Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Aug 30, 2021)
Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.
"New lawyer hiring better than predicted, NALP says," Reuters
"Job Market For New Grads Stays Resilient Amid COVID-19," Law360
"Median salaries reach all-time high for class of 2020 law grads, while employment rate drops slightly," ABA Journal
"Overall Median Salaries Rise and Private Practice Employment Remains Strong for the Class of 2020, Even as Other Key Employment Metrics Decline Due to the Pandemic," Selected Findings Report
"Can Big Law Fix Its Failures on Work Allocation?," The American Lawyer
"Hunton Andrews Kurth Asks Law Students How to Promote Diverse Recruitment, Associate Retention," Daily Business Review
"How Can Big Law Retain Young Talent? One Firm Crowdsourced the Solution From Summer Associates," The American Lawyer
"Even the Delta Variant Won't Sweep Away Law Firms' 2021 Windfall," The American Lawyer
"Reed Smith Cuts 66 Roles Across US, UK Offices," The American Lawyer
"Law Firms Have Seen Big Revenue, Profit Gains in 2021, Even as Compensation Costs Rise," The American Lawyer
"What's Driving Top Firms to Pay Lawyers More to Do Less?," The American Lawyer
"For Associates, This Summer's Raises Deserve a Second Look Through a Long-Term Lens," The American Lawyer
"The 2021 Midlevel Associates Survey: The National Rankings," The American Lawyer
"Midlevel Associates Aren't Satisfied With Law Firms' Return-to-Office Plans," The American Lawyer
"The 2021 Midlevel Associates Survey: City-by-City Rankings," The American Lawyer
"Words of Wisdom: Associates Offer Earnest Advice to Their Law Firm Leaders," The American Lawyer
"Associates Give Firms High Marks for Their Pandemic-Inspired Tech Transformation," The American Lawyer
"Fox Rothschild Is Raising Associate Salaries to Fend Off Poaching," The Legal Intelligencer
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