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The Law School Legal Industry Job Tracker: Class Of 2025
Want to know which schools are sending the highest percentage of graduates to BigLaw? How big a slice are landing those prized clerkships in federal or state courts? Explore the ins and outs of law school graduate placement in our interactive graphic.
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Aiming For BigLaw? These Schools Deliver
Law school students continue to set their sights on law firm jobs post-graduation, with interest in BigLaw roles holding strong. Here's a look at how those preferences are playing out and which schools are sending the highest percentage of graduates directly to BigLaw.
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AT&T Finds 'Thousands Of Use Cases' For AI In-House
In-house counsel for AT&T said Wednesday that the company has found "thousands of use cases" for artificial intelligence models in intellectual property work, both in-house and for outside counsel.
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AT&T Creates An 'In-House Law Firm' To Test AI Tools
When AT&T's corporate legal team decided last summer that to stay competitive on AI they needed to create their own department dedicated to working with artificial intelligence tools, they used their many partnerships with outside firms as a model.
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Arada London Elevates Head Of Legal To Board As GC
Real estate developer Arada London said it has appointed its head of legal to the company's board of directors as general counsel.
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Ex-Google Legal Ops Leader Takes Reins At LegalEng
The former head of Google's legal operations team is taking the helm of the boutique legal services consulting firm LegalEng, the company announced Tuesday, saying the new leader will guide the firm as it expands beyond contract management to helping in-house teams more broadly with technology adoption.
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Ex-Sunrun Legal VP Joins Wilson Sonsini In San Francisco
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC announced Tuesday that the former vice president of legal at solar energy company Sunrun has joined the firm's San Francisco office as an energy and climate solutions partner.
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Ga. Eyewear Co.'s Legal Head Sees Comp Rise To $2M
The chief legal and strategy officer for National Vision Inc. saw a nearly 58% increase in total compensation, earning $2 million in 2025 after receiving more than $1.3 million in 2024.
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Squire Patton Adds Finance Atty In Dallas From JPMorgan
Squire Patton Boggs LLP has expanded its financial services offerings in Texas with the addition of a former assistant general counsel at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Sunstone Hotel Cuts GC Role In Exec Restructuring
Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. announced the departure of its general counsel on May 5, saying that it is eliminating the position from its management structure amid a larger reshuffling.
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FCC Chair Carr Promotes 6 In Key Legal, Policy Roles
The Federal Communications Commission's staff are playing musical chairs, and it means high-level promotions for a half-dozen legal aides of agency chief Brendan Carr.
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Dell Technologies GC's Pay Package Fell To $10.2M Last Year
Dell Technologies Inc.'s legal leader saw his compensation drop to $10.2 million last fiscal year compared to over $11.4 million in fiscal year 2025, a Monday securities filing shows.
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SEC Floats Trump-Approved Semiannual Reporting Reg
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday proposed a regulation that will allow publicly traded companies to report their earnings every six months instead of every three, a policy championed by President Donald Trump for years and one that SEC leadership hopes will encourage more initial public offerings.
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Fox Rothschild Names New General Counsel
Fox Rothschild LLP's deputy general counsel and head of its Greensboro, North Carolina, office will assume the role of general counsel at the firm.
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Denver Airport GC Disclosed Confidential Info, Judge Rules
A Colorado federal judge granted Monday the city of Denver's request for the Denver International Airport's general counsel to redact certain parts of his discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against the city, finding the attorney publicly disclosed confidential attorney-client information.
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Purdue Successor Knoa Pharma Picks CLO As Interim CEO
Knoa Pharma LLC, which replaced the bankrupt Purdue Pharma, has named as its interim CEO the former chief legal officer at the opioid-maker and a former federal attorney who worked in the White House and U.S. Department of Justice.
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Red Robin CLO To Depart Burger Chain In Mid-May
The legal leader for Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. will depart the restaurant chain later this month, according to a recent securities filing.
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Atty Seeks Docs To Back Ogletree DQ Bid In Bias Suit
A Georgia attorney on Monday asked a federal judge to allow discovery related to her bid to have Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC disqualified from defending ADT LLC against discrimination claims while concurrently defending Microsoft Corp. in the attorney's own pregnancy bias suit.
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Toyota NA Picks New Top Lawyer As CLO Exits
Toyota Motor North America has chosen a new chief legal officer ahead of its legal leader's retirement this summer, the company said Monday.
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Skadden Adds Former Collins Aerospace GC In Boston
The former general counsel for Collins Aerospace has returned to Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, where he worked earlier in his career, the firm said Monday.
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Barclays Adds Ex-SEC Official From WilmerHale As New GC
Barclays said Friday that it has hired a new general counsel who brings expertise as former vice chair and chair of WilmerHale's financial services department, along with years of financial and regulatory experience as a director at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Grindr CLO Saw Compensation Surpass $6M In 2025
Grindr's chief legal officer received roughly $6.1 million in compensation for 2025, up about $1.3 million from the prior year due to an increase in stock awards, a public securities filing says.
