by RG | Jun 7, 2026 | above the law
Milbank Shocks The Market: Everyone had settled into the old associate pay scale, when Milbank decided to yet again respond to the rise in the cost of living. Scoreboard: Follow all the matching salary moves with this scorecard. That’s The Price Of A Checked Bag:...
by RG | Jun 5, 2026 | above the law
Legal Geek North America was held June 2 in Chicago. Despite some changes, it’s still geeky. And still cool. Its tone was set in a powerful 10-minute opening talk from Gina Passarella, Centellic’s chief content officer. Last year, I wrote that the conference tone was...
by RG | Jun 5, 2026 | above the law
Since we broke the news of the new $235K salary scale for associates at large law firms in the United States — a trend that was started by Milbank on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 — firms are quickly falling in line to match the scale. In addition to these hefty new salaries,...
by RG | Jun 5, 2026 | above the law
Back in February, we told you the Trump administration was bullying one of Biglaw’s best diversity initiatives out of existence. At the time, Diversity Lab founder Caren Ulrich Stacy was calling it a “pause.” We were… skeptical that was the right word for it. Turns...
by RG | Jun 5, 2026 | above the law
Getty ImagesEd. note: This article first appeared in ILTA’s Peer-to-Peer Magazine. The promise of artificial intelligence in law feels almost boundless. Each week brings new announcements about firms adopting generative tools to automate drafting, summarize case law,...
