Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Apr. 25, 2016)

Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.

• "Top Four Things I Learned From Experiencing My First Trial," The Legal Intelligencer

• "Outside the Box: Firms Go Beyond the Law with New Ventures," The American Lawyer

• "Get rid of the billable hour — but then what?," ABA Journal's

• "Rise in Firm Hiring Helps New Law School Grads," US News

• "Three Questions New Lawyers Should (But Don't) Ask in Job Interviews," The Recorder

• "As Austin's Legal Market Explodes, Firms Rush In," Texas Lawyer

• "Metrics: Beyond the Billable Hour," Slaw

• "Firms Cope with Deal Doldrums Amid First-Quarter Slowdown," The American Lawyer

• "Debt, Diversity and Job Prospects After Law School Are Focus of Research Grants," The National Law Journal

• "More law firms raise starting pay to $160K outside New York; Holland & Knight is latest to do so," ABA Journal

• "Law Firm Leaders' Moneyball Mistake," The American Lawyer

• "Legal Industry Shares in Latest US Jobs Growth," The American Lawyer