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Solicitor outlines law department budget, seeks law‑clerk hiring flexibility
Summary
The city solicitor described staffing needs and a proposal to create a law‑clerk title to recruit junior legal talent, said outside‑counsel spending has fallen as internal capacity improved, and noted an accrued settlement amount included in the legal accrual line.
The city solicitor delivered the law department’s budget overview and told the Standing Committee the office is pursuing recruitment and retention strategies to reduce reliance on outside counsel.
The solicitor said the department is proposing a new law‑clerk title to allow the office to hire promising candidates pending bar passage and then…
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