Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Dec 21, 2020)
Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.
"The Pandemic Hasn't Curtailed Big Law's Appetite for New Associates," Law.com
"Law firms kept up offers to summer associates as pandemic roiled market for new hires," Thomson Reuters.
"Summer associate programs continue to shrink, new NALP survey says," ABA Journal
"With Historic Offer And Acceptance Rates, COVID Was No Match For Biglaw Summer Associate Programs," Above the Law
"Polarizing Election Work, Discrimination Suits May Dent Jones Day's Appeal to Young Lawyers," The American Lawyer
"Latest Big Law Bonuses Take A Tailored Approach, Sometimes Outpacing The Market," The American Lawyer
"Remote Partner Hiring Will Be a Broad, but Limited Strategy in Big Law," The American Lawyer
"Big Law Firms to Test New Recruiting Tool, Using Tech to Combat Bias," The American Lawyer
"As Partner Compensation Grows, Gender Pay Gap Shrinks, Report Finds," The American Lawyer
"The Equity-Non-equity Happiness Gap Is Growing," The American Lawyer
"Rising Associate Bonuses See Mixed Reaction From Corporate Counsel," The American Lawyer
"Norton Rose To Implement 50% Remote Working For EMEA Partners," Law.com International
"The Year in Review: 2020 Wasn't All Bad For Europe," Law.com International
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