Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Aug 30, 2021)

Recent reports on lateral hires, financial data, salaries, and hiring trends in BigLaw.

• "New lawyer hiring better than predicted, NALP says," Reuters

• "Job Market For New Grads Stays Resilient Amid COVID-19," Law360

• "Median salaries reach all-time high for class of 2020 law grads, while employment rate drops slightly," ABA Journal

• "Overall Median Salaries Rise and Private Practice Employment Remains Strong for the Class of 2020, Even as Other Key Employment Metrics Decline Due to the Pandemic," Selected Findings Report

• "Can Big Law Fix Its Failures on Work Allocation?," The American Lawyer

• "Hunton Andrews Kurth Asks Law Students How to Promote Diverse Recruitment, Associate Retention," Daily Business Review

• "How Can Big Law Retain Young Talent? One Firm Crowdsourced the Solution From Summer Associates," The American Lawyer

• "Even the Delta Variant Won't Sweep Away Law Firms' 2021 Windfall," The American Lawyer

• "Reed Smith Cuts 66 Roles Across US, UK Offices," The American Lawyer

• "Law Firms Have Seen Big Revenue, Profit Gains in 2021, Even as Compensation Costs Rise," The American Lawyer

• "What's Driving Top Firms to Pay Lawyers More to Do Less?," The American Lawyer

• "For Associates, This Summer's Raises Deserve a Second Look Through a Long-Term Lens," The American Lawyer

• "The 2021 Midlevel Associates Survey: The National Rankings," The American Lawyer

• "Midlevel Associates Aren't Satisfied With Law Firms' Return-to-Office Plans," The American Lawyer

• "The 2021 Midlevel Associates Survey: City-by-City Rankings," The American Lawyer

• "Words of Wisdom: Associates Offer Earnest Advice to Their Law Firm Leaders," The American Lawyer

• "Associates Give Firms High Marks for Their Pandemic-Inspired Tech Transformation," The American Lawyer

• "Fox Rothschild Is Raising Associate Salaries to Fend Off Poaching," The Legal Intelligencer

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