Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Jun 12, 2017)

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

• "Susman Godfrey Offers $25K Signing Bonus to Entice Recruits," Texas Lawyer

• "'Mansfield Rule' Eyes a Big Law Diversity Breakthrough," The American Lawyer

• "A Rooney Rule for Law Firms? Project Aims to Promote More Women," The Wall Street Journal

• "Womble Deal With UK's Bond Dickinson Creates Mega-Middle-Market Firm," The American Lawyer

• "Is Your Law Firm Fulfilling Its Purpose?," Slaw

• "The Real Reasons for Big Law's Mental Health Problem," The American Lawyer

• "Law Firms Finally Say It's OK to See a Therapist," The Wall Street Journal

• "Median pay for new associates doesn't budge from 2015," ABA Journal

• "Top pay for new lawyers in Pittsburgh $165K, but still lags US rate," Pittsburgh Business Times

• "Newly Minted Lawyers Can Find Sweet Spots in US Labor Market," Bloomberg