Here's a first look at the law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2024 graduates to associate jobs at the largest 500 law firms.

       

Part Two of this two-part article examines practical steps marketers must take to succeed in this changing landscape by embracing a multichannel, AI-driven approach to their marketing and PR efforts. This means rethinking your strategy to build direct connections with your audience, using platforms that elevate your visibility and focusing on storytelling that resonates.

       

"We have so many consumer debt actions, foreclosure actions—you name it for people living in poverty. ... Being able to serve somebody in sort of this easier way ... you're making it easier to get a default judgment," said Vero nica C. Gonzales, an associate professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law.

       

Many victims of the Palisades wildfire were lawyers and judges who are now plaintiffs in lawsuits against the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

       

At least three more Kirkland associates on LinkedIn this week pointed to the deals with Trump as reason to leave the firm.

       

Tuition will be cut in half for lawyers, formerly in government service, who received a J.D. from a U.S.-accredited law school.

       

The firm, which has once again topped the latest AmLaw 100 ranking, has secured a series of sub-one billion dollar U.K. and European deals for the private equity giant.

       

In a lawsuit, the American Bar Association claimed it lost nearly $69 million in obligated federal and cooperative-agreement funds, forcing the organization to lay off more than 300 staff members and field officers across its programs.

       

Outcries from attorneys and judges rebuking President Donald Trump's actions and seeking to preserve the rule of law have intensified in recent weeks.

       

"The intersection of regulatory pressures has led to a measurable decline in explicit DEI mentions yet substantive commitments persist through neutral phrasing," said a report by legal intelligence platform DragonGC.

       

“It's a unique moment for legal, said Catherine Kemnitz, Axiom's chief strategy officer. “I don't think I've seen many other times where the legal function has been so front and center. "

       

"The district court's injunction cannot be squared with the substantial deference that the Department's professional military judgments are owed," U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote.

       

On the same day the Houston-founded trial firm Susman Godfrey filed a motion seeking the summary judgment and permanent injunctive relief from the executive order signed by President Donald Trump, the administration filed a motion to dismiss the suit.

       

New Jersey Law Journal seeks nominations for great attorneys deserving of recognition in the state

       

“It's just very sad for them because I have conversations with them quite frequently saying, Please, please hang in there. I think eventually we're going to get there, but you got to just be patient.' And it's really difficult to keep saying you have to be patient after 10 years," Kelly Reardon of The Reardon Law Firm, counsel for three claimants in the talc cases against Johnson & Johnson, said.

       

Every law firm needs to find new clients. If you watch TV, you see law firm ads all the time. Drive along the highway through a metro area and you see billboards. But if you don't want “In your face advertising, and still want to raise your local visibility, one or more of these "soft touch" ideas might be a good fit.

       

Firm CEO Vince Guglielmotti said strong performances in all five of the firm's main practice areas helped continue its steady rise.

       

The post appears to refer to co-managing partner William Burck's position as outside ethics adviser to the Trump Organization. Burck recently filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on behalf of Harvard University and is representing a group of law firms in an EEOC probe over their diversity efforts.

       

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Here's a first look at the law schools that sent the highest percentage of 2024 graduates to associate jobs at the largest 500 law firms.