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Vault’s 2012 Quality of Life Law Firm Rankings

Vault’s 2012 Quality of Life Law Firm Rankings

posted 07/31/11 by Allie

  We’ve all heard the nightmare stories about the billable hours, weekend hours, and mindless tasks associated with working with a larger firm. But Vault.com has uncovered a number of firms that have make the rank of “Vault’s 2012 Quality of Life” firm. Vault used several factors in considering the rankings including…continue

Thinking of law school? Hopefully not to get rich

Thinking of law school? Hopefully not to get rich

posted 10/7/10 by Michael Helfand

I'm not saying that the majority of actual lawyers are in the poorhouse.  Most leave law school with huge loans and while some start right away in six figure jobs, the majority make around $50,000 to start. But what you don't hear about is how many people drop out of…continue

Latest Law Firm Diversity Survey Results

Latest Law Firm Diversity Survey Results

posted 09/30/10 by Vault.com

New York, NY (September 29, 2010). Vault.com, the source of employer rankings, ratings and insight in the law industry, and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA), the nation’s foremost authority on diversity issues in the legal profession, have released the results of this year’s Law Firm Diversity Survey in an updated…continue

Summer Experience Series-Court clerkship

Summer Experience Series-Court clerkship

posted 07/28/10 by Summer Experience Contributor

Welcome back to LSJ's Summer Experience!  This week we bring you an article from a guy who spent his summer working for a large county court system....... I spent my 1L summer clerking for a rotation of judges in a county court. Each week, I clerked for a different judge in…continue

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