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  • January 2, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    Scaled-back Bonuses Give Associates Sip of Good Old Days

    Anthony Lin [email protected] NEW YORK-In October, Davis, Polk & Wardwell informed associates they would not be receiving year-end bonuses. The news struck young lawye

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  • March 1, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    International Arbitration Law

    The sudden burst in the activity of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in 1997, mainly as a result of the proliferation of arbitrations initiated on the bas

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  • December 21, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Opening Up Their Ranks

    The central London headquarters of Linklaters is a scant 15 minutes' walk from the working class borough of Hackney. But for Chaimaa Elazrak, 15, who lives in Hackney with her Moroccan immigrant pa

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  • February 1, 2006 | The American Lawyer

    The Empire Strikes Back

    With apologies to Mark Twain, when it comes to the major U.K.-based law firms, reports of their death have been greatly exaggerated. In a piece in the November 2005 issue of The American

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  • August 27, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono Publico

    Most people I know who have tried to adopt a child have had more than their share of frustration and disappointment. A mountain of bureaucratic red tape often leads to delays that last for yea

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  • May 14, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    Pro Bono

    Firm Tackles Foster CareAs its major pro bono initiative this year the New York and Los Angeles offices of Loeb & Loeb, in conjunction with Children's Rights, Inc.

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  • March 25, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Accolades

    InMotion last month presented its 11th annual Commitment to Justice awards at a ceremony held at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center. InMotion trains and mentors vol

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  • June 1, 2003 | The American Lawyer

    Magic Tricks

    England's empire builders of international legal services are taking a hit in their own once-indomitable engine rooms. For a decade, most of London's so-called Magic Circle firms have taken de

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  • September 5, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Associates in Pro Bono

    Corporate Pro BonoNew York-based Viacom International, with some 300 in-house attorneys, has joined a small number of corporations offering formal pro bono legal p

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  • May 18, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Short summers squeeze associates, firms

    In years past, summer associates at Blank Rome had 10 weeks to prove their mettle and earn a permanent job offer. The 23 2Ls arriving at the Philadelphia firm in June will have just si

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