News In Brief
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Reed Smith Is Latest Big Firm To Drop Associate Lockstep
Friday, October 30, 2009
Free: Kaye Scholer Deferred Lawyers to Work on Pro Bono at Firm
Friday, October 30, 2009
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT
Free With Registration: From Lockstep to 'Levels'
Monday, October 19, 2009
Larry Richard, an organizational psychologist as well as a former trial lawyer who heads the leadership & organization development practice at Hildebrandt, writes: Many firms are jettisoning the traditional system of promoting a whole class of associates each year in favor of a more dynamic, performance-based system in which promotion, pay raises and pricing are based on an associate's demonstrating mastery of a well-defined set of competencies. Such a lockstep-to-levels transition represents a major organizational change, and affects many of a firm's infrastructure systems, particularly those that involve HR. Such a transition also has significant psychological impact on motivation, morale and employee engagement.
News In Brief
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
News In Brief
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
News In Brief
Friday, September 4, 2009
Free: Summer Slots Dry Up, but Firms Still Uncertain How Deep Cuts Will Go
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
News In Brief
Friday, August 28, 2009
News In Brief
Thursday, August 27, 2009
News In Brief
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Fordham Law School Bans Reed Smith After Firm Pulls Out of On-Campus Interviews
Friday, August 14, 2009
Law Firm Roundup
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Outreach Program Works to Introduce Minority Youths to Careers in Law
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Graduates Focus on Passing State Bar Exam, Not Dismal Job Prospects
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
With Membership Declining, the ABA Strives to Reach a Broader Audience
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Free: Employment Woes Fuel Uptick in Lawyer Depression
Monday, July 20, 2009
Law Firm Roundup
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Law School Roundup
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Lawyer's 'Self-Imposed Limitations' on Income Kill Discharge of Loan Debt
Monday, July 13, 2009
Law Firm Roundup
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Newsbriefs
Thursday, July 9, 2009
A Long-Distance Ceremony For New Lawyer Stationed in Iraq
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Free: Misconceptions About Suicides
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Andrew Sparkler, president and a founding director of The Dave Nee Foundation, a non-profit corporation that seeks to support and encourage organizations devoted to preventing suicide among adolescents and young adults, writes: In the wake of several attorneys' recent deaths by suicide, a number of articles in the national media have suggested that each of those deaths resulted from a particular disappointment or loss. But it is misguided to frame suicide as the direct result of a single stressful event.
Law Firm Roundup
Friday, June 5, 2009
Free: Accolades
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Bentley Kassal, litigation counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, will be inducted as a Chevalier of the National Order of the Legion of Honor, the highest decoration given by the French Republic, for his role as a former U.S. Army Air Force intelligence officer in the liberation of France during World War II. Also, the New York City Bar Association has presented its Fourth Annual Diversity Champion Awards, the American Jewish Committee has its Judge Learned Hand Award for outstanding service to the legal profession, the Lawyers Alliance for New York has awarded three institutions for being "outstanding partners in public service," and more.
Keeping Yourself Up as the Economy Goes Down
Monday, June 1, 2009
High achievers often take every setback as a direct reflection on them; when things don't go well, they may feel ashamed, as if they've failed somehow. But the economy is so bad that you shouldn't take it personally if you hit a road block in your career; the recession is outside your control. What's in your control is how you respond to it.
Free: T.I.P.S. for a Successful Summer
Monday, June 1, 2009
A summer is a short amount of time to get integrated, make a favorable impression in connection with substantive work assignments, assess the culture of an organization, and begin to form lasting relationships. But this summer, more than ever before, it will be important for summer associates to project themselves as confident, mature and interested. By following a few guidelines, the transition from student to summer associate will be smooth and productive.
Free: Don't Leave
Monday, June 1, 2009
Addressing the exodus as lawyers move up towards partnership.
