2015 LawCrossing Salary Survey of Lawyer Salaries in Best Law Firms Summary: Check out the 2015 LawCrossing Salary Survey of more than 90 top law firms. Find out salary levels, bonuses, and much more about these top firms. (82284 views)
What Do In-House Attorney Positions Pay? Summary: Learn more about what the typical pay is for in-house attorney positions in this article. (55306 views)
Thomas Cooley Law School Exposed (and Why Much of the Legal Profession is a Scam) Summary: I like Thomas Cooley graduates and the students who are going there. The students are not the problem. Let me tell you what is really going on with this law school. (38875 views)
2013 LawCrossing Salary Survey of Lawyer Salaries in Best Law Firms A recent LawCrossing Salary Survey of Lawyer Salaries of Best Law Firms survey asked attorneys about their experiences working for 94 different law firms. While the survey asked a variety of questions regarding associate life, vacation time, benefits, and firm demands, one of the more interesting components involved the salary and bonus assessment. What follows is a... (33230 views)
The Real Reason There Are Fewer Law Firm Jobs (What No Attorney Wants You to Know) Lately, there has been so much talk and so many articles about how bad the legal employment market is, how the economy is tight, how law school is a bad investment, how law firms are horrible places to work, and other negative aspects of being an attorney. I've even written some of these articles. (20848 views)
Independent Paralegals sought by Legal Firms on Contract basis As the practice of law evolves, many attorneys are finding that they have more work than they can handle; for the overburdened practitioner, freelance or contract paralegals present a convenient solution. (16070 views)
Why You Should Think Twice About Remaining in Law (or Going to Law School) Several years ago, an employee who curated content for our company website and was making around $120,000 a year was recruited to teach at a fourth-tier law school for a higher salary and less work. (14216 views)
Make 7 Figures as a General Counsel Summary: The general counsel at hedge fund managers can be a very rewarding position. (10319 views)
After Law School, B-School: The Rise of M.B.A.'s Among Attorneys Whether an attorney wants to hang up his/her shingle, impress a big firm's corporate department, work in-house for a large corporation, change gears or careers, or simply offer better business advice to existing and new clients, obtaining an M.B.A. may be the ticket to success. One of the most marketable degrees, the M.B.A. is quickly becoming the degree of choice for... (9533 views)
In-House Counsel Salaries As the latest NALP reports have already shown, the percentage of law graduates in jobs requiring an attorney license is the lowest since 1974, and similarly, the percentage of law graduates in non-lawyer jobs and jobs that do not require an attorney license is the highest ever. The in-house counsel remains somewhere in between – many in-house positions do not require an... (6635 views)
Expected Growth and Demand for Attorney Jobs The legal system affects almost every part of our society, and attorneys are the foundation of its function. About a quarter of lawyers are self-employed, either as partners or in solo practices. The other three quarters may be corporate attorneys, associates in a private practices, or work in any number of other situations. Competition to gain admission into law school... (5905 views)
In-house Attorneys fare better in pay scale compared to their counterparts in law firms If you're looking to jump to a corporate counsel position, it's important to see how well the company in question pays before you make the leap. (5728 views)
Accounting Professionals Needed: Law Firms Look to Hire for Financial Assistance In the past decade, law firm finances have taken on new meanings and scales. Globalization has contributed to the growth of international law firms, mergers have increased the number of very large law firms, and computer technology has changed the way even the smallest law offices can do business. Of course, law firms have long had in-house accounting staffs, but as a... (5383 views)
The Importance of Common Law American law has its roots in the law of England, and our legal system is known as Anglo-American law. When the colonists arrived here they came as English citizens entitled to all the rights of Englishmen. Thus, they brought with them the legal structure of that country: Its unwritten constitution, including the protections of the Magna Carta; the recognition of all... (5343 views)
Is Being a Lawyer Still a Prestigious, Respected and Important Profession? Summary: Law and its practice still holds allure for the rest of the world. This article explains why. (5304 views)
