Legal Ethics Matters To Watch In 2025

By Emma Cueto

After an eventful 2024, industry experts are looking ahead to what might be the big topics in legal ethics in the new year, including the ethics implications of artificial intelligence and ethics opinions that may be relevant to attorneys in the incoming second Trump administration.

What's Keeping Law Firm Leaders Up At Night In 2025

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Public Faith In State Courts Up As Trust In Fed. Courts Sinks

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How DC Students Help Blank Rome Spread Holiday Cheer

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3 Ways Associates Can Survive An Average Annual Review

California Pulse
Alston & Bird, Arnold & Porter Unveil Associate Bonuses
By Tracey Read

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP and Alston & Bird LLP told associates Monday they'd be receiving year-end bonuses that meet the prevailing scale for large law firms set by Milbank LLP in November — as long as they meet certain billable hours requirements, according to media reports.
In-House
Solo Stove Maker Says GC Departing At Year's End
By Adrian Cruz

The general counsel and secretary of Solo Brands Inc., which makes a variety of outdoor lifestyle items, has announced his departure from the company at the end of December, according to a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
In-House
Aurora Innovation GC Set To Leave In January
By Adrian Cruz

The general counsel of self-driving vehicle technology company Aurora Innovation Inc. will step down in early January, according to a Friday U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

California Pulse
Sheppard Mullin Pet Calendar Nets Nearly $11K For Charity
By Tracey Read

Sheppard Mullin's New York office has launched a firmwide holiday pet calendar — featuring not only cats and dogs but also a donkey, peacocks, some lizards, a few guinea pigs and three little soccer-playing fish — that has raised nearly $11,000 for charity.
California Pulse
Lessons In 'Value-Centered Lawyering' From Atty Turned Prof
By Jake Maher

Katya Cronin, a professor at George Washington University Law School and former BigLaw attorney, argued in a recent academic paper that law schools need to do more to encourage students to examine their personal values and pursue legal careers in line with them.
Courts
Ex-NJ AG Leader Says Lowenstein Sandler Feels Like Home
By Jake Maher

Michael Long, Lowenstein Sandler LLP's newest partner and the former head of the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General’s Division of Law, joined Law360 Pulse to reflect on his time leading the 500-attorney division and his plans at the firm.

Courts
NYC's New Corp. Counsel Talks Importance Of Law Dept.
By Anna Sanders

Muriel Goode-Trufant first joined the New York City Law Department in 1991 — and now she's running the show.
California Pulse
Foley & Lardner's New COO Wants To 'Champion' Firm Culture
By Jake Maher

As Jen Cafferty Patton moves up from chief talent officer to chief operating officer at Foley & Lardner LLP, she says she is prioritizing keeping the firm’s people-focused culture strong for both employees and clients.
California Pulse
New Davis Wright Exec Talks 'Running The Business' Of Firm
By James Mills

After more than two decades as an employment attorney at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Jenna Mooney has taken on the role of its second-in-command with a focus on running the business of the firm.
California Pulse
Approach The Bench: What Judges Had To Say This Year
By Cara Bayles

Jurists weighed the benefits of partisan elections, praised innovations in telehearings and worried about the future of the profession in nearly a dozen interviews with Law360 this year.