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The War for Talent and Business Downturns
Law firms that take a short-term view on talent during an economic downturn will find themselves paying the...
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The Return of a ''Buyers' Market: Suggestions to Law Firm Recruiting Coordinators for How to Best Navigate the Changing Legal Market in 2011''
Although, for some, it seems a long way off, most of us recall the booming legal market in late 2007/early...
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The Emphasis on New Clients and Partner Compensation
There are as many variations of partner compensation plans as there are law firms. Most are well intended and...
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The Changing Interview Landscape
While there is a general degree of consistency in the entry-level hiring process for law firms, which you...
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The Argument for Eliminating Lock-Step Partner Compensation
Eliminate Lock-Step Model and Reward Performance, Not Time Served Beginning at the end of 1999, law firms...
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Law firms and Their Future in the Changing Legal Industry
When considering and, specifically, the nature of marketing legal services in the future, the best guide is...
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How to Market Your Law Firm to Potential Lateral Hires
Marketing is now part and parcel of what it means to be successful with lateral recruitment, especially in a...
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How to Make Sure That Your Laterals Provide Value to the Firm
Most law firms have taken on a lateral who didn't produce as expected because something fell through the...
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How to Keep and Attract the Best and Brightest Talent
Take steps now to be a victor in the ongoing war for legal talent.
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How to Integrate New Lateral Hires in Your Firm
These days most law firms are constantly on the lookout for groups of laterals in key practice areas. While...
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How to Identify Lateral Attorneys Capable of Becoming Good Partners
Today, most lateral associates enter their new firms with the understanding that the position is actually an...
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Why Law Firms Should Restructure Immediately
Just what is going on here? Consider these headlines:
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Tools Law Firms and Lawyers Need in Seeking Out Business
The activities that comprise a law firm’s marketing mix–business development, promotion, and client...
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To How Many Firms Should I Apply?
Summary: When deciding to apply to a firm, there are a number of factors to consider. How many should you...
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Checklist to Follow before Starting a Legal Job Search
Summary: Here is a checklist that you should follow before you start your legal job search.
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Why You Should Use a Good Legal Recruiter (Part I – The Need for Expert Assistance)
Summary: When you have a major career issue, such as a potential need to change jobs, what should you do? You...
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Marketing Your Law Firm Through Practice Groups
Practice Groups are increasingly becoming the way law firms manage their businesses, including a significant...
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Law Firm Strategic Positioning
Several years ago, an article appeared in the McKinsey Quarterly commenting on the state of the legal...
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How to Move Past Promotion for Your Law Firm
When law firms first began to develop marketing programs the focus was largely on communications and...
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How to Check that You Have Hired the Right Laterals
While the desire of your firm to land a promising lateral may be nigh overwhelming, caution is the watchword....
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How certain law firms routinely win the most sought-after candidates
There is a select group of candidates that everybody wants, and you know the type we are talking about....
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How Attorneys Choose Law Firms
As professional search consultants, part of our job is to counsel attorneys on a daily basis as to how they...
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Ensure you hire stars
Far too many legal-hiring organizations fail to hire stars because their hiring process actually prevents...
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Enhance Your Lateral Hiring: Delegate to Your Search Firm!
Law firm recruiting managers are called upon daily to handle a myriad of responsibilities for their firms,...
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Different Styles of Law Firm Recruiting
When it comes to recruiting, law firms get as much out of their efforts as they put into them. As a result, is...
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Be Sure About Your Law Firm’s Business Objectives Before Hiring Laterals
In many firms, lateral hiring resembles a revolving door: Lawyers come in, spend three or more years with the...
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Changing Views on Partnership: How Law Firms Are Handling the Declining Interest In Reaching the Top
With many associates placing less of an emphasis on reaching equity partnership, law firms are responding by...
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Capitalizing on a Law Firm's Growth—Is Bigger Better?
Many law firms have grown dramatically over the past few years. The challenge for any firm that has...
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Business Planning for Practice Groups
To prosper and grow, law firms of all sizes must create strategic business plans for their individual practice...
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