Law School admission in the US has long involved the LSAT, but it could become a thing of the past following announced plans made by the US Law School Admission Council this week? The answer is ‘No’, but there are certainly major changes afoot. >> Your law job here The legal education program due to
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Cravaths’ ‘wow’ factor on mid-level and senior associates’ pay levels The Big Law salary scale just took another push from big law salary payer Cravaths . . Cravaths, along with Davis Polk and Milbank are the ‘troika’, as AbovetheLaw describes them, that lead the way on the big law salary scale and – once again
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A survey from UK legal blog Roll on Friday identifies the top paying UK law firms – and the irony (perhaps) is that the top echelons of the rankings are all US-based law firms, which have lead the rush to increase associate pay levels to unprecedented levels. Top firm in the rankings with a 92
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Baker McKenzie has matched the big lift in associate salaries by adding $10,000 to the $20,000 paid to lawyers in the one-year to eight-year experience level. The lift follows the ongoing rise in biglaw associate pay levels, pushing the payments to their highest level. The Baker McKenzie move is backdated to January 1. First year
As equity partners’ incomes increase rapidly, bonuses for associates have also increased but not to nearly the same extent as the take-home earnings of the partners, according to the inflation-adjusted statistics. Partner profits have increased by 85 per cent over the past 10 years, according to reports, but associate salaries have increased by just 44
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The latest in the Biglaw bonus stakes to create waves has been Vinson & Elkins who have announced bonuses to match those offered by other biglaw firms nationally, along with supplemental bonuses to the firm’s top performers. The latest memo from the firm, reproduced by AbovetheLaw, shows the firm’s appreciation of the attorneys’ contribution to
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Supreme Court clerkships provide a coveted career that is much more than a job. It is an opportunity to serve the highest court in the land and provide you with tremendous satisfaction and financial benefits. It is also a job that is difficult to get into and even harder to keep. So why should you
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The Big law pay salary scale shows intense competition among big law firms for their attorneys with pay continuing to rise
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The traditional move for many Australian and New Zealand lawyers is to gain experience at some of the large UK law firms. But Brexit, Covid and other factors have altered the law recruitment rules it seems. However, leading law recruiter Nick Robbins thinks the UK firms are missing a trick . . Nick Robbins* –
The ABA has voted in favor of letting law schools accept Graduate Record Examination scores from applicants in place of Law School Admission Test LSAT) scores. The Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar made the decision, without requiring approval from anone one else according to Bill Adams,
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