Welcome back to the Big Law Business column. I’m Roy Strom, and today we look at why law firms aren’t firing associates who are working less and getting paid more than ever. Sign up to receive this column in your Inbox on Thursday mornings.
Nobody says life is easy for the lowest lawyers on Big Law’s totem pole. They are known to grind overnight and work plenty of weekends. Partners can be, well, demanding.
But associates have never had it better than they do right now.
Big Law associates have never logged fewer hours and never brought home bigger ...