BigLaw

BigLaw is an industry nickname for the nation’s largest law firms. BigLaw firms are full-service law firms that traditionally:

• Employ large numbers of attorneys (100+);
• Rank among the top-grossing law firms in the nation;
• Pay top-market salaries;
• Recruit from tier one law schools;
• Hire from their summer programs;
• Promote in lockstep (although that tradition is changing); and
• Maintain a national or global presence, with multiple offices across the country or the world.