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By Daniela Porat
Law360 is pleased to announce its list of the 400 largest U.S. firms by headcount.
By Daniela Porat
Law students hoping to land summer associate roles at their dream firms have to start applying earlier and earlier, forcing students to strike a difficult balance between focusing on academics and completing applications. Find out how students navigated the ever-competitive process and which firms topped students’ wish lists in the latest survey from Law360 Pulse.
Where do law school graduates end up once they dive into the job market? Find out which schools came out on top for job placements in BigLaw, federal and state court clerkships, and other legal industry sectors.
Law360 Pulse's latest reporting finds that while many late-career attorneys remain deeply engaged in their work, structural shifts in the legal industry are reshaping how — and how long — they practice.
Explore Law360 Pulse’s Global Leaders to find out which firms are shaping the global legal landscape, with deep-pocketed clients, wide-reaching office networks and teams of lawyers around the world.
Law360 Pulse's 2025 Compensation Report takes a data-driven look at pay in the legal industry, detailing what lawyers at firms and corporate legal departments across the United States brought home last year and how they view their compensation.
In Law360 Pulse's in-house compensation report, lawyers who work in legal departments across the United States share insights into their salaries, bonuses, long-term incentives and motivations for choosing in-house work. The report highlights compensation trends across the corporate legal landscape and examines whether in-house life offers more balance.
At the top of the corporate legal ladder, the rewards can be substantial. The Law360 Pulse Compensation Report: General Counsel reviews the reported pay packages of more than 200 top legal chiefs at S&P 500 companies to uncover who's earning the most, what industries are the most lucrative, and which law firms and law schools are shaping the upper ranks of corporate law.
Law360 Pulse asked lawyers about compensation, pay transparency, billable hours and more. See how much they earn, how satisfied they are, and where they say the trouble spots are.
Through pro bono work, employee engagement and other responsible business practices, law firms make an impact that goes beyond the day-to-day business of law. Find out which firms made Law360 Pulse's list of firms that are taking the greatest strides on social responsibility.
Summer associates gave strong reviews of their recent law firm experiences, and reported receiving practical training and exposure to emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. Find out what summers liked most about the experience in the latest survey from Law360 Pulse.
For over a decade, Law360 has examined the representation of women at all levels of a law firm, exploring how firms are keeping up with the talent pool's potential. Dive into Law360's data and find out how firms compare.
By Xiumei Dong and Gerald Schifman
The path to equity partnership remains steep for many women in law, yet some firms are helping to shatter the glass ceiling and advancing opportunity at the highest levels of leadership.
Check out our annual survey of U.S. law firm demographics, assess how law firms stack up against each other, and how law firms managed inclusion, opportunity and the talent pool in 2024.
By Jack Karp
The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term.
By Jack Karp
The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions.
For the 12th year in a row, Law360 is pleased to announce its list of the 400 largest U.S. firms by headcount.
The recruiting process for law firm summer associates has transformed over the past few years. Find out how schools, law firms, and students have been working to adapt, as well as which firms topped students' wish lists, in the latest survey from Law360 Pulse.
Where do law school graduates end up once the ceremony is over? Find out which schools came out on top for job placements in firms of 501 or more attorneys, federal and state court clerkships, and other legal industry sectors.
Law firms and the legal profession are facing new uncertainties, shifting the stress levels, economic pressures, and overall contentment of lawyers in private practice, according to the 2025 Law360 Pulse Lawyer Satisfaction Survey.
Law firms are facing a fast-evolving business landscape. To best stay on top of new developments and trends in the biggest issues of the day, Law360 Pulse will run a series of surveys examining the key factors shaping policies and operations at law firms.
Law firms are actively looking for ways to incorporate artificial intelligence into their workflow as it becomes ever more common. More than half of surveyed attorneys at U.S. law firms use generative AI for some purpose — up significantly from less than a third of attorneys who participated in the Law360 Pulse AI Survey last year.
Law360 Pulse asked in-house counsel about their jobs, workplace and career prospects. Find out how satisfied corporate lawyers are with their schedules, hours, work-life balance, opportunities for advancement and more.
