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Minority Associates Survey

The Minority Law Journal’s fall issue carries a report of the Minority Associates Survey, including stories about The Woman Question – why female associates of color are less satisfied with life and work at large firms than male associates of color -- and Exit Strategies – why minority lawyers say goodbye to their firms. The MLJ on-line magazine is available with free registration.

Survey of Summer Associates: Size Matters

According to The American Lawyer, in reporting on the results of its annual Summer Associates Survey, “small is beautiful.” Only four of the top 20 firms had summer programs with more than 100 summer associates, while nine of the top 20 hired 30 or fewer. Still, the firms in the top five spots were not exactly boutiques: Nutter McClennan, Fox Rothschild, Buchanan Ingersoll, Morgan Lewis, and Mintz Levin.

Subscribers to ALM Research Online should note that this survey is one of the few not archived in our on-line database. However, in-depth management reports of a firm’s survey results—including, for instance, a comparison of the results from each of the firm’s participating offices—are offered through ALM Reprints.

Best Law Firms to Work For--Especially if You Have a Family

A report spearheaded by a women's group at Yale Law School has picked the 10 most family-friendly law firms, with a midsized shop earning the top spot, according to a report that appeared recently in National Law Journal (“Milwaukee firm gets top ‘friendly’ nod”). Yale Law Women and a coalition of groups at seven other elite law schools have named Quarles & Brady the top firm based on length of maternity leave, existence of on-site child-care facilities, compensation, flexible schedules and other factors.

About a month ago, we also reported on the results of the annual Working Women’s magazine Best Places to Work  survey which, for the first time this year, had a list devoted exclusively to law firms. Alston & Bird made the top of that list.

ALM Research E-Newsletter: Tech Focus

The October/November issue of the ALM Research e-newsletter, NewsLine, went out today. The focus of this issue is Technology. Technology surveys, technology studies, technology reports. Ratings of products, rankings of law firms, products law firms and legal departments are using, trends in budgets and salaries, trends in purchasing.

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