Blogs About "Big Law"

A great quote by a Big Law attorney turned blogger, writer, editor which has inspired the first post on a topic I'm quite interested in, namely, voluntary communities (in this case, Big Law Alumni).

http://screenporchsessions.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/i-liked-being-a-lawyer/

Quick recap on the mundane topic of lawyer bios – then to my discovery.

It started with Matt Homann’s post “Your Clients Don’t Care Where You Went to Law School” which the ABA Journal remarked upon in “What a Famous Husband’s Bio Can Teach Lawyers About Better Drafting” (ABA included my pet peeve, being, most lawyer bios “lack personality, life, vibrancy, interest.”). The “drafting” theme (sins actually) was really expanded...

"Big Law" entered a conversation yesterday and I bit my tongue while the other people on the call went on about the things "Big Law" should be doing to promote and retain attorney talent.

Here's the thing about "Big Law" - it's a business. A big billion dollar business. And last time I checked, a whole lot of people telling "Big Law" what to do weren't "Big Law" partners, i.e....