59 A&O Partners Down and Counting as Partnership Shuffle Continues In the post-merger musical chairs at A&O Shearman, it seems quite a few partners couldn’t find a seat when the music stopped. Fifty nine partners have headed for the exit doors outside of Asia since the firm announced its plan to trim 10 percent of […]
Duke Law School has unseated the mighty University of Virginia to claim the legal employment throne in 20245. Nearly 98 percent of Duke’s JD graduates landed those coveted full-time, permanent jobs requiring bar passage-the kind that actually justify those soul-crushing student loans. Cornell Law followed close behind with an impressive 96.43 percent employment rate, while Baylor
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New Perplexity Guide Empowers Law Firms to Dominate Digital Marketing in 2025 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Unlocking Law Firm Growth: Perplexity’s Comprehensive Guide to Law Firm Marketing and SEO Perplexity, a leader in AI-powered search and content solutions, has released a definitive guide to law firm marketing, providing actionable strategies for legal professionals aiming to boost
The Dorsey & Musk Battle on IP Law Jacqui Coombe, LawFuel contributor When Jack Dorsey, the bearded oracle of Twitter (now X), tweeted “delete all IP law,” and Elon Musk, the world’s most famous meme stock, replied “I agree,” the legal world collectively spit out its coffee. Was this a joke, a provocation, or the
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Financial Services Group Buys Legal Firm In Further Growth of ABS Moves Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor Pss . . wanna buy a law firm? The acquisition of Birdi & Co Solicitors by Fusion Consulting Group is a further example of how the legal industry in the UK is evolving as a result of deregulation
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Law Firm Seeks To Remove Hamas From The UK Government Terror List Stephen Daisley* This week on Britain: The Decline Years, a firm of London solicitors has announced it is acting on behalf of Hamas in a legal challenge to the Islamist group’s inclusion on the UK government terror list. The paramilitary wing has been proscribed
Law Firms Fold on Their Royal Flush John Bowie, LawFuel publisher When your mid-size firm is dropping 11 percent on office space where associates strategically hide from partner eye contact, but can’t spare 1 percent for legal publishing, perhaps it’s time to reconsider your budget priorities? That’s the free management advice law firms might need
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Pro Bono Leader Exits Following $40M Trump Settlement Steven Banks has stepped down as Paul Weiss’s pro bono practice leader just weeks after the firm’s contentious deal with the Trump administration. Banks, 68, didn’t directly blame the Trump agreement but stated his “opportunity to make an impact as a lawyer is diminishing.” He expressed a
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Harvard’s Nosedive and Cornell’s Exile Rock Legal Academia The U.S. News & World Report law school rankings just dropped like a first-year’s GPA after fall semester, and the legal world is watching as the once-mighty T14 has transformed into the “T-whatever” as traditional powerhouses stumble while others crash the elite party. Stanford and Yale remain
Freshfields Bets Career Chips on Google’s Digital Roulette When your firm’s innovation strategy consists of more than just letting associates expense their ChatGPT Plus subscriptions, you know something’s up. Enter Freshfields, whose leadership has apparently decided that billable hour efficiency needs the kind of boost only Silicon Valley wizardry can provide. Freshfields is going all-in
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