While the advice about the key importance of networking, networking and more networking is nothing new to law students conducting a job search in a very tough market, the author of this column from Texas Lawyer provides some concrete suggestions about which organizations and groups students should devote their networking energies. Similarly the advice about volunteering to write blog posts or articles for local bar journals as a way of marketing yourself is also nothing new, it's important...
Financially, 2013 was a so-so year for many of the 25 highest-grossing firms in Texas. That's largely because a madhouse of deals in late 2012, spurred by tax law changes, siphoned work out of the first months of 2013.
The 25 highest-grossing firms in Texas brought in gross revenue totaling $5.0 billion in 2013, down from $5.4 billion in 2012. Gross revenue in 2013 fell at more than half of the firms compared with 2012, although the declines were small in most cases.
Despite that, a number...
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