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Law firms looking at rate bumps in 2010
Excerpt:The new year could thaw a rate freeze affecting law firms.Local legal shops generally look to be in line with a 3.2 percent average rate raise projected for 2010, according to a new survey from Altman Weil Inc., a Philadelphia-area consulting...
Words of wisdom from a 98-year-old lawyer
Reading stories about lawyers who have been practicing for more than 50 years always causes me to stop and imagine what the profession was like back when they first entered the law. Bill Wetherall has been practicing for 72 years!Read what he has to...
Blog Glob: "Legal Sector Loses 5,800 Jobs in October"
Excerpt:According to a monthly jobs report released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the nation lost 190,000 jobs in October as the unemployment rate jumped to 10.2 percent, its highest point since 1983.The legal sector wasn't spar...
Blog Glob: "Women with male names do better in legal careers: study"
Excerpt:What's in a name? A lot if you're seeking a legal career, with a U.S. study finding that women with male names are more successful lawyers and judges than those with more traditional, feminine names.The study, led by economist Bentl...
Lawyers behaving badly: Do new lawyers need mentoring in civility?
In "Stop behaving badly, boorish lawyers told" (Toronto Star), several possible reasons are put forth to explain why the number of complaints made to the Law Society of Upper Canada about rude and abusive behavior has increased. These reas...
Blog Glob: "A Mass made for legal workers"
Excerpt: During his sermon, [Cardinal Edward M.] Egan told the story of a riot in Ephesus, known today as Turkey. In the story, taken from the Acts of the Apostles, Paul spoke out against selling replicas of a holy temple that tourists were flocking ...
Scenes showing lawyers in a negative light removed from movie
Alleging “opprobrious visual artistic work designed against lawyers and the legal profession in the film," complaints were filed against Indian actor Vijay, as well as a producer and director for the way lawyers were portrayed in a movie. From "Vij...
Blog Glob - Scalia: ‘We Are Devoting Too Many of Our Best Minds to’ Lawyering
Excerpt:...I used to be disappointed that so many of the best minds in the country were being devoted to this enterprise.I mean there’d be a, you know, a defense or public defender from Podunk, you know, and this woman is really brilliant, you know...
Blog Glob: Tales of the Recession\'s Effect on the Legal Profession
Excerpt:This is the year the recession hit the legal profession. Lawyers and support staff were cut by the hundreds. Law firms went belly up. Court dockets burst with foreclosures and bankruptcies while budgets everywhere went bust.Buried under the s...