Maximizing Your Marketability: How Government Attorneys Can Transition to Private Firms This week, our recruiters take on the issue of how a government attorney is likely to be viewed by law firms looking to hire — and the answer may surprise you. (5149 views)
LawCrossing Salary Survey of Lawyer Salaries in Best Law Firms A recent LawCrossing Salary Survey of Lawyer Salaries of Best Law Firms survey asked attorneys about their experiences working for 94 different law firms. While the survey asked a variety of questions regarding associate life, vacation time, benefits, and firm demands, one of the more interesting components involved the salary and bonus assessment. What follows is a... (4566 views)
Telecommuting for Legal Work Today's technology has made telecommuting a real possibility for many business professionals. With a Blackberry and laptop, they are almost just as connected to the office as they would be at their desks, but they can have more opportunities for enjoying their own lives, working more closely with clients, and saving their firms money in a big way. (4025 views)
Law Firms are Rising Billing Rates According to Rex Bossert, editor-in-chief of the legal newspaper National Law Journal (NLJ), attorneys' current billing rates are nothing out of the ordinary and are on par with what surgeons and professional athletes charge. (3836 views)
How to Become a Small-Town Lawyer: Be a Small Town, Rural Lawyer Summary: Seriously, can there be anything more romantic than the big-city lawyer opting out of his or her big-city law firm to downscale their practice in a small firm within a smaller city, or better yet, a small town? No. (3662 views)
State of the Market for Attorney Jobs in California Every state experiences a different situation concerning the market when it comes to attorney jobs. Many job agencies across the U.S. offer varying jobs, so the market in every individual state is completely unique. The condition of the market for attorney jobs in California is very exclusive to the state of the market in other states across the nation. This article is... (3517 views)
Recession-Proof Practice Areas — Do They Exist? It's a question worth pondering in light of today's economic climate: is there such a thing as a recession-proof practice area? (3391 views)
How Viable is Law Practice Still as a Noble Profession The life of a lawyer is hardly happy-go-lucky. First, you are a human, and then, you are a lawyer. This simple fact continually fails in registering itself, while we are engrossed in doing our daily tasks and meeting deadlines. So stress keeps piling up, substance abuse becomes common, families break down, tripping up and getting caught in the web of professional... (2314 views)
The Pressures of General Counsel Jobs Including Salaries A review of compensation among chief legal officers in the Southeastern US reveals that average salary packages were in the neighborhood of approximately $965,000. With bonuses and stock awards adding most of the value, the average base salaries were just over $300,000 and the top 62 had packages valued at more than $1 million, with the highest being 7 million. Stock... (2289 views)
Growing Trend In Large Law Firms Bearing Fruit As Public Interest Attorneys Make Partner Growing Trend In Large Law Firms Bearing Fruit As Public Interest Attorneys Make Partner While there are large law firms out there that run highly effective pro bono programs headed up by non-attorney professionals, in the last ten years there has been ''an enormous upswing'' of efforts led by attorneys, says Esther Lardent, President of the Pro Bono Institute, which is... (1930 views)
In-House Attorneys are highly satisfied with their jobs Corporate Counsel's recent report on the job satisfaction of in-house lawyers highlights the lack of opportunity for advancement within most corporate legal departments. (1663 views)
Maximize Your Public Interest Salary: Strategies for Surviving on a Public Interest Salary In 2003 Congress reviewed a bill that would provide financial assistance to law school graduates who choose to accept employment in a public interest position. If ratified, this bill would become the ''Public Interest Lawyer Assistance and Relief Act.'' It has become abundantly clear to the government, employers, American Bar Association, law schools, and the students... (1633 views)
Reasons on why E-billing by Corporate Law offices is slowly gaining pace Electronic billing can be controversial, rewarding, complicated, and expensive. Its promoters believe its benefits far outweigh its detriments. Those less sanguine cite increased processing difficulties and added expense. Considering the mixed reactions to electronic billing, why are, according to one survey, approximately 28 percent of corporate law offices considering... (1600 views)
Corporate Counsel Salaries Soar In-house attorneys continue to make top dollar. Their base salaries have risen between 2.2% and 9.5% nationwide, according to a recent Altman Weil, Inc., survey. (1585 views)