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The American Bar Association will cut the cost of dues for solo practitioners, government lawyers, judges and attorneys working for nonprofit organizations. The ABA is doing this in response to…
February 10, 2010Read More
The University of California, Irvine School of Law has received a $2 million grant to start an Environmental Law Clinic, the first of several legal clinics envisioned for the new…
May 27, 2009Read More
When Morgan Lewis announced yesterday that it is laying off 216 people, it also announced deferred start dates: We will continue to take other steps to manage our expenses, including…
March 10, 2009Read More
Latham & Watkins is offering incoming lawyers $75,000 to take a year off. The firm, which fired 190 lawyers and 250 staff last week, is pushing back the start date…
March 6, 2009Read More
New York’s Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is sending some of its associates to year-long stints at nonprofit organizations. The firm has extended the duration of its public interest fellowships from…
February 20, 2009Read More
The law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has announced the selection of 28 Skadden Fellows for the class of 2009, bringing to 564 the number of law…
January 23, 2009Read More
Law Technology News has announced the law firm and in-house law department winners in its sixth annual Law Technology News Awards program. In brief: Most Innovative Use of Technology During…
January 15, 2009Read More
An insurance company’s unusual “pyramid scheme” has raised siginificant funds for global human rights organizations. The legal department at Swiss insurance conglomerate ACE Limited created a novel program that leveraged…
January 2, 2009Read More
Law firms across the nation are starting a New Year’s tradition — sponsoring cab rides for intoxicated revelers. Woods & Woods in Evansville, Indiana; Birmingham, Alabama’s Johnson Law Firm; and…
December 30, 2008Read More
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