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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Doing Risk Management When it Comes to Your Lateral Hires
When can hiring a lateral be detrimental to your law firm? All firms consider the impact the potential lateral...
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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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Behavioral Interviewing Techniques to Help Your Law Firm Get Great Laterals
Has your firm been hiring new associates who seem to meet your criteria in the hope that they'll learn and...
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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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Basic Rules Regarding Recruitment and Compensation of Lateral Partners
Few areas have more potential for internal criticism and strife than determining the appropriate compensation...
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Avoiding Mistakes When It Comes to Lateral Acquisitions
In 2001, the NALP Foundation for Research and Education released its groundbreaking study, The Lateral Lawyer:...
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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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Do a Full Body Circuit Workout in Just 30 Minutes
Summary: Here’s a great 30 minute full body circuit workout; all you need are some dumbbells (or a...
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How to Pass the Bar Exam
Summary: Preparing for the bar exam takes hard work and dedication. Here is one man's experience preparing and...
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23 Questions to Help You Get to Know Me Better
Summary: In this post I answer 23 personal questions so you can get to know me better. Why not share your...
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Heather Cantu, Passionate About Furthering Her Career as a Paralegal
Summary: Heather Cantu is offers advice on what makes a successful paralegal.
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Don’t Let Fear Stop You From Becoming Who You Want to Be
Summary: Trust me, no one is paying as much attention to you as YOU are, and if they are - who cares? Learn to...
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12 Great Songs to Work Out To
Summary: Today I wanted to share some of my favorite upbeat songs for working out. Some of them are new and...
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Learn Who I am through My Simple Answers to These Questions
Summary: Today I thought it would be fun to do a survey that I’ve seen circulating around the blog world, so...
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Criminal Attorney Derek Hollingsworth Defends Clients in a Variety of Interesting and High Profile Cases
Professional Overview Derek Hollingsworth is currently a partner at Rusty Hardin & Associates, LLP in...
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Tamesha L. Keel: Assistant Dean, Career Services for Penn State University-Dickinson Law
Professional Overview Tamesha L. Keel has been involved in legal career counseling for over eight years. As...
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How Can I Lateral to a Top US-based Law Firm if I'm Working Overseas?
Summary: This is a great question. There are many factors that impact a candidate’s ability to lateral from...
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Legal Jobs at Google
Summary: There are jobs available for attorneys at Google in Mountain View, California.
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Legal Jobs at Apple
Summary: There are attorney positions available at Apple in the Cupertino, California area.
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How to Be a Top Law Student Rule 5
Summary: The law school mystique—that is, thinking of law school as phenomenally difficult, utterly...
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How to Be a Top Law Student Rule 4
Summary: After you’ve “thunk the thought,” it’s time to physically take care of everything within your...
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9 Ways to Give Back This Holiday Season
Summary: The holiday season is upon us and in the spirit of giving it’s important to remember to give to...
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My Top 8 Holiday Wish List Items
Summary: With all the shopping that has been going on since Black Friday, I thought I would try and think of...
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Ask LawCrossing: Aspiring Lawyer Wants a Firm That Doesn't Interview on Campus
Summary: The firms that interview on campus for associate positions don't interest me. How do I find a job at...
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Three Tips for Lawyers Unhappy with Their Jobs (What to Do If You Hate Being an Attorney and Your Attorney Job)
Summary: For many, it is much easier to deal with the hateful thing you know than the unknown thing you fear....
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11 of My Favorite Things on Pinterest
Summary: Today I wanted to share some of my favorite pins that I’ve found recently on Pinterest.
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