Drinker Biddle: Merit-Based Pay Means Cuts to 53% of Associates
It’s not surprising that Drinker Biddle is moving to a full merit-based pay scale. Back in May, we reported that Drinker Biddle decided to change the nature of the first-year associate experience. We...
View ArticleNationwide Layoff Watch: Drinker Biddle
Last year witnessed a Valentine’s Day Massacre in the legal profession. Over 800 lawyers and staffers lost their jobs in the week leading up to V-Day. This year, the week before Valentine’s Day was...
View ArticleLegal Press More Fascinated By Apprenticeship Programs than Law Firms
A year ago, Howrey announced that it was slashing first-year starting salaries and radically changing its first-year program. Drinker Biddle had adopted a similar “apprenticeship” approach a few weeks...
View ArticleDrinker Biddle’s Latest Attack on the Billable Hour
Have you ever heard of a “chief value officer”? Let’s assume your answer is “no,” because you don’t spend your free time reading synergistic white papers produced by McKinsey & Co. But that’s...
View ArticleNon-Sequiturs: 05.27.11
* And finally, a law student sues a law school for its allegedly misleading post-graduate employment information. [Law School Transparency] * A “leading business lawyer in Germany,” reportedly a...
View ArticleBeverly Hills Brawl: Escape From The Deposition Room!
Can we all just get along? A California deposition devolved into a fracas, according to a recently filed lawsuit and additional court documents. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or...
View ArticleQuote of the Day: No ‘Martial Arts Moves’ Here
I never had the inclination, or the physical strength, to attack Mr. Bloch. – Henry Shields Jr., the Drinker Biddle partner accused in a lawsuit of assaulting opposing counsel at a deposition. Shields,...
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Where’s LeBoeuf? An Update on Doings at Dewey
What’s going down at Dewey? Some claim the firm is experiencing financial difficulties, and there have been some partner departures and reports of associate layoffs. But Dewey claims that it’s really...
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Morning Docket: 11.21.12
* “[L]awyers aren’t trained as accountants,” but Gibson Dunn, Freshfields, Drinker Biddle, and Skadden may have some splainin’ to do when it comes to Hewlett-Packard’s M&A blowout with Autonomy....
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From the ATL Insider Survey: Overlooked Firms and Schools
Wherein we give some credit to overlooked law firms and law schools based on positive responses to the ATL Insider Survey. Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on...
View ArticleATL Webcast: Career Advice for This Summer (Part 3)Government jobs; balancing...
Here at Above the Law, we try to offer practical tips for how to succeed in the legal profession. See, e.g., our recent posts about how to take vacation in Biglaw, or the best time for starting your...
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