We used to think it was telling that the New York Times started reporting (rather regularly, we might add) on the relationship between law schools and the underemployment facing lawyers in the US. Then it was the Wall Street Journal…
It’s that time of year again…time when law firms pore through the AmLaw 100 and 200 listings to see how their firm did, how their friends’ firms did, and most importantly, how their competition did. In addition to the quality…
Being a sports-savvy group of New Englanders, we Brightleaf folks pay attention to goings-on around the Red Sox clubhouse. Like most people here, we were beside ourselves in 2004, thrilled to be thrilled again in 2007, and in 2011, we…
At this moment, the attorneys and staff at the elite law firm of Dewey & LeBeouf are waiting to find out what will become of their firm. Major news outlets such as the Wall Street Journal… have covered the issues
I really wanted to call this post, “Oklahoma: Where the Winds of Legal Technology Change are Sweepin’ Down the Plain.” But that would be terrible SEO. And not particularly funny, either.
The ABA Journal reported over the last week on…
It will come as scant surprise to our throngs of loyal readers (especially to those readers who thronged to this post) that the New York Times is again covering the implosion of the law school bubble.
In Monday’s Opinionator …
Now that we’re done shoveling snow, we can turn to this interesting article… from yesterday’s Wall Street Journal. The theme suggested by its title, “Big Law Firms Keep Lid on Associate Bonuses,” is hardly new or suprising. Given the
Online newsmagazine Slate checked in yesterday with this story… about how law schools acting in their own financial interest are creating an oversupply of debt-laden grads who cannot find jobs in the legal profession. While the article doesn’t contain much
Tuesday’s Boston Globe carried this front page story… about the new University of Massachusetts School of Law.
Before we dig into it, a bit of background: for the past several years, the Massachusetts Legislature and Board of Higher Education have
Two great articles in the New York Times Business section today: one on the vibrant tech scene in Boulder and one focusing on our friends at The Foundry Group… (featuring a nice little b.leaf mention towards the end).
Boulder is
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