Big Law’s White & Case may call them “energy pods”, but to any tired lawyer they are sleeping pods . . and they love them, it seems. Coming in at $13,000 each, the . . what shall we call them? . . “sleep/energy pods” are designed to reward lawyers with the rest they need to […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Exams can be tough enough without tedious fact situations, but London’s School of Economics (LSE) has once again become somewhat controversial by presenting a ‘fact situation’ for a tort test that features individuals named “Donald” (as in you-know-who) and “Nigel” (as in Farange). The LSE exam for first year law students’ tort exam. Law
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The move for consolidation in the legal market is amply demonstrated by the three-way London merger, creating yet another legal behemoth. The merger, betweens Olswang, CMS and Nabarro, is the largest ever in Britain and creates a €1 billion megafirm – the sixth largest in the world by head count with offices across 39
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Law students cheat? Surely not. Particularly to win a ‘virtual trophy’ for a Law Review Video competition. But no, that was the case outlined in a strongly-worded missive on AbovetheLaw by publisher David Lat, who wrote that the stats for alleged visitors and votes for the competition were revealed as being falsified – ie
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Gender diversity is still not happening in law firms, it seems. The climb to the top can be a lonely one for women. A new survey from ALM Legal Intelligence indicates that women still account for around 30 per cent of lawyers in the 200 largest law firms in the US (be revenue), which is much
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Stress and over work at record level for junior lawyers in the UK, a new survey show. A survey shows that over 90 per cent of young lawyers say they are under stress or pressure from work and more than half of those surveyed said they feel unable to work either regularly or occasionally
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Rebranding law firms – like rebranding any other product or service – is fraught with potential pitfalls. So how does a 150 year old law firm go about the process and what lessons might they have learned in the process? The case of 150 year old Bradley Arant is a good one to look
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Technology continues to disrupt the business of law – but now major law firm Allen + Overy are actively supporting the trend with the opening of a new tech space area they sponsor called ‘Fuse’. The Fuse space is being offered to startups involved in legal technology developments, accommodating up to 60 people involved
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”95837″ img_size=”medium”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Boies Schiller’s success is due to a variety of factors, not the least being the firm’s ability to not just capitalize upon its star principal David Boies, but also to a formula that has projected the firm into the legal stratosphere. The firm’s co-founder and managing partner Jonathan Schiller was interviewed by
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Preet Bharara, one of the highest profiles of the US Attorneys fired by President Trump and an outspoken prosecutor who has worked hard to help eradicate corruption. A New York federal prosecutor, he refused to stand down as one of the 46 US attorneys who Attorney General Jeff Sessions sought to fire and who
