Just happened to run across the Ask Dr. Salary blog where I found paralegal salaries charted : "I was reading AboveTheLaw and noticed David's Request for Paralegal Salaries. To help him out, I've posted a few charts from PayScale's Research Center about Paralegal Salaries that he might find interesting to compare against. I used our new Embed tool (see links next to charts in the Research...
Practical advice about law firm outsourcing from White & Case's administrative partner: "Although law firms have traditionally outsourced services like security, travel or mail, the allure of Thomas Friedman's 'flat' world has some law firms looking hard at whether to outsource other functions. The options are no longer limited to an outside vendor running a service in-house. Instead,...
Good news from this Robert Half Legal survey looking ahead to 2007! "Average starting salaries for legal professionals in the United States are projected to rise 4.7 percent in 2007, according to the just-released Robert Half Legal 2007 Salary Guide. Larger increases in base compensation are expected for attorneys with one to three years of experience at small to midsize law firms, first...
Well, this must be good news. More lawyers working means more paralegals needed, right? "The nation's largest 250 law firms grew by 4 percent in 2006, a figure that was just shy of last year's gains but still reflected a sound legal economy. "The results of the 2006 NLJ 250, The National Law Journal's 29th annual survey of the nation's largest law firms, revealed that 121,423...
Here's some good advice for getting people to work on a new project: "Many times in your life you will make requests of others: to join a group, committee or team, to perform a task or to assist with a project. This month's question: How do you make the ask? Often the key to getting to 'Yes' involves how you make your request. "Whether you are: building a board of directors forming a...
This interesting survey (the 11th annual), finds law firms expanding their information technology investments: "True technological revolutions are few and far between. And making the 'old' work with the 'new' can make it increasingly difficult for chief information officers to maintain or advance the value of technology for their firms' lawyers. Results of the 11th Annual AmLaw Tech Survey ...
Have you all seen paralegals (&/or secretaries), mentioned in law firm "we're moving" notices before? "Holland & Hart, a law firm, has opened an office in Las Vegas at 3763 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 300. Philip Dabney and Gregory Gilbert will be resident partners in the office. Both partners are commercial litigators with a strong emphasis in construction litigation and...
Must read this article! "The $16 billion merger of SBC Communications Inc. and AT&T Corp. represented a high-water mark in the legal cattle call known as document production. Some 600 contract attorneys converged in Washington, D.C., to work on the SBC side of the deal, where the telecom giant's antitrust counsel, Crowell & Moring and Arnold & Porter, ran a massive antitrust...
Well, this idea makes very good sense to me & not only for the UK: "With trained paralegals becoming increasingly difficult to source from within the legal profession, is the recruitment of applicants from non-legal backgrounds worth consideration? "The legal profession has a formidable reputation for demanding excellence and places for pupillages or training contracts are known to...
Is anyone surprised by this news? "Whether it's a right-hand man or woman, having a trusty assistant is vital in many jobs. "In the legal profession, paralegals must be vital, considering the number of firms that employ one for every couple of attorneys. And things only are looking up for these legal professionals, as the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics...