big law

Welcome to the 'big law' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'big law'.

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “big law”

• Will 2010 be the year big law crashes?

  
  Reading Tea Leaves by Randy Wilson — Authority: 131
  Susan Liebel Carter who founded the Solo Practitioner University has written: “Opportunity is everywhere because today lawyers have the tools they never did before to go small firm or solo and actively compete with the big boys both in quality and demographic reach. The economy is deconstructing and reconstructing. ...
  3 days ago

• BigLaw: Managing Your Online Reputation: Five Tips for Paranoid Associates

  
  TechnoLawyer Blog — Authority: 421
  Originally published on December 14, 2009 in our free BigLaw newsletter . With all the advice out there about online social media — Refine Your Use of LinkedIn , Have LinkedIn Groups Lost Their Appeal? , The Value of Twitter , What About the Twitter Naysayers? — to name just a few recent articles, ...
  4 days ago

• "your wits have been dulled by the Uniform Commercial Code"

  
  Letters in Bottles — Authority: 141
  Elizabeth Wurtzel talks tough times for big law in the WSJ. Im not sure whos out there right now passing up an $80k paid year off with a job guarantee at a top firm at the end of it...but I tend to agree with Wurtzels speculation: These top-notch law grads, brilliant and bright as the Rockefeller Center Christmas ...
  1 week ago

• BigLaw: Above the Law Founder David Lat

  
  TechnoLawyer Blog — Authority: 421
  Originally published on December 7, 2009 in our free BigLaw newsletter . At age 34, David Lat has already compiled an illustrious set of credentials. After graduating from Yale Law School, Lat clerked on the United States Court of Appeals, worked as an associate at mega-firm Wachtell Lipton, and spent several ...
  1 week ago

• The numbers behind the lip service: Part Two

  
  The Client Revolution — Authority: 103
  In Part One , we talked about how BigLaw was congratulating itself for slowing the growth of its annual billing-rate increases. The jumping-off point was the National Law Journal s 2009 Billing Survey, in which 190 of the top 250 firms participated. The main story , written by Karen Sloan, requires a subscription. ...
  2 weeks ago

• The numbers behind the lip service: Part One

  
  The Client Revolution — Authority: 103
  That loud noise you hear is the sound of large law firms patting themselves on the back for jumping on the so-called alternative-fee bandwagon. The December 7 issue of the National Law Journal has extended coverage of its 2009 Billing Survey. The lead article pronounces in its headline: "Reality dawns on hourly ...
  2 weeks ago

• Changes in the Works for Big Firms?

  
  Lawyerist — Authority: 576
  The majority of big firms are not changing their business models, despite the economic downswing. 142 of the Am Law firms responded to a recent survey—56% saying the economic downturn has caused a change in the legal marketplace, but 70% also saying the downturn has not produced a shift in their firm’s business ...
  3 weeks ago

• What Sarah Palin, Dubai And Many Law Firms Have In Common

  
  Chuck Newton — Authority: 120
  Each are little more than momentum plays. A momentum play is when you decide to invest time, money, energy, attention or view something only because it is moving big in one direction (or at least it appears that way), but you really know nothing about the fundamentals of the person, company, country, subject matter, ...
  3 weeks ago

• BigLaw: A Tale of Two Large Law Firms: Which Model Will Emerge From the Recession?

  
  TechnoLawyer Blog — Authority: 421
  Originally published on November 23, 2009 in our free BigLaw newsletter . Jeremy, a mid-level associate at a large New York law firm (Firm A), thought he had a bad cold. One night while toiling on a brief due in a week, his condition worsened. "I couldnt breathe, and I thought I was going to pass out." He called ...
  3 weeks ago

• Keep Tabs on BigLaw Job Openings

  
  Lawyerist — Authority: 576
  In this dreary legal job market, at least one blog is posting some good news by listing openings at large firms across the country. RecruiterEsq compiles a weekly list of job openings from AmLaw 100 firms. The list includes the position type, practice area, location, and a link to the firm’s website. The ...
  4 weeks ago

• DMS Blockbuster: Interwoven V. NetDocuments V. Worldox: A Real Life Cost Comparison; Much More

  
  TechnoLawyer Blog — Authority: 421
  Coming today to Answers to Questions : Al Menzy shares his firms cost analysis of Interwoven, NetDocuments, and Worldox, Craig Bayer reviews SharePoint and BrainKeeper for knowledge management, Andrew Willinger explains how to connect a USB scanner to a wireless network, Tom Trottier provides a solution for ...
  4 weeks ago

• Should 0Ls Even Try?

  
  Legal Geekery — Authority: 111
  A while back, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer, so I started diligently investigating my decision.  I somehow managed to complete my undergraduate degree, and then in total freak-out mode just after that, I started to talk to people about legal jobs. I got a job as a paralegal and a part time political gig on the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Why lawyers cant win the Cy Young Award

  
  The Client Revolution — Authority: 103
  There is an active major-league pitcher with a career win-loss record of 59-68, and he is a mortal lock for the Hall of Fame. Now, if youre a real baseball fan, you immediately realized that I must be talking about a relief pitcher, and probably a closer. And youd be right. Trevor Hoffman , the closer for the ...
  4 weeks ago

Comments about big law