Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Mar 17, 2025)
Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.
"By The Numbers: Top Trends In How Law Firms Are Growing," Law360
"Federal Worker Layoffs Climb Toward 250,000 as Deadline Looms," Bloomberg Law
"Single-Tier Partnerships Consider Options, While Other Firms Continue Rapid Nonequity Expansion," The American Lawyer
"Point of Diminishing Returns: When Nonequity Partner Growth Drags Down Profits," The American Lawyer
"OCI, Early Interviews Plummeted in 2024 as Law Firms Turned to New Recruiting Methods," The American Lawyer
"Campus Interviews Out Of Favor In Quest For Summer Talent," Law360
"Biglaw Summer Associate Recruiting Leaves OCI In The Dust In Favor Of Alternative Hiring Plans," Above the Law
"Law firms no longer prioritizing on-campus interviewing to recruit," National Jurist
"On-campus recruiting for summer associates falls in popularity as law firms 'jockey for positions,' ABA Journal
"Law Firm Hiring May Indicate 'Growing Demand,' Report Says," Law360
"Legal Jobs Down As Gov't Work Dries Up Under Trump," Law360
"Employers Need to Understand Remote Work as an ADA Accommodation," Bloomberg Law
"Paul Weiss to Require 4 Days of Weekly Office Attendance," The American Lawyer
"As More Law Firms Adopt 4-Day Office Policies, Will Others See 'Safety in Numbers'?" The National Law Journal
"The Law Firm Disrupted: Market Segmentation Muddles The Return To Office Push," Law.com
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