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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Interviewing a Law Firm: Distinctions that Make the Difference
I recently asked a managing partner (who is actively in the market for lateral partners) how his firm...
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The benefits of a retained search
There are several methods that law firms typically use to make acquisitions at the partner level. These...
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Ensure your lateral move is a success
You have spent many hours planning your job search with your recruiter, picking the right firms, and...
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Salary wars and associate hiring
As a recruiting firm, we talk to both partners and associates at firms in every major legal marketplace on a...
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The interview quandary
Should You Talk About Other Interviews in Your Interview? One of the questions I receive quite often from the...
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Firm culture matters most
We believe that an attorney's happiness and success in the practice of law have more to do with a particular...
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The importance of being well-liked in your legal job
One of the most persistent problems attorneys practicing law have is their failure to collaborate and learn...
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The best attorneys want information
Introduction As a legal recruiter, I am often quite surprised by the differences among attorneys in their...
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Why you should work weekends and holidays
To be clear, this article is going to deal with, and encourage, some rather inhumane truths about practicing...
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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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Why Networking is Essential to Your Success as an Attorney
One thing that many attorneys do not know is that the most successful attorneys are ''networked.'' Attorneys...
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Treating Your Legal Career Like a Small Business
At the outset, it is important to realize that much of what I am saying goes against the ''traditional'' view...
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The Importance of Fitting In
One of the most persistent mistakes legal professionals make is to not understand the importance of ''fitting...
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LA Firms Weathering the Economic Storm
If it seems to you like the San Francisco legal market has been much harder hit by our current economic crisis...
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Another San Francisco Law Firm Bites the Dust
Just last week, LawCrossing reported that Ellen Bastier, a Thelen rainmaking energy partner, was in talks to...
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Confidence in UK Legal Sector Falls
In a study published on October 27 by Smith & Williamson, a renowned UK accounting firm, independent research...
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Fried Frank Holiday Party Axed
In lieu of our current financial markets and dreadful economy, reports are that law firm Fried Frank has opted...
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Law Firm Mergers — an Outlook
The legal jobs and the legal field in general have been characterized by rapid growth and expansion. This has...
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Law Firm Staffs Continue to Dwindle
Today brings more bad news about the current legal job market. The Washington Post is reporting on the...
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Heller Ehrman Layoffs
The San Francisco-based Law Firm of Heller Ehrman laid off an estimated hundreds of employees on Thursday,...
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Law Firm Jobs in Boston
As in many other areas of the country, hiring for Boston law firm jobs continues but has slowed and become...
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50+ successful solo practitioner wants to join law firm
I am a 53-year-old corporate lawyer who graduated from a top law school and has over 25 years of experience as...
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Harvard Joins Stanford and Yale in Ditching Grades
In the past week, of course, the dominant story has been the financial crisis. Many people have opposed the...
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Heller Ehrman Dissolves after 118 Years in Business
The storied law firm of Heller Ehrman has announced that it is dissolving. As of Monday, September 29th, 2008,...
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Attorneys Fleeing Financial Firms
In a development that should surprise absolutely no one, attorneys who were working for some of the big Wall...
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A Career as an Attorney in Reinsurance Companies
Reinsurance is the protection of one insurance company by another from risks of losses caused by either human...
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The Legal Job Market in Tennessee
More than 6.1 million people call Tennessee home, making it the 16th most populous state in the country....
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Effects of Layoffs on Law Firms' Reputations
Law firms normally perform layoffs in order to remain profitable, as well as to continue with business. Legal...
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Job Opportunities in the legal departments of big corporations
When you think ''paralegal'' or ''legal secretary,'' law firms typically come to mind. And yes, the behemoths...
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