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Biglaw meaning

Large-scale law firms and their work, specializing in multiple areas of legal practice.

Using Biglaw

  • The main meaning on this page is: Large-scale law firms and their work, specializing in multiple areas of legal practice.
  • In the example corpus, biglaw often appears in combinations such as: in biglaw, biglaw firms, the biglaw.

Context around Biglaw

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 18.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

find 1×

Often after:

firms 4× projects 1× firm 1× people 1× means 1× associates 1× raises 1× soul 1× trenches 1×

Sentence patterns with Biglaw

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

also find biglaw soul sucking 1× and more biglaw firms move 1× associate in biglaw people also 1× at the biglaw firm 1× biglaw means big 1× biglaw projects an 1× career in biglaw and later 1× cold but biglaw raises are 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

also given our 1× biglaw means big 1× biglaw projects an 1× cantua is a 1× check back in 1× in biglaw however 1×

Common sentence endings:

a little differently 1× a lower cost 1× above the law 1× biglaw for long 1× biglaw soul sucking 1× coming in hot 1×

Words around Biglaw

Just before it in the word index:

biglari 2 biglang 2 bigland 6 bigiron 2 bigil 14 bigi 2

Just after it in the word index:

bigler 4 bigley 5 biglia 2 biglow 2 bigly 17 bigman 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aare 29 aarti 29 abl 29 academician 29 acquaint 29 adegboyega 29

Corpus analysis for Biglaw

  • In this selection, "biglaw" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 18.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, find, firms, projects and firm stand out and add context to how "biglaw" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include also find biglaw soul sucking and and more biglaw firms move. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "biglaw" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with biglaw

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Big money in Biglaw. (4 words)

More good news for Biglaw. (5 words)

Biglaw means big money in 2024. (6 words)

Longer example sentences

With the historic occasion of many Biglaw firms designating today, Friday June 19th (also known as Juneteenth, Freedom Day, Emancipation Day, or Jubilee), as firm-wide holidays, I would like to begin by speaking to this moment. (37 words)

The goal was to provide a buffer from the attorney’s exit out of Biglaw, and possibly a route back in. Indeed many of our candidates resumed working at Biglaw firms after the crisis abated. (35 words)

When I started working as an associate in Biglaw, people also discussed how the firm and partners might be more likely to follow good practices for fear of being featured on Above the Law. (34 words)

Exclamation examples

They also find Biglaw soul sucking! (6 words)

Example sentences (20)

The goal was to provide a buffer from the attorney’s exit out of Biglaw, and possibly a route back in. Indeed many of our candidates resumed working at Biglaw firms after the crisis abated.

Also, given our rate structure, we see up-market clients coming to us in a downturn in the economy, where they can get the talent of Biglaw at a lower cost.

Biglaw projects an M&A revamp over the second half of the year.

Cantua is a consumer finance attorney who began her career in Biglaw, and later went in-house in the fintech sector.

In Biglaw, however, cost of living is largely irrelevant to salary scales.

Much of Biglaw has overshot the needs of, and therefore become overpriced for, many -- but not all -- of its clients.

The Georgetown University Law Center graduate is the founding chair of the entertainment & sports law practice at the Biglaw firm.

Wendi’s decade-plus legal career included working in Biglaw and in-house at a Fortune 200 company.

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When I started working as an associate in Biglaw, people also discussed how the firm and partners might be more likely to follow good practices for fear of being featured on Above the Law.

As more and more Biglaw firms move toward black-box compensation systems for their partners, one elite firm is doing things a little differently.

Because that’s not going to fly in Biglaw for long.

Biglaw means big money in 2024.

Big money in Biglaw.

Check back in with us on bonuses soon, because Biglaw associates are looking forward to their bank accounts being stuffed like the Thanksgiving turkeys they’ll gobble down at the end of next month.

January is almost over and temperatures are cold, but Biglaw raises are still coming in hot.

They also find Biglaw soul sucking!

More bad news from the Biglaw trenches.

More good news for Biglaw.

With almost 70 percent of its graduates heading to Biglaw firms after graduation, Columbia has ruled this ranking for the past seven years.

With the historic occasion of many Biglaw firms designating today, Friday June 19th (also known as Juneteenth, Freedom Day, Emancipation Day, or Jubilee), as firm-wide holidays, I would like to begin by speaking to this moment.

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Common combinations with biglaw

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "biglaw" in a sentence?
An example: "The goal was to provide a buffer from the attorney’s exit out of Biglaw, and possibly a route back in. Indeed many of our candidates resumed working at Biglaw firms after the crisis abated." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "biglaw" from authentic English texts.
What does "biglaw" mean?
Biglaw means: Large-scale law firms and their work, specializing in multiple areas of legal practice.
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