Check out Law360 Pulse’s Global Leaders and see which law firms are setting the standard for a global future, with top-tier client rosters, expansive footprints and a deep bench of lawyers in offices around the world.
Check out the Law360 Pulse Leaderboard to see which firms made the list of leaders in all-around excellence this year.
The Legal Marketing Association's recent annual conference underscored how advances in artificial intelligence and shifting client expectations are causing law firms to evolve into more structured, data-driven businesses that place greater emphasis on strategy, implementation and measurable results, say Maria Aronson and Gina Rubel at Furia Rubel.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Build Relationship Habits 👁 Author PhotoMeaningful relationships are foundational to business development, and they can be deliberately fostered through a set of habits for authentically, intentionally and consistently connecting with clients and colleagues — starting with people you already know and like, says Matthew Moran at V&E.
A company's contracts contain final, negotiated commercial commitments that reveal important growth, revenue and strategy insights, but for organizations that aren’t making two key structural changes, the information tends to remain within the legal department — untranslated and unused, says Shimane Smith at NerdWallet.
The U.K. offers 14 years' worth of data on private equity's involvement in the legal market, demonstrating for U.S. firms what worked, what didn’t and why, and illustrating several lessons about operational readiness, cultural fit and timing, says Tom Lenfestey at The Law Practice Exchange.
When firms attempt to deliberately organize their expertise, client relationships, business development, and thought leadership around specific industry verticals – sometimes called industry sector programs – several missteps commonly arise, but with discipline and alignment any firm can successfully grab market share, say Heidi Gardner at Harvard Law School and David Harvey at Harvey Global Consulting.
Firms of all sizes are accelerating lateral hiring of experienced partners because investing in senior expertise can pay off big — but for such an investment to work, firms need a disciplined strategy for vetting candidates, supporting their integration, and ensuring they'll generate real returns, says Shireen Hilal at Maior Strategic Consulting.
While wellness programs, flexible schedules and mental health resources are meaningful steps toward addressing burnout in the legal industry, a more effective approach must involve a redesign of law firm incentive structures, says retired attorney Jason Ward.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Be An Industry Expert 👁 Author PhotoAlthough taking the time to fully invest in a client and its industry is a big ask, it is well worth it for attorneys to understand the pressures, trends and constraints of a client's industry in order to build enduring business relationships, says Nonnie Shivers at Ogletree.
Outside counsel’s lateral career moves can create uncertainty and disruption for companies, but if managed strategically, in-house legal teams can leverage partner mobility for more complete service, better pricing and stronger relationships with their law firms, says Theodore Edelman at GCE Advisors.
Perceived efficiency gains from artificial intelligence can create unsustainable workload expectations for in-house legal departments, so general counsel must proactively educate executives, reframe assumptions and tie legal judgment to business outcomes, say Karineh Khachatourian at KXT Law and Catie Cambridge at Docsum.
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Notes From A Partner-In-Charge On Lateral Hiring Strategy 👁 Author PhotoIn regional recruiting, firms that stand out to laterals can articulate a clear vision that connects local insight with global opportunity, demonstrate a culture that is lived rather than stated, and offer genuine room for growth, says Jason Novak, leader of Norton Rose's San Francisco office.
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Biz Development Tip Of The Month: Team Up With Marketing 👁 Author PhotoThere are several ways attorneys can engage with resources already at their fingertips in the form of their in-house law firm marketing departments, which can help you gain some visibility, earn kudos and build a solid book of business, say Ada Kase and Liz Lindley at Jaffe PR.
Attributing lawyers’ sense of unease with business development to self-doubt or weakness may misidentify an important source of discomfort — a keen intuition that an ask isn’t yet appropriate for the relationship — and lead to advice that ultimately backfires, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
Law firms eyeing legal services organization models, which allow outside capital to support nonlegal business functions while preserving lawyer ownership, can prepare for the expansion of private equity investment in the area by balancing commercial objectives and compliance imperatives, say attorneys at Rivkin Radler.
The small-unit leadership principles that are foundational to the U.S. Marine Corps experience — from tight feedback loops to top-down tactfulness — offer a blueprint for addressing leadership gaps that persist in the legal profession, says Edet Nsemo at Tucker Ellis.
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