Lawyers

Why earn a mere $1 million a year as a lawyer when there is so much more to make? Mark Herrman,, Chief Counsel at Aon wrote in the AbovetheLaw blog that there would be an “imminant capitulation” of big firms who generate their million-a-partner in profits but will never reach the $3 million per partner

We at LawFuel have written frequently about new law models, how technology is changing the way the law is delivered and of course the “curse” of the billable hour. The billing practices of law firms have done several things in recent years – for one, it has developed or enhanced an out-moded billing system that

Asking hackers to play around with the law is not exactly something most lawyers would encourage, but in the case of V David Zvenyach, a former general counsel with the District of Columbia, it is exactly what he has done.  And received plaudits for it. But why and how did this come about, exactly? The

Big Money, Big Jobs but still Big Law lawyers so unhappy? A recent report shows that just 44 percent of BigLaw lawyers report satisfaction with their careers, compared to 68 percent of public sector lawyers. The BloombergView report in an article by Yale law professor Stephen Carter is based on figures provided by University of Tennessee law