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• Linklaters forms alliance with Australian firm AAR

  Apr 25 2012 UK Magic Circle firm Linklaters has formed an exclusive alliance with Australian firm Allens Arthur Robinson. The alliance is not a merger, but will take the form of a... more

• BLP hires high profile M&A lawyer from Allens

  Apr 24 2012 Berwin Leighton Paisner has hired high-profile mergers and acquisitions lawyer Alan Paul from Allen & Overy. Paul spent 27 years as a partner at A&O, before announcing... more

• Canadian law firm Lenczner Slaght hires former Supreme Court Justice

  Apr 15 2012 Leading Canadian litigation firm Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin has made a high profile hire with the recruitment of former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Ian... more

• US Law firms stealing limelight from UK rivals in Hong Kong

  Apr 13 2012 Over the past two years, numerous US law firms have entered the market in Hong Kong and recruited top talent from their UK rivals, and now they are starting to see... more

• Richard Daley boosts US firm Katten Muchin Rosenman's China launch

  Mar 02 2012 US firm Katten Muchin Rosenman has entered the Chinese legal services market with an office in Shanghai. The firm’s entry into China has been given a boost with the... more

• Lawyers traverse Silicon Valley's lively lateral market

  Feb 29 2012 Here is an interesting article about the very lively lateral market in Silicon Valley. Shifting between law firms can be very lucrative, with plenty of firms seeking... more

• DLA Piper launches Twitter recruitment strategy in Australia

  Feb 24 2012 DLA Piper has launched a twitter component to its recruitment strategy in Australia for the 2013 intake. DLA Piper's HR Director in Australia, Kate Weaver, said she... more

• Two law firms named among Canada’s best diversity employers

  Feb 23 2012 A list of the best diversity employers in Canada has recognised two law firms – Stikeman Elliott and Fraser Milner Casgrain. Canada’s Best Diversity Employers for... more

• Indian firm Amarchand plans to double headcount to 1000 lawyers in 5 years

  Feb 22 2012 India’s largest law firm Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co is pursuing a rapid expansion strategy, with plans to double in size over the next five years to... more

• UK firm Simmons & Simmons keeps just 2 of 8 qualifying trainees

  Feb 22 2012 Simmons & Simmons has announced that just two of its eight qualifying trainees will be taking up post-qualification employment with the firm. According to a statement,... more

• US firms in Hong Kong attract top talent with big money

  Feb 08 2012 The legal services market in Hong Kong has long been dominated by British firms, but US law firms are now a potent force, attracting top talent by offer larger... more

• Four associates leave London office of Quinn Emanuel

  Feb 04 2012 Four litigation lawyers have departed from the London office of US litigation firm Quinn Emanuel, punching a largeish hole in the team of 13. The firm’s London has... more

• Recession-era measures seem as though they are here to stay

  Feb 02 2012 The cost-cutting measures undertaken by law firms in the recession – including smaller entry-level classes, stagnant salaries and an impossibly long road to... more

• Large law firms likely to award spring bonuses again this year, say experts

  Jan 27 2012 Legal industry experts predict that large law firms will again award spring bonuses in 2012, following on from a trend begun in 2011, but that spring bonuses are... more

• Mergers provide firms with the chance to weed out underperformers

  Jan 27 2012 Merger agreements are providing law firms with a convenient way to get rid of underperforming partners, says Legal recruiter Larry Watanabe of Watanabe & Nason.... more

• Kirkland & Ellis managing partner departs for private equity firm

  Jan 23 2012 The managing partner of US firm Kirkland & Ellis has surprised the firm by handing in his resignation for 'personal reasons'. James "Jim" Learner has quit the role and... more

• Scottish legal market looking up

  Dec 18 2011 There has been significant improvement in the Scottish legal market, according to a new survey of the country’s top firms conducted by industry advisors PKF. The... more

• Merger negotiations between Alllen & Gledhill and A&O pose questions for future of profession in Singapore

  Nov 30 2011 As Allen & Gledhill, Singapore's leading corporate law firm continues its courtship with British giant Allen & Overy, many in the industry are asking what a merger... more

• Law schools encouraged to teach practical skills

  Nov 24 2011 In the current economic climate, law graduates face a tough job market and an increasing number of corporate clients that would really rather not pay for their... more

