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In a time of rising uncertainty and stress, there are signs that spirits are sagging in the legal profession compared with recent years, according to a new Law360 Pulse survey.
Trial firm Bowman and Brooke LLP has named two partners based in Philadelphia and Columbia, South Carolina, as the new heads of its diversity, equity and inclusion committee.
Among law school applicants, women have far outpaced men over the past 10 years, yet the admission rate for men has remained higher, according to the nonprofit AccessLex Institute's Legal Education Data Deck released Tuesday.
Robins Kaplan LLP announced that the firm has named a new deputy chair of the national business litigation group and new deputy managing partner of its Los Angeles office.
CM Law PLLC, formerly Culhane Meadows Haughian & Walsh PLLC, announced that the virtual law firm has hired a six-attorney marketing law team from Chicago boutique Friedman Law Group.
Carlton Fields has grown its business transactions practice with the addition of an experienced U.S. Securities and Exchange commission attorney, the firm said Monday.
Law360 Pulse caught up with Phil Selden, formerly the acting U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland, to discuss taking the reins of Cole Schotz PC's new office in Washington, D.C.
A former GrayRobinson PA shareholder who was a key legal strategist at the Florida Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office brought her practice to Shutts & Bowen LLP, the firm announced Monday.
National environmental firm Beveridge & Diamond PC is absorbing San Francisco firm Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp LLP, with Beveridge & Diamond saying in a Monday announcement that the move is part of its effort to enhance its capabilities in the Golden State.
Labor and employment law firm Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP has named a co-leader for its trade secrets and unfair competition practice as managing partner of its Atlanta office, turning to an attorney with more than two decades of legal experience.
Bressler Amery & Ross PC announced Monday that it has appointed an Austin-based principal to the firm's management committee and that it has selected a Dallas principal to lead the firm's three Texas offices.
Hundreds of BigLaw partners and former judges on Friday threw their support behind Susman Godfrey LLP's lawsuit in D.C. federal court over President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm, warning that if "the independent bar is cowed into submission" it will threaten "the rule of law itself."
Lippes Mathias LLP has created two new C-suite roles, chief legal officer and chief advisory officer, which the firm said are important for creating more structure as it expands its footprint.
Spencer Fane LLP said Thursday it has hired Allison Garrett, Oklahoma's former chief executive for its higher education system, as an of counsel in its litigation and dispute resolution practice.
Ballard Spahr LLP and WilmerHale lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Manhattan federal jury rejected former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's libel claims against The New York Times over a 2017 editorial linking her to political violence.
They didn't start the fire — but this former BigLaw partner and her family hope to ignite curiosity with their children's history podcast inspired by the Billy Joel tune.
GrayRobinson PA announced Friday that it bolstered its ranks with a patent attorney and engineering professional in Gainesville, Florida, from Talem IP Law LLP.
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as attorneys took on new roles and BigLaw firms expanded their offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
Lucosky Brookman LLP announced Thursday that the firm has expanded its New York operations with a new office in Westchester County following the addition of four insurance defense attorneys from Marshall Dennehey, including its former transportation practice co-chair.
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is expanding its client engagement team, announcing Thursday it is bringing in a Holland & Knight LLP director of client development in Los Angeles to spearhead the effort, especially in the emerging company and venture capital markets.
Margolis Edelstein is facing a malpractice suit in New Jersey state court alleging a Berkeley Heights-based partner negligently settled an insurance-related case based on "theoretical damages" for over $2 million.
Both associate hiring and departures rose in 2024 from the year before, with the attrition rate lower at large firms, according to a report released Thursday by the National Association of Law Placement.
As he prepares to receive a national pro bono service award, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP partner Richard A. DiLiberto Jr. said lawyers have a responsibility to help clients in need and those who have been wronged.
Klehr Harrison Harvey Branzburg LLP recently launched a new practice group within the firm's litigation department dedicated to representing attorneys and law firms facing malpractice accusations.
Legal technology's ability to track and quickly analyze regulatory changes makes it a compelling solution for organizations that are abruptly navigating new tariffs, and experts say both vendors and law firms should quickly embrace these tools.
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Seek More Assignments?In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.