K&L Gates Adds ‘MBA’ Offering Popular at Wall Street Firms (1)

Feb. 10, 2020, 8:09 PM UTCUpdated: Feb. 10, 2020, 9:31 PM UTC

K&L Gates is taking a page out of some Wall Street firms’ playbooks and launching a “mini-MBA” program in an effort to bone up its associates’ business skills.

The two-day program for first and second year-associates in the U.S. will be led by K&L Gates lawyers with advanced business degrees, the global firm with more than 1,700 lawyers said.

While most Big Law firms pay their associates similar salaries, a newer competition has been heating up around the amenities firms provide their junior lawyers. Executive-style business training has been a popular offering among high-profit Wall Street firms, both as a ...

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