The cause of this slowness is a background graphic of Olympian-sized marble columns which are grainy. I then hit Associate Hiring to see what's available, but I have no luck as the page features tons of information about the firm but no job listings. I move to the Professional Directory to look up the two people I know at Ropes. The site bats .500 and one of them is there, complete with a bio and decent black and white photo. The internal site structure is clean and makes use of a web site design element called frames.
Frames divide the content on an individual web page into sections.
The navigation bar situated on the left works but its greenish faded color looks tired. The link headings are in html text rather than created as images which saves on download time but at the cost of aesthetics. The site exhibits the signs of an established firm that wants to exploit the web but misses the opportunity. The site fails to deliver any substantive information such as articles or casework and its style fails to impress. The content is well written, clearly organized and nearly every page has a readable layout.