• Australian law firms see revenues drop

  Oct 27 2011 Australian law firms have seen a drop in revenues. Even Perth, which is flush with cash in the middle of a resources boom, is expected to see revenue drop by nearly 50... more

• US firm Pillsbury Winthrop shifts support services across the country

  Oct 25 2011 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has announced that it will outsource legal support services to its very own Professional Services Center in Nashville Tennesee. The... more

• London firms Beachcroft and Davies Arnold Cooper cancel trainee programs

  Oct 25 2011 London merger partners Beachcroft and Davies Arnold Cooper have announced that they will not conduct a trainee recruitment program this year. The two insurance law... more

• Where do the graduates go? Indian survey shows recruitment pattern

  Oct 12 2011 Bar & Bench has conducted a survey to determine the recruitment patter for 371 law school graduates from leading law schools in India; NLSIU, Bangalore; NALSAR,... more

• Could Acculaw change the way that lawyers are trained?

  Sep 30 2011 This article examines the implications of the entry onto the scene of Acculaw – a company that administers a low cost training program for law graduates and then... more

• Olswang outsources trainee program

  Sep 20 2011 Olswang is the very first firm to sign up to a pilot scheme run by Acculaw which takes care of recruitment of trainees. The scheme will train recruits for three... more

• Proskauer & Rose continues raid of SJ Berwin's funds group

  Sep 07 2011 Proskauer Rose has recruited six associates from SJ Berwin’s funds group. The group follows hot on the heels of funds partners Nigel van Zyl and Oliver Rochman, who... more

• Summer Associate hiring in Washington remains steady

  Sep 06 2011 The summer associate recruitment process is well under way in Washington, where the largest law firms are hiring around the same number of summer associates as last... more

• US BigLaw starts summer recruitment with high hopes

  Aug 18 2011 The recruitment drive for associates for the class of 2013 has begun in earnest, with recruiting partners coming on campus to assess the current crop for coveted... more

• Merit list: law firms that offered jobs to 100% of summer associates

  Aug 17 2011 Above The Law has posted a list of firms that have offered jobs to 100 per cent of summer associates, readying themselves to start naming and shaming those firms that... more

• US law schools seek the edge by pushing firms to recruit earlier

  Aug 12 2011 Law schools have been putting pressure on US law firms to begin recruitment in August, months ahead of the regular schedule, in order to give the edge to their... more

• 105 staff and lawyers leave Singapore firm KhattarWong to launch new firm

  Aug 04 2011 Singapore-based firm KhattarWong has lost around 105 staff and lawyers in a mass departure led by managing partner Tan Chong Huat. The departing group – which includes... more

• DLA Piper starts to rebuild China IP group with Foley & Lardner hire

  Jul 25 2011 DLA Piper has hired former Foley & Lardner senior counsel Yan Zhao to join its Greater China intellectual property team as a partner. Yan brings over 13 years... more

• Australia looks to Ireland and NZ for regional lawyers

  Jul 25 2011 The Law Council of Australia is looking to make up for a lack of lawyers in regional areas by recruiting unemployed Irish graduates. The Council is working together... more

• The myth of work-life balance in big firms

  Jul 01 2011 Here is an interesting article in the Guardian about work-life balance – or the lack thereof – in large law firms. The article observes that firms maintain the fiction... more

• Linklaters goes on Australia / New Zealand recruitment drive

  Jun 17 2011 UK firm Linklaters has hired 21 lawyers in Australia and New Zealand from top firms including Allens Arthur Robinson, Freehills, Mallesons and Russell McVeagh. The... more

• Merit-based pay does not seem to have caught on

  May 23 2011 Here is an interesting article about associate compensation. The article asks why merit-based compensation hasn’t caught on as a trend after a number of firms –... more

• Recruitment Tracker: NALSAR witnesses 100 per cent recruitment this year

  Apr 19 2011 NALSAR, University of Law, Hyderabad recently completed its recruitment programme for the batch graduating this year. According to the Recruitment Coordination... more

• High demand for energy law recruits in Canada

  Apr 18 2011 Interesting article here about the demand for recruits with an interest in energy law in Canada. In light of predictions that the energy sector will fuel Canada’s... more

