Legal Market Insights
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“Woods Rogers, Vandeventer Law Firms to Merge July 1,” 4.20.22. Virginia Business reports "the two law firms have agreed to merge as Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black, creating the state’s fifth-largest firm, with more than 130 attorneys and a total workforce of 250 people. The merger will go into effect July 1."
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"Public Interest Attorney Pay Growing Faster Since 2018," 06.22.22. Law360 reports on NALP’s new public interest attorney salary findings.
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"’Pressure for Progress’: Fortune 500 Sees Surge in Diverse, Female GCs," 06.17.22. Corporate Counsel reports that "twenty of the 59 general counsel hired by Fortune 500 companies last year were ethnically diverse, a new study found, a big improvement from past years that reflects the growing pipeline of minority talent and stepped-up efforts by companies to diversify their C-suites."
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"So Far, Public Comments Largely Support ABA Proposal To Make Law School Admission Tests Optional," 06.22.22. The TaxProf Blog reports that "thus far, at least, there seems to be support for doing away with the standardized testing requirement for ABA-accredited law schools.”
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"The NLJ 500: Our 2022 Survey of the Nation’s Largest Law Firms," 06.21.22. The National Law Journal published its NLJ 500 report, their annual survey of law firm headcounts across the country.
