We all know about the paradigm shift in the legal industry.  It has been well chronicled by Richard Susskind,  Jordon Furlong, Ron Friedmann and many others.  The legal industry melt down, the deep and rapid technological advances (of the disruptive kind), our relentless connectivity and burgeoning electronic legal marketplace — all have led to major threats to various aspects [...]

In July 2009, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft put 34 associates on an involuntary sabbatical.  Now, as reported by Above the Law (click here) the firm is offering to hire them back as contract attorneys, with possible hourly pay between $45 and $65.  The web site Law and More (click here) follows up with two major [...]

As has been reported, there were layoffs this week at Womble Carlyle.   But that was not the big news.  The big news was Womble decided to address the general retrenchment of the legal market in a very frank way, remarking on a sea change in corporate law practice.  “The world of large law firms … has changed forever” said Womble Carlyle in an internal memo.   [...]

The paradigm-shift Almost 7,000 lawyers have been laid off in the first two months of this year.  And all are not yet accounted for.  In today’s New York Times Adam Cohn dissects the paradigm-shifting changes taking place in the legal profession.  Noting the massive layoffs and venerable firm closures, Cohen suggested that these events are [...]

From the Above the Law blog: Sign of the Times: Orrick Offers Jobs in Wheeling, WV to GULC Students There’s an interesting job opening Orrick is extending to a number of recent graduates. We got this information from Georgetown University Law Center, but we understand that Orrick has posted this job at a couple of top [...]

For those of you who are following/want to follow the carnage at BigLaw the blogger “Above the Law” has linked up with “Lawschucks” to provide a “layoff tracker”. See these links: http://abovethelaw.com/2009/03/this_week_in_layoffs_031409.php http://lawshucks.com/layoff-tracker