• Mayer Brown to pay spring bonuses to US associates

  Apr 18 2011 Mayer Brown has jumped on the spring bonus bandwagon with the announcement that it will pay US-based associates according to the scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore.... more

• Lawyer oversupply: 16% drop in UK training contracts

  Apr 06 2011 The Law Society in the UK has reported a 16 per cent drop in the number of available training contracts last year, confirming the impresseion that there is an... more

• UK College of Law admits students with poor grades

  Mar 22 2011 The director of business development at the College of Law i the UK, Sarah Hutchinson, has said that 68.4 per cent of students earned a first or upper second class... more

• US lateral market heats up

  Mar 22 2011 Lateral hiring in the US increased by 38 per cent to 2,300 hires last year, after two years of declining activity on the lateral market. Lateral hires of associates... more

• Leading UK firms aim for more diversity in recruitment

  Mar 17 2011 A number of leading UK law firms have announced the intention to increase the number of universities they visit during recruitment rounds, in a bid to increase... more

• Employment stats for US graduates are looking up

  Mar 17 2011 Employment statistics for entry level lawyers rose slightly in 2010, after dropping for two consecutuve years. The National Association of Law Placement says that... more

• Ropes & Grey builds private equity practice with Jones Day hire

  Mar 11 2011 Global law firm Ropes & Gray has developed its private equity practice with the hire of Peter Baldwin, a corporate partner from Jones Day. Baldwin is the second... more

• What do you do when the ship is sinking? Advice for associates at failing firms

  Mar 09 2011 This is an interesting article about the plight of associates that find themselves in a failing law firm. The article looks back to the period from late 2008... more

• Top UK firms improve trainee retention rates

  Mar 03 2011 Trainee retention rates at the 30 largest firms in the UK are up 10 per cent on last year’s figures, 84% of qualifying trainees were offered jobs this year and 83... more

• Four US law schools place majority of graduates in top firms

  Mar 01 2011 There are just four US law schools that can boast that more than half of their 2010 graduates were recruited by the 250 largest law firms in the country, according to... more

• Pay gap widens at large firms

  Feb 09 2011 Interesting article here about the increasing compensation gap at some large law firms – where star attorneys can be earning up to 10 times the amount paid to other... more

• McKenna Long & Aldridge introduces psych testing for recruitment

  Jan 26 2011 A number of law firms use "behavior" or "competence" interviews to assess candidates for recruitment, posing questions about the challenges that candidates have faced,... more

• UK firms Wragges and Stephenson Harwood announce retention rates

  Jan 18 2011 Wragge & Co has offered a permanent position to five out of seven (72%) of the qualifying trainees, with all five accepting. One of the seven decided not to apply for... more

• Japanese firm Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu in recruitment spree

  Jan 03 2011 Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu has is going against the trend, recruiting ever larger numbers of new graduates. The firm now recruited 23 graduates from the Supreme... more

• Heavy-handed Herbert Smith withdraws training contract

  Dec 23 2010 A would-be trainee has received harsh treatment at the hands of Herbert Smith, with the firm withdrawing the student’s training contract because he failed a ten-minute... more

• Judicial accountability requires that lawyers be accountabile

  Dec 02 2010 We can’t talk of judicial accountability unless we talk of our own accountability as lawyers’. The phenomenon governing the Bar has not all been enthusing: there... more

• UK skilled migrant cap restricts entry for foreign lawyers

  Nov 25 2010 New immigration restrictions announced by the UK Government will make it tougher for law firms to conduct international recruitment April next year. The changes... more

• Job prospects down, but fees and applications at law schools are on the rise

  Nov 17 2010 While the job market in the legal sector remains dire, students are applying to law school in record numbers and are willing to borrow to finance soaring tuition fees.... more

• Recruitment strategy - looking beyond grades and status

  Nov 15 2010 Indiana law professor Bill Henderson has predicted changes to the way that law firms go about their hiring. He says that the traditional approach of hiring graduates... more

• Recruiters look beyond grades to find the right candidates

  Nov 11 2010 As the summer internship recruitment process draws to a close, hiring managers point to a shift in the mix of character traits and skills that define successful... more

• The future of associate pay

  Nov 03 2010 Before the recession, graduate starting salaries grew at a rate that considerably outstripped inflation. When the demand for legal services dropped, law firms moved to... more

