Pointing to Great Britain as an example, Northwestern Law prof John McGinnis and K&E attorney Russell Mangas argue the case that legal education should be taught as a major at the undergraduate level. From their Jan. 17, 2012 WSJ opinion…
Posts Tagged ‘WSJ’
Legal Labor Market Remains Bleak According to BLS Stats
09
Jan
According to the latest report by BLS, professional and technical services showed job expansion running at 8.5% and the only subgroup that showed a decline was legal services (- 1.8%). On WSJ Law Blog, Joe Palazzlo reports that while the…
Nixon Unplugged
14
Nov
Hat tip to WSJ Law Blog’s Joe Palazzolo who wrote in his time-stamped Nov. 10, 2011, 12:05 PM ET post Law Blog Doc Dump: Nixon’s Grand Jury Records: A heads up to our legal history buffs: The government’s Nixon Presidential…
More Corporate Legal Departments Just Saying "No:" Is billing newbie attorneys at paralegal rates the answer?
19
Oct
More than 20% of the 366 in-house legal departments that responded to a recent survey conducts by Association of Corporate Counsel for the WSJ reported that they are refusing to pay for work performed by first- or second-year assocates. The…
Girls (Strike out that) Law Profs Gone Wild
26
Aug
The once anonymous “LawProf” blogger of Inside the Law School Scam has identified himself. As most readers of LLB know, Mark Giangrande reported that he is Colorado Law prof Paul Campos. I don’t know if the WSJ Law Blog broke…
"A picture is worth a thousand words" for illustrating law grads’ corporate sector career paths in the "New Normal"
16
Aug
The caption for the image, right, in Vanessa O’Connell’s WSJ story, Cut the Law Firms, Keep the Lawyers, reads “Dargie Anderson Bowersock had expected to go to a law firm—the “traditional path”— but now works in H-P’s legal department in…
Temp Lawyers Performing Document Review Subject of Malpractice Lawsuit
08
Aug
The WSJ’s Vanessa O’Connell reports: An increasingly contentious lawsuit by a former client against law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP is putting a spotlight on the legal industry’s widespread use of itinerant “contract” attorneys who review documents for lower…
WSJ: Law Schools Increasing Skills Training
11
Jul
Could it be that the new competition among law schools would be teaching lawyering skills? The Wall Street Journal is describing efforts by a number of different schools in that direction. New York Law School, for example, is hiring 15…
