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The 118 year old San Francisco law firm Heller Ehrman appears to be close to dissolving. The chairman of the firm explained that the board would vote on whether or not to dissolve the firm today. However, he also said that the vote would be mostly a formality, and that dissolution is imminent.
While large firms […]

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The University of Pennsylvania and Wharton School are launching a 3 year J.D. and M.B.A. program. The program will include a first year in the Law School followed by a balance of Law and Wharton classes from the first summer until the end of the third year. This is the country’s first completely integrated 3 […]

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft have laid off 96 lawyers. The lawyers all practiced in real estate and securitization and were hit by the subprime meltdown. Due to the economy, the demand for real estate law has drastically decreased.
Recruiters recommend lawyers laid-off by the meltdown consider finance and corporate practices where their skills could be best […]

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While the US Department of Labor has not yet released the unemployment statistics for the month of May, Automatic Data Processing has released their National Employment Report. This report shows a trend towards small businesses adding employees while large businesses and corporations are shedding them.
 Automatic Data Processing is a business outsourcing firm that has 500,000 […]

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More than half of the nearly 300 lawyers surveyed found that networking helped in their job search. They feel that networking is the best way for a lawyer to land a new job.
The survey was conducted by a company which asked a group of lawyers to rank the most effective way of finding a new […]

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