Earlier this week, Law Students for Climate Accountability (LSCA) released this annual Law Firm Climate Change Scorecard for the Vault 100 Law Firms which contained some rather disturbing results. The Scorecard concluded that “America’s most prestigious law firms have expanded their fossil fuel work,” thus “exacerbating climate change” at a time when concerns over global
If you’ve just read this article’s title, you’re probably racking your brain trying to figure out what the heck a lowly solo practitioner like me can teach you about succeeding as a law firm associate.
After all, you probably think that most solos simply churn out form documents for simpleton clients who need help with
Via Bob Ambrogi’s Law Sites Blog, I learned of yet another Captain Obvious study on diversity at biglaw. Spoiler alert (NOT): there’s been little progress or improvement over the past seven years. Though the percentage of minority associates at large firms hovers around 26.4 percent – so slightly less than the 30 percent