by Bruce | October 7, 2005 | About the Site, Articles, Just Plain Interesting
Obligatory, I suppose: While lawyers are less than 1% of the population, we evidently make up 5—6% of blog writers and readers, putting us behind computer professionals and students. "It’s all words, that’s all the law is."—Scott...
by Bruce | July 25, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Finance, Just Plain Interesting, Leadership, Strategy
Here are three rankings of top firms, all published this month. Any ideas on which is what? Ranking A Firm Ranking B Firm Ranking C Firm 1 Wachtell 1 Cravath 1 Wachtel 2 Cahill Gordon 2 Wachtel 2 Cravath 3 Sullivan & Cromwell 3 Sullivan & Cromwell 3...
by Bruce | July 22, 2005 | Articles, Compensation, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Just Plain Interesting, Strategy
It takes little discernment to conclude that "Adam Smith, Esq." could be more appropriately subtitled "…an inquiry into the economics of [Big] law firms."* Not only would this conclusion be correct, but since I know for a fact that you,...
by Bruce | July 6, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Just Plain Interesting
According to The Wall Street Journal, the popularity of economics as an undergrad major is rising: Up 40% in the US in the past 5 years, and the #1 major at Harvard, Columbia, and NYU. Even in Russia and Poland—or, when you think about it, especially...
by Bruce | May 29, 2005 | About the Site, Articles, Just Plain Interesting
Janet & I had the delightful experience of being able to meet Ernie Svenson, creator of the early-adopter blog “Ernie the Attorney,” for drinks last night in New York—he was here for the weekend to see, among other things, the new MOMA (highly...
by Bruce | May 25, 2005 | About the Site, Articles, Just Plain Interesting
So this from Slate has nothing to do with law firms, but it’s too delicious an economic commentary to pass up. Asking, "What is economics, anyway?," the piece proceeds to analyze (and largely debunk) a sinister theory first put forth 15...