{"id":116234,"date":"2025-04-23T16:55:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T00:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/23\/biglaw-brings-in-big-bucks\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T16:55:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T00:55:03","slug":"biglaw-brings-in-big-bucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/04\/23\/biglaw-brings-in-big-bucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Biglaw Brings In Big Bucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/money-stack-bonus-chart-2022-GettyImages-1008861200-620x435.jpg?resize=620%2C435&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85000\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We\u2019ve got key financial data from the top law firms and the takeaway is that it\u2019s good to be a big firm. The <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/the-2025-am-law-100-ranking-is-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Am Law 100<\/a> this year revealed that more and more firms have joined the super rich and things look bright for Biglaw. Unless someone triggers a global depression or something. We also discuss what it means to be \u201cbipartisan\u201d in an environment where the intellectual stars of the conservative legal movement are <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/both-sides-trump-disappearing-people-to-foreign-gulags-due-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ALSO lining up to call out the Trump administration as a threat to the rule of law<\/a>. Finally, we flag a troubling law school story about <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/law-school-cutting-scholarships-for-students-who-dont-commit-fast-enough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">scholarships getting cut<\/a> when admissions gets blindsided by applications. <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/biglaw-brings-in-big-bucks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Biglaw Brings In Big Bucks<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/money-stack-bonus-chart-2022-GettyImages-1008861200-620x435.jpg?resize=620%2C435&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85000\" title=\"\"><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We\u2019ve got key financial data from the top law firms and the takeaway is that it\u2019s good to be a big firm. The <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/the-2025-am-law-100-ranking-is-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Am Law 100<\/a> this year revealed that more and more firms have joined the super rich and things look bright for Biglaw. Unless someone triggers a global depression or something. We also discuss what it means to be \u201cbipartisan\u201d in an environment where the intellectual stars of the conservative legal movement are <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/both-sides-trump-disappearing-people-to-foreign-gulags-due-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ALSO lining up to call out the Trump administration as a threat to the rule of law<\/a>. Finally, we flag a troubling law school story about <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/law-school-cutting-scholarships-for-students-who-dont-commit-fast-enough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">scholarships getting cut<\/a> when admissions gets blindsided by applications. <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/04\/biglaw-brings-in-big-bucks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Biglaw Brings In Big Bucks<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve got key financial data from the top law firms and the takeaway is that it\u2019s good to be a big firm. The Am Law 100 this year revealed that more and more firms have joined the super rich and things look bright for Biglaw. Unless someone triggers a global depression or something. 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