#BigLaw

Ivan Rasic

Ivan_Rasic

(1/n) Please help anyone in the know?Struggling a bit with this David Maister's formula #BigLaw profitability formula. @grbeaton_law 's #RemakingLawFirms breaks it down by the factors, but I still fail

_gabrielShapir0

lex_node

I think the BigLaw cuts will get much worse and associates will get "Lathamed" like in '08. BigLaw got very complacent in recent years and is suffering from immense bloat.

Sean T at RCP

SeanTrende

I mean, you can go to the Yales and Harvards of the world, and realize that the benefits of the credentials they confer relative to other schools are vastly disproportionate

Leanne O'Donnell

MsLods

"To inspire confidence, 48 lawyers across the technology and privacy space signed an open letter stating they have reviewed the government’s app and have personally decided it was worth downloading."

Cat Moon

inspiredcat

In all seriousness, if we make decisions to #makelawbetter with complete disregard for lawyers' ability to make money, lawyers still will have the opportunity to make more money than most

legally pink

legallyypink

Every semester of law school from 1L to graduation I had a 2.9 GPA. I had time during school to work almost full-time and live a more comfortable life financially

_gabrielShapir0

lex_node

When I left an 8-year BigLaw career doing multibillion dollar deals, I thought blockchain would take the best of traditional law/finance & surpass them. In the 2.5 years since, the

legally pink

legallyypink

Public defenders: -20/10. No, I will not explain. BigLaw: Think they’re better than you, despite taking notes for some partner all day. Will ask what your salary is and then

Jeff Kosseff

jkosseff

I've received a few questions over the past month from law students and recent law school grads about whether/how to practice cybersecurity and privacy law. Here are my general thoughts:

Timothy B. Corcoran

tcorcoran

Spoke to a reporter the other day re: associate bonuses. He chose (so far anyway) not to use my potentially incendiary comments. So here they are: the rush to increase

legally pink

legallyypink

So as someone who has quite the thing for lawyers and has tried most of them, here is my thread ranking dating different types of lawyers:https://twitter.com/canlawmag/status/1384258252381118469 Lawyer in the same

Veronica Root Martinez

VRootMartinez

Tis the season for students to consider transferring law schools. A few of my own opinions.1. I don't think it makes sense to transfer if you aren't seriously changing your

David Lat

DavidLat

Why do some people die from #coronavirus/#COVID19, while others show no symptoms? Why did I end up critical in the ICU, while my husband had medium-level flu symptoms for a

Adam Steene

AdamSteene

This article talks a lot about the monetary and prestige benefits of clerking after a few years of practicing law. As someone who’s just finished a clerkship 5+ years into

Mark Blacknell

Blacknell

What a fantastic thread. Grad school costs and debt are way down the list of important stuff, but the Biden loan forgiveness possibility makes it relevant now.I referenced my $150k+

Lauren

knitsandflowers

Something I think is missing from the late-night emails discussion: the distinction between internal and external communications and the potential power imbalances that make the former trickier. /1 If you're