American Lawyer Media -- link for students
Here is a link to the American Lawyer Media's site for students which gives you access to a wide variety of reports that provide information about the largest law firms in the US and in the world:
Here is a link to the American Lawyer Media's site for students which gives you access to a wide variety of reports that provide information about the largest law firms in the US and in the world:
The folks at the Harvard Business School have created a Project Finance Portal to answer all of your questions about the practice, and they have provided a list of law firms where the work is done. The "Best Lawyers in America" lists project finance practitioners.
From Tony Novak, U of MN 2005
Interested in Litigation? Interested in Networking? Become a Law Student Member of DRI for only $20.
DRI is widely recognized as the largest and most active national association of lawyers engaged in the defense of civil actions. DRI provides cutting edge educational seminars, numerous publications and other valuable services to its members. DRI membership provides: Great Networking Opportunities, Publications, Publishing Opportunities, Access to the DRI website and Complimentary Registration to DRI seminars.
DRI is developing law student members all over the country and will be visiting the University of Minnesota Law School campus in the fall. For more information or to join visit www.dri.org or call 312.795.1101. You can also contact Tony Novak of Larson King, LLP (U of M - 2005) for more information.
In addition to being an expensive but worthwhile magazine for top legal managers which is available in the CPDC in my office, Of Counsel is a term of art used to describe some people who work at law firms.
In the "old days," Of Counsel described the elderly partner who came to the office for two days a week to work for his few remaining clients while his secretary balanced his checkbook. No more. Of Counsel can mean anything, including:
A senior attorney still practicing part time;
A senior and more-or-less retired partner whose expertise is valued and who continues to assist the practice;
A lateral candidate who is in the process of developing clients and building a practice;
A way-station for senior associates before they make partner;
A title for senior associates who are off the partnership track but whose expertise is valued by the firm; and/or
A law or other faculty member who is affiliated with the firm and who provides practice expertise or consulting.
Three bankruptcy lawyers in three stages of their careers agreed:
(1) the Minnesota bankruptcy bar is collegial;
(2) the practice is great for new lawyers because they get to represent clients and go to court early in their careers;
(3) the practice requires learning across legal specialties and disciplines; and
(4) that their workdays are never, ever boring.
They also agreed that upper level real estate and Article 9 classes were important.
The Bible of Big Firm Private Practice is The American Lawyer, which has covered LargeLaw for two decades. It is the home of the AMLAW 100 and AMLAW 200 lists which slice and dice the law biz by size, location, profits per partner, profits per lawyer and more. It is the primary journalistic source for stories of how firms succeed or fail, and, with great access and terrific writing, AMLawyer gives you a window on firm culture. When you can subscribe on your own dime, you might want to but it costs about $495/10 issues per year. The CPDC has 15 years of AMLawyer in our Library, and the issues are there for you to borrow. Check them out with John Malecha.