Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Aug 2, 2021)
Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.
"New lawyer demographics show modest growth in minority attorneys," Reuters
"Missed Targets: How the UK's Top Law Firms Fail to Hit Their Diversity Goals," The American Lawyer
"Latham Leads in Associate Laterals Hires Amid 2021 Deal Boom," The American Lawyer
"Litigation Practices 'Desperate' for Talent as New Cases Compound a Backlog of Work," The American Lawyer
"NJ Summer Associate Programs, Many Hybridized, Forge Ahead in Second Year of Upheaval," New Jersey Law Journal
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