US legal employment just hit a record. More lawyers than ever. More desks filled. More LinkedIn “thrilled to announce” posts clogging your feed. And yet, nobody believes it’s stable. The market feels like a party where the music is still playing but the host is quietly counting coats. Firms are hiring, yes, but with one […]
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LawFuel Power Brief: Sanchez Garrison & Associates LLC, Baltimore MD Image generated by Gemini The economic cycle turns with an indifference that can be brutal to the unprepared. While private equity attorneys might still be riding a wave of cautious optimism, the early warning signs of a tightening market are impossible for the rest of
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Artificial intelligence may be rewriting the rulebook for lawyering—but it’s not rewriting what makes a lawyer indispensable. So says Kate Barton, global CEO of Dentons and leader of the world’s largest law firm, in a compelling Fortune piece that urges lawyers to double down not on data—but on emotional intelligence (EQ). Forget chatbots and contract
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The Law Firm Hiring Slowdown Norma Harris, LawFuel contributor Firms keep hiring lawyers, but they’ve hit the brakes lately. Why? There are just too many gears turning: low demand in some areas, rising costs, tech investments—and economic uncertainties. They’re no longer in full-throttle mode, waiting to see how the chips fall. Sometimes, it feels like
Law School Rankings Stanford University in California leads the 2025 global law school rankings by Times Higher Education, followed closely by Harvard University and New York University. While US institutions dominate the top three, the UK’s University of Cambridge and University of Oxford rank fourth and seventh respectively, marking a decline for Cambridge from its
Image source Becoming a licensed lawyer is not easy, and the bar exam is one of the biggest hurdles in this journey. For those who have finished law school, the bar exam is more than just a test; it is the way to start practicing law and helping clients. The term bar exam refers to
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Lawyers’ Alternative Career Choices Sonia Hickey, Contributing writer In the annals of legal career pivots, few stories are as deliciously unexpected as that of Roman and Andrea Jewell, the masterminds behind Fix & Fogg peanut butter. Picture, if you will, two bright-eyed lawyers, armed with freshly minted Master’s degrees from King’s College London, deciding to
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Is The Law Grad Boom Ending? The Class of 2023 law grads just pulled off a legal Houdini act, escaping the chains of unemployment with record-breaking ease. The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) is tingling with warning: this legal Lollapalooza isn’t going to last. The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) reports that 2023
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Lawyer Tug-of-War: NZ Law Firms Battle Global Competition for Legal Talent The legal law jobs landscape in New Zealand in 2024 is characterized by intense competition for top talent, including from overseas, with firms and in-house teams experiencing significant challenges in attracting and retaining skilled lawyers. The 2024 LawFuel law job survey shows that there
The Diminished Appeal of Law Firm Partnership The lure of the law firm partnership may be losing its lustre for many law associates, according to a new survey from LexisNexis. The LexisNexis survey involving over 500 associates and senior leaders from various law firms in the UK has shown a marked decrease in the number
