Rather than lay off under-productive attorneys, New Zealand law firm Russell McVeagh is encouraging its lawyers to increase their pro bono work...
Nixon Peabody has brought on a former congressman and his former chief of staff to work with the firm’s new 40-person government...
White & Case, which laid off 200 associates and 200 staffers in March, has added two new partners to its litigation practice...
Philadelphia’s Dechert is deferring start dates for two-thirds of its 63 incoming associates Three groups of 21 associates will start in Fall...
Philadelphia’s Schnader Harrison laid off partners, associates and staff in March. Three partners were let go, along with five associates and “less...
Good morning! Here are the top news stories: Mayer Brown will allow incoming associates to voluntarily extend their deferral to October 2010…...
Anglo-German law firm Taylor Wessing is asking for voluntary deferrals from its September 2009 and September 2010 incoming associate classes. The 750-attorney...
London’s Clifford Chance has cut 20 positions at its New York office. The law firm has laid off almost 100 people since...
The University of Texas School of Law has announced its Long Career Launch Program, which will aid graduates whose start dates have...
The five-lawyer Norristown, Pennsylvania office of dissolving Wolf Block will join Weber Gallagher. The office’s two partners, Lynne Gold-Bikin and Daniel Clifford,...
The US News & World Report rankings for top US law schools will not be officially published until tomorrow — but the rankings...
Conyers Dill & Pearman, which just announced it is opening an office in Brazil, has hired three associates for its Bermuda and...
