The Harvard Law School student body voted through a referendum asking the school’s administration to divest from the fossil fuel companies which the school is currently investing in. This…
S.J. Quinney College of Law is constructing a new building, as rendered in this photo, and Alternative Visions Fund wants them to do it right. That’s why they’ve given…
In a follow-up to our previous coverage on this story, Pennsylvania State University recently announced that it is going forward with its plan to divide its law school into…
Southwestern Law School named Susan Westerberg Prager as the new dean of their school yesterday. Prager has a long history as a legal educator, and from 1982 to 1998,…
The results are in, and Texas and New York are welcoming hundreds of new attorneys into their respective Bars. Earlier this week, both states’ bar associations released the results…
As if the US News & World Report’s annual rankings of law schools wasn’t controversial enough, law blog Above the Law released their own rankings of the United States’…
Just because your legal professor is offering to provide academic assistance, it doesn’t mean that they are making sexual advances towards you. Here is one other quick tip that…
The ABA is setting some policies that will possibly change the structure of most law schools; they have a 14 person Standards Review Committee that are updating what requirements…
Buffalo Law School is implementing a two year law degree for foreign students according to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Law schools are evaluating if law students need to spend…
University of Chicago Law School alumna Debra Cafaro donated $4 million to a new scholarship fund, which will allow three students each year to attend the school entirely for…
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Law firms of all sizes are being much more selective about who makes equity partner. Gone are the days where doing good work and putting in your time is enough to get you to a profit sharing level. Today, equity partners almost always have to prove that they can contribute their share to the firm. So what does this mean for associates and how can a two-tiered partnership track be beneficial? With a two-tiered partnership structure, associates get more time to prove themselves and also more time to determine whether partnership is the right goal for them. Two-tier partnerships (non-equity and equity) exist so the firm can train and develop associates into equity partners. The non-equity track to partner at most firms is on average, 6 years long. [...]
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