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On January 22, the New York law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett raised the annual base pay of first-year associates to $160,000 before bonus, triggering similar announcements from other large firms across Manhattan. A report issued by the National Association for Law Placement in August of 2005 called entry-level salaries at large law firms across the country "remarkably stable.
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This is the second article in a series on public interest fellowships available to HLS students. In this installment, Fellowships Director Judy Murciano shares tips on how to begin and focus the fellowship search. Judy Murciano, Fellowships Director for the Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising, has an uncanny ability to listen.
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced salary raises on January 22nd, with the new 1st year base salary at $160,000. Summer associates will receive a prorated version of the new salary. The following firms had also announced raises when the Record went to press Wednesday.
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Before deciding to come to law school, I needed to resolve two pressing concerns: first, would becoming a lawyer mean that I would end up a miserable, divorced (but rich) alcoholic? And second, would I have to put off motherhood indefinitely? If the answer to either question had been "yes," I wouldn't be here.
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Perhaps like many of you, in the weeks following the end of the fall and winter semesters, I spent my newfound freedom sleeping and watching television and movies. What follows are mini-reviews of those movies I saw on the big screen, some of which are Oscar nominated, and some of which I chose purely for their potentially mind-numbing entertainment value.
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The most vibrant BYOB restaurant culture I have seen was on a trip to Montreal, where the Plateau area was sprinkled with BYOB eating establishments. In Duluth, Mt. Royal, and Prince Arthur, I saw numerous wine shops and foodies strolling the streets with a bagged wine in their hands, looking for the perfect restaurant to uncork their bottle.
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Last semester everybody told Kermit that he couldn't make fly-out week a 6 week break and that he had to "study" more to get good grades. He showed them. All he did was press his easy button and he had gotten great grades. That was easy.
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You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be printed in... OVERHEARD IN THE HARK ------------- Indiscreet person of the week: Girl is sitting in a chair in the Lehmann Lounge with five other people studying very close to her.
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Dear Editor: In your most recent edition, there was speculation on whether or not the Dean of Harvard Law School may become the Dean of Harvard University. Perhaps an equally important question is what a new Dean of the University (whoever that might be) could do once in office; after they are selected to wear the crown.
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After an intense semester of studying, journal editing and never drinking Kermit decided to take a relaxing train ride back to the fantastic state of Californnyya and to go the inauguration of the Governator. Kermit starts wrapping gifts for Christmas. He decided to give Fozzy this most excellent book so that he can learn history good and do other things good too.
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To the Editor: On the 21st of December 2006, the Wall Street Journal, led by writer John Hechinger wrote and published a stunning article on the greed of the Harvard Administration. Sadly, he reported that "Six Harvard University investment managers received a total of 13.
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Iceland may not be on the top of your list of countries to visit; it sounds like an unlikely vacation destination, stirring images of a cold, inhospitable land full of...ice and...more ice? On the contrary, Iceland has moderately mild winters (due to the forgiving Gulf Stream) and snow is not as common of an occurrence, especially in the capital region, as one might think.