Good morning everyone! Today is Wednesday, March 10, and here’s a quick look back at yesterday’s news… Akerman Senterfitt opens a Las Vegas office… Arent Fox names Mark Katz it’s new chairman… The Massachusetts Bar Association will honor Fish & Richardson for their pro bono work… Greenberg Traurig defends their firing of an alleged thief… K&L Gates bolsters it’s London [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 26, 2009
As a young atheist in the Army, I took great delight in registering as a follower of various obscure religions each time I switched duty stations, because the base chaplain was supposed to provide appropriate services for me. It was a stupid, albeit fun, thing to do and I never did get my Zoroastrian [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 24, 2009
Pro bono work for the poor and disadvantaged, performed by signatories to the Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge, increased by 558,400 hours, or 13%, in 2008, despite an economic recession that caused the shutdown of several law firms and thousands of layoffs. The Pro Bono Institute 2008 Challenge Report showed that in 2008, 134 of the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 22, 2009
Howrey, which laid off 25 staff in April, is adopting an “apprenticeship” program for its incoming associates, similar to that proposed by Drinker Biddle in May. Under Howrey’s Tier 1 Program, new associates will spend only one-third of their time in their first year on billable client work. The rest will be spent on pro bono [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, June 14, 2009
Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland will provide AUD $40,000 ($32,500) to the National Pro Bono Resource Centre, to create paying work for unemployed lawyers, and for employed lawyers who need pro bono hours. The project helps provide pro bono assistance in regional and rural areas of Australia. Located at the Law School of the University of New South [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Incisive Media’s Corporate Counsel magazine today announced the selection of the in-house attorneys of The Hartford Financial Services Group as winners of the magazine’s fourth annual “Best Legal Department” competition. Corporate Counsel’s editors also named the legal departments of Exelon Corporation and IBM as finalists. The in-house legal department at The Hartford was selected for its work [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 23, 2009
Rather than lay off under-productive attorneys, New Zealand law firm Russell McVeagh is encouraging its lawyers to increase their pro bono work until the global economy picks up. Russell McVeagh has been providing lawyers for one day a week at community law centers in Mangere and Wellington for decades. The firm also provides lawyers for Cure Kids, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 3, 2009
Yesterday Hogan & Hartson laid off 93 US support staff. Today we learn more about changes in compensation for associates who joined the firm in Fall 2008. Hogan offers two compensation tracks for its associates; those who bill 1,950 hours per year plan earn at least $160,000, while those on the 1,800-hours plan earn at least $145,000. Starting [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 27, 2009
Sharon Keller, the presiding judge of Texas’ highest criminal courts, is in a legal battle fighting charges that she violated her judicial duties in a death penalty case two years ago. Her defense team, headed by Chip Babcock, is likely to be very expensive. However, the state of Texas is only paying the prosecution, headed by [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, February 21, 2009
Greenberg Traurig, in alliance with Equal Justice Works, has named its 2009 Fellows, ten individuals to receive funding though the Greenberg Traurig Fellowship Foundation to provide legal services pro bono to community programs. The public interest law fellowships begin in September and run for two years. The combined classes of 2008 and 2009 will consist of [...]
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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