Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Mar 27, 2023)
Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.
"Here's Why 'Quiet Quitting' Won't Catch On In BigLaw," Law360
"New Keker Leader Sees Pro Manager Freeing Up Law-Practice Time," Bloomberg Law
"Big Law's Latest Growth Strategy? Expanding in Complementary Markets," The American Lawyer
"Japanese Law Firms Move Quickly Into Global Markets,"Law.com International
"Herrick, Feinstein Names First Female Executive Chair," New York Law Journal
"Growth, Depth, Cohesion: Fox Rothschild's New Chief Growth Strategist Outlines Her Agenda," The American Lawyer
"'Sisterhood' of bar association leaders emerges as women take top posts," Reuters
"Employee Retention and Expanded Recruitment Pipeline Crucial to Law Firm Hiring Strategy," The American Lawyer
"The Law Firm Disrupted: An Overcapacity Postmortem of Cooley," Law.com
"Lateral Associate Hiring Market Cools in 2022, But Partner Moves Outpace 2021," NALP
"Hot market for U.S. law firm associates cooled in 2022, report shows," Reuters
"Lateral hiring dropped last year, fueled by decline in associate market, NALP report says," ABA Journal
"Cooling Lateral Associate Market Good News For Small Firms," Law360
"Wake Up Call: Associate Hires Plunge, Partner Hires Rise in 2022," Bloomberg Law
"The Lateral Associate Market Took A Real Hit Last Year," Above the Law
"Beth Wilkinson's Insider View of Women In — and Out — of Big Law," Bloomberg Law
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