The American Lawyer

06/26/2025

Schulte and McDermott Partners Vote to Merge

As partners prepared to close by Aug. 1, the combined firm name will be McDermott Will & Schulte.

06/26/2025

Law Schools Are Quietly Changing DEI Messaging. What Does That Mean for Big Law's Future Talent Pipeline?

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06/26/2025

5 Years Into Legal Regulatory Reforms in Arizona and Utah, Tech Adoption Lags

Groups like immigrants and veterans have benefited from efforts in both states to open their legal markets to additional players, according to Stanford University researchers. But new entrants could be investing more into fresh technology.

06/26/2025

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06/26/2025

Texas Lawyer Finds Stress Relief, Success Breeding Cutting Horses

Austin attorney Geoff Weisbart finds solitude outside the courtroom and his legal practice at his ranch in Manchaca breeding and riding world championship cutting horses. It's just one of his hobbies that provides stress relief. He's also a licensed pilot.

06/26/2025

Summer Associates at Baker Botts Learn How to Use AI on the Job

"At the end of the day, the answer the firm keeps coming back to is you are not going to lose your job as a lawyer to AI, but you will lose your job to lawyers with AI," said AI co-chair Travis Wofford.

06/25/2025

Davis Polk Hires Willkie Partner to Co-Head Firm's T&E Practice

Jillian Merns had been at Willkie for close to 14 years.

06/25/2025

Law Firms Have Been Slow to Accept Payment in Crypto. The GENIUS Act Could Change That

The measure, recently passed by the U.S. Senate, would establish a regulatory framework for stablecoins. Legal industry experts say that, if the bill is signed into law, more law firms might consider allowing clients to pay with dollar-backed cryptocurrencies.

06/25/2025

There’s been no summer break for the top firms in the Am Law 100, at least when it comes to hiring. Several of them, including Latham & Watkins, Kirkland & Ellis, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom started the season by announcing significant hires in antitrust, M&A, investment funds and energy. https://loom.ly/ZH5CXZk

Several top firms stayed busy hiring even as the calendar turned to summer.

06/25/2025

Partner Pay Ratios Keep Stretching at Highest-Grossing Law Firms

Am Law 100 firms leaped to a 12.3-to-1 equity partner pay ratio on average last year, according to ALM survey data.

06/25/2025

Partner Recruiting Keeps Up at 'Destination Law Firms'

Several top firms stayed busy hiring even as the calendar turned to summer.

06/24/2025

“One of the things we saw was a lot of communication and promotion of a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion back in 2020, 2021 and even 2022. Now many are asking: Was that real? Was it all just for show? Was it really a commitment? Was it just to look and sound good?”

Read the full story: https://loom.ly/HyBlGoM

One thing is consistent: Almost no one currently working at a firm large enough to feel exposed wants to discuss DEI publicly.