By The YL Editorial Board | August 2, 2017
Recently, a handful of prominent law firms have implemented formal work-from-home policies in an effort to both appeal to attorneys seeking flexibility and accommodate the ever-changing modern workplace.
By Lizzy McLellan | August 2, 2017
Eight lawyers from Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel have moved to Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, rebuilding Buchanan's labor and employment practice in Philadelphia.
By Lizzy McLellan | July 27, 2017
The firm hopes to teach its aspiring lawyers a key skill they probably didn't get in law school: how to win clients.
By Katelyn Polantz | July 24, 2017
A culture of work-related drinking persists in many places in Big Law—and that can cause problems in a profession that is especially prone to heavy drinking.
By Alexander V. Batoff | July 12, 2017
The legal profession has long been maligned as resistant to change, and there's truth to that stereotype—at least when it comes to technology. Whether working in government, public interest or private practice, horror stories abound of attorneys shackled to outmoded applications like Corel WordPerfect and Clinton administration-era editions of the Microsoft Office Suite.
By Malcolm J. Ingram | July 5, 2017
No matter how much success you experience in your legal career, inevitably at some point you will encounter a setback and make mistakes. Whether the setback is not passing the bar exam in your law firm's jurisdiction, missing a key argument in a brief, or blowing a litigation deadline, these mistakes don't have to define your legal career. A setback is the perfect opportunity to take a moment and reflect on how the setback occurred and what you can do to catapult your career forward. As I said in my previous article "Taking Control of Your Legal Career as a First-Year Associate," published April 5 in The Legal, failure precedes success and becoming a great lawyer is a marathon, not a sprint. By using the four steps listed below, young attorneys can turn common mistakes and setbacks into opportunities for growth and branding.
By Lizzy McLellan | July 5, 2017
A jury has awarded $180,000, including punitive damages, to a former associate of Ronald A. Blumfield P.C., who claimed the firm failed to pay him origination fees promised in his employment agreement.
By Dena Lefkowitz | June 28, 2017
If you are reading this, you are probably an investigator. It may not be your job title, but if you are a lawyer, auditor, doctor, HR business partner, manager, executive, etc., a big part of your job is investigatory, requiring you to arrive at well-reasoned, fact-based, modern decisions, guidance or recommendations. You regularly make searching, systematic inquiries based on examination of relevant facts, data and information. How do you determine what is relevant when you investigate? It's likely that you unconsciously select or rely too heavily on information you already agree with and pay little or no attention to data that conflicts with your beliefs.
By Roy Strom | June 27, 2017
The implications of network-crippling malware may be just as damaging for a deadline-driven service industry that holds the fate of companies' legal issues in its palm.
By Lizzy McLellan | June 26, 2017
Although just a few Philadelphia law firms have chosen to match the nation's top associate salaries, the city's median associate pay has seen a noticeable boost, surpassing the national median.
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