Law Firms

Law school admissions have fallen by nearly 50 per cent since 2004 according to the Law School Admission Council, a trend that is concerning both the universities and the law profession. According to the Washington Post, it’s the clearest indication yet of legal academia’s busted business model. For decades, law schools have invested in expensive […]

Law firms are doing better out of their clients with rate increases and by hiring top legal talent according to a study from AmLaw Daily which showed an almost 15 per cent increase for the 2012 two quarters’ surveyed compared to the same period in 2010. The figures show Big Law dominates the rankings. AmLaw

As Lance Armstrong makes his televised mea culpa the lawyers are preparing the array of lawsuits that face the fallen legend from a troupe of out-of-sorts parties. So who are likely to lead the pack when it comes to suing Armstrong following his confessions to Oprah Winfrey? In some respects it’s a question of ‘take

It’s hardly surprising that many of the biggest law firms in Asia are Chinese and the largest is Dacheng with over 2000 lawyers while the biggest international firm is Chicago-based Baker and McKenzie. Baker & McKenzie comes in fourth with around 1,050 lawyers in the region. The figures come from the inaugural Asian Lawyer survey

The Asian and Australasian legal marketplace is changing fast according to a survey undertaken by Law.com, which gathered data to get a snapshot of what has been happening to law firms in the region. There have been some big growth among law firms as firms are desperate to keep in with the fast-crowd. Local firms

The law school rankings business has involved law schools “lying and cheating” to compete for new students with misleading stats and the ABA have strengthened their criteria for the disclosure requirements required of laws schools, writes Kyle McEntee the founder of Law School Transparency. McEnyee writes: “The November 29 New York Times editorial by Case

How exactly do you determine which is the most “valuable” law firm in the world? Where do you start and upon what stats do you base your decision? And who would do it? Silly question the last one because who else by The American Lawyer, who have determined that? While law firms have permitted outside

Gillian Hadfield is a professor of law and economics at the University of Southern California and she’s made some back-of-the-envelope calculations about lawyers and those who cannot afford them. Roughly half of all households in America are dealing with about two legal problems each and they cannot afford legal advice. She has some answers, too.