Sentences with phrase «for junior associate»

We have also seen a small increase in opportunity for junior associate roles in the market with firms looking to work within the regulatory framework to hire junior talent.

Neither is needed much for a junior associate who spends most of his or her time in a cubicle for 12 - 14 hours a day.

But to me, it seems that outsourcing poses the greatest risk for junior associates engaged in document review and more ministerial tasks.

My primary motivation for applying to this group was the quality of work available, especially for junior associates.

While it's true that demand for junior associates has waned, particularly at big firms, the outlook is getting better.

In addition, Rebecca assists with the administration of Foley Hoag's litigation curriculum for junior associates.

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CC, meanwhile, has brought its junior lawyers» base rate pay up to match the UK's 2.7 % jump in inflation, which for a newly - qualified base rate of # 85,000 would suggest increases of over # 2,000 for junior associates.

Of course, one reason GCs may be willing to tolerate higher fees for senior partners and not for junior associates is the perception that the senior partners offer more bang for the buck in less time.

The opportunity exists and there are many different avenues for junior associates today.

It is encouraging to see that some firms are hiring again and I'm hoping to see more openings for junior associates soon.

Good writing skills are essential for junior associates, as drafting is a big part of their staple diet.

Clients are increasingly pushing back on paying high hourly rates to subsidize expensive real estate and training for junior associates.

Although lawyers would fall under the exclusions for overtime and some of the other protections under the Act, this arrangement was apparently more financially beneficial for the employer because they could provide compensation well below the going rates for junior associates in law firms.

The real question is how does BigLaw get away with charging such high rates for junior associates that are just reading and coding emails from home?

Not exact matches

Prior to joining the APF Canada, Joelle was a Junior Research Associate with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Myanmar, and a Graduate Research Fellow with the Centre for International Governance Innovation

This is a risky bet: the junior miner gets to be «associated» with TSLA through an agreement; and as lithium prices rise, TSLA (and other battery manufacturers) hope that lithium producers will be forced back to the bargaining table for fear of losing market share to incipient junior producers.

When asked about the general outlook for hiring in patent law, all of the «associates» (junior lawyers in a firm) and «partners» (senior lawyers in a firm) interviewed by Next Wave for this feature gave upbeat answers.

Or, on the plus side, will he or she cheerfully volunteer for extra assignments, deal patiently with difficult clients, mentor junior associates and be a good leader?

«We're hoping that these junior associates will eventually pass on their appreciation for communication to those that follow them.»

Daniel Packwood, Junior Associate Professor at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell - Material Sciences (iCeMS), is improving methods for constructing tiny «nanomaterials» using a «bottom - up» approach called «molecular self - assembly.»

Lisa Wilson, Director of Assessment & Research, Blue Valley School District, KS Lisa Wilson has served in public education for twenty - seven years as a junior high and high school English teacher, lead teacher, Associate Principal for Curriculum and Instruction, and currently as the Director of Assessment and Research for Blue Valley School District, a public district in Overland Park, Kansas.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a junior research associate (impact and evaluation) to cover maternity leave on our Strategic School Improvement Fund (SSIF) Project, based at our Curriculum Centre in Norwich.

Our most sincere appreciation to this year's Florida Leadership Academy educational sponsors for their support: Successmaker and NovaNet (Pearson Digital), FCAT Achiever and Study Buddy Handheld Tutor (Brainchild), Voyager (Cambium Learning Group), ACALETICS (Educational Development Associates Inc.), Gizmos (ExploreLearning), Progress Monitoring Assessments (Write Score) and Shared Inquiry (The Great Books Foundation / Junior Great Books).

This bill would authorize funding for the development of alternatives for high school juniors and seniors to take college - level courses and work toward an associate's degree or take courses at a career or technical college.

Eoin also works as an Associate with the Junior Cycle for Teachers (JCT) Support Service.

Sequoia Village School will pay for the classes, thus equating with scholarship money as prerequisites are taken care of before high school graduation.We are proud to say that we've had students enrolled in NPC classes as early as junior high and have had students graduate with one or two Associate Degrees, which is quite a feat!

Items on the wish list for the entry - level Audi Junior include a selection of fancy driver aids, best - in - class build quality, and the kind of interior appeal one has come to associate with Audi.

To qualify for the College Graduate Rebate Program and College Graduate Finance Program, customers must be currently enrolled in a graduate degree program from an Eligible School (as defined below), or enrolled in or be a graduate from an Eligible School (as defined below) and provide proof of graduation (showing an upcoming graduation within six months OR a recent graduation within two years from the date of signing your vehicle lease or finance contract) from one of the following Eligible Schools located in the 50 United States, Puerto Rico, or U.S. Virgin Islands: (a) an accredited four - year college, university or registered nursing program; OR (b) an accredited two - year college associate degree or an undergraduate academic degree as awarded by community colleges, junior colleges, technical colleges and universities; OR © an accredited two - year trade or vocational school; OR (d) an accredited graduate school.

