by HolAdmin | May 30, 2025 | American Legal News
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to the National Association for Law Placement’s 2025 U.S. Associate Salary Survey, what is the overall median first-year associate salary? Hint: It’s higher at firms with 700+ attorneys, at a...
by HolAdmin | May 30, 2025 | American Legal News
Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. I would say people are not quite so aggressive at the moment with their salary demands. These are always trailing. It will catch up. I think there will be some salary hikes at the end of the year. — Robert...
by HolAdmin | May 30, 2025 | American Legal News
Ed. note: This is the latest installment in a series of posts on motherhood in the legal profession, in partnership with our friends at MothersEsquire. Welcome Sonya L. Sigler back to our pages. Click here if you’d like to donate to MothersEsquire. In the first four...
by HolAdmin | May 30, 2025 | American Legal News
Yusuf Zakir (photo courtesy of Davis Wright Tremaine) Our last Q&A with Davis Wright Tremaine’s Yusuf Zakir was centered on diversity, definitions, and preparing the defenses from oncoming attack. What is diversity and why is it important? Who benefits from...
by HolAdmin | May 30, 2025 | American Legal News
During the first Trump administration, the White House just sat back and took it when the American Bar Association would point out that several of its judicial nominees were woefully unqualified. Aside from the occasional ghost hunter, the GOP-controlled Senate would,...
by HolAdmin | May 30, 2025 | American Legal News
Memorial Day has come and gone, and in the legal profession, that means that summer associate season is nearly upon us. Soon, scores of law students will descend upon the largest firms across the country to experience the best of what Biglaw has to offer. These firms...