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Almost a Revolution
A chronicle of the 20 biggest changes in the legal business drives home the reality of how quietly but completely that business has evolved
By Aric Press and Susan Beck
Including...
GC, Superstar: How GE remade the image of in-house counsel and sent its veterans out to conquer the rest of the legal world
Dawn of the Ad Age: An oral history of the first law firm advertising.
From the Archives: "Winners Without a Leader" (July/August, 1987, on Kirkland & Ellis); "Bye, Bye Finley, Kumble," (September 1987); "Milbank's Whippersnappers" (October 1990)
Supersonic Lawyers
As the very definition of an American lawyer changed, everyone quickly learned new tricks.
By Michael D. Goldhaber and Carlyn Kolker
Plus...
Harmonic Convergence: Does international business law exist?
Gaining Entrée: Barriers to foreign practitioners fall.
Globe Trotter: A month in the life of Baker & McKenzie's chairman, Christine Lagarde
World Views: Key players recall life on the front lines
From the Archives: "The British Empire Strikes Back" (May 1993); "Dealing With the Soviets" (April 1988)
Not All Black And White
The stories of African American law graduates of Harvard and Howard universities from 1979, '89, and '99 are as complicated as race in America.
By Elizabeth Amon
Minding the Gap
As women rise in the profession, we've tracked the hurdles and the victories. Excerpts from 25 years of our coverage.
Real Men Don't Type
Remember the panic over becoming too efficient? Tales from the great computer changeover.
By Amy Vincent
Ethereal Asset
In IP, the interesting question now is: What happens next? There are three alternatives.
By Mark Voorhees
Plus...
From the Archives: "Great Expectations" (March 1991, on Polaroid v. Kodak); "The Sky's the Limit" (May 1993, on the beginnings of the bar-code licensing fights)
Lifetime Achievers
Our first awards for lifetime achievement recognize great accomplishments in business and public service.
Read this story online.
William Coleman, Jr.: O'Melveny & Myers
John Pickering and Lloyd Cutler: Wilmer Cutler Pickering
Joseph Flom: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Alexander Forger: Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
Newton Minow and Howard Trienens: Sidley Austin Brown & Wood
John Rosenberg: Appalachian Research and Defense Fund of Kentucky, Inc.
Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr.: Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Robert Strauss: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Patricia Wald: Former chief judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Robert Raven: Morrison & Foerster
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In-House
Say what you will about this magazine, but at least it's always been true to its name: focusing much more on the players than the game.
By Aric Press
Read this story online.
Staff List
An A-to-Z roster of the bylines and behind-the-scenes editorial staff throughout the magazine's history
Letters
Best of Bar Talk
The highs and lows of life in the big firms, from the disco era through the fall of Brobeck, including:
Debbie Does District Court
Salary War Cease-Fire
Brobeck's Rise and Fall
Annals in Alternative Billing
Last Days at Lord Day
The Human Touch
Cooley Godward Gets Wired
Valley Ho!
East Critiques West
Post-9/11 Slump
The Enron Effect
The Next 25 Years
Predictions from law's leaders.
Keeping Score
Who among the original Am Law 50 survives? And thrives? Which expenses have shot up the most? Whose profits have grown the most--or the least? From billing rates to starting salaries, the business in all its fever-charting,
list-topping glory.
By Emily Barker
Once Upon a Time
"1991: The Soviet Union collapses. So do several law firms." Where else could you read that but on The American Lawyer's 25-year legal-news time line?
Covering the Law
The magazine's covers weren't always glossy and colorful, but we've consistently tried to make them arresting. Here are 55 of the best, from 1979 to the present.
See our covers online.
Taking Care of Business
Since we started our monthly Management column, it has featured cutting-edge thinking about the business. These excerpts--by regulars David Maister and Peter D. Zeughauser, and by staff writers and consultants--highlight new ideas as they were born.
Dicta
In the soothsaying department, we've won some and lost some. Here are some of the more startling losers: the firms that were destined to crash or conquer (but didn't), and the trends that would change the business in our lifetime (but haven't).
By Jim Schroeder
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