Latest Posts for Job Seekers

March 26, 2024

It is not uncommon for junior transactional attorneys to often feel lost when they first land at a firm. Kenneth Ling is a transactional attorney at Greenberg Traurig, and is the first lawyer in his family. He writes that his previous understanding of the legal profession was shaped by law school, summer internships and television shows like “Law and Order.” The culture shock of his first firm job was a difficult transition since it felt so different from law school.

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March 15, 2024

Transitioning to the new hybrid work model and balancing office work and remote work can lead to an environment that benefits law firms and its employees. Finding the right balance is vital to maintaining a happy work environment and morale among employees. The history of the legal industry’s transition to the hybrid work model has benefits and disadvantages for employees and firms. Here are some pros and cons of in-person work and remote work, and how it might affect a firm’s work environment and talent retention.

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March 12, 2024

In the midst of corporate layoffs at profitable companies such as Citigroup, Amazon, and Google, Mike Evers of Evers Legal offers some advice for attorneys navigating their careers in this current landscape. Evers recruits attorneys for corporations across the country, and sees that layoffs are no longer associated with struggling companies. It’s now considered best practice to adjusting staffing needs to coincide with business needs and technological advances, which can boost a company’s bottom line.

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Latest Posts for Employers

February 21, 2024

In the larger sense, attorney growth across the legal field all looked the same in 2023 as it did the year prior, with law firms increasing full-time equivalent lawyers by an average of about 3.3% each year.

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November 7, 2023

After years of getting poached by hungry Big Law firms looking to keep up with the high demand in capital markets and M&A practices, midsize firms are now in a position to settle the score.

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October 13, 2023

When Major, Lindsey & Africa surveyed almost 300 Big Law associates about what their firms were doing to keep them and what firms could do better, the national recruiting firm found indicators of associate discontent that didn’t exactly match the market-induced slowdown in lateral movement for deal-focused lawyers.

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