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Attorneys Will Find It Easier to Move Up When Relocating to a New Market

Summary: Relocating to a new market will often be an attorney’s best option to move up in the legal market…

Spring-Summer 2016 Law Firm Hiring Market

Summary: It is that time of year for the latest hiring market report to come out, highlighting the ups and…

Is the First Job Offer the Only Option?

Summary: Receiving a summer associate job offer can be hard in the recovering legal market so rejecting the first offer…

Avvo Launches Online Legal Services

Summary: Companies are taking to providing legal services online to get more business in a struggling legal market. Avvo, a Seattle-based…

Legal Practice Areas Burn Out Eventually Before Picking Back Up

Summary: Practice areas in law follow cycles of death and rebirth that can ruin an attorney’s career if they aren’t…

Top Firms in UK Losing Market Share to US Firms

Summary: The expansion of American firms in London has hurt native law firms, research shows. Financial Times reports that elite…

BCG Attorney Search Summer 2015 State of the Market Report Released

Summary: This report details what legal areas are going strong or weak in the different market areas of the United…

UMass Law Faces $3.8m Deficit, Cuts Incoming Class by Third

Summary: The University of Massachusetts School of Law, faced with a $3.8m deficit, has decided to cut its incoming class…

Many States are Reconsidering Requiring the Bar Exam

Summary: In the aftermath of the law bar passage rate of 2014, many states are considering bypassing the bar exam.…

Why the U.S. News Ranking Now Discourages Law School Patronage

Summary: How and why the U.S. News Ranking of law schools has changed their metric regarding law school patronage. The…

Why the Release of the US News Ranking Isn’t the Biggest Threat to Law Schools

Summary: Law schools have more to worry about than the release of the US News Ranking. March 10th might feel…

How Soon Before Law Schools Start Closing?

Summary: As law schools are doing more to raise enrollment than in 2009, there is indication some law schools may…