Exhibitions at MoMA PS1 are made possible by the Annual Exhibition Fund with support from Volkswagen of America, MoMA's Wallis Annenberg Fund for Innovation in Contemporary Art through the Annenberg Foundation, Jerry I. Speyer, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Philip and Shelley Aarons, Agnes Gund, Peter Norton, Beth Swofford, Susan Hayden, Angela A. Chao and Jim Breyer, Sheikha Hoor Al - Qasimi, Sarah Arison, Adriana Cisneros de Griffin, Wendy Fisher, Adam Kimmel, Julia Stoschek, Svetlana Uspenskaya, Maja Oeri, Jennifer McSweeney, Simon Mordant, Dana Farouki, Richard Menschel, Robert Menschel, Michael Werner Inc., Dorothy Lichtenstein, Linyao Kiki Liu, The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art, Sydie Lansing, John Comfort, Dayana Tamendarova, Mimi Haas, Marlene Hess and Jim Zirin, Donald B. Marron, Prada USA Corp. / Miuccia, Rob and Anne - Cecilie Speyer, Michael Ovitz, Michele Gerber Klein / Liberman Fdn, Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz, Enzo Viscusi, MoMA International Council, Lise Stolt - Nielsen, Union Beer Distributors, Ace Hotel New York, CANADA LLC, The Junior Associates of The Museum of Modern Art, Bill & Ellen Taubman, Foundation Galeries Lafayette, Susan and David Rockefeller, Philip Munger, Flanders House, with additional funding from The Director's Circle of MoMA PS1, and The Contemporary Circle of MoMA PS1.

For any Cremaster Fanatics out there who happen to be «Junior Associates» of MOMA, there will be a private screening on May 10.

Many junior associates assume they could never land a whale of a big client for their firm, so they let this element of their practice slide, leaving rainmaking for the senior partners.

Alongside this, you have the frustration of junior lawyers and associates facing a longer wait for partnership, and evidence that many firms are shrinking the relative size of their equity partnerships.

Slaughter and May has announced that it will hand out end - of - year associate bonuses of up to 16 %, alongside an increase in pay rates for junior lawyers and trainees.

However, one junior lawyer responding to the poll rejects this seemingly negative review, suggesting that it is more important for associates to focus on the here and now.

By the same token, at the largest and most prestigious law firms in the country, junior associates generally research and write briefs and law journal articles for senior partners.

Offshore and international firms are looking to hire junior - to mid-level associates, so there are some good opportunities for generalists in these spaces.

Changing the view, smart associates and junior partners quickly figure out that the firm is no longer creating opportunities and leave for healthier firms.

«The welcome reception for the new associate class was the one I found most beneficial,» another junior recounted.

Flexibility around daily work hours and vacation time was the deal - clincher for associates at high - performing firms in this survey — treating juniors like adults, in other words.

We also involve our junior associates in the firm's business development efforts, so you may find a junior preparing a presentation for a client.

At the junior levels, billable hours are also a measure of experience; the more time an associate spends practicing, the greater the opportunity for skill growth.

Junior Work Done at Senior Billing Rates In most firms, senior attorneys are billed out at higher hourly rates than junior attorneys, and clients want to see tasks being performed in the most efficient manner possible for them: if a $ 150 / hour associate can draft a client update in the same time and at roughly the same skill level as a $ 450 / hour partner, then the client will not want to pay three times the amount for the same rJunior Work Done at Senior Billing Rates In most firms, senior attorneys are billed out at higher hourly rates than junior attorneys, and clients want to see tasks being performed in the most efficient manner possible for them: if a $ 150 / hour associate can draft a client update in the same time and at roughly the same skill level as a $ 450 / hour partner, then the client will not want to pay three times the amount for the same rjunior attorneys, and clients want to see tasks being performed in the most efficient manner possible for them: if a $ 150 / hour associate can draft a client update in the same time and at roughly the same skill level as a $ 450 / hour partner, then the client will not want to pay three times the amount for the same result.

We encourage our women associates and junior partners to step into positions of responsibility for external client matters and internal firm initiatives.

Traditionally, law firms have adopted a «pyramid» model for hiring, with a small number of partners at the top followed by a larger number of senior associates and a still larger proportion of juniors at the bottom.

The platform would assign a flag, for example, when it identifies a more - senior lawyer doing work typically done by junior lawyers, or when it finds partners unnecessarily billing to review associates» work.

Even if Ryerson decides to incorporate articling into their curriculum, this shortage continues once newly minted lawyers look for associate / junior level positions.

If a firm can hire a contract attorney with a decade of experience for $ 100 an hour and bill her out at $ 200, then the client gets a far, far better product at a lower cost than if the law firm had used a junior associate.

In the legal field, we see tasks that used to fall to junior associates working in those proverbial law firm basements — doing document review, for example — now being done more efficiently and cost - effectively through outsourcing, and not just from offshore locations like India and the Philippines, but onshore in the US and UK, or as a hybrid onshore / offshore model, or even onsite.

The days of clients allowing junior associates to bill them for hours of work while they learn to be lawyers is gone.