• UK firms have begun hiring non-executive directors

  Nov 02 2010 UK Law firms have started hiring non-executive directors to bring in outside expertise ahead of legislative changes that will impose tougher standards of corporate... more

• Recruitment and Professional Development departments shrink in US firms

  Nov 02 2010 Fifty-one per cent of law firm recruiting and professional development departments lost staffers as a result of job cuts since 2008, according to a new survey by the... more

• Law students angry over the false promise of law school

  Nov 01 2010 During the recession law school increased in popularity, with the number of LSAT takers climbing 20.5 per cent between 2007 and 2009, and law schools seeing more... more

• Hogan Lovells hires top marketing professional from DLA Piper

  Oct 18 2010 Hogan Lovells has recruited star marketing professional Jolene Overbeck from DLA Piper, and appointed her as chief marketing officer for the firm. Overbeck has a... more

• 2010 sees leaner US summer associate programs

  Oct 07 2010 2010 was another tough year for summer associates, with many firms reducing the size of their summer intake, cutting the length of their summer programs, or doing away... more

• Eversheds, Pinsent Masons and Allens use social media for recruitment

  Oct 07 2010 Facebook is often regarded as a poor tool for law firm recruitment, with graduates preferring to maintain a division between their professional and personal lives. But... more

• Diversity outcomes sacrificed in tough economic climate

  Oct 01 2010 Diversity efforts by US law firms have stalled, according to new data from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association and Vault.com. The 2009 summer intake had the... more

• US firms planning to hire in the fourth quarter

  Sep 29 2010 A new report from recruitment firm Robert Half Legal suggests that many firms are planning to hire in the fourth quarter. The report finds that 29 per cent of lawyers... more

• Sidley & Austin's DC office not interested in 'sharp-elbow' recruits

  Aug 19 2010 Cut-throat lawyers need not apply Sidley & Austin’s Washington DC office. Karen Popp, the DC hiring partner for the firm, has indicated that an aggressive competitive... more

• Norton Rose struggles to get visas for trainees under UK immigration cap

  Aug 16 2010 Norton Rose has had problems getting work visas for new interns and trainees under a new UK immigration cap. Firms have been given lower quotas for the work... more

• 37.7% choose law firms, 20.9 % choose in-house and 9.8 % choose lit: Career paths of NLSIU, NALSAR and NUJS graduates

  Jun 28 2010 Recruitment time in law schools is always a time for speculation as to who amongst the class is going to bag the top slots and a top-paying job. more

• Clifford Chance recruiting more trainees

  Apr 16 2010 Methinks Clifford Chance senses impending market recovery: they have reopened the recruitment process for the 2011 trainee intake. The firm sent an email to... more

• So much for diversity: UK magic circle firms and their new recruits

  Mar 26 2010 According to new research carried out by LegalWeek, over a third of the trainees joining the UK ‘magic circle’ firms over the last two years have studied at either... more

• Indian law firms hire US and UK talent

  Sep 02 2009 Indian law firms are receiving a large number of applications from the US and the UK for employment or just for an internship. Indian law firms like Amarchand &... more

• Skadden to cut 2010 summer associates class by half

  Aug 25 2009 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is cutting the size of its summer associate class by half from 225 summer associates this year to only 100 next year in 2010.... more

• Latham hires continue with Norton Rose recruit

  Oct 20 2008 Norton Rose has lost corporate partner Andrew Tarbuck to US giant Latham & Watkins in Dubai. The news comes just after Latham had announced the hire of a seven-partner... more

• Recruiter: Summer associate positions could decline by up to 35% in 2009

  Oct 20 2008 Students who would have focused on New York summer positions in better economic times are now looking in other cities and at smaller law firms... more

• Beef eating contest at Proskauer Rose

  Aug 19 2008 According to abovethelaw, at a party organised by Proskauer in Boston two summer associates said they would accept their offers only if two associates could finish the... more

• Women Lawyers Form Coalition on Recruitment, Retention Issues

  Jul 25 2008 Women lawyers in Chicago have come together from 31 law firms to form a new coalition that will seek to collaborate on supporting the recruitment, retention and... more

• Law firms spend too much money on late-night parties, expert says

  Jul 25 2008 A career expert has some advice for law firms running summer associate programs: Spend less money on late-night parties and more on training and mentoring programs.... more