Starting salaries for first-year associates at Milbank were just raised to $200k, and for eighth-year associates to $355k. Other firms, including McDermott Will & Emery, Cadwalader, Mintz, Winston & Strawn, and Fenwick, quickly followed suit. Davis Polk, in fact, did … [more]
Are you intellectually curious, motivated by learning, and energized by achieving financial goals? Do you enjoy solving puzzles, sourcing data, running boolean searches, and working with others? Do you enjoy interviewing or learning about others’ careers and the law? This … [more]
“Brand lawyers” are in demand in the life sciences industry. The term “brand lawyer” is often used to describe an attorney with experience supporting a specific brand/product that is on the market. For example, a brand lawyer within the pharmaceutical industry … [more]
Afiya Jordan is now Assistant General Counsel-Corporate Governance at Panasonic Corporation of North America. Afiya is responsible for governance matters for Panasonic and its various North American subsidiaries. In addition to well known consumer products, Panasonic is a diversified company whose products … [more]
At the end of last year, when Covid was still a prominent factor on the minds of all corporations, many companies decreased the size of their legal department budgets. It was a move that was designed to deal with the … [more]
In February 2021, the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) released its 2020 Report on Diversity in U.S. Law Firms. Unfortunately, the numbers on diversity and inclusion showed only a slight uptick, revealing “incremental progress.” In a time when our … [more]
Ashlee Murph is now a litigation associate with Eckert Seamans, an Am Law 200 full service law firm with 300 lawyers. Ashlee is a graduate of American University and received her law degree from Hofstra University School of Law.
John Stephenson is a trust and estate lawyer with Shah and Associates where he is responsible for sophisticated estate planning matters. John is a cum laude graduate of Pace University School of Law.
The heavy weight of the Covid-19 pandemic is slowly beginning to lift. The current debate has to do with who will take the vaccine, rather than whether we will have another wave of infection, an improvement indeed. While we … [more]
The National Association of Legal Search Consultants (NALSC) is the national professional organization for the legal search profession, and is committed to upholding the highest ethical standards in the field. As a business owner in the profession, Mary Clare and Princeton … [more]
