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Little Sympathy Given By ABA To Jobless Lawyers

Little Sympathy Given By ABA To Jobless Lawyers

Upcoming lawyer face enormous financial debt from college only to enter into a legal market with no available jobs. Despite this disheartening fact, William Robinson, the president of the American…

Legal Sector Jobs Edged Upward in January

Legal Sector Jobs Edged Upward in January

After three straight months of stagnant or negative growth, 400 new jobs were added in the legal industry in January according the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. …

800 Legal Jobs Go Bye-Bye In July … But Still Reflect An Improvement

800 Legal Jobs Go Bye-Bye In July … But Still Reflect An Improvement

While reading through the tea leaves of the latest U.S. Labor Statistics Bureau report, which showed an overall loss of 130,000+ jobs for the month of July, AmLaw Daily reported…

Cooley Litigation Head Says Business is Rebounding

Cooley Litigation Head Says Business is Rebounding

A report out of the Bay Area indicates things are looking up for the legal sector, at least in California. The Recorder caught up with Mike Rhodes, a partner at Cooley…

DLA Piper Associates Getting Pay Raise

DLA Piper Associates Getting Pay Raise

Associates at DLA Piper are receiving a 10 percent pay raise that will return salaries to their pre-recession levels, the firm announced Thursday in an internal memo. The pay increase…

Skadden Arps To Cut Summer Program Invitations In Half

Skadden Arps To Cut Summer Program Invitations In Half

Prominent New York based firm Skadden Arps sent out offers to potential candidates for their 2010 summer program. The firm, which boasts over 2,000 lawyers, announced in August that there…

Bryan Cave Pays Associates to Not Come to Work

Bryan Cave Pays Associates to Not Come to Work

In 1933 the Federal Government began paying farmers to not grow crops, in the hopes that reducing the supply would stabilize prices and help spur recovery from the Great Depression.…