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The Top In-House Hires Of April
Legal department hires during the past month included high-profile appointments at Intel, Colgate and Tripadvisor. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from April.
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Bakkt's Top Atty Made Over $3.5M In 2025
The general counsel at fintech company Bakkt Holdings Inc. earned a total compensation package of around $3.5 million in 2025, according to a new securities filing.
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Former Gemini CLO's Comp Soared To $29.8M Last Year
Crypto exchange Gemini Space Station Inc., led by the Winklevoss brothers, paid its now former chief legal officer $29.8 million in 2025, the same year it completed its initial public offering, compared to under $1.3 million in 2024, according to a new securities filing.
Expert Analysis
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Engage With The Media
Business development is all about awareness — and by taking existing skills and adapting them to build media relationships and thereby address today's audiences, lawyers can expand their outreach and use thought leadership to build a more complete, compelling personal brand, says Michael Goodwin at Stanton PR.
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What GCs Value Most: 7 Habits Of Great Relationship Partners
When seeking outside legal advisers, general counsel want commercially savvy lawyers who cultivate relationships of trust with their in-house counterparts, back up the GC's authority and focus on actionable advice instead of abstract legal analysis, say Andrew Dick at The L Suite and Rob Morvillo at Olo.
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5 Ways In-House Counsel Can Stay Ahead Of New HSR Rules
Now that the Trump administration’s new Hart-Scott-Rodino Act rules have been in effect for several months, in-house counsel should consider several practice pointers that can help spearhead management of M&A-related antitrust risk, say attorneys at Squire Patton.
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Nonprofit Launch Tips From Founders In The Legal Industry
In this season of giving, take a look back at this Law360 series featuring legal professionals who have founded industry-related nonprofits. They discussed the biggest challenges to getting started, and how to balance the launch and management of an organization along with the demands of their primary work.
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Nonequity Partner Frustrations Reflect Erosion Of Opportunity
Nonequity partners report the lowest satisfaction, highest stress and poorest financial outlook of any group of lawyers, highlighting a growing structural disconnect that leaves attorneys at many firms feeling like the ladder has been pulled up behind those who already ascended, says Jake Carroll at Nelson Mullins.
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Learn Your Colleagues To Cross-Sell Their Services Fearlessly
Understanding where colleagues in other practice areas shine can help attorneys confidently cross-sell each other's services and bring in business to keep the firm afloat in hard times, says Joe Calve at Calve Communications.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Advertise Ethically
Business development in the legal industry is about building authentic connections and showcasing expertise in a way that reflects reality, and, when done right, it can elevate a practice, establish credibility and bring in clients without risking an ethics violation, says Melody Jackson at Robinhood.
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Ask A Mentor: How Do I Help After Mental Health Leave?
Molly Ranns at the State Bar of Michigan suggests five ways to smooth a colleague's return to practice after short-term mental health leave, while creating a firm culture that protects employees’ emotional health.
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Tips For Attracting Stellar CLOs In A Competitive Landscape
Amid a rapidly changing regulatory environment and a fierce market for talent, companies hoping to attract the best chief legal officers must have a strong grasp of their roles’ biggest selling points, and any roadblocks that may prevent them from recruiting the strongest choice, says Heather Fine at Major Lindsey.
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'Golden Handcuffs' May Be A Double-Edge Sword For Firms
As law firms increasingly use certain financial incentives to retain partners in a fierce lateral market, managing partners should consider the pros and cons of various deferred compensation schemes, says Tom Hanlon at Buchanan Law.
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The 10-Min. Rule For Building A Business Development Habit
Many lawyers assume that becoming a rainmaker requires a significant investment of time and effort, but the truth is that building a consistent habit of business development can start with just 10 minutes of strategic outreach a day, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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5 Pointers For Firm Leaders Communicating Tough Decisions
Certain law firm decisions — such as whether to challenge an executive order — cannot be crowdsourced, but leadership can collaboratively communicate these choices using strategies that build trust, reinforce values and preserve cohesion, says John Hellerman at Hellerman Communications.
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Conversations around retirement and succession can be understandably difficult, but when attorneys make a plan for the transition early and effectively, they have the opportunity to not only keep work but also increase it, says Jillian McKenna at Verrill Dana.
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Looking Under The Hood Of The $3,000 Billable Hour
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In recent years, top-tier law firms have pushed hourly rates to unprecedented heights, with some partners commanding $3,000 per hour — but this eye-popping number doesn’t tell the full story, as there are numerous caveats and rigorous winnowing along the way, says Christopher Seck at Squire Patton.
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How Law Firms Can Keep Nonequity Partners Happy
Law firms that successfully manage two-tiered partnership do so by creating a culture that treats everyone with respect and by establishing financial incentives outside their base compensation to reward performance, says Carol Morganstern at Major Lindsey.