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The Law School Legal Industry Job Tracker: Class Of 2024

Want to know which schools are sending the highest percentage of graduates to BigLaw? How big a slice are landing those prized clerkships in federal or state courts? Explore the ins and outs of law school graduate placement in our interactive graphic.

The Top Law Schools For Legal Industry Jobs: A Data Review

By Anna Sanders

A law degree opens up a range of job opportunities, in private law firms, government, business and beyond, the ABA's data shows. Find out which schools came out on top for job placements in BigLaw, federal and state court clerkships, public interest and more.

Moye White Lease Default Left 'Shock', 'Uncertainty,' Co. Says

By Isaac Monterose

A Denver landlord fought back against counterclaims lodged by defunct law firm Moye White LLP in Colorado state court, arguing that the firm wasn't wrongfully evicted from its Denver office space and willingly left the property.

Former U.S. Atty Joins Fredrikson & Byron In North Dakota

By Adrian Cruz

Fredrikson & Byron PA announced that a former North Dakota U.S. attorney who has also served multiple terms in the state's senate has joined the firm's office in Fargo as an officer in its litigation group.

Seward & Kissel Hires Ex-Arnold & Porter Trusts Pro In NY

By Kevin Penton

Seward & Kissel LLP has added an attorney previously with Arnold & Porter and Withers Bergman LLP as co-head of its trusts and estates practice in New York, the firm announced Tuesday.

Lathrop GPM Continues Calif. Focus With Sacramento Office

By Emma Cueto

Lathrop GPM LLP has launched an office in Sacramento, California, its fourth in the Golden State, to be helmed by three existing partners, the firm said in an announcement Tuesday.

Freeman Mathis Adds Litigation Trio From Fla. Boutique

By Madison Arnold

Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP announced Tuesday that it has added three attorneys to its Miami shop from Gaebe Mullen Antonelli & DiMatteo as part of an ongoing effort to expand in the state.

Constangy Taps Princeton Head To Co-Lead Transaction Team

By Jake Maher

Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP has selected the leader of its Princeton office and a partner of 14 years to be co-chair of the labor and employment firm's corporate transaction practice group.

Jones Walker Adds Construction, Bankruptcy Attys In Miami

By Adrian Cruz

Two litigation attorneys have joined Jones Walker LLP's Miami office, adding experience to its construction and bankruptcy and restructuring practice groups, the firm announced Tuesday.

Kaufman Dolowich Adds Litchfield Cavo Litigator In SoCal

By James Mills

Kaufman Dolowich is expanding its West Coast team, bringing in a Litchfield Cavo LLP construction industry litigator as partner in its office in Torrance, California.

Becker's International Head Talks Expansion To Europe

By Emma Cueto

Becker & Poliakoff PC has launched an office in Milan, its first outside the U.S., to counsel European clients looking to do business in the United States, which the office leader and head of the firm's international practice said is even more important than ever today.

Weiss Serota Launches AI And Emerging Tech Practice

By Corey Rothauser

Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman PL is launching a new Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology practice group and added a seasoned attorney in the public sector and tech law to bolster it.

Law Firms Seek Communication Tools Amid EO Discord

By Aebra Coe

Rachael Bosch, a professional development consultant to law firms, says that as the legal industry faces turmoil over the president's law firm executive orders, more firms have reached out to her seeking guidance on how to help their personnel manage the current moment.

Susman Godfrey Urges Court To Follow Perkins Coie EO Win

By Lauren Berg

The president doesn't have the power to "exact revenge against a law firm" for representing certain clients and causes, Susman Godfrey LLP told a D.C. federal judge Monday, asking her to "follow the same course" as the judge who granted Perkins Coie LLP permanent relief from a presidential order.

Longtime DOJ Antitrust Atty Joins Axinn In DC

By Adrian Cruz

Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP announced Monday that an experienced antitrust litigator who spent nearly a decade working at the U.S. Department of Justice has joined the firm's Washington, D.C., office as a partner.

FisherBroyles Launches Delaware Office

By Emma Cueto

Remote firm FisherBroyles LLP has launched an office in Wilmington, Delaware, with a partner from asbestos and mass torts defense firm Reilly McDevitt & Henrich PC, the firm said in a Monday announcement.

Chartwell Adds 23 Attys, New Offices In DC, Maryland, NJ

By Christine DeRosa

Chartwell Law Offices LLP has launched three new offices across the mid-Atlantic in recent weeks, as the Pennsylvania-based firm has taken on more than 20 attorneys since the start of the year.

Ex-Dilworth Chair Remembered For Wit, Love Of History

By James Boyle

Philadelphia attorney, former speechwriter for President Lyndon B. Johnson and longtime partner and co-chair at Dilworth Paxson LLP, Stephen Harmelin has been remembered as a smart, steady and even-tempered lawyer with a dry sense of humor and deep love of U.S. history and the Constitution.

Shutts & Bowen Takes Aim At Malpractice Suit Over Club Sale

By Madison Arnold

Florida firm Shutts & Bowen LLP and one of its partners pushed back against a real estate corporation's malpractice lawsuit alleging they sank the sale of a country club with a motion requesting the court either transfer or dismiss the case.

8-Atty Shumaker Community Association Team Joins Becker

By Adrian Cruz

Becker & Poliakoff PC announced Monday an eight-person team of community association law attorneys joined the firm's Tampa, Florida, office from Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP.

Morgan & Morgan Pushes To Arbitrate Malpractice Claims

By Rose Krebs

Morgan & Morgan is urging a Georgia federal court to send a former client's malpractice class claims into arbitration and reject his bid to move the case to state court, arguing the matter belongs there, and the client agreed to arbitrate such disputes.

Cannabis Drink Co. Accuses Stoel Rives Attorneys Of Fraud

By Sam Reisman

A startup that develops nonalcoholic cannabis beers has claimed in a California state court action that attorneys from Stoel Rives LLP and others conspired on a scheme to defraud the company out of millions by allegedly trying to sell an unlicensed marijuana business.

JC Penney Says Emails Show Jackson Walker Hid Romance

By Clara Geoghegan

The wind down estate of J.C. Penney beefed up its allegations that Jackson Walker covered up a relationship between a former bankruptcy partner and Texas bankruptcy judge in an updated lawsuit to recover over $1 million in legal fees from its 2020 Chapter 11, shedding light on the firms emails with a public relations firm and outside ethics counsel.

BakerHostetler Energy Atty Joins Kean Miller In Houston

By Adrian Cruz

Kean Miller LLP announced that an experienced litigation attorney with a focus on energy and environmental matters has joined the firm's Houston office as a partner after nearly two decades with BakerHostetler.

¼«ËÙÈü³µ's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP and Pilot Law PC lead this week's edition of ¼«ËÙÈü³µ Legal Lions, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federally employed military reservists called to active duty during wartime or a national emergency are entitled to a top-up differential pay, regardless of their specific role.