今夜... 陽光燦爛

今天學校請了一位consultant來學校座談, 題目是"What's hot and what's not."  他們的顧問公司每年都會對全美前200大事務所發出調查目前事務所對於執業領域產業變化的survey, 以下跟大家分享今年的result:

Average size of respondent firms: 567 lawyers.

Currently strongest practices:

1. Litigation

2. IP

3. Corporate

4. Bankruptcy

5. IP Litigation

6. Corporate M&A

7. Real Estate

New Practices created or acquired in the last 12 months:

1. Health Care

2. White Collar Crime

Emerging Practices in the US:

1. IP

2. Energy

3. Bankruptcy

4. IP Litigation

5. Health Care

6. LIfe Sciences

7. Technology

Emerging Practices Worldwide:

1. IP

2. Energy

3. IP Litigation

4. International

5. Litigation

6. M&A

7. Technology

What's not hot in non-litigation areas:

1. Family Law

2. Education

3. Employment

4. Environmental

5. Trusts and Estates

6. Insurance

7. Administrative

8. Banking

What's not hot in litigation areas:

1. Worker's Comp.

2. Insurance Defense

3. Health Care

4. Trusts and Estates

Greatest number of job opportunities in next 10 years:

1. Corporate and Securities

2. Litigation

3. IP

4. International Law

5. Environmental

The emerging legal market:

1.  China ><~!

最後要補充的是, 數據上來說一年有四萬法學院畢業生, 其中四分之一會被前200大聘走.  沒有拿到大所的邀約不是世界末日 (對, 我知道國際學生找工作辦H-1困難, 接到大所邀約會是天降甘霖...).  另外, 事務所開始有減少迷信t14的傾向, 願意多花時間注意排名較後面的學校了.  各位同學還有什麼可以補充的歡迎留言.