Monday BigLaw Merry-Go-Round (Oct 25, 2021)

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

• "Why Another Associate Left a Magic Circle Firm for a US Rival," Law.com International

• "Burnout Is Going to Cause a Wave of Turnover Among Law Firm Leaders," The American Lawyer

• "Law Firm Leaders Idealize 'Collaboration' in the Office Space Race, Despite So Much Change," The American Lawyer

• "Trio of Big Law firms set office return dates in coming months," Reuters

• "What's the Next Hot Legal Market After Salt Lake City? Analysts Point to Boise, Las Vegas and Raleigh," The American Lawyer

• "Gibson Dunn Sets January Date for U.S. Office Reopenings," The American Lawyer

• "Winning the War for Talent Will Take More Than Money," The American Lawyer

• "Allen & Overy Launches Flexible Lawyering Unit in US," The American Lawyer

• "Paul Hastings chair says partner hiring game has changed: 'I've never seen it like this'," Reuters

• "Law Firm Leasing Appears to Be Rebounding From Pandemic Lows," The American Lawyer

• "Senior Associates Are a Hot Commodity. Orrick Is Lending Out 6 of Them for the Next 3 Years.," The American Lawyer

• "Law firms promise jobs before law school in new diversity push," Reuters

• "DLA Piper Sharpens Focus on Diversity and Inclusion With 2 New Appointments," The National Law Journal

• "'Carving Out Space': How Minority IP Lawyers Say They're Attracting Diverse New Talent," Daily Report

• "K&L Gates Adds Diversity Credit to Billable Hours Policy," The Legal Intelligencer

• "Is Big Law's addiction to elite schools hobbling diversity efforts?," Reuters

• "Having lawyer parents boosts job prospects, salaries for law grads," Reuters

• "First-generation college grads find fewer jobs after law school than their peers, new NALP data says," ABA Journal

• "First-Generation Law Students Struggle in Post-Grad Market Compared With Peers, Study Shows," Law.com

• "Children Of Lawyers Have Leg Up In Law Jobs, Report Says," Law360

• "Employment Outcomes for First-Generation College Students Fall Below Those of Their Peers, and Disparities in Outcomes by Race/Ethnicity Persist," NALP

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