Diversity's Bottom Line
Even in an era of $160,000 salaries for first-year associates - plus bonuses - not every young lawyer is feeling equally flush. Law school debt can take a big bite of the fattest law firm paychecks, while the slowing economy has produced a steady trickle of law firm layoffs. Many associates are feeling squeezed - and a lot of them are minority lawyers.
Female GCs: Short-Term Gains, Long-Term Hope
Corporate Counsel
June 21, 2005
The tally of female general counsel at Fortune 500 companies has edged up -- just barely -- from the prior year, according to Corporate Counsel's latest survey of women heading large in-house legal departments. Despite the single-digit advance, industry observers point to reasons for optimism in the long run. Among the businesses that have recently selected women for the GC role, financial services firms are the standouts.
A Shocking Look at Bush's Civil Rights Boss
Corporate Counsel
June 21, 2005
Conservative job applicants to the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division were deemed "real Americans" by its former head, Bradley Schlozman, while applicants with Democratic leanings or civil rights experience were "crazy libs" and "mold spores," according to a report released last week by the DOJ's two watchdogs. The report suggested that Schlozman perjured himself before a congressional committee probing the U.S. Attorney firings, but federal prosecutors declined to pursue a criminal prosecution.
Ex-U.S. Attorney to Prosecute Suspects at Guantanamo
Corporate Counsel
June 21, 2005
Former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias, who was among nine U.S. Attorneys fired by the Bush administration in 2006, has a new job prosecuting suspected terrorists held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Iglesias has been hired as a prosecutor in the Office of Military Commissions and has been reactivated in the Navy as a captain. "It's the most important work I've ever done in my 25 years as a lawyer," Iglesias said Wednesday. "Our focus is laser sharp. It's just on terrorist cases and